David Gwilliam
Well-Known Member
In my time there have been two iconic Leicester teams but both have been flawed.
The Bloomfield boys had some fabulous players. Players like Weller, Worthington and Glover were fabulous to watch. Number one on the team sheet was Peter Shilton who was simply the best goalkeeper in the world at the time. Yet the Bloomfield team was very fragile. It could beat any First Division team but also lose to any. It was perhaps too willing to accept when it was beaten.
Martin O'Neill's achievement was to get a team that was better than the individual players involved. Very few of the O'Neill team would have got in the Manchester United or Arsenal side - Ian Marshall? It "ground out" results rarely playing beautiful football. I do not believe that Jimmy Bloomfield would have tolerated a cheat like Savage and I hope Claudio would not either. However, it played as a team and began the Foxes Never Quit mantra.
Today we have got another iconic side. Some of the football would have made Jimmy Bloomfield proud. Yet we have the Foxes Never Quit mentality. I thought the days of footballers having a rapport with the fans had gone in a day when fans are further from the pitch and players arrive in luxury cars rather than on the bus. I was wrong. I never thought to hear Leicester fans cheer their team as they came off having conceded five goals at home.
The greatest Italians have Ninja Turtles name after them. Well move over Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo. There is a another Ninja Turtle and he is called Claudio Ranieri.
The Bloomfield boys had some fabulous players. Players like Weller, Worthington and Glover were fabulous to watch. Number one on the team sheet was Peter Shilton who was simply the best goalkeeper in the world at the time. Yet the Bloomfield team was very fragile. It could beat any First Division team but also lose to any. It was perhaps too willing to accept when it was beaten.
Martin O'Neill's achievement was to get a team that was better than the individual players involved. Very few of the O'Neill team would have got in the Manchester United or Arsenal side - Ian Marshall? It "ground out" results rarely playing beautiful football. I do not believe that Jimmy Bloomfield would have tolerated a cheat like Savage and I hope Claudio would not either. However, it played as a team and began the Foxes Never Quit mantra.
Today we have got another iconic side. Some of the football would have made Jimmy Bloomfield proud. Yet we have the Foxes Never Quit mentality. I thought the days of footballers having a rapport with the fans had gone in a day when fans are further from the pitch and players arrive in luxury cars rather than on the bus. I was wrong. I never thought to hear Leicester fans cheer their team as they came off having conceded five goals at home.
The greatest Italians have Ninja Turtles name after them. Well move over Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo. There is a another Ninja Turtle and he is called Claudio Ranieri.
