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2 hours ago, Bob Hazels shorts said:

Not news but dug up this

 

easy (or is it?) to forget

 

LEICESTER CITY boss Peter Taylor is delighted to have signed Junior Lewis on a permanent contract - after fending off interest from other clubs for the former Gillingham star.

Taylor has expressed his delight at the manner in which Lewis has adapted to football at the higher level
since arriving on an extended loan from The Gills, and gone some way to easing the impact of Neil Lennon's sale to Celtic

If ever a sentence summed up why we went from 8th to 20th in 15 months.

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26 minutes ago, Koke said:

 

We had some shocking players from 2004 - 2008. Take your pick. 

 

On a slightly different note, anyone remember that East Midlands radio program once a week with the Birch, Garry Birtles, Kenny Burns and an ex Derby player whose name escapes me. How long did that program last for? I just randomly remembered it.

I used to enjoy listening to Century Fm with Darren Fletcher, Gary Birtles & Alan Birchenall. 

 

If I remember correctly it was on every weeknight for 90 minutes.

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4 minutes ago, Steve_Walsh5 said:

I used to enjoy listening to Century Fm with Darren Fletcher, Gary Birtles & Alan Birchenall. 

 

If I remember correctly it was on every weeknight for 90 minutes.

Great show was that. I used to phone in on a regular basis to wind up Forest and Derby fans lol

Loads of local rivalry/banter back then. Kind of miss it in a way, but we've just moved on to a different stratosphere now I suppose..

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3 hours ago, foxy boxing said:

does everyone regard junior Lewis as the worst player ever to put on a Leicester city shirt? or can you name someone else?

The older fans may remember Lammie Robertson, possibly the worst player to play for ithe City in my 53 years of supporting. Junior Lewis was messi esque in comparison to Robertson. 

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6 hours ago, BoyJones said:

The older fans may remember Lammie Robertson, possibly the worst player to play for ithe City in my 53 years of supporting. Junior Lewis was messi esque in comparison to Robertson. 

With you 100% Bluearmyfox28. Frank Mclintock went to Plymouth (i might be wrong but it was a west country club) to sign Bobby Saxton and came back with Lammie Robertson. I'd say definitely the worst player ever to don a Leicester shirt in the time I have been supporting LCFC which is the same amount of time as you , I seem to remember he cost us £5,000. I've not seen it on here yet but I think you could have a good argument as to who was the most skillful player we have had and it would be close between Mahrez and Worthington. If I was put on the spot Id say Wortho.... just by a tiny fraction although Mahrez has the rest of his career to do some more wonderful things. What a time we are living in!

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6 minutes ago, lgfualol said:

Just read Harry Paniyoiu guy has signed for Barrow FC despite being offered a contract by Borussia Dortmund?! lol

 

Was trialling with their u-23 team apparantly.

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On 20 September 2016 at 01:57, Red Squirrel said:

With you 100% Bluearmyfox28. Frank Mclintock went to Plymouth (i might be wrong but it was a west country club) to sign Bobby Saxton and came back with Lammie Robertson. I'd say definitely the worst player ever to don a Leicester shirt in the time I have been supporting LCFC which is the same amount of time as you , I seem to remember he cost us £5,000. I've not seen it on here yet but I think you could have a good argument as to who was the most skillful player we have had and it would be close between Mahrez and Worthington. If I was put on the spot Id say Wortho.... just by a tiny fraction although Mahrez has the rest of his career to do some more wonderful things. What a time we are living in!

Exeter I think 

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On 20/09/2016 at 01:57, Red Squirrel said:

With you 100% Bluearmyfox28. Frank Mclintock went to Plymouth (i might be wrong but it was a west country club) to sign Bobby Saxton and came back with Lammie Robertson. I'd say definitely the worst player ever to don a Leicester shirt in the time I have been supporting LCFC which is the same amount of time as you , I seem to remember he cost us £5,000. I've not seen it on here yet but I think you could have a good argument as to who was the most skillful player we have had and it would be close between Mahrez and Worthington. If I was put on the spot Id say Wortho.... just by a tiny fraction although Mahrez has the rest of his career to do some more wonderful things. What a time we are living in!

I'd put Davie Gibson into that mix too :)

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On 19 September 2016 at 17:43, irishfoxkev said:

the dynamic duo upfront   Ade Akinbyi followed by Trevor Benjamin...can't recall if they ever played together

I remember a home game vs Newcastle and found the following post match comments by Taylor:-

 

About his much maligned front two, Ade Akinbiyi and Trevor Benjamin: 

''I have seen enough signs that they could make a decent partnership, Ade's touch is getting better and I thought Trevor did well on his home debut. They are both learning about the Premiership.''

About Gunnlaugsson's goal: 

''It was a brilliant goal and he is a real talent. He gives you something different.'' 

About his own fans and the barracking they gave the team at the recent Worthington Cup humiliation by Crystal Palace: 

"They've a right to criticise but a lot of their comments made our situation worse."

 

I remember clearly that despite having a classic Lennon, Izett and Savage midfield to feed them there was more movement in the corner flags than the strikers, my heart sunk, is this it, is this the best he can come up with, months earlier we were choosing between Heskey, Collymore and Cottee. Rome wasn't built in a day but Taylor could leave Italy in ruins given ten minutes in charge.

