[Albion] Dunk to Leicester City?

[loz]

Are Leicester really that much bigger club than us? Really that a big a step up for Dunk?

Hmm

Leicester City - honours

Honour Position Year
League Division Two Runner-up 1907-08
League Division Two Champion 1924-25
League Division One Runner-up 1928-29
League Division Two Champion 1936-37
FA Cup Runner-up 1948-49
League Division Two Champion 1953-54
League Division Two Champion 1956-57
FA Cup Runner-up 1960-61
FA Cup Runner-up 1962-63
Football League Cup Winner 1963-64
Football League Cup Runner-up 1964-65
FA Cup Runner-up 1968-69
League Division Two Champion 1970-71
FA Charity Shield Winner 1971
League Division Two Champion 1979-80
Football League Cup Winner 1996-97
Football League Cup Runner-up 1998-99
Football League Cup Winner 1999-2000
League Division 1 Runner-up 2002-03
League One Champion 2008-09
League Championship Champion 2013-14
Premier League Champion 2015-16
Honour totals

Honour Position Total
FA Charity Shield Winner 1
FA Cup Runner-up 4
Football League Cup Runner-up 2
Football League Cup Winner 3
League Championship Champion 1
League Division 1 Runner-up 1
League Division One Runner-up 1
League Division Two Champion 6
League Division Two Runner-up 1
League One Champion 1
Premier League Champion 1
Leicester City

 

[Nixonator]

Hmm

Leicester City - honours

Honour Position Year
League Division Two Runner-up 1907-08
League Division Two Champion 1924-25
League Division One Runner-up 1928-29
League Division Two Champion 1936-37
FA Cup Runner-up 1948-49
League Division Two Champion 1953-54
League Division Two Champion 1956-57
FA Cup Runner-up 1960-61
FA Cup Runner-up 1962-63
Football League Cup Winner 1963-64
Football League Cup Runner-up 1964-65
FA Cup Runner-up 1968-69
League Division Two Champion 1970-71
FA Charity Shield Winner 1971
League Division Two Champion 1979-80
Football League Cup Winner 1996-97
Football League Cup Runner-up 1998-99
Football League Cup Winner 1999-2000
League Division 1 Runner-up 2002-03
League One Champion 2008-09
League Championship Champion 2013-14
Premier League Champion 2015-16
Honour totals

Honour Position Total
FA Charity Shield Winner 1
FA Cup Runner-up 4
Football League Cup Runner-up 2
Football League Cup Winner 3
League Championship Champion 1
League Division 1 Runner-up 1
League Division One Runner-up 1
League Division Two Champion 6
League Division Two Runner-up 1
League One Champion 1
Premier League Champion 1
Leicester City

Well if it's about honours exclusively then we're all ****ed. May aswell promote PNE and others by default.

 

[Nixonator]

I say he is, very soon, for a fee that will disappoint many....

 

[Questions]

Hmm

Leicester City - honours

Honour Position Year
League Division Two Runner-up 1907-08
League Division Two Champion 1924-25
League Division One Runner-up 1928-29
League Division Two Champion 1936-37
FA Cup Runner-up 1948-49
League Division Two Champion 1953-54
League Division Two Champion 1956-57
FA Cup Runner-up 1960-61
FA Cup Runner-up 1962-63
Football League Cup Winner 1963-64
Football League Cup Runner-up 1964-65
FA Cup Runner-up 1968-69
League Division Two Champion 1970-71
FA Charity Shield Winner 1971
League Division Two Champion 1979-80
Football League Cup Winner 1996-97
Football League Cup Runner-up 1998-99
Football League Cup Winner 1999-2000
League Division 1 Runner-up 2002-03
League One Champion 2008-09
League Championship Champion 2013-14
Premier League Champion 2015-16
Honour totals

Honour Position Total
FA Charity Shield Winner 1
FA Cup Runner-up 4
Football League Cup Runner-up 2
Football League Cup Winner 3
League Championship Champion 1
League Division 1 Runner-up 1
League Division One Runner-up 1
League Division Two Champion 6
League Division Two Runner-up 1
League One Champion 1
Premier League Champion 1
Leicester City

Leicester are a bigger club than Brighton but all I can say is things can change. I have a Palace supporting pal ( yes really) and he says Palace will always be bigger and better than us. He’s not an idiot but he could not see how far Brighton had come over the last 10 years and how we could be finishing above your mob regularly soon. It might not happen Loz but even with a drop to the Championship in there things can change in football....... yes Leicester are bigger than Brighton but they were in the third tier with us not that long ago.

 

[rogersix]

he just can't help himself, can he?

 

[Megazone]

What's with all this Leicester are a bigger club than us stuff?

I'm pretty sure in the last decade or so we've played them in League one, The Championship and the Prem. Hardly yonks of difference between us. They've been shit and pretty tinpot and so have we. Yes they had that freakish Prem title win but let's not forget they nearly went down the season before and could've gone down the season after. I wouldn't be shocked in they drop back down to the Championship in the next few years. They've consistently been a club who go up and down from the Prem. Hopefully that's where we might end up doing better.

