Leicester City starlets Jeffrey Schlupp and Harry Panayiotou set to go out on loan

“We don't need a right-back Yorkfox. We have de Laet with Moore covering. If SSL plays centre-back we need Kennedy as cover for Konch. We will need Drinkwater, King and Danns. Gally covers our lack of spare wingers. Futacs completes the forwards, Schlupp needs a loan move for fitness AND confidence. We only need a centre-back (Aidy- Leeds?) and Koren if we're lucky. Bruce has to find two million for his new striker. Chester? Unlike Sven, Nigel's not had two million to spend on anybody. He's done really well on a limited budget.”

“pearson wont be scared to play this side next season and once it settles it could come from off the radar and win this league schmeichel moore morgan AN OTHER ( or st ledger ) de laet , marshall james drinkwater AN OTHER ( or dyer ) , nugent beckford (or vardy )

BRING IT ON !! but first of all BRING ON ITALY”

“the first thing pearson said when he got here was that the squad lacked width . he addressed it by signing marshall and putting dyer back in the team .
i prefer dyer as an impact sub, so i would like to see TWO more wide players brought in, one to go straight into the team with marshall and one to compete with dyer for the subs roll .
i dont think NP is going to sign a fully defensive midfielder , but will have james and drinkwater as box to box central midfielders with one staying back when the other has gone forward , this will work , but only until danns or king come into the team when DD gets injured or suspended , because in my opinion , neither danns , king or gallagher can tackle , im not knocking these 3 city players , as they are all good going forward, but defensive duties are their weak point.
up front , i think the business has been done,i did think NP would sell beckford back to leeds , but i think with nugent, beckford, vardy and waghorn.any 2 will do plus for some games schlupp , hopper and harry p .
the goalie position is sorted with logan and young adam smith ready for the rare appearance, just in case kasper gets injured or suspended.
as for the defence the centre half positions are not really a problem. hes already got 50% of it sorted with wes morgan . he couldnt seem to make his mind up between bamba and st ledger, but having sold sol , he has done now .
but i think SSL is gonna be the chap on the bench ( for as long as his ego allows it) lots of names have been bandied around , james chester, fitz hall , luke chambers and jason shackell amongst others .i dont think we need a journeyman like hall, and a lot of forest fans have blamed their poor season partly on chambers lack of leadership ( he was captain ) but i like shackell and chester , but knowing nigel , he will probably have another suprise up his sleeve .
our main defensive problem last season , apart from not having a defensive midfielder to help them out, was our two attacking full backs getting forward , but then leaving holes behind them when they didnt get back quick enough .
everyone on here recognised that, i was one of peltiers biggest fans when i first saw him , but then realised the problem of players getting in behind him was occuring too regularly .
ok hes young , but he had a lot of division one experience in a decent huddersfield team and it was worrying that (a) a lot of terriers fans said his best position was midfield (b) he didnt seem to learn , in fact he got worse as the season went on .
so us leicester fans shoulnt bleat if the rumours are true and pearson flogs him to leeds , if hes not good enough , then sell him , and better still, sell him to a rival .
anyway , i think his replacement is here already .... liam moore , chunky 6ft 1 inch , powerful right back who is also a bit of a lucky mascot , as we have won both times he started for us .
whereas peltier had excuses for his mistakes because of his age , konchesky did not. decent going forward , very poor defensively , just as my forest colleagues( sorry but i live in newark , and im forced to work with and play poker and talk to the dirty red scummers on a regular basis) said he was for them the previous season when on loan from liverpool.
but its ok because his replacement is here also in the shape of de laet .
one interesting fact , i think nigel really is trying to mould this defence into his likeness,however you rated pearson as a defender , he was a 6ft 1 solid defender .
morgan, moore and de laet are all exactly 6ft 1 inch... poor old SSL lacks an inch .
so to the gloom merhants on here , most of our team is already here ,”

“its just a polite way to get players wages off the bill and say they are not good enough and need to improve/develop . as simple as that .”

“Poor old Graydjames

First time on here, speaks a load of common sense and gets red.

