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RE: Barnsley v Derby County - Match Thread.....
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Read that and
Interesting times ahead
Really pleased with our position in the table. I think the reason for the quietness is probably because we have been here before and I think leicester fans don't want to jinx things!
We are a mentally tougher and better squad this season, I just wish we could sort the defence out!
I'm still going for a top 6 finish and there's no shame in that . QPR and Forest will spend big in Jan and we can't financially compete. I have a good feeling we will go up through the play offs however
Spending big is no guarantee. Ask Sven.
Morgan was poor, off day or contract issue?
Fantastic match and strangely one I never thought we'd lose!
They are all on NOT 606.
Igor its a shame your teams shocking away support is not as good as the keyboard support for Direby here on JA606.
I think Blackstarr is right - many of us dare hardly breathe, let alone offer comment, in case we wake up and find it all a dream.
Crushed too often in the past, I confess that am still waiting for the roof to fall in. Pearson described the first half today as constituting the best football the team has yet played for him. Yet we had shipped more goals by half-time than in any previous 90 minutes this season. Which suggests to me that he too is in a strange place. We have no forwards able to score often from open play. It feels very very brittle to me....
A cracking result although I have preferred not to have conceded three. But to win 5-3 after a penalty miss is brilliant.
Quiet on all Leicester boards at the minute. It seems we have nothing to moan about!!
Another great win today and showing we've got a bit more resilience than last year when we go behind. This is a good sign.
January will be interesting - will the owners put a bit of money in to push us on to the end of the season, or will we stick to what we've got?
I see we've been linked with another French winger which could be interesting (Walsh clearly likes his French finds) and I'd quite like another striker to push Nugent more. Otherwise I think we're ok (as long as today's defensive display doesn't become regular)!
Good times, and like others, I can't celebrate it as I'm waiting for it all to go wrong!
comment by Timber....... (U5094)
posted 52 minutes ago
They are all on NOT 606.
Igor its a shame your teams shocking away support is not as good as the keyboard support for Direby here on JA606.
======================
The Fuxers have their own Tonto
6000 today and refused us more, 14000 in last three away
Poor alright
Dougie Freedman has this evening expressed the view that City are "(by) a million miles... the best team in this division..."
Even though it is arrant nonsense, spouted by a manager whose team has just shipped five after he completely altered its line-up since winning the pervious match, it is oddly nice to hear.
Celebrate!
It may well all goes t**ts up.
Supporting teams such as Leicester is a hard row to hoe. Seize the day, enjoy the moment. Life is short.
I've read every post this season but this is the first time I've posted this season.
I can quite believe how well things are going but like a number of other contributors I still bare the scars from lasts seasons collapse.
However, there is certainly more experience in this seasons team and a real toughness. We'd have lost today's game last season.
If we can get Wood fit and firing along with 1-2 signings we'll have a real chance.
So far so good but it's only the half way point. However another 48 points from the next 23 games and I'm sure we'll be up!
Would have to be one almighty collapse to not at least make top 6.
11 points better off than the same stage last year.
86 pts should see us up, win halfish (12) of our remaining games puts us on 84 plus the odd draw in there and bingo
Sounds easy when you put it like that
We are developing a gap at the top now, which is important for a confidence perspective and also so other teams look at us and think, well they're going up automatically.
A win at the New Den on Wed and then our annual beating of the sheep (which is going to be much harder than it normally is but still achievable) and we could well be 7 or even 10 points clear at the top...!
Someone has got to win the league so why can't it be us???!
One more win should make us safe from relegation
Donington - you say we'd have lost this last season... well, we pretty much did lose this game a few weeks back at Sheffield Wednesday. Then, just like today, we came out like a train, scored an early goal, then got complacent in midfield and watched as they grabbed two goals of their own. The difference today was that it looked like the belief was back in the side and that was the thing that delighted me the most. It goes a long way in the Championship to not know when you're beaten.
If I was in the team, I'd be trying my best not to look at the gap though. The gap between 2nd, 3rd, 7th or whatever you want to see is for the fans to get excited about at this stage of the season but not the players. For them, it still has to be about simply accumulating all that you can and letting the league table take care of itself, thereby trying to put off the inevitable end-of-season scrap for every point as long as possible. Our next matches are Millwall away and Derby at home. Both are tough matches for very different reasons and need to be approached without the concern of what the teams behind us might do.
