Bristol City manager Derek McInnes tips Leicester City to go up
Defeated Bristol City manager Derek McInnes accepted his team had been beaten by a better side and tipped Leicester City for promotion.
A David Nugent strike and a Richard Foster own goal gave City their fifth consecutive victory and shot them to the top of the table until Cardiff regained top spot with victory over Ipswich.
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Bristol City manager Derek McInnes
McInnes reckons Nigel Pearson's men will be in the leading pack this season.
"We lost to a better team and a team that will be in the shake-up for promotion," he said.
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"They look to me to be a team fully equipped to be a Premier League side. Having watched them prior to coming here, you are always looking for weaknesses you can exploit but we had to really search for weaknesses in their side.
"They have got good pace, good invention, goals, good legs and strength at the back as well. On top of that, they have a manager with the wherewithal. It was always going to be a big ask for us to come here and get something.
"For that to happen, we needed to defend better than we did for the two goals. And we had to have more of the game in the last third.
"I thought we had good spells of possession and nullified the threat from Leicester and, in the second half, we were always in the game.
"The second goal allowed Leicester to see the game out and they thoroughly deserved the three points.
"We needed to perform at a better level if we hoped to get anything from a game against a strong Leicester side.
"We have scored a lot of goals this season and carried a real threat, and I expected us to make chances. But we needed to make more of a fist of it in the last third."
Comments
by ghostof66pah
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 9:36PM
“Ok, I'll have a word.”
by foxeerod
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 7:06PM
“if you could arrange for fellaini to sign up ghosty , i would appreciate it , but im not fussed about the other three thanks”
by ghostof66pah
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 3:47PM
“lcfctilidie,
You say spend BIG then mention Zaha and Ince?
Will need Carroll, Fellani, Dawson and Reina...........”
by LCFC_Dave15
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 1:22PM
“Nugent, Schmeicel, Konchesky, King, Morgan, SSL, Whitbread, De Leat, Marshall and Danns would all do reasonably well in the premiership. The other players would be ok, but the ones i have just listed have enough experience to survive in the PL.”
by lcfctilidie
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 11:34AM
“yes i agree. We have a young talented squad who can compete. Just add a few quality players. A striker a midfielder and a defender, and a LB which we need now as cover”
by foxeerod
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 10:34AM
“it depends on the new rules and regulations, the ones man city seem to be ignoring, we still have a big debt in the form of loans to pay back to the owners . i suppose once we are in the premiership we will get the tv money , bigger attendances , more sponsorship, but that will go hand in hand with paying premiership wages.
it could go one of three ways
1) really go for it , blow a big wedge of wonga to try and get european football, have a few seasons of glory and then end up like leeds, broke and with a double relegation
2) spend enough to let us compete, but keep the nucleus of the side that got us up like swansea and norwich last season
3) spend nothing much , play good attacking football, but get relegated like blackpool
wolves to be fair , did a very good job of surviving a few years and never got in debt
so for me it has to be route 2 lcfctilidie”
by lcfctilidie
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 9:44AM
“I know its to early but cool to think about?
Nugent has been in the prem so should know what to expect. What sort of funding do you think NP would get?”
by foxeerod
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 9:14AM
“jamie vardy and david nugent, cuz if theyve got us up ,they deserve at least 10 premiership games to prove they can handle those big ugly premier defenders. but as you say weve got to get there yet, so its not worth worrying about till may”
by Chappy1884
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 9:11AM
“I'd keep Nuge and Schlupp, More Space in the Prem. More time.
Knockaert and Marshall, Drinkwater and King should be totally cohesive by then.
I'd buy a couple more solid defenders, and maybe another Midfielder if we aren't going
to bother with Danns - I think Futacs will do as cover, and hopefully Vardy will be
up to speed by then. If we can just get a decent end product out of Dyer I think we'll
only need strength in depth.
Don't forget we have a few out on loan who could either be sold or do a job.”
by lcfctilidie
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 8:49AM
“If we get there we will need to spend big to stay there. I wonder what figure the owners would have in mind to spend on players. Would NP go for youth with the likes of Tom Ince, Wilfred Zaha still in the Championship. What striker would you like to see in the team?”