Another woeful performance in keeping with the season so far and whilst the late goals earned a very unlikely point, this doesn’t hide the mounting concerns about this squad. We look ill-prepared for the season and it’s clear that McClaren still doesn’t know his best starting XI.

They had taken advantage of two appalling mistakes in our own half. Greening’s poor pass left Chambers exposed and allowed them to stroll through our defence. Whilst Chambers mis-placed another pass shortly after and their quick passing saw them in on goal to double the lead, despite Gunter’s excellent goal-line clearance.

The only time we created anything arrived from Gunter’s left wing cross to Derbyshire who missed from six yards with a free header. A really poor miss when it looked easier to score.

Leicester thought that they had done enough, stopped attacking and this cost them the game. We were there for the taking and with a little more intent they would have been out of sight. We showed a disturbing lack of fight in the first half with no-one willing to make a challenge or at least show Leicester we were up for the fight. A static midfield, devoid of movement, combined with the lack of threat from McGoldrick and an isolated Derbyshire, left us unable to compete in an attacking sense.

We had no choice but to make changes at half-time with Miller and Findley added badly need pace and power in place of the anonymous McGoldrick and Derbyshire. This might have been a little harsh on the latter but the woeful display forced McClaren to change things around. Ideally, we would have changes things around in central midfield but he persisted with his preferred duo despite them being the weak link of the side.

The new front pairing combined to at least force a save from Schmeichel and then Miller’s smart turn and shot continued the improvement. Things started to improve further when Majewski joined the midfield and we got better balance with Gunter back at right back and Cohen on the left. Despite this it was still a surprise when we did actually score. A very fortunate handball decision, well converted by McGugan and then Schmeichel’s arrogance and stupidity resulting in a red card.
Leicester had an immediate chance to kill the game when Gallacher’s half volley flew narrowly wide with Camp struggling.

Fortunately we found enough quality in injury time to rescue a point from nowhere. With Leicester retreating and packing the penalty area, Cohen’s pinpoint left wing cross evaded the keeper and a combination of Boateng and Konchesky bundled the ball home.

Yet again, it was the same old midfield failings that we’ve seen this season. We continue to persist with Boateng and Greening in midfield when it’s clear that they simply aren’t working. This central pairing offer nothing in an attacking sense and encourages the side to play safe sideways passing around the half-way line. Our defence isn’t good enough to hold onto possession for long spells and the midfield certainly aren’t helping by continually passing the ball back in their direction and inviting pressure from the opposition. Until someone takes responsibility to get the side moving forward with quick incisive passing then things are unlikely to improve. For that reason, the return of an in-form Moussi can’t come soon enough.

We’re currently a predictable, boring side lacking sufficient tempo and movement to cause opposition any real problems. There was no genuine width from Cohen or McGugan so we were left relying on MOTM Gunter and Moloney to get forward and provide support. Whilst it might have worked away at Doncaster it was a complete failure here.

Miller looks like he could be a real threat for us this season and hopefully he now becomes an automatic choice for us over the likes of McGoldrick. The spine of the team would look much better with Camp, Morgan, Moussi and Miller.

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