Excuse me miss......I'm new !

And I really am. Georgy is off tonight doing stuff. Cept' it's Christmas and it's more likely to look like this.

She's left a Bear in charge.....which is quite a thing really. I have passwords.....the lot......all given with good grace and an amazing sense of trust.

I'm a fan. Obviously not the same sort of fanatical devotee that is GB. But a fan nonetheless.

You'll know by now....those of you that read this regularly....I'm a fan of this lot. And quite a lot they are. Video shows our steady progress into the Premiership.

A really brilliant model for the Foxes to do better with ?

Particularly since you're at The Walkers. What a great place for football. Someway better than the Mad Stad I think. Parking's ok too.

Last time I was there with GB (4/5 weeks ago), I met this bloke (like me.....smoking in the bogs) who said to me in strong Leicester Accent " We're never gonna go up at this rate. What this club needs most is discipline and passion !"

I felt for him and said I had to agree (sort of).....but I didn't want to knock a club when its had such a time as you have

What I really think is that great clubs like The Foxes have to have the following in place for there to be consistent and deserved success these days.

• A great and entruprenarial benefactor not directly linked to a multi-national corporation or dodgy money
  

• Stability of Management

• An open, trusting and, emotionally satisfying relationship between the Manager and the Owner.

• Ditto Manager and Players.

• Skills and stamina training that works.

• Belief in the idea.
  

• Having someone who can talk to the press properly.
  

• Having someone who can find you great players for tuppence ha'penny.

• An engine that runs for 96 minutes.

• Tactics, Tactics, Tactics.

Finally, in the words of the great Brian Clough " If they've got the ball.....go and get it. If you've got the ball......keep it"

And there you have it. I think currently you tick about 6 of those.

I do believe, having seen Foxes play quite a bit recently, that a return to this is but a few months away. I pray Mr Holloway does well and the club supports him. He seems like a good man.



As a post script, I'd like to say what a complete joy and privilege it has been (so far) to meet the female equivalent of a football ignoramus like this numpty .......... and watch GB turn into a sound and important pundit of these proportions...................goodness !

You have a 17.30 Kick off at Wolves Saturday. Good luck indeed.

We're at home to the team of......er this............... man !

Keep the Faith Everyone

GB