Huddersfield will have plenty of bite against Leicester City
Leicester City will face a fired up Huddersfield side today in the FA Cup fourth round after their manager Simon Grayson was sacked.
Grayson was sacked after the Terriers failed to pick up a league win in 12 games.
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Simon Grayson
Caretaker-manager Mark Ellis said the players have been challenged to put the disruption of losing Grayson behind them when they face a City side that has won their last five games in all competitions.
Ellis said the pressure was off the Huddersfield players as they are considered underdogs, even though they are at home, and said a win against City could kick-start their stalling season.
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"The players deserve credit for getting on with things, they put a great shift in (yesterday morning)," said Ellis.
"We have an FA Cup fourth-round game which is a very important one for the club.
"There are no points to play for, so perhaps the pressure is less, but it is an FA Cup tie with a view to getting into the fifth round.
"It's important because it's a game of football for Huddersfield.
"I've had 14 years here now as a player and now a coach. When I played here, I wasn't the best player, but I knew that if I put a shift in, the fans would get behind me, and we've challenged the players to do that.
"You don't go into a cup game with the notion that it doesn't matter – we want to win. A win could kick off a run."
But Ellis knows his side face as stern a test as they could have when City travel to the John Smith's Stadium, backed by 4,000 travelling supporters.
"Leicester are near the top of the league, they're a good outfit," he said.
"They have a good, experienced manager and have some real athletes in their team. It will be a hard game.
"We're all focused on the FA Cup tie at the moment and, as a former captain in a promotion-winning side, it will be an honour to lead the team at our stadium.
"I'll embrace that and then we'll take it from there."
City duo Neil Danns and Jermaine Beckford, who are on loan at Huddersfield until the end of the season, are ineligible to face their parent club this afternoon.
7 Comments
by yorkiefox
Sunday, January 27 2013, 10:29PM
“Schmeichel + long punt forward = Wood with second choice Futacs.
Unless we buy in or loan in another bustling centre forward”
by TheGeofflane
Sunday, January 27 2013, 12:13PM
“Maybe NOW Futacs will get a look in as Waghorn and Vardy clearly cant cut it.”
by TheGeofflane
Sunday, January 27 2013, 12:06PM
“If you don't give ALL your squad gametime you'll be in trouble when injuries strike. Nigel tried to rest his most important players and it nearly back-fired. I knew Lillis as a player, but then I'm not an underpaid lad on work experience at the Merc. See, Lillis was a player of some skill, but some time ago.”
by ghostof66pah
Saturday, January 26 2013, 11:33PM
“Lux,
you really need to Sloooow Down pal....
Watford DON'T have a game in and any more and are a point behind..
I say that 5 changes were NOT a big mistake because we are still in the cup (Ball No. 14 Huddersfield or Leicester City) AND more importantly have managed to rest one or two...
Vardy and Waggy wern't great today but "open your mind mate" .
Take Wes out of the discussion (he was awesome once again!) and you could honestly criticise everyone else who started the match.”
by Luxpaul
Saturday, January 26 2013, 5:51PM
“5 Changes? big mistake Nigel !!! We very nearly got bitten but just saved face thanks to Woody. God help us if Nuge and Woods get injured 'cause we're really gonna struggle. If this first half/60 minutes doesn't show NP that Vardy & Waggy are not really up to it he better go to Specsavers. We don't need this replay and with Watford breathing down our necks with their win at the Florits today we've got to watch out or they're gonna sneak past us for that 2nd place. Vydra got another brace today so he's their version of our Woody and really on fire at the moment. Let's hope they slip up in their game in hand at Bristol on Tuesday, I can dream can't I?”
by PLYMFOX01
Saturday, January 26 2013, 10:52AM
“Poor journalism from a very poor local paper.”
by Ants24
Saturday, January 26 2013, 10:02AM
“Get your facts right. It is Mark Lillis, noit Mark Ellis. Hard to take you seriously when the very essence of your story hasn't been properly researched.”