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Ten games in, what have we learnt: Stuck in the middle with Coops
With ten games gone, can you predict where Leicester City will finish based on these games? At this point, saying that Leicester fans are divided on that, and everything else, is like saying the sky is blue. Iain Wright assesses the state of affairs and Steve Cooper’s efforts after the ten game milestone.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 10: Ipswich Town v Leicester City
What a difference a week makes. The relief of the first win over Bournemouth followed by the jubilation of the last-minute winner at Southampton fully extinguished.
Leicester need leaders - Conor Coady could be the answer to our 45-minute problem
With Leicester City in need of leadership to maintain high standards throughout the 90 minutes, is it finally time to turn to the non-playing captain of the second XI?
In his first article for TFW, Simon Birch presents the case for Conor Coady.
Bond, Beatles, Banks and the Mighty Magyars: When Leicester City won at Ipswich Town
Leicester City didn’t play Ipswich Town at all until Boxing Day 1961, when we travelled to Portman Road to face the team that would win the First Division title for the first and only time the following April.
So in the 1962/63 season, our first away win over Ipswich came against the reigning champions of England.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 9: Leicester City v Nottingham Forest
Friday night lights. Rivalries renewed. Forest return to LE and face their former manager. How to get the juices flowing? How do we try to build the fans to a frenzy? To boost that atmosphere as we’ve seen can occur when it gets dark down Filbert Way. Coconut Rolls. Free Coconut Rolls. That’s the answer.
It’s that time again: Time to enter the Patson paradox
The last time we focused on Patson Daka it was because of a pivotal miss in a huge game. It didn’t go on to cost us, but he continues to divide fans. Now he’s back from injury and with Leicester’s striker situation, are we re-entering the Patson paradox?
Exciting lineup, disappointing result: Young Foxes slip to derby defeat
In the opening part of a double header this week – with the first team welcoming Nottingham Forest to King Power Stadium on Friday night - Leicester City Under-21s suffered narrow Premier League Cup defeat at the hands of their Forest counterparts at a cold Seagrave on Monday evening.
Untypical Leicester defying expectations to show one way forward
I wasn’t able to follow Leicester’s game away at Southampton last weekend, so it was with some trepidation that I turned my phone back on at half past five on Saturday afternoon and saw there were 71 WhatsApp messages waiting.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 8: Southampton v Leicester City
We appreciate serious, top journalism at the Hazzetta. We’ve really felt this in a week where several tabloids went with inane and manic ramblings on the recent England managerial appointment.
Assault, a ship and Shilts: When Leicester City won at Southampton
When most Leicester City fans think of Southampton away, the number nine comes to mind. But it was a number one who made his mark at The Dell in 1967, while a Saints striker made more than one mark after Leicester’s first visit back in the 19th century.
Alves in limbo and Fatawu benched: When will the next generation get their chance?
The headlines and the dissection would have been a lot different this international break had Leicester not beaten Bournemouth. But one fact has lingered and keeps bothering me. I sense I’m not alone either. Our 288-game streak with at least one Academy product in the matchday squad finally ended against Bournemouth.
On the drive in: A bump in the road of a life following Leicester City
You’ve been making this journey for 35 years. Why does this one feel different to all the others?
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 7: Leicester City v Bournemouth
Last Saturday, my friend and I went to Emirates Stadium to watch City. We were a minute late to the game as we had spent a lovely lunchtime drinking in the pubs of the very hip Stoke Newington.
Foxy figures: You’re still thinking about the bad news, aren’t you?
Our second Foxy Figures looks at Leicester’s defeat to Arsenal and reviews the season so far. Warning: xPositivity is in short supply.
A reason to be cheerful: Leicester City’s Academy shine in superb week at Seagrave
As I sat in the stands at Walsall last Tuesday, even I – a self-proclaimed Leicester City rational optimist – was struggling to extract too many positives and had to admit that the general outlook was looking fairly grim.
One shining light last week, however, amongst this LCFC-induced commotion and subsequent fan meltdown, was the Academy.
Fan unrest and questionable decisions: Where does Cooper go from here?
No wins in the league and following two very poor performances, fans are asking questions and some want Steve Cooper out. The bookies have him favourite to be sacked and the pressure is mounting, fairly or not. Cooper is saying all the right things but where do we go from here?
Death, disorder and decampment: When Leicester Fosse won at Woolwich Arsenal
The team formed in 1886 by workers at the Dial Square workshop in the Royal Arsenal armaments factory in Woolwich famously played south of the river - but when Leicester Fosse first made the trip to face Arsenal nine years later, they didn’t have to cross the Thames.
Let’s get going: Can Steve Cooper’s Leicester City start on the front foot?
We seem to be always chasing the game. We are reactive. It’s the opposition which ask the early questions. First halves seem to be some sort of preparation for the second half.
Hazzetta dello Sport 2024 - Issue 5: Leicester City v Everton
When the words ‘gladiatorial battle’ are said to you, your mind casts to those scenes from the film Gladiator. The Colosseum packed to the rafters with a crowd baying for blood.