Michael Johnson

[Kingy_85]

He isn't fat at all - jesus christ people, shut the **** up!

 

[Kingy_85]

He's no Andy Reid!

 

[ch4mbo]

Just watched him on the foxes player and he came across ok, something to prove to everyone he says and he wanted a full season deal rather than a short term loan.

 

[ch4mbo]

Just wonder if this is as well as Fernandes or instead of??

 

[city-faithful]

Just wonder if this is as well as Fernandes or instead of??

7 man midfield this year, it's the only possible option.

 

[Filthy Rich]

7 man midfield this year, it's the only possible option.

I've always liked the 2-7-1 lineup myself........

 

[Micky]

Sven on SKY now!!!

with Johnson and Pantsil


1 or 2 more signings Sven reckons

Townsend + a striker? But who will the striker be?

 

[Blue Maniac]

I've always liked the 2-7-1 lineup myself........

More pragmatic than Pleat's 1-1-8.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

More pragmatic than Pleat's 1-1-8.

And certainly a more attacking than Megson's 9-0-1.

 

[city-faithful]

And certainly a more attacking than Megson's 9-0-1.

Negative meg played a forward!?

 

[Blue Maniac]

And certainly a more attacking than Megson's 9-0-1.

With hindsight, Megson wasn't entirely wrong with what he was trying to do. Far too often his 3-5-2 became an obvious 3-6-1, and his style was sleep inducing, but the fact is he was given the task of working with some of the very worst players ever employed by the club. For all we take the piss out of him, me included, in the short time he was here he actually did a good job.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

Megson played without doubt the most boring, negative football I have ever seen Leicester play and we've had some incredibly dour, defensive managers over the past 15 years or so. I'm so glad he was only here 6 weeks. Not sure I could have kept up the enthusiasm to go and watch us try and grind out 0-0 draws every week.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Megson played without doubt the most boring, negative football I have ever seen Leicester play and we've had some incredibly dour, defensive managers over the past 15 years or so. I'm so glad he was only here 6 weeks. Not sure I could have kept up the enthusiasm to go and watch us try and grind out 0-0 draws every week.

I'd rather see us draw 0-0 every week than lose 6-5.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

I'd rather see us draw 0-0 every week than lose 6-5.

Different strokes of course, BM, but I'm not sure I would agree with that, it all depends on the context of the match and how important the result is though.

 

[David Gwilliam]

Puskas was a fat-knacker.

I am not sure what a "fat-knacker" is but I would guess you are right. In 1953 Malcolm Allison went to watch England v Hungary and remarked to the effect "That number 10 is fat". It was Puskas who then destroyed the England defence twice when Hungary won 6-3 here and 7-1 in Budapest.

It is relevant to Saturday since "that fat knacker" went to Real Madrid and became part of arguably the greatest team of all time and when Real's greatest ever player Di Stefano scored three in the 1960 European Cup Final Puskas actually went one better and scored four.

Puskas actually played at Filbert Street in the 1970s in a match for one of the Duke of Edinburgh's charities. The "far knacker" was even fatter but scored for Old Rest Of The World XI against Old England.

I do not want to put undue pressure on Michael Johnson but since Chuck's post I expect him to at least approach the performances of Puskas the greatest "fat knacker" of them all.

 

[Miles Away]

With hindsight, Megson wasn't entirely wrong with what he was trying to do. Far too often his 3-5-2 became an obvious 3-6-1, and his style was sleep inducing, but the fact is he was given the task of working with some of the very worst players ever employed by the club. For all we take the piss out of him, me included, in the short time he was here he actually did a good job.

He'd have kept us up that season. No doubt about it.

 

[Jeff]

He'd have kept us up that season. No doubt about it.

Not if we'd kept up the same points/game ratio as we did in his first seven games - we'd have been 5 points worse off at the end of the season.
When he took over we were 15th. When he left we were 19th.
A read of the post match thread from his last match might remind you just how bad he was.

 

[Miles Away]

Not if we'd kept up the same points/game ratio as we did in his first seven games - we'd have been 5 points worse off at the end of the season.
When he took over we were 15th. When he left we were 19th.
A read of the post match thread from his last match might remind you just how bad he was.

Hmm, maybe I should have said "I think he may have kept us up". Ha!

 

[Hazzman]

Homer:
He has taken our club to the point of being possibly the dullest most uninspiring clueless pile of shite that we have ever seen (certainly that we have seen at the Walkers, and that is seriously saying something)

What a XI though.

Fulop - Now second choice at Ipswich

Kisnorbo - Permo crock
McCauley - West Brom player incredibly
N'Gotty - Retired
Sheehan - Notts County
Stearman - Comedy act weekly on MOTD

Chambers - Donny constantly injured
Weso - Peterborough's transfer list
Newton - Scrapheap

Fryatt - Hull, cleaning Pearson's trainers
John - Azerbaijan last I heard....:icon_lol:

 

[fitz]

What a ****ing waste of money it was watching the games that season. I'm still pissed off with myself for bothering.