Last Time Out...
It wasn't all bad for Donny though. Arguably they had the better of the first half right until a rather rash Jason Shackell challenge on Sam Vokes gave Burnley a penalty on half time.
It was Rob Jones? Commentator said it was Jason Shackell. Would I prefer it to have been Jason? Sorry Rob, you are the man - you feature on my backgrounds for Pete's sake but if I could swap you for Jason Shackell - I would.
Anyway, Vokes sent Turnbull the wrong way and Paul Dickov was no doubt re-draughting his half time chat.
The second half was a much more one-sided affair, sadly. Burnley demonstrated why they are where they are in the table and Rob Jones demonstrated why on the night had he been thrown into a barrel full of tits, he'd be the one who would be fished out sucking a dummy. The one great thing he did all night, a fabulous goal line clearance of Michael Kightley's cross in combination with James Husband, was credited to Mr. Shackell; he then put a header that you'd normally bet on him to score over the bar; (no credit to anyone for that - BBC commentator obviously told it wasn't Shackell but they didn't know who it was) and finally, just when the Beeb get their facts right about Jones, he puts past his own 'keeper. I've had those kind of days Rob. I recommend Vodka!
On the stats, well 3.78 minutes possession per shot is still very healthy and I like the fact we are getting more on target. So, not all bad.
Meanwhile...
Leicester were down at our fellow co-promotees, Yeovil and they were beating them so helping Rovers to maintain their position as the highest ranking side promoted into the league since the advent of automatic promotion / relegation to and from the fourth flight.
But have a look at those in-game stats and you see that on the night there wasn't so much between Yeovil and Leicester. And 40 shots over the 90 minutes! It looks like there was some decent entertainment to be had at Huish Park on Tuesday night.
For Yeovil, I think it may have been a case of throwing a little caution to the wind. They are still without a point at home this season and the third-placed club was coming to town. The worst that would happen is what was expected to happen.
So the game was open and even. Yeovil very happy to give it a go but Leicester equally happy to pick them off by breaking quickly. It was the quick breaking that was eye-catching for me. Andy King, who was playing his 200th league game (he seems to have been around longer than that) and Lloyd Dyer look particularly effective in the Leicester midfield in this respect. But like those scraps 5 year olds have, when they go "windmilling" at each other not a lot was on target and nobody got hurt in the first 45 minutes. All very entertaining for all that.
So into the second 45 and Antony Knockaert became the first to show that there was serious threat in the Leicester attacks just not quite enough curl on his shot after good work from Lloyd Dyer on the left. It was a prelude to the first goal, which came from another very fast Leicester break. David Nugent picked up the ball on the left and carried before seeing Dyer charging through the middle. A simple ball and a confident finish ended an excellent move.
Yeovil scrapped back and came very close to scoring from a corner when Shane Duffy headed wide. But those Leicester breaks were still a threat. One of them, down the right saw Ritchie De Laet advance into the are and then cut in. He beat Danny Seabourne who stuck out a leg behind him to trip the full back. The penalty was smashed down the middle by David Nugent and Leicester had some comfort. More Yeovil attacking came with Paddy Madden putting a free-kick just wide of the right post before the penalty count was evened up. Madden flicked a ball on and Ed Upson just beat Liam Moore to it. Moore tripped him and James Hayter put away the penalty. It made for an exciting finish but in the end proved to be only a little consolation.
So what will happen?
For Yeovil, I think it may have been a case of throwing a little caution to the wind. They are still without a point at home this season and the third-placed club was coming to town. The worst that would happen is what was expected to happen.
So the game was open and even. Yeovil very happy to give it a go but Leicester equally happy to pick them off by breaking quickly. It was the quick breaking that was eye-catching for me. Andy King, who was playing his 200th league game (he seems to have been around longer than that) and Lloyd Dyer look particularly effective in the Leicester midfield in this respect. But like those scraps 5 year olds have, when they go "windmilling" at each other not a lot was on target and nobody got hurt in the first 45 minutes. All very entertaining for all that.
So into the second 45 and Antony Knockaert became the first to show that there was serious threat in the Leicester attacks just not quite enough curl on his shot after good work from Lloyd Dyer on the left. It was a prelude to the first goal, which came from another very fast Leicester break. David Nugent picked up the ball on the left and carried before seeing Dyer charging through the middle. A simple ball and a confident finish ended an excellent move.
Yeovil scrapped back and came very close to scoring from a corner when Shane Duffy headed wide. But those Leicester breaks were still a threat. One of them, down the right saw Ritchie De Laet advance into the are and then cut in. He beat Danny Seabourne who stuck out a leg behind him to trip the full back. The penalty was smashed down the middle by David Nugent and Leicester had some comfort. More Yeovil attacking came with Paddy Madden putting a free-kick just wide of the right post before the penalty count was evened up. Madden flicked a ball on and Ed Upson just beat Liam Moore to it. Moore tripped him and James Hayter put away the penalty. It made for an exciting finish but in the end proved to be only a little consolation.
So what will happen?
Another tough ask for Donny. The stats show that their ability to play on the break is somewhat less at home than it is away. Not surprising really as home sides are always under more pressure to come out and attack. That's not breaking. Leicester on the other hand do look to be a fast breaking side and I think we can expect them to put the onus on the home side to attack them. The counter does look their best game.
It should be entertaining though. Leicester aren't anything like the best at limiting opponents shooting opportunities so there could be something in this for Donny. We just need to have learned from Tuesday's experiences and be a little less naive with the defending.
It should be entertaining though. Leicester aren't anything like the best at limiting opponents shooting opportunities so there could be something in this for Donny. We just need to have learned from Tuesday's experiences and be a little less naive with the defending.
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