 

[B-right-on]

I have a Palace supporting pal ( yes really) and he says Palace will always be bigger and better than us. He’s not an idiot but he could not see how far Brighton had come over the last 10 years and how we could be finishing above your mob regularly soon.

1. He supports Palace
2. Can't see how far we've come.
3. Thinks they are bigger than us

He’s not an idiot

All proof to the contrary.

 

[Questions]

1. He supports Palace
2. Can't see how far we've come.
3. Thinks they are bigger than us



All proof to the contrary.

Well when you put it like that.

 

[Giraffe]

Not sure why we are having this argument over whether Leicester are bigger than us. They clearly are at the moment. Recent league champions, played in Europe etc. More importantly though they pay more wages, and that is why in the context of signing one of our players they are "bigger" than us.

We just have to accept that if Dunk wants to go he will go, and if he gets double money and a more realistic chance of playing in Europe (which also helps his England aspirations) then who can blame him?

 

[darkwolf666]

Three words

Matt Le Tissier

Loyalty is it's own reward, specially in these days of inflated salaries...

 

[Napper]

Maguire was a regular in the England side at Leicester . Dunk will know if he goes there then the Engkand door is probably improved to him .

Add the fact that they will double money and be competing top half and it would be a decent move probably .

As for the bigger club thing , ridiculous argument . Leicester are much much bigger .

Quite relaxed about it though . If he goes then show us some serious money and use it straight back into the first team

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Three words

Matt Le Tissier

Loyalty is it's own reward, specially in these days of inflated salaries...

I always felt Le Tiss stayed put because he liked being a big fish, because he was lazy and because he was a bit afraid of a big move.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I always felt Le Tiss stayed put because he liked being a big fish, because he was lazy and because he was a bit afraid of a big move.

Absolutely - and what reward did he get for staying, exactly? Other than the Athletic Bilbao "One Clubman" award.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Absolutely - and what reward did he get for staying, exactly? Other than the Athletic Bilbao "One Clubman" award.

To be fair, his reward was a succession of managers turning a blind eye to his off the field activities, a 'flexible' start time at training and at one point he had a half share in a lap dancing bar in Southampton, I'm not sure any current Premier League player currently 'enjoys' the same business opportunity, the only one who didn't 'play along' was Glenn Hoddle, but thankfully for Le Tiss his reign at Saints wasn't that long.

 

[Nixonator]

Thread just keeps on giving.

Dunk off to massive club Leicester City who are 'much much bigger than us'. So much so that we have played them in 3 separate divisions over the last 10 years.

If he doesn't get his dream move then he can fall back on a move to Villa.

I swear it will be as if we're forever in L1 for some of us

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Hmm

Leicester City - honours

Honour Position Year
League Division Two Runner-up 1907-08
League Division Two Champion 1924-25
League Division One Runner-up 1928-29
League Division Two Champion 1936-37
FA Cup Runner-up 1948-49
League Division Two Champion 1953-54
League Division Two Champion 1956-57
FA Cup Runner-up 1960-61
FA Cup Runner-up 1962-63
Football League Cup Winner 1963-64
Football League Cup Runner-up 1964-65
FA Cup Runner-up 1968-69
League Division Two Champion 1970-71
FA Charity Shield Winner 1971
League Division Two Champion 1979-80
Football League Cup Winner 1996-97
Football League Cup Runner-up 1998-99
Football League Cup Winner 1999-2000
League Division 1 Runner-up 2002-03
League One Champion 2008-09
League Championship Champion 2013-14
Premier League Champion 2015-16
Honour totals

Honour Position Total
FA Charity Shield Winner 1
FA Cup Runner-up 4
Football League Cup Runner-up 2
Football League Cup Winner 3
League Championship Champion 1
League Division 1 Runner-up 1
League Division One Runner-up 1
League Division Two Champion 6
League Division Two Runner-up 1
League One Champion 1
Premier League Champion 1
Leicester City

By that argument, Bolton are a bigger club than half the current Premier League.

 

[Albumen]

My penneth?
I think he'll give us one more season as captain. If we make strides he may stay, or possibly go for more money.
He's not top 6 material (although he could walk into Arsenal at the moment) imo, so someone currently like Leicester is his, excuse the word, ceiling and I wouldn't blame him for going if he thinks it will set him up for life and give him a new challenge.

 

[nwgull]

He's contracted for another 4 years, or however long the latest extension he signed is for. As such, it doesn't matter how much the bright lights of Leicester or Villa turn his head, he'll only go if someone offers us a rediculous amount of money.

 

[BNthree]

If he does go it is just a few panels they'd need to replace. The fact each players head is nice and easy to replace it making me suspicious one of them is off this summer!

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

I don't agree that moving to a higher placed club will increase his England chances.

As a defender, he's better off with playing for one of the lower clubs in the Premier league, that way he will show off his skills and abilities to the maximum.

Playing centre half for Manchester city he will be much less involved than playing for a club who's prime objective is to stop teams with arguably better players from scoring.