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Martin

Gilbert
Kisnorbo
Tunchev
Powell

Adams
Oakley
King
Dyer

Howard
Fryatt

s.
Mattock
Hayles
Me
HF
Homer
 
I watched the Hartlepool match with him holding my hand and rubbing my inner thigh and whispering sweet nothings in my ear, he aint much of looker as i'm sure you know.....:icon_wink:icon_lol:

FFS Ted - far too much information.
 
Right flight is booked (only 20 quid!) i'm gonna come over and venture into league one. i take it tickets r pretty much available until ko, anyone know?

We should really thrash this lot, they let a 2 goal lead slip yesterday to the monkey hangers so i feel a rout is on the cards, as long as we dont play dj
 
I think Tunchev will return for Morrison otherwise unchanged I fancy a 2-0 win Howard + a defender (maybe Hobbs) must start putting away the chances, hopefully with 2 home games looming we should open a gap with Scunny.
 
Right flight is booked (only 20 quid!) i'm gonna come over and venture into league one. i take it tickets r pretty much available until ko, anyone know?

We should really thrash this lot, they let a 2 goal lead slip yesterday to the monkey hangers so i feel a rout is on the cards, as long as we dont play dj

Finding out for you now :icon_wink

yes they are ,right up to kick off from the T/O :icon_wink
 
team for Walsall:

Martin

Gilbert Hobbs Tunchev Powell

Gradel A.King Oakley Dyer

Howard Fryatt

Subs: Henderson, Mattock, Adams, Kisnorbo, Hayles

Kisnorbo has been out for 6 months, Mattock 3 and they should be eased back in. Their presence on the bench should be enough to steel both Tunchev and Hobbs into giving their all.
Adams and Gradel are both playing well and Gradel deserves a chance from the start (adams has had a hard few weeks)
Until January, when i think we will strengthen the squad with two or three players again (with Kis or Mattock potentially being sacrificed), i think we can stick with grinding out victories by 1 and 2 goals and remaining tight at the back. 6 goals conceded so far this season is very, very strong and it would send the wrong signal to drop any of the incumbents for Mattock or Kisnorbo until they are 100% fit to start.
If we stretch to 12 or 13 games with only 6 conceded this will be far and away our best defensive start to a campaign in my memory.

Come on the Foxes! How about some credit crunch fixtures at £10 a pop to get the stadium full....
 
Adams and Gradel are both playing well and Gradel deserves a chance from the start (adams has had a hard few weeks)

Gradel has not been playing well. He started the campaign really well, but has been well short of his best / required level the last three or four times he has been on. Adams has been slightly more consistent, especially with delivery into the box. Both have great potential.

I expect Kis to keep coming off the bench for the next few to work his match fitness up - he looked (understandably) rusty on Saturday but IMO is the best defender at the club (I also rate KG, MM, AT, JH, CP and JM highly).

I would resist putting Mattock back in for now - Powell is doing fine (will never be an exciting player, but has been reliable in a team conceding few goals).

That said, with a busy schedule coming up, I expect Pearson to rest players as required when we have viable options in reserve.
 
That said, with a busy schedule coming up, I expect Pearson to rest players as required when we have viable options in reserve.

The problem is I don't think we have viable options in reserve in any other position than defence.

We have no other centre mids whilst Clemence is dead, and even then theres only 3 in the entire squad, one of which is a teenager.

Theres Adams, Gradel and Dyer, that's it for wingers, apart from Porter (if he hasn't been loaned to Cheltenham yet)

Then up front we have Dickov injured, and no one else, DJ doesn't count.

So assuming we aren't suddenly gonna chuck in a whole team of teenagers, we actually have no squad depth.
 
We have no other centre mids whilst Clemence is dead, and even then theres only 3 in the entire squad, one of which is a teenager.

Hence why I was shocked to see Weso go out on loan to Cheltenham. They are raving about him and want to sign him permanently.


Then up front we have Dickov injured, and no one else, DJ doesn't count.

Don't forget, we do have the mighty Barry Hayles!
 
Hence why I was shocked to see Weso go out on loan to Cheltenham. They are raving about him and want to sign him permanently.

I was a bit surprised about that too, hes an average player, can do a job if needed, better than having a 15 year old as first reserve.




Don't forget, we do have the mighty Barry Hayles!

I'd forgotten about him :icon_razz

Tbf I didn't realise players were allowed on the pitch with walking sticks
 
We should not really be bothered who we field tomorrow, it's another crap team from this crap division.
 
