stevewalshwasgod
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its all that training at remployyey well done joey son
Interesting report there Duzza. Who scored our goal?
Leicester City 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Posted on: Mon 20 Aug 2007
Leicester City went down 2-1 to near neighbours Nottingham Forest in the opening game of their Pontin's Central League cmpaign at the Marston's Stadium on Monday evening.
Ricky Sapplton grabbed the only goal for the Foxes on the night - the butch forward reacting quickly to prod home from close rage in the 35th minute of the contest.
City fielded a squad containing a mixture of youth and experience for the local derby clash - with Jimmy Nielsen, Alan Maybury, Matty Fryatt and Richard Stearman all named in the starting line up.
The first effort of the evening came in the third minute. Levi Porter swung in a corner from the left, but Andy King was unbalanced and his volley fell wide of the target.
Fryatt was released through on goal by Eric Odhiambo five minutes later, but his effort from 12 yards was well blocked by James Perch.
The Foxes came close again a minute later - Ricky Sappleton just failing to guide home a glancing header from a Levi Porter cross.
Forest's first effort on goal came in the 12th minute - Felix Bastians crashing the ball against the bar from a free-kick just outside the City area.
Bastians wasn't far off again four minutes later - his header from 12 yards rebounding off Nielsen's left-hand upright.
Sergio Hellings tried his luck from range with 18 minutes on the clock, but his shot from 25-yards fell just wide of the target.
Mark Bryne smashed in a fierce volley from 25 yards in the 23rd minutes, but Nielsen was up to the task in the City goal and made a comfortable save.
The Foxes took the lead 12 minutes later. Forest goalkeeper Shane Redmond was unable to hold on to a rasping Joe Mattock long-range drive, and Sappleton was there to fire home the rebound.
Bastians hit the woodwork for the third time moments later - his curling shot clipping the outside of Nielsen's left-hand upright.
A free-flowing move almost brought City a second in the 39th minutes. Fryatt's cross from the left was met by Sappleton on the far post, but Tom Sharpe was there to make a last ditch block for the visitors.
Nielsen was forced into action in the last minute of the half- getting down well to block Emile Sinclair's effort.
City made a double change on 58 minutes - Billy McKay and Ryan Beswick replacing Porter and goalscorer Sappleton.
Forest equalised with 75 minutes on the clock. Matthew Thornhill picked up the ball on the edge of the City area and without breaking stride hit a well struck first time drive past the diving Nielsen.
Mattock came close to regaining the lead for the Foxes three minutes later, but his low drive was smothered by Redmond.
The visitors grabbed the winner with five minutes of the game remaining - Bryne scoring from a clever lob after the Leicester defence had only half cleared.
Highlights from the game will be available on Leicester City World from noon on Tuesday.
City: Nielsen, Maybury, Mattock, Hellings, Stearman, Rowe-Turner, Odhiambo, King (Magunda 83), Sappleton (McKay 58), Fryatt, Porter (Beswick 58).
Subs not used: Cisak, Garner.
Forest: Redmond, Perch, Heath, Power, Bencherif, Sharpe, Byrne (Treacy90), Thornhill, Sinclair (Fairclough 52), Salem (Brown 87), Bastians.
Subs not used: Roberts, Green.
Yellow: Power
Att: 547
baited breathe then:
1 each when I left.
Interesting to see a few names there tonight.
MA
Adrian Whitbread
Nigel Clough
David Pleat
TNBD
and the one and only Craig Levein
Expect a website log from MA tonight/tomorrow as he was dictating it half way through the second half.
Players of note
Maybury - solid. Presumably playing at CL's request??
Odhiambo - Fantastic MotM and looks a class act
Fryatt - Absolute gash, looks completley disinterested. jogged around looking complete horeshit. Interesting to note MA's facial expressions to AW everytime the ball bounced of fryatt or he couldnt be arsed to chase the ball down.
Sappleton - Excellent, really looked strong and took his goal well. A handful.
King - Box to box, loads of energy and very neat and tidy.
Porter - total toss, didnt look bothered at all. Got subbed after an hour. Hard to tell if its was cos hes plying on sat or not - on this performance not
Neilsen - Good god I am glad we have Fulop. He is rubbish! Awful!! doesnt command the box, doesnt know when to stay or come for the ball - post/bar saved his blushes on several ocassions.
Hellings - Looked OK, neat and tidy but didnt create anything
Stearman - got caught in possesion as usual
Mattock - Did well, defended well and got down the flank
Still wrong with both FFS.
Bated breath
You missed Forests second and nearly ther third and probably fourth. Easily our worst goalkeeper for a long time. He is much worse than Rab, at least he looked ok than just dropped the odd clanger, Neilsen is just crap.
He doesnt even look like a keeper. I was sat near MA and when he completley mised a cross and they nearly scored, MA just rolled his eyes at MA as if to say 'see, he really is shit'
Defo worse than Douglas.
Was he a MM signing
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Leicester | 46 | 97 |
2 | Ipswich | 46 | 96 |
3 | Leeds Utd | 46 | 90 |
4 | Southampton | 46 | 87 |
5 | West Brom | 46 | 75 |
6 | Norwich City | 46 | 73 |
7 | Hull City | 46 | 70 |
8 | Middlesbro | 46 | 69 |
9 | Coventry City | 46 | 64 |
10 | Preston | 46 | 63 |
11 | Bristol City | 46 | 62 |
12 | Cardiff City | 46 | 62 |
13 | Millwall | 46 | 59 |
14 | Swansea City | 46 | 57 |
15 | Watford | 46 | 56 |
16 | Sunderland | 46 | 56 |
17 | Stoke City | 46 | 56 |
18 | QPR | 46 | 56 |
19 | Blackburn | 46 | 53 |
20 | Sheffield W | 46 | 53 |
21 | Plymouth | 46 | 51 |
22 | Birmingham | 46 | 50 |
23 | Huddersfield | 46 | 45 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 46 | 27 |