Brendan Rodgers fielded James Maddison from start and suddenly Leicester City were a better team, Christian Fuchs also got a rare chance to prove himself in a 90 minute display, and the rest of the team also contributed well. But it was Zorya who had a great chance to score early on, but a great…
In Both Camps, Nottingham Forest
Picture: Wes Morgan Nottingham Forest are at present in the Championship, and over the years a number of foxes have been seen in red and white as the two clubs have swopped players and managers during the years having great era’s and also competed in the same divisions. Going back to the 1977/78 season when…
Leicester 0, Aston Villa 1, positives and negatives, player ratings, and match report
Brendan Rodgers had to make a few changes with Caglar Soyuncu and Jamie Vardy both missing the game, in with new recruit Wesley Fofana and Kelechi Iheanacho, two obvious choices as the team looked balanced and settled with the two players just slotting into those positions. Again it was no place for Marc Albrighton, a…
D-Day 2, Leicester City exits and possible late move coming in?
Leicester City have been busy on the last day of the Deadline Day 2, as clubs from lower leagues in England can do business either in or out. Premier League clubs are not allowed to make moves to each other, so players will have to move upstairs or downstairs. Matty James has joined Barnsley and…
In Both Camps, Notts County
Picture: Trevor Christie Notts County is today a team outside the top four leagues of English football, but a few decades ago they were in the top flight while Leicester City competed in the league below, and a number of players have of course been both camps. Trevor Christie is a player that made the…
In Both Camps, Derby County
Picture: Roger Davies Roger Davies joined Leicester City from Club Brugge and his move was a club record transfer, being said to have cost the club in total £250.000, and with that crashed the former record, happening ten years earlier with the £150 000 move of Allan Clarke from Fulham being made in 1968. Roger’s…
Leicester City from brilliant shopping to easy fix
When money is shuffling in you tend to go for a better meal, nicer furniture, probably a new car, but will this make you happier and over time see a slide in brilliance as we did see with earlier “shopping” and how Leicester City showed the World how to buy and find those talents that…
Foxes A to Z, Emile Heskey, England international and Anfield £11million move
Hit by injuries and a ‘flu epedemic’, Leicester City turned out for their midweek Premier League game at Loftus Road with six changes from the side which had drawn with Everton on the previous Saturday, and gave a central striker’s debut to 17-year old first year trainee Emile, who acquitted himself very well under the…
Foxes A to Z, Andy Peake, England U.21 international and FA Cup semi-finalist
Another teenager given a deep-end dunking by Jock Wallace, midfielder Andy performed with remarkable maturity on his televised FA Cup debut and proceeded to establish himself as an exciting linkman of prodigious promise, winning numerous England Youth caps, a Second Division championship medal, and one Under-21 honour (against Poland during 1981/82). A series of injuries,…
Leicester 0, West Ham 3, positives and negatives, player ratings, and match report
Brendan Rodgers does have a number of injury problems in front of the game against West Ham, and he made that decision again to change formation, playing something looking like a 3-4-3, and it showed that the gamble wouldn’t turn out perfectly. Dennis Praet and James Maddison were both missing the game with injuries, and…