The thing is that if you measure our progress using the only tool that matters, the League Table, then we are the best team in the division. Maybe not by a million miles, but the best team nonetheless.
The question now is whether our squad has the depth and capability to maintain our position. Last season our loss of form was dramatic in the 2nd half of the season and we only recovered just in time.
I'm hoping that Nigel is given some leeway by the owners to strengthen in January. I don't think we need many players, but probably just two or three to keep the squad fresh. I would predict that QPR and Forest might be very active in the January market, which is not necessarily a good thing, but we should be alive to the possibilities.
Last year we were level pegging with Hull City at about this time of year. They were more active than us in January and went up whilst our young squad failed to show the required endurance. Whether we're more capable a year on is a point of debate, but ultimately the calls we make now may decide how close we'll finish in May.
Alright ladies and gents.
I was lucky enough to get to the game today as over here in sunny Leicester for Xmas/New Year. What a great game to be at.
Apart from some shocking defending, I thought we played some lovely attacking football.
Hopefully the owners find a few pounds to give to Nigel to bring in a couple of new players in Jan to freshen things up (winger and forward)
A great feeling to be top of the table going into the New Year and now the sheep sha**ers game is set up very nicely.
Happy New Year all, Have a good one.
Dunge-I was at the Sheff Weds game too and said around the 20 min mark yesterday that I feared this game was going the same way. Big difference yesterday was that we were very clinical for a change and took the chances when they came. There's been games this season where we've created treble the amount we created yesterday and only scored one or two.
In addition to being clinical, the big thing that won us the game yesterday was the desire shown in the second half. Sometimes a team at the top has that extra desire and and an extra gear when you get deep into the second half. We couldn't do it last year, fingers crossed we've got it this time!
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posted on 29/12/13
You too bud?
It's a bumma 'aint it
posted on 29/12/13
RE: Barnsley v Derby County - Match Thread.....
Posted: 6 minutes ago | Last Commented: 52 seconds ago | 913 comments
Read that and
Interesting times ahead
posted on 29/12/13
Really pleased with our position in the table. I think the reason for the quietness is probably because we have been here before and I think leicester fans don't want to jinx things!
We are a mentally tougher and better squad this season, I just wish we could sort the defence out!
I'm still going for a top 6 finish and there's no shame in that . QPR and Forest will spend big in Jan and we can't financially compete. I have a good feeling we will go up through the play offs however
posted on 29/12/13
Spending big is no guarantee. Ask Sven.
posted on 29/12/13
Morgan was poor, off day or contract issue?
Fantastic match and strangely one I never thought we'd lose!
posted on 29/12/13
They are all on NOT 606.
Igor its a shame your teams shocking away support is not as good as the keyboard support for Direby here on JA606.
posted on 29/12/13
I think Blackstarr is right - many of us dare hardly breathe, let alone offer comment, in case we wake up and find it all a dream.
Crushed too often in the past, I confess that am still waiting for the roof to fall in. Pearson described the first half today as constituting the best football the team has yet played for him. Yet we had shipped more goals by half-time than in any previous 90 minutes this season. Which suggests to me that he too is in a strange place. We have no forwards able to score often from open play. It feels very very brittle to me....
posted on 29/12/13
A cracking result although I have preferred not to have conceded three. But to win 5-3 after a penalty miss is brilliant.
posted on 29/12/13
Quiet on all Leicester boards at the minute. It seems we have nothing to moan about!!
Another great win today and showing we've got a bit more resilience than last year when we go behind. This is a good sign.
January will be interesting - will the owners put a bit of money in to push us on to the end of the season, or will we stick to what we've got?
I see we've been linked with another French winger which could be interesting (Walsh clearly likes his French finds) and I'd quite like another striker to push Nugent more. Otherwise I think we're ok (as long as today's defensive display doesn't become regular)!
Good times, and like others, I can't celebrate it as I'm waiting for it all to go wrong!
posted on 29/12/13
comment by Timber....... (U5094)
posted 52 minutes ago
They are all on NOT 606.
Igor its a shame your teams shocking away support is not as good as the keyboard support for Direby here on JA606.
