Blackpool vs Leicester: Wood miss costs Foxes

“Class post Yorkie”

“Interesting comments about squad depth.

Most teams in this division are envious of the depth of quality in our squad. It seems we can afford to send out the best of our youngsters for training with Man Utd and on loan to Brentford.

We now have 2 very experienced Centre Backs ready to vie with a 19 year old Man Utd loanee for one of the most important positions in the team.

We drew on Saturday on a horrible pitch against a team used to dealing with the conditions. We blew a penalty which Marshall should have taken. Knocky was rested because the pitch would have negated his skills- I wonder!!

We blooded Harry Kane, who looks a decent prospect for the rest of this season.

We are short of a Left Back and holding midfielder. We have been all season. We were short of a big centre forward but we moved in for Wood and he has delivered.

We have lost ground in the race for the automatic promotion places, but all the teams above us are capable of the slip-ups that we have had, with the exception of Cardiff who must now be nailed on certainties for the Championship. It would have been interesting to see us now had we signed Fraiser Campbell from Sunderland when I suggested to partner Wood and Nugent.

Our problem stems from midfield. We have four wide players Marshall, Knockaert, Dyer and Schlupp but no cover for a defensive midfielder. King tries hard but is a replacement for Drinkwater not a partner for him. Wellens is too like them both.

Gallagher competes with Waggy, Vardy, Schlupp and now Kane. Gally is our best free kick, corner and penalty taker but his all round contribution to the game does not justify a starting place.

Knockaert has had a good start to his English career but must now kick on to develop his abilities. He is too hit and miss at present. Neither he nor Marshall have raised their game after promising starts to their LCFC careers. Have they got more to come or not?

We will now struggle to get automatic promotion. Whether we are good enough to win through in the play-offs remains to be seen. Thank God we have not got the added headache of the FA Cup which has completely upset our momentum and left us chasing the others with games in hand but an added desperation to get the points on the board which can affect us psychologically.

I wish we had lost to Burton in the third round so we could have concentrated on the most important part of LCFC's recent history- regaining our Premiership status. Plenty of time to go on Cup runs when in the Premiership and trying to cement our place there.”

“Vale I'm not supporting that lot. Noone but acullingham and Alanpratchard ever seem to be able to understand where I am. I keep saying I only deal in fact and what I feel. Forest are indeed well Forest I won't go into that. I am talking in the present tense. I was delighted when we were doing well. Im disappointed now we are not. Is that not a normal feeling? Is it a God given command for everyone on here to live in cloud cuckoo land? AT THIS MOMENT Forest are doing well we are rubbish. It's plain utter fact. We may well win the games in hand. I look at tables on points not hope. The pack are gathering. We are floundering. It's never where you are at any given time of the season it's about where you finish. We have to talk about something so I concentrate on now not an olde good run. The past is history the future will unfold. The present is what it's about right now. If we lose tomorrow or only get a point you will be talking about one game in hand. If we only get two points from both we will be even worse of to the other teams around. We need to get back to winning ways now. In my opinion it's Pearson who cocked it up so it's up to him to sort it out, SIMPLES.

As for lulu it's has crossed my mind if she is Plies. (Sorry has to be a girl no guy really could talk such drivel about football) Lulu is abusive and confrontational. Plies is a racist. MMMMMM I wonder.”

“Well said Batterseafox, I think some on here need to calm down and stop rising to the bait of the florist fan, they are having the usual honeymoon period after another managerial change, all this talk of being caught by the chasing pack and not being able to win our two games in hand is pure speculation, it's football. Our circumstances and those of other teams will change several times over the next two months.

Lolojones, I don't know where you have appeared from but your post's are nothing but odd, and they bare some resemblance to another odd poster, are you Plies in disguise?

Dobo your support and admiration for floist flying run of two games is expected, it's a pity you couldn't do the same while we were flying with our five game run, says it all doesn't it.”

“You are so very dim Ash. I am talking now. NOW. It's a wonder you even find your way to work I'm amazed. I am talking about the present situation. City floundering. Forest with Billy back flying.

IT'S MONDAY. It's 2013. We are in England. We used to be rich and have an Empire. Now we are broke and in debt. I am talking about now Re Leicester / Forest. Not Ye olde days. Verily I am worried about you.”

“So Dobbo, would you have been happy losing to Oldham 3-2 in the cup and not winning a game in January, but forest are flying 2 games, I take you will be changing sides, you red dog go find a tree to dribble up hahaha”

“Dobbo, Forest flying are you having a laugh, won 2 games before that how many did they win, we won 5 on the bounce, yeah we have hit a blip, but to think forest flying hahahaha ha you come out ome absolute rubbish, so if we win our next 2 all will be forgiven hey !”

“By the way Johnny what you mean is I should join the mutual agreement Club a lot of folk have or stick my finger someplace and join the Nigel Pearson mutual affection society. That ain't me I don't come on here and make comments like a cloned robot. The fact is we have played some 380 minutes like a glorified Sunday league local team so why go round and round with fancy words and excuses. If I were the owner I would be saying. "Mr manager Pearson as owner of this club I do not like what I am seeing. SORT IT"”

“This is where comments prove or should prove what I have always said. THese comments are all stupid nonsense fuelled by jealousy s and emotions and deep rooted hatred. What have I always said???? Think! Ill tell you as I've said so many times I do not deal in this c..p. I only deal in facts as I see them. What are the facts?

1. We have lost our way. Why? Who knows? Personally I believe it's because Pearson messed up the team for the Cup and lost all the momentum we had built up but that's just my opinion.

2. Hull, Watford, Palace, Cardiff, Blackburn and certainly Forest are playing better than us. Well almost every team are playing better.

3. Our squad outside of 13 players at best is pathetically weak. This is why Pearson feels he has to play has beens, off form players and players not fully recovered from injury s.

Nottingham Forest and Watford are flying and if their managers stick to the teams that have got them to that position they will make the most of the impetus. Rather than trying to protect players from injury etc just play them whether its the Cup or what. Players will get injured if they are going to. Like Wood in training. Should the manager not let Wood, Nugent or Knockaert train?? Players need to play. Form needs to be kept going. MON did the same as Pearson has some time ago when he was at Villa. It wrecked the best season he would ever have had there. Good luck to Watford it takes management skills to bring the best out of players and create a team. all the money and players in the world do not bring a team success.”

“Most dogs are trees fans, my dog loves trees.”