Leicester City may consider loan moves because of injuries
Nigel Pearson will assess the severity of the injuries to midfielders Andy King and Matt Oakley before deciding whether he needs to bolster his Leicester City squad.
King was taken off in the 2-1 defeat against West Bromwich Albion on Saturday with a suspected broken arm after a heavy fall.
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Nigel Pearson
That happened just five minutes after captain Oakley limped off with a groin strain.
The injuries coincided with West Brom's two goals that gave them a healthy advantage at the break as City struggled to regain their shape, and manager Pearson believes it was a significant factor in the outcome of the game.
However, the injuries may have a longer-lasting impact on City's fortunes. Even if Oakley recovers during the international break, he picked up his fifth booking of the season and will be suspended for the visit of Plymouth Argyle in two weeks time.
Pearson said: "I think it was a relatively tight game. But just before we conceded the goals we probably had our best spell. It was a crucial period during the game where, unfortunately, we picked up two injuries and conceded two goals.
"You can't do anything about injuries in games. Of the two we picked up, they were tackles and awkward falls.
"That is why you talk about a squad ethic and why it is important. One player's misfortune is another's opportunity. That is how we see it.
"I don't often moan about misfortune in games, we all have to deal with it. It happens and you get on with it.
"Whether I try to get a player in, it will depend. We will have to see how things go over the next few weeks.
"This group of players are excellent and they have done well, they were just beaten by a side that, on the day, was better than us."
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by Jim, Leicester
Thursday, November 12 2009, 12:20PM
“Tony (and/or Fred), I honestly think you are a plant from the Leicester Mercury whose job it is to stir up opinion and anger proper fans and therefore get more comments. I wish people would stop pandering and simply ignore you.
Well done all the players on Sat, especially the second half. You can't win them all, but you can gain experience and bounce right back.”
by taters, sutton on sea
Tuesday, November 10 2009, 10:43AM
“it proves what kind of person TONY is when he says that the best news is 2 city players got injured. Who lets this moron on here.”
by Tony, Leicester
Monday, November 09 2009, 3:32PM
“The best news from Saturday was that King and Oakley are injured. They have been poor. How about giving Nicky Adams and Max Gradel a chance.”
by Tony, Leicester
Monday, November 09 2009, 3:19PM
“Trev
A song
Send in the Clowns”
by Davey, Plymouth
Monday, November 09 2009, 3:02PM
“Our local Plymouth Evening Herald forum,has for the last few weeks been plagued by someone called Steve,says he sits in row Q in L block.Very interestingly he doesn't ever appear to contribute to your forum,but constantly pollutes ours.
We will be playing you after the International break I hope we can surprise you.
Was impressed when you beat Q.P.R.but don't get downbeat by your defeat by W.B.A. As one of your postees has said you've a lot to be proud of.
Good luck for the rest of the season(except the 21st.) And if anyone knows Steve Row Q Block L,just tell him to grow up.”
by Tony, leicester
Monday, November 09 2009, 2:43PM
“James every team that beats us is the best in the division.
You said the same about Preston a few weeks ago.
We lack a cutting edge at home and until we resolve that we are going nowhere”
by Craig Pope, Hinckley Leicestershire
Monday, November 09 2009, 2:28PM
“We are going up we are going up Premier league here we come the sky blues and the rams are going down
we should have thrashed West brom 5-1 on saturday because we had 4 penalties that were penalties but the referee was crap and didn't give us them”
by James, Leicester
Monday, November 09 2009, 2:15PM
“My opinion is that WBA are the best team in this division and we didn't play that badly against them, I know we didn't play great but it wasn't bad.
This was higlighted when WBA changed their formation to a very defensive style with only one man up front and defenders in midfield to cope with the pressure they were under.
We lost 2 men to injury before half time and it completely disrupted our own game plan. The free kick shouldn't have gone in, it could have been dealt with but these things happen.
As I said, in my opnion WBA are the best team in this division and if that turns out to be correct then we don't have much to worry about. We are still in the playoff places, where we want to be, level on points with 4 teams (some might say joint 3rd)
Yeah it's disappointing to lose but I don't think there is much to worry about.”
by lisa, leic
Monday, November 09 2009, 2:07PM
“We had 2 of our midfielders go of with injury,west brom have just come down from the prem if they were that good and we were so poor why did we only lose by 1 goal,watford the week before let in 5 goals,we did not do too badly in my opinion,and i know i will probably get laughed at for saying this,but i honestly think west brom wont get automatic promotion,play offs yes,ok they were good yesterday but no better than us when we played QPR”
by david, birmingham
Monday, November 09 2009, 2:05PM
“kevin,
would you rather us beat the "better" sides in the league but then go and lose to the teams at the bottom of the league. I DONT THINK SO. its a shame we lost, however we have beaten some of the top teams recently in qpr and borough to mention some. we aren't the gunners or manu and going to beat every team we play”