Easter weekend is one of the most vital weekends in the football calendar.
With two games being played in three or four days it usually leads to teams confirming promotion or relegation, unless you’re a Championship team of-course, where absolutely nothing changes.
Friday’s game at Leicester saw the Lions pick up a massive three points thanks to a late Alan Dunne goal. To be honest, on paper Leicester’s team should easily beat us every time, especially with the likes of Wood and Kane upfront.
Even though Wood was in Danny Shittu’s back pocket all game…
Then came Monday’s game at home to Ipswich. This really should’ve been three points, but after the Lions missed a hat-full of chances, it ended goallesss.
One thing that annoyed me with this game is KJ’s use of formation. He used 4-5-1 with two strikers on the wings, yes he says it’s 4-3-3 but it’s not. The 4-5-1 formation works at away games but don’t play it at home where he have to go out and win the games. This can also highlight Jackett’s bad dealings within the transfer window, only bringing in strikers on loan, and all over the age of 30. Maybe he does not trust his signings to deliver the goods?
One positive to come out of the game was Jermaine Easter. Yes he did miss a couple chances, but once Jackett went to 4-4-2, he looked lively.
Plus, he’s already got more league goals for ‘Wall then Tyson and Hulse, even if he’s only got one!
This division is so tight, the difference between the bottom three and Leeds in 12th place is only five points. 50 points would usually secure a team Championship football for another season, the way the division is going it could be 60.
The Lions will be confident though about staying up as they have games in hand over all other teams, and to be honest, if they cannot stay up with the amount of home games ‘Wall have left, they deserve to go down.
With Bristol City rooted to the bottom of the table it seems that up to 12 teams to attemot to avoid the final two spots. It looks like there could be at-least one team that suffer a second successive relegation with both Blackburn and Wolves looking dangerously over their shoulders.
Lets just hope the F.A. Cup semi-final against Wigan will have a positive effect on the team. Yes the Lions have not lost since going through, but the performances have not been the best, lets not forget the Lions play on the Tuesday night before Wembley. So expect the players to maybe not give it 100%, after-all, which player is going to risk not playing in a F.A. Cup semi-final by being injured or suspended?
COYL
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