This is no time to panic, insists Leicester City midfielder Paul Gallagher
Paul Gallagher said it was no time to panic after Leicester City suffered their third consecutive defeat on Tuesday night.
The midfielder went on as a substitute during the 2-1 loss to Charlton at the King Power Stadium.
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City have crashed out of the FA Cup and slipped out of the automatic promotion places in the Championship in the past 10 days, with the gap to second place now nine points.
But City have two games in hand on their promotion rivals and have 15 games still remaining, and Gallagher said they must keep their nerve.
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The recent run came on the back of five consecutive league victories, and the City midfielder said the players must believe they can go on another impressive run to push themselves back into contention, starting at Blackpool on Saturday.
"We are still in a good position," he said. "We have had a good season. We won't need lifting because we have a good team spirit.
"We go into every game believing we can win. We have done it before when we have lost two on the bounce and then gone and won five in a row. I am sure we can do that again.
"You never know in this league, it is unpredictable, but we have shown before what we are capable of.
"We have a great blend in the squad of experience and youth, and good staff.
"We are just itching for the next game because, after a defeat, you just want to get straight back into action to get that winning feeling back.
"We know there is a long way to go, with 45 points up for grabs.
"This is not a time to panic because there is still a lot of football to be played."
Gallagher admitted the defeat at home to the Addicks, courtesy of Danny Haynes' spectacular winner, was frustrating for everyone in the City camp.
"We knew Charlton would come and set up like a lot of teams do here, to frustrate us," said Gallagher.
"They gave us respect because they knew we could hurt them. When we got the equaliser, the momentum was with us and I thought there could only be one winner.
"Then they hit us with a sucker punch. If Haynes hit that shot a hundred times, that would be the only time he would score."
10 Comments
by Alanprichard
Friday, February 22 2013, 10:09AM
“Jeeeez Paul a loss at Blackpool should have all of you worrying. So best you's pull finger and get cracking. Goals speak louder than words in this sport mate!!”
by JimReaper
Thursday, February 21 2013, 5:01PM
“Totall agree with everything ghostof66pah says, i get that every game, i really hope people will one day realise that the negativity transfers to the players. How many times to you speak to positive people and good stuff seems to always happen where as it all goes wrong for the moaners!”
by truthtooth
Thursday, February 21 2013, 2:28PM
“why do our playing and management staff come out with " to frustrate us " talk when we lose ?????? charlton didnt defend deep ,pack defence or anything else that may be made up to dilute things to protect us . we lost on the night to the better team , end of ! excuses from a bunch of overpaid prima donas. embarrassing !”
by TheGeofflane
Thursday, February 21 2013, 1:25PM
“Nice quick pass, Gally, for our goal. Maybe Nigel will start you v. Blackpool. If you did, and we won, dobbo might shut up for awhile. The team still has to find out how to outwit packed defences, and must (Konch) win first-headers on breakaways. Gally's still on my team sheet. And did Richie Wellens once run over dobbo's cat? There's little other logic.”
by ghostof66pah
Thursday, February 21 2013, 11:40AM
“Nugent apart (workrate only!) Gally was best player v Charlton. So do we now want Wes, Keano, James (had a nightmare) Wood (was awful - not fit?) Konch (another dismal display) Drinks (cm'on Drinks wake up) all out as well?
This clubs only problem is that although the players and management are together, the fans are not.
19.000 fans. 1000 Charlton outsing the 3,000 lcfc fans that vocally back their team. The other 15,000 are a mix of moaners and just there for the sake of it! 3 old gits in front of me sit there the whole match looking like they need a medic and then when we score the stand up turn around and do the poznen . They then sit back down and look miserable again unless we score again.
If you go to a match do you not wonder how the players might feel when the negativity of the stadium is only broken by the away fans.. The players would surely play better if we all cheered them on and made some noise for them.
My lads are miserable when I am so I make sure that I am supportive of them and do you know what.. The are doing magnificently at school/work. I am proud of them.
I am also proud of the Leicester City players and although I too get frustrated at games like Charlton, I know that booing or being abusive to them or the management won't do us any good. So I am vocal and loud at games, despite sometimes feeling that i'm doing something wrong amongst so many miserable quiet so*s..
Hope you get a start Gally you certainly deserve it if form is anything to go by.”
by LCFC_Dave15
Thursday, February 21 2013, 9:43AM
“I would love to see the fans after we beat Blackpool and Blackburn, i'm sure they will still have some moaning to do. I know we will bounce back, and just think, come may, we will be at Forest to win for promotion. What a day that will be!!!!!!!!! I'll defo be there!!!!!! Up the blues!!”
by ash1967
Thursday, February 21 2013, 9:16AM
“Valefox, You have to laugh at them, they do not show any loyalty to their team whoever that may be, because it is certainly not Leicester City, look at the end of the day I find it quite sad not to be able to support your team through thick or thin”
by LCFC_Dave15
Thursday, February 21 2013, 8:59AM
“Too true, vale fox, too true...”
by Valefox1
Thursday, February 21 2013, 8:39AM
“The only people panicking Gally, are those fickle (so called) fans”
by dobranich
Thursday, February 21 2013, 8:04AM
“OK Mr Mannering but I only panic when I see you, Messrs Wellens or Vardy on the team sheet”