======================
The Fuxers have their own Tonto
6000 today and refused us more, 14000 in last three away
Poor alright
posted on 29/12/13
Dougie Freedman has this evening expressed the view that City are "(by) a million miles... the best team in this division..."
Even though it is arrant nonsense, spouted by a manager whose team has just shipped five after he completely altered its line-up since winning the pervious match, it is oddly nice to hear.
posted on 29/12/13
Celebrate!
It may well all goes t**ts up.
Supporting teams such as Leicester is a hard row to hoe. Seize the day, enjoy the moment. Life is short.
posted on 29/12/13
I've read every post this season but this is the first time I've posted this season.
I can quite believe how well things are going but like a number of other contributors I still bare the scars from lasts seasons collapse.
However, there is certainly more experience in this seasons team and a real toughness. We'd have lost today's game last season.
If we can get Wood fit and firing along with 1-2 signings we'll have a real chance.
So far so good but it's only the half way point. However another 48 points from the next 23 games and I'm sure we'll be up!
posted on 29/12/13
Would have to be one almighty collapse to not at least make top 6.
11 points better off than the same stage last year.
86 pts should see us up, win halfish (12) of our remaining games puts us on 84 plus the odd draw in there and bingo
Sounds easy when you put it like that
posted on 29/12/13
We are developing a gap at the top now, which is important for a confidence perspective and also so other teams look at us and think, well they're going up automatically.
A win at the New Den on Wed and then our annual beating of the sheep (which is going to be much harder than it normally is but still achievable) and we could well be 7 or even 10 points clear at the top...!
Someone has got to win the league so why can't it be us???!
posted on 29/12/13
One more win should make us safe from relegation
posted on 29/12/13
Donington - you say we'd have lost this last season... well, we pretty much did lose this game a few weeks back at Sheffield Wednesday. Then, just like today, we came out like a train, scored an early goal, then got complacent in midfield and watched as they grabbed two goals of their own. The difference today was that it looked like the belief was back in the side and that was the thing that delighted me the most. It goes a long way in the Championship to not know when you're beaten.
If I was in the team, I'd be trying my best not to look at the gap though. The gap between 2nd, 3rd, 7th or whatever you want to see is for the fans to get excited about at this stage of the season but not the players. For them, it still has to be about simply accumulating all that you can and letting the league table take care of itself, thereby trying to put off the inevitable end-of-season scrap for every point as long as possible. Our next matches are Millwall away and Derby at home. Both are tough matches for very different reasons and need to be approached without the concern of what the teams behind us might do.
posted on 29/12/13
The thing is that if you measure our progress using the only tool that matters, the League Table, then we are the best team in the division. Maybe not by a million miles, but the best team nonetheless.
The question now is whether our squad has the depth and capability to maintain our position. Last season our loss of form was dramatic in the 2nd half of the season and we only recovered just in time.
I'm hoping that Nigel is given some leeway by the owners to strengthen in January. I don't think we need many players, but probably just two or three to keep the squad fresh. I would predict that QPR and Forest might be very active in the January market, which is not necessarily a good thing, but we should be alive to the possibilities.
Last year we were level pegging with Hull City at about this time of year. They were more active than us in January and went up whilst our young squad failed to show the required endurance. Whether we're more capable a year on is a point of debate, but ultimately the calls we make now may decide how close we'll finish in May.
posted on 30/12/13
Alright ladies and gents.
I was lucky enough to get to the game today as over here in sunny Leicester for Xmas/New Year. What a great game to be at.
Apart from some shocking defending, I thought we played some lovely attacking football.
Hopefully the owners find a few pounds to give to Nigel to bring in a couple of new players in Jan to freshen things up (winger and forward)
A great feeling to be top of the table going into the New Year and now the sheep sha**ers game is set up very nicely.
Happy New Year all, Have a good one.
posted on 30/12/13
Dunge-I was at the Sheff Weds game too and said around the 20 min mark yesterday that I feared this game was going the same way. Big difference yesterday was that we were very clinical for a change and took the chances when they came. There's been games this season where we've created treble the amount we created yesterday and only scored one or two.
In addition to being clinical, the big thing that won us the game yesterday was the desire shown in the second half. Sometimes a team at the top has that extra desire and and an extra gear when you get deep into the second half. We couldn't do it last year, fingers crossed we've got it this time!
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