Bad weekend for Leicester City as big Championship rivals win
Leicester City had an uncomfortable weekend off as all their big rivals for the top-two spots won.
Cardiff, Hull, Watford and Crystal Palace all won to see City drop to fifth – admittedly with games in hand.
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Mohamed Gedo scored for Hull
Cardiff stretched their unbeaten league run to nine matches with a 2-1 win over Bristol City strengthening their position at the top.
Home debutant Fraizer Campbell scored both goals for the Bluebirds, opening the scoring moments before the half-time whistle before finding the target again after 58 minutes from close range.
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A stoppage-time own goal from Ben Nugent denied Cardiff a clean sheet but they remain eight points clear of nearest challengers Hull, who were 1-0 winners at home to Charlton.
Mohamed Gedo made the most of an error from goalkeeper Ben Hamer to stab home the only goal after 33 minutes at the KC Stadium.
Watford kept up the pressure on the top two with a 4-0 hammering of Birmingham.
Troy Deeney scored twice for the Hornets, after 38 and 62 minutes, with Ikechi Anya (43) and Almen Adbi (89) also on target in a one-sided affair.
Watford are three points behind the Tigers and one ahead of Crystal Palace, who climbed to fourth with an easy 4-1 success over fellow play-off hopefuls Middlesbrough.
Glenn Murray fired Palace in front after nine minutes before second-half goals from Peter Ramage and Murray again put the hosts into a commanding lead.
Faris Haroun replied for Boro 10 minutes from time but Kevin Phillips added more misery four minutes later.
Wolves sit just a point above the relegation zone after playing out a goalless draw with Derby.
Paul Ince is set to be unveiled as Blackpool manager later today after he watched the Tangerines slip to a 1-0 defeat at Ipswich on Saturday.
The former England international sat in the directors' box at Portman Road as Michael Chopra's 50th-minute strike settled the contest.
While Blackpool are yet to confirm Ince's arrival, caretaker boss Steve Thompson revealed after the game that the 45-year-old was on the brink of a deal.
Leicester City travel to Blackpool on Saturday for what will effectively be Ince's first game in charge of his new side.
All the results: Birmingham 0 Watford 4, C Palace 4 Middlesbro 1, Derby 0 Wolves 0, Hull 1 Charlton 0, Ipswich 1 Blackpool 0, Nottm Forest 1 Bolton 1, Cardiff 2 Bristol City 0




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by ash1967
Monday, February 18 2013, 9:49PM
“Sorry I got it wrong it was the knee, I can only assume the injury happened on the Friday and they the manager and coaching staff did not know the full extent of the injury, Stringer & Pearson have never really got on. I think Pearson must read certain comments about his so called self ego and like many managers plays up to it so that the press put pressure on him and not players.
Brian Clough, Bill Shankley in the past and more frequently Jose Mourhinho play up to the media, we have posters on here who also have self ego and love the attention that comes with it”
by ghostof66pah
Monday, February 18 2013, 8:10PM
“With all due respect Ash, some of us don't do Twa**er and one does not expect to have to to get facts from players? Why did the manager - who I for one have supported through all the "Clueless" on here as much as you have - use his dislike of Stringer to give us mixed signals with his reluctant answer originally. That was a chance for him to tell us all that Chris had had a knock, felt it v Wolves and will need a couple of weeks to get right. But all he did was show that he don't like talking to Stringer. Pearson was at Peterborough and it was HE who staed that the injury was "lower Limb" and then reluctantly "around the knee area" That's where it all started so if we fans have to check out Twa**er to get info then the club are not being right with us..
Anyway, all good news that he will be back tomorrow. Let's hope that he does the business because from what folk are saying he's the only one who can take us up. So no pressure then!!”
by IbstockFox
Monday, February 18 2013, 4:44PM
“Hey Ash, so why did NP say it was his knee in his radio interview? And why didn't Shakey come clean with the injury? Seems a bit strange to me.”
by ash1967
Monday, February 18 2013, 2:51PM
“I have to laugh ! Please read Chris Woods twitter page, he is getting fed up with the conspiracy stories surrounding the knock he had in training, he has stated in the LM that he hopes to be back against Charlton, that it is a injury to his ankle that is very sore, like he said though, the stories are from people who were not at the Peterborough game, as he was on crutches.
Some are even suggesting he has faked injury.
Welcome to Leicester, Chris get used to it, some armchair fans like to put spin on things”
by LCFCMike
Monday, February 18 2013, 11:39AM
“Let's see after Tuesday's and Saturday's games, but we really need to get Schlupp back..NOW. He's great cover for our strikers, and as a left back. C'mon NP, we need him, get it done.”
by dobranich
Monday, February 18 2013, 10:32AM
“Yes Alan posts like that can come back to haunt you. However I do think that NP has blown automatic by playing joke teams the last two games ending the momentum and denting team confidence. If Wood was indeed injured enough to stop him playing it may tell on him. If he was onLy slightly injured and wanted today but was overruled by Pearson he may not be so enthusiastic but as he said in his interview he will just got on with it??
It may well be that it's a case of hanging on to a play off place and hoping Wood and Nugent are fit at play off time. Things can happen though. NP may see the folly of playing Wellens or Gallagher both are well past sell by date. Also of playing King who is very much out of sorts. He may acquire a decent back up mid field player on loan and more urgently a half decent striker to back up. Then it would be safe to rest people after an hour if the game was secure. At the moment he has to bring players on who are more of a liability than playing with less on the field. He may see the lunacy of Schlupp swanning around at Man U when he is better than anyone presently on the bench.”
by ghostof66pah
Monday, February 18 2013, 10:30AM
“We are Leicester City and we are NOT any better than any other club in this league and have no right to win every game. I cannot remember a team that won this division by a massive margin and certainly not to finish second and go up.
It's about getting 1 more point than the rest (or 1 goal difference better) and not winning EVERY game.
Good week ends, bad week ends we've had some of both during this season but it's different this time.. how's that you may ask? Well this time we are actually in the mix and can afford the odd bad week end. The truth is that we have lost just 1 league game in the last 7 and that my fellow followers is promotion form. Giving Cardiff one of the 2 auto places is a gimme but 2nd place is up for grabs and with plenty of games to go and us all to play each other it really is on!
So, slitting ones wrists will only serve to you missing out on what will be an exciting finish tom this season.
Enjoy the ride and get down the KP to cheer the lads on...”
by martybee75
Monday, February 18 2013, 10:02AM
“Don't care about the other teams, just concentrte on ourselves.If we at least match Hulls results we finish second.”
by Alanprichard
Monday, February 18 2013, 9:55AM
“What a depressing two posts p2010 If I were you I would slit my wrists now. Have a bit of faith man!!”
by p2010
Monday, February 18 2013, 8:12AM
“We squandered all the advantage we got getting out of jail against Wolves at London Road.
After the evidence of the last 2 games it will be a travesty if we finish higher than 8th.
We won't even make the play-offs.”