Leicester City's Matty James back at hometown club – Burnley
Matty James is hoping he will retain his starting place in the Leicester City side so he can run out at Turf Moor where he watched his Burnley heroes as a boy.
The City midfielder made his first start for nearly two months at Hull City on Boxing Day and said it would be extra special if he got to face the Clarets today.
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Matty James
James was a Burnley season ticket holder as a boy and his family are still regulars at Turf Moor.
He admits his dad may have mixed emotions at the sight of his son trying to plot the downfall of the Clarets.
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"It is going to be great to go back there," he said.
"I have supported Burnley all my life and I know how difficult the home fans can make it for you there.
"I was seven or eight when my dad got me my first season ticket. We used to sit in the Bob Lord Stand.
"They were great times and inspired me to be a professional footballer. I am looking forward to the game.
"I would imagine my dad will be sat in the Burnley end. He will refuse to go in the Leicester end.
"The ground is just around the corner from my house. I have a lot of family and friends there. If I do play, it will be a good memory for me.
"Hopefully, if we show the same physicality and desire to keep a clean sheet and take our chances, we can get a result."
The draw at Hull was City's first point from their last three games and James said that point could kick-start stuttering City again.
"At the start of the season when we won seven or eight games on the bounce, you could see the confidence was high," he said.
"But we are all human beings and when things aren't going for you the confidence can be low, and it is key.
"Hopefully, if we can get a couple of wins in the next couple of games then the confidence will rise again.
"We have to build on what happened at Hull. We didn't get beaten and it is our first clean sheet for a few games. We take the positives and, hopefully, get the three points at Burnley.
"It is was important that we didn't let the gap to the top two grow because when teams start pulling away it is very hard."
Comments
by ash1967
Sunday, December 30 2012, 3:34PM
“Geofflane, I think everygame is a cup final now, I am sure Hull will go through a bad patch from now until the end of the season, Pearson may have done everyone a favour by showing on Boxing Day, Hull can be stopped. Steve Bruce is being lined up to takeover at Blackburn, it would not shock me has he has a habit of walking out on clubs.”
by TheGeofflane
Sunday, December 30 2012, 3:11PM
“Posters sometimes overlook the youth of our team and they have been bullied away too often this season. Maybe Nigel was a little slow to deal with that. Those 1-0 defeats may cost us. We hope Hull and Burnley show he's learned and found the answer. There's NO room for more mistakes. With lessons learned and a scoring partner for Nuge we can certainly catch Hull and their team of loanees. But we must out-point Watford and Middlesboro'. Every game's a cup final now. I'll be at Bristol, lads, that's a must-win.”
by yorkiefox
Sunday, December 30 2012, 10:27AM
“Rot stopped and 4 points away from home since he came back in to protect the defence, with instructions not to be too adventurous presumably.
We looked far more solid against Hull with that extra protection and I presume that this did the trick against Burnley. Many have identified this as having been our problem this season so I'm glad NP has at last worked it out with the existing staff at his disposal
So, do we continue with this "experiment" away from home to stop us being picked off or muscled out of games, whilst playing a more adventurous formation at home, and do we really need a new holding midfielder?
In my view yes, to cover for suspension and injury, and to see if a new man can bring in other special qualities such as the whipped in free kicks and extra height that we lose if we play Baptiste anywhere but left Back (if in deed he is about to become a Foxes player).”
by Superfoxes1
Sunday, December 30 2012, 10:05AM
“well played Matty James, even as a Burnley supporter your dad will be very proud of you, best by far in a blue shirt.....Up the City”
by ghostof66pah
Saturday, December 29 2012, 6:00PM
“We do need another midfielder but a great performance by Matty today.”
by ash1967
Saturday, December 29 2012, 5:42PM
“Well played Matty James, best performance in a city shirt, who says we need another midfielder !”