Liam Moore is back in contention after missing 3 weeks with broken ribs. Sean St. Ledger is still out other then that its a full fit squad to choose from so here is what I would go with Schmeichel De Laet Wasilewski Morgan Konchesky Knockaert James Drinkwater Dyer Vardy Nugent Subs- Logan, Moore, King, Hammond, Mahrez, Phillips, Wood
Yup looks good to me. I wouldn't chuck Moore back in straight away, as much as I would love him to play. Always pessimistic when it comes to Forest, would happily take a point...
I'd put Schlupp in for one of the midfield players myself (or possibly even for Wood)... Forest's key player in this game could well be Paterson and they might target Konch as a weak point pace wise ... Schlupp has been great when asked to combat players like Anya etc ...
I'd keep Liam out of this one, give him a little while longer to be 100% If we don't win or get a point, then thats probably where cynical fans will point fingers. Ipswich at home may be better for him to return to the first 11. I'd like us to go out and win this one, but im betting between a draw or narrow loss, they are on a fairly good run and unbeaten in the league since November. A point will do us no harm, as it would eliminate Burnleys point at the weekend and move us a point extra away from the chasing pack, while also denying Forest of 2 points
... can't fault the maths ... and it supports what I've been saying all along ... it's often very difficult to chase down a lead like the one we have ... because you need to rely on two distinct factors ... firstly that you yourselves keep winning in order to keep the pressure on and hopefully make up some points ... but also, and rather illogically if you think about it, that the leaders don't maintain their form but instead suffer a poor run that their form to date has not suggested is likely to happen in all probability ... Now footie is of course a strange science and confidence can be shaken .... but at the moment I can't wait for the games to come around ... and it feels as if that applies equally to the whole LCFC set-up right now ... exciting times.
So it's a win-win-win situation for us tonight... Leicester win - Happy days! Draw - 8 points clear of Burnley and 10 ahead of Derby. Loss - QPR go down to 5th We stay 7 points clear of 2nd (and more importantly, 9 ahead of Derby), and we blow the race for 2nd wide open...
me too, i think we could win, but as we have opened a gap and this is probably one of the harder games we will play (as in a top 6 team) i'd take a point. We have a few fixtures against teams around us, we still haveto play Burnley, QPR, Forest, Brighton, Reading.. as long as we can stop them getting maximum points in those games, we should be able to maintain a lead at the top. We would then need to pickup points against the likes of Doncaster, Charlton, Yeovil etc, but this league being as it is, we will prob beat Burnley and lose to Yeovil
We're fresher than Forest and haven't come back from a humiliating dumping from the FA Cup. I think we should go for the throat as we've been doing in every game so far this season. Always play for the win, then we'll hopefully be as good as promoted before our trickier run of games in late March/April, with the potential for a large tally at the end of the season. As Jack Lesterfan says, we're in a good position whatever.
If anyone comes across a live stream for the game, please post the link. I've not had any joy yet finding anything. Cheers
I don't think there will be any as it isn't a sky game. It's just a re arranged game due to the FA Cup
I'm looking at it this way - with only getting a draw in the last game it means the odds of a win are better than if we were still trying to extend a record breaking winning run. Well.. makes sense to me anyway!
I'm listening to 5live instead, thought I'd get the neutral approach and getting a little sick of Young and Stringy.
Was about time that Phillips was brought on ... Nuge suffering with the same old problem ... don't think he has had one on target from numerous attempts ... BBC Sport's Owen Phillips at the City Ground: "Massive massive chance for Leicester to level. Danny Drinkwater did well down the right flank but David Nugent shot hopelessly wide from close range and how they may live to regret that as within a minute Paul Konchesky is shown a straight red card for a challenge on Jamie Mackie near the halfway line."