If Schlupp is fancied to go out and score a lot of goals against Championship opposition, why the H**l let him do it for another Championship team, when we might need those goals ourselves.

Two knee operations or not, he may become the "Michael Owen" of this division playing off a Central forward with the nouse of someone like Nugent or Beckford.

I would rather he was here to find out what he can do for us, than loan him out to a team which might make him feel really wanted, idolised by the fans and given regular first team football. Hobbs did not want to go back to Liverpool after all.

We need a Right Back, move Peltier to holding midfielder, bring in a big Centre Forward (Heskey might do to teach Hopper), Centre Back and a wide player.

4 players and we are there.

Kennedy and Wellens now surplus to requirements, plus one from Drinkwater, Danns, King and Gallagher.

You choose cause I do not know which one I would want to lose, but 4 players for one position is too much”

“makrbb - I'd second that.. problem is - he's offloading players which sooner or later he is going to have to replace.. I'd have said at the end of last season, a decent playmaker in midfield, a decent defensive midfielder, someone to galvanize the defense and cover for Schmeicel and we would be pretty much there..”

“ref: makrbb

Well summed up I think. We do need two quality players minimum in those positions, the earlier the better.”

“Well you are probably right Burton Fox. Every team looks to improve by bringing in new players, but most managers (ie everyone but Sven) realise that bringing in loads and loads of new players at the same time simply doesn't work.

We are the textbook example of this.

We're still struggling to settle all the 'newbies' bought in by Sven over the past 2 seasons. And so I'd much rather Pearson just focussed all his attention on just getting us a fab centre-half and a killer central midfielder.

Once they are settled in, we can look at improving the team in other areas.”

“Truebluejim again - sorry to single you out..

Last Seasons opening day favourites.

Leicester and West Ham - top for promotion..

The playoffs are a lottery - which means that any team not rated to finish in the top two could quite conceivably be rated as Survivors.


We lost to Cardiff in the playoffs 2 seasons ago mate.. we were on penalty shootout away from a playoff final against a team we had done the double over..

One season later after "strengthening" - we finished Mid Table..
Two seasons later after "trying to buy the title" - we finished outside the playoffs.

Reading were never Rated Top two and Neither were Southampton. You cannot predict the playoff contenders and eventual winner pre-season.. so I stand by my statement that neither team were expected to achieve greatness, survivors was probably the wrong choice of word.

I am not siding with other people, I am my own person.. but Burton Fox seems to have got the grasp..

These stories are coming from somewhere, I personally am concerned about the in's and out's, to who'm and for how much.. and the clubs friends and foes in the transfer market.
Everyone identified a weak midfield last season, we got of players during the season, even more at the end, maybe NP has got a masterplan and is waiting to finalise clandestine deals.. but the players going out permanently or on loan don't seem to be much of a secret..

I personally would just like to see the strength added, and then the fat trimmed rather than the other way around.. that is my opinion, that is what I'd like to see.. I still trust NP, but you can't tell me I am wrong for being concerned, it's like saying I am wrong if I feel cold.. it's a feeling.. not vote of confidence..”

“Truebluejim..

not contradicting myself by saying loaned out players who perform well may develop loyalty, then saying lend Schlupp to Neil Lennon,

The fact is if we lend Schlupp out for a season (no one but the LM implying this),
and he has a stormer - he isn't going to want to come back to us, no matter where he goes.. he will start to feature for Ghana and then will be in the ANC every other year, and the endless qualifying..

Schlupp if loaned out long term won't be coming back.. it's a young prospect we've probably lost already.. So we might as well let him go to Scotland, where he can be a bit of a legend for a manager who was also a bit of a legend at our club.. and if he does do well and decides to stick with us - it won't do his valuation any harm, and his confidence will be sky high.

Either that or he can play against us.. and go to a rival..
Steve Bruce bidding for king.. I know what I'd be asking, Players plus cash, with sell on clauses, performance related clauses, appearance clauses.. and an end to the Hull/Pearson Spat..
That will test THEIR resolve..”