The problem is I don't think we have viable options in reserve in any other position than defence.

We have no other centre mids whilst Clemence is dead, and even then theres only 3 in the entire squad, one of which is a teenager.

Theres Adams, Gradel and Dyer, that's it for wingers, apart from Porter (if he hasn't been loaned to Cheltenham yet)

Then up front we have Dickov injured, and no one else, DJ doesn't count.

So assuming we aren't suddenly gonna chuck in a whole team of teenagers, we actually have no squad depth.

To be honest, I agree with you. I was amazed to see Weso go out on loan (I actually think he's a very good / useful player). We have no central midfield cover and little cover up front (although I don't really expect Fryatt or Howard to be rested). We do have viable cover in all defensive positions and (if you include Mattock as being able to play on the left side of midfield) on both wings.

As much as I detest DJ for being a lazy, useless, uninterested fecker last year, I think he has looked mildly improved when he has appeared this year, so I wouldn't be too averse to seeing him / Bazza on at some point later in games we're winning. Would love to have Dickov back sooner rather than later though. Would also appreciate it if Clemence would miraculously recover - can't see that somehow!
 
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Head To Head: Walsall

Posted on: Mon 20 Oct 2008


HEAD TO HEAD
The two clubs have met just 17 times previously, with 16 of those clashes coming when league points were at stake. Here in Leicester, City have won 7 and drawn 1 of the 8 previous clashes. At the Walkers Stadium, the Foxes won the only previous encounter, in November 2002.


EARLY MEETINGS
The first ever meetings came in Fosse's inaugural Football League season of 1894-95. That campaign saw Fosse complete the double over Walsall Town Swifts, the first time we had recorded that particular feat in the league.


RECENT HISTORY
The last time that the clubs faced each other was in the 2002-03 campaign. The last meeting at the Walkers Stadium ended in a 2-0 win for the Foxes, thanks to strikes from Matt Heath and James Scowcroft. City went on to complete another double that season, also winning 4-1 at the Bescot Stadium in February 2003, when Paul Dickov was among the scorers.


BIGGEST WINS
Easily the biggest win of the series was the one that gave Fosse their first ever double, in January 1895, when Filbert Street witnessed a 9-1 rout. :icon_eek::icon_eek::icon_eek:



SEQUENCES
The Foxes have won each of the last four meetings overall, and each of the last five league meetings. Walsall last tasted victory in the F A Cup in 1978, but have not beaten us in the league since November 1900.


MARKSMEN
Oddly, there were no hat-tricks for Fosse in that 9-1 win, but Tommy brown did manage one in a 5-0 Filbert Street win in March 1901 to make him the leading overall scorer in the series with just four strikes.


DEBUTANTS
Just four players have made their Leicester debuts against Walsall, with the only one in modern times being Gary Mills in March 1989.


FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS
The list of players to have represented both clubs over the years includes Trevor Benjamin, Mark Blake, Ally Brown, Trevor Christie, Steve Claridge, Allan Clarke, Wayne Clarke, Steve Corica, Nicky Cross, Peter Eastoe, Matty Fryatt, Gary Ford, Colin Gibson, Mark Goodwin, Colin Gordon, Kevin Harper, Julian Joachim, David Kelly, Jamie Lawrence, Kevin MacDonald, George Meek, Stefan Moore, Stef Oakes, Howard Riley, Mark Robins, Mark Wallington, Gavin Ward, Gordon Wills and Tommy Wright.
 
Assuming a first eleven of: Martin; Gilbert, Kisnorbo, Tunchev, Mattock; Gradel, Oakley, King, Dyer; Howard, Fryatt
We have a second eleven of: Henderson; O'Neill, Morrisson, Hobbs, Powell; Adams, Clemence, Weso, Porter; Dickov, Campbell

While this demonstrates that Weso should not have been loaned out, and must be recalled if possible, how is this not an exceptionally strong squad? The only weak point of an injury free second 11 is the right-back, while Berner and Hayles don't even make the 22. A permanent right-back of quality is the most important purchase we need out of the transfer window, followed by a central midfielder assuming that Clemence is done for, but there really is a lot to be happy about - makes a change over the last x years!
 
But right at this moment, we don't have Weso, Clemence or Dickov, Porter isn't really very good, neither is DJ. Actually DJ might be injured anyway.

Say Oakley and Howard get injured tomorrow, then what happens?
 
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