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Oct. 25th, 2006 10:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
was_tansu_now_badhedgehogI knew we'd lose as soon as the draw came out. The mojo belongs to Martin, not to us.
We played well. We "gave a good account of ourselves" as the cliché goes, leaving it right until the last minute of extra time before imploding at the back in classic Leicester fashion.
I felt faint after Henderson saved Gareth Barry's penalty. Bit my fingers sore for our last chance corners.
I am simply sad that we lost. Just sad. I'm proud of everyone for playing so well. That (apart from the defensive collapse at the end) is the way we should play - hard working, harrying, pushing forward, using width. We have to work hard because we're never going to be up to the eyeballs in skill. When a bit of skill comes along it's lovely and special. Once in a long while a truly classy player like Muzzy Izzet comes along, and we treasure them every minute that they're with us. Sometimes I wonder whether I took those years for granted. I kept myself aware all the time that it was a very special time to be a Leicester fan. And really, now is not so bad a time. We're starting to get into shape. Starting to put together performances like last nigh. I hope we keep on with it - I hope the manager says the right things to make it happen in the league.
The Championship is pretty tight in the middle, as it tends to be. It's an exciting league for results, if not for champagne quality. Looking at midtable, you've got Norwich slap bang in the middle on 18 points. Take one point either side of that, and there's eight teams between 17 and 19 points. Widen that to three points, and there's twelve teams between 15 and 21 points. Doing better on results than the others in the midtable pack is what counts. It'd be excellent if we could just wriggle our way up to the top of the pack over the next few games. I always say that at this point in the season and it's always true. Couple of wins instead of a couple of draws.
Next time perhaps you'd better stop me before I start talking about the table.
We played well. We "gave a good account of ourselves" as the cliché goes, leaving it right until the last minute of extra time before imploding at the back in classic Leicester fashion.
I felt faint after Henderson saved Gareth Barry's penalty. Bit my fingers sore for our last chance corners.
I am simply sad that we lost. Just sad. I'm proud of everyone for playing so well. That (apart from the defensive collapse at the end) is the way we should play - hard working, harrying, pushing forward, using width. We have to work hard because we're never going to be up to the eyeballs in skill. When a bit of skill comes along it's lovely and special. Once in a long while a truly classy player like Muzzy Izzet comes along, and we treasure them every minute that they're with us. Sometimes I wonder whether I took those years for granted. I kept myself aware all the time that it was a very special time to be a Leicester fan. And really, now is not so bad a time. We're starting to get into shape. Starting to put together performances like last nigh. I hope we keep on with it - I hope the manager says the right things to make it happen in the league.
The Championship is pretty tight in the middle, as it tends to be. It's an exciting league for results, if not for champagne quality. Looking at midtable, you've got Norwich slap bang in the middle on 18 points. Take one point either side of that, and there's eight teams between 17 and 19 points. Widen that to three points, and there's twelve teams between 15 and 21 points. Doing better on results than the others in the midtable pack is what counts. It'd be excellent if we could just wriggle our way up to the top of the pack over the next few games. I always say that at this point in the season and it's always true. Couple of wins instead of a couple of draws.
Next time perhaps you'd better stop me before I start talking about the table.
