Leicester City are a rare club in many ways, and how it’s possible to keep Brendan Rodgers happy as owners put strings around his head, feet and fingers, making his job “moving the club forward” almost impossible and to again see him perform a “magic act” next season will be very, very difficult if they…
The international update, who did what out on duty, and what about former foxes?
Leicester City had as always a number of players on international duty as their nations had different fixtures of World Cup qualifiers and friendlies played. Firstly congratulations to Nampalys Mendy getting his Senegal debut on the 26th of March, a 0-0 draw on the day, this was completed with a new cap against Eswatini, ending…
Claudio Ranieri to become a blessing in disguise for Norwegian football evolution
Claudio Ranieri is doing a grand job at Sampdoria and yesterday Norway played Montenegro in a World Cup qualifier with a certain Morten Thorsby getting a rare chance to shine in the team. The 24 year old, is a key man in his club team, but hasn’t yet been seen as that in the national…
Will Leicester go to Belgium and France to bring in these two exciting prospects?
Reports from The Mercury and The Athletics makes it obvious that Leicester City this summer must be clever and cunning in their approaches for new players and maybe also consider a number of their own “special men” to return to the club. One of the most exciting scenarios might be to bring back Kamal Sowah…
18 year old Tom Kilkelly in the starting line-up, his unique and memorable story about Leicester City and their forgotten FA Cup 3rd place play-off’s!
Leicester City recently reached this seasons FA Cup semi-final, playing Southampton at Wembley on the 18th of April. Going down Memory Lane, you have to go back a great number of years to find the last two events of such earlier happenings, 1982 and 1974. We all know the details and talk about those defeats,…
In Both Camps, Huddersfield Town
Picture: Frank Worthington Huddersfield Town is a club with a rollercoaster ride up and down the divisions, currently “camping” in the 2nd tier, after a swift return to the top flight a few seasons ago, over the years a number of players have been in both camps, of course remembering Frank Worthington, but today you…
Defender chase, Leicester in race with Newcastle and Aston Villa
Brendan Rodgers will be out looking for a number of players over the summer, and a central defender might be on his list of targets, maybe two. We have seen late reports about Rangers defender Filip Helander and Celtic’s Kristoffer Ajer. Helander is a proven Swedish international with a previous life in Italian football before…
RIP Frank Worthington, “Love Me Tender”, “It’s Now or Never”
Sad to hear that Frank Worthington had passed away earlier this week, and to see one of Leicester City’s most legendary players ever leaving us all at the age 72. Born in Halifax in 1948, spending his younger years in a footballing family, with his father a footballer, so was his older brothers Bob and…
Leicester 3, Man Utd 1, positives and negatives, player ratings, and match report
Exciting to see that Brendan Rodgers just played the natural eleven with just the change of Marc Albrighton coming in for Ricardo Pereira, who missed the game through injury. Man Utd decided surprisingly to rest a number of their key players. Leicester City looked fresh and very up to it, as they did against Sheffield…
Leicester 5, Sheff Utd 0, positives and negatives, player ratings, and match report
As we would like Brendan Rodgers to play his team in a settled system, we just have to accept that this man will surprise you week in and week out, and if he gets the results he did today, then all credit to him, and playing his best eleven and group them the way he…