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Ex-Jambo Ally Mauchlen: Only the Hearts fans didn’t like me

 

Ally Mauchlen says there was a group of players at Tynecastle which he christened the Hearts Mafia ANTHONY BROWN 06:30Thursday 29 September 2016 0 HAVE YOUR SAY As someone who lives in Leicester and works as a match-day hospitality host for the champions of England, it comes as no surprise to learn that Ally Mauchlen’s footballing week will not revolve around tomorrow’s Fir Park encounter between two of his former clubs, Motherwell and Hearts.

 

The main focus for the 56-year-old Ayrshireman, of course, was Tuesday night’s Champions League match between Leicester City and Porto.

 

Mauchlen, however, makes no bones about the fact that he would far sooner go back and watch Motherwell than Hearts. This is understandable when considering his contrasting spells at the two clubs. One of Scottish football’s most notorious bad boys over the last 40 years, Mauchlen is fondly thought of at Fir Park, where he captained Well to the First Division title in 1984/85 before he and midfield sidekick Gary McAllister were bought by Leicester. Seven fruitful years in the East Midlands, in which he established himself as a hero, were followed by a season at Hearts (1992/93) under Joe Jordan in which the moustachioed redhead is remembered only for his rabid indiscipline. Ally Mauchlen played for Hearts in season 1992/93 “I’d describe my time at Hearts as difficult,” said Mauchlen, speaking to the Evening News from the Legends Lounge at Leicester’s King Power Stadium. “Leaving Leicester was a big wrench but Brian Little had come in as manager and I wasn’t getting a game so I had to take a new journey in life. I plumped for Hearts, but going back to Scotland was difficult because I’d changed my style of play in England. David Pleat had made me a more thoughtful player who wasn’t getting involved in as many confrontations as I had previously.

 

“Before I went to England, I was always confrontational. Trouble followed me everywhere. Looking back on my career, I was over aggressive. When I went back to Scotland with Hearts, I promised myself I wouldn’t go back to old ways but within a matter of weeks I was back in confrontation and scrapping with people, and everything else that went with the old Ally Mauchlen. The aggression definitely held me back at Hearts. In hindsight, I should probably have stayed in the lower leagues in England because the game suited me more down south.” Mauchlen knows he isn’t particularly well remembered by Hearts supporters, outwith those who enjoyed seeing him ruffle opposition feathers. “I was 32 at that time but I still felt I had plenty to offer when I went to Hearts,” he said. “I’d looked after myself as well as I could in that era. I was never the most gifted player – I had Gary McAllister beside me for most of my career at Motherwell and Leicester so I broke things up and he did the nice things – but I learned to be better at Leicester

 

. “When I went to Hearts I got into the team quite quickly but then I picked up a few injuries and it was difficult. There was a group up there who I called the Hearts Mafia – the likes of [chairman] Wallace Mercer, John Robertson, Gary Mackay, Craig Levein, John Colquhoun and Alan McLaren.” He offers this assertion with a mischievous smile. “They were like a family because they had been there so long. I got along with them but I never really felt part of it at Hearts. It wasn’t like at Motherwell where we had 15 or 16 guys who always looked after each other and went out together. I never really felt that at Hearts, but that doesn’t excuse the way things went for me.” It says much about Mauchlen’s 13 months in Edinburgh that his most memorable act was a stamp on the chest of then Hibs player Darren Jackson, during a 1-0 win for Hearts at Tynecastle in November 1992, for which he somehow escaped with only a booking. “With the Darren Jackson thing, we both went for a challenge,” he recalls. “He went to ground first and I tried to step over him. Unfortunately I stepped on his chest by accident. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! I met him in Tenerife and we were actually on the same team for a charity match. He reminded me of the incident and we had a laugh about it.”

 

Mauchlen makes no effort to disguise or excuse the notion that he was a loose cannon during much of his time on a football pitch. “I was loathed everywhere I went because of the way I played,” he said. “It was just the way I was made. At every club I was at, even my colleagues told me in training I had to settle down. It’s just the way I was. I was a different person on the pitch to what I was off it, although I admit the red mist still comes down sometimes, like road rage. As a person, I’ve mellowed massively though. “As a player, I was a time bomb just waiting to go off. I don’t mind the way I was perceived although looking back I would rather have curbed some of the things I did in order to progress my career. I’d like to think I was a better player than I was given credit for. I proved that at Leicester and that’s why the likes of Man City, Chelsea and Rangers were in for me. Andy Roxburgh also had a look at me for Scotland, so I know I was a decent player.

 

Leicester fans loved me, Motherwell and Kilmarnock fans loved me and even the Glenavon fans loved me. Of all the teams I played for, it was only the Hearts fans that didn’t like me. “I’ve seen online that I’m in some Hearts supporters’ worst XI, which doesn’t surprise me. I smile at it but I’m quite sure there have been 11 worse than me. The Hearts fans never held me in very high esteem. “In the end I left by mutual agreement. Sandy Clark came in as manager and I knew he didn’t rate me. We’d played a pre-season game in Germany and we were on the bus back to the hotel. He sat beside me and said ‘Ally, you’re too aggressive.’ At that point, I knew I was finished at Hearts.”

Read more at: http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/ex-jambo-ally-mauchlen-only-the-hearts-fans-didn-t-like-me-1-4243391

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