Today is the sixth in our series of articles from our match reporting team reviewing last season and looking forwards to the Premiership.
Paul Weston reported on 4 home and 3 away games last season, finishing over his reports with our celebrations at the Doncaster game.
What was your personal highlight of the season?
It has to be the home match against Derby when we blew them away with the best sustained display of attacking football I think I have ever seen from a City side. I felt that I was watching something really special.
Most fans seemed to have a game during the season where they came away from the game thinking “we are going up this year”, which was that game for you?
My son and I vowed this year not to go to the Watford away match this season. Visits to the Watford away game in previous seasons had been a miserable experience and Watford itself is also a pretty depressing place! As soon as we won 3-0 we knew that this year was going to be different and we had a great chance of going up!
With a number of club records being broken during the course of the season, which did you feel was the most significant?
The unbeaten run stretched so far that there was an air of invincibility and confidence about the side. Even when we went a goal down, as happened on quite a few occasions, it did not seem to ruffle the players’ confidence in overcoming adversity.
What do you think was the main difference between the side that lost in the play offs last season, to the one which ran away with the title this season?
Our quality of play, movement and passing was consistently better than last season. We played as a real team and, even when injuries occurred, players slotted in without disrupting the balance.
Danny Drinkwater won all the official player of the season awards, would he have been your choice and who else impressed you this season?
Danny would have been my choice, closely followed by Jamie Vardy and Matty James.
A number of players made significant strides forwards with their career, which player do you think made the most progress last season and why?
It is hard to pick just one player because all have improved.
Jamie Vardy is a player transformed and whose pace and movement makes us tick. His partnership with Nugent has scared many defences this year.
Mahrez has come from nowhere and is a real gem. As long as he doesn’t get kicked off the pitch he could really turn into an exciting player in the Premiership.
Schlupp has been a revelation at left back, despite our initial doubts, and Konchesky has a major battle to win his place back.
Despite this year of success were there any players that failed to live up to your expectations?
I know Chris Wood has not had many chances and still has scored goals. However, I did expect more from him this year. His ability in the air is still poor considering his height and I am not convinced that he is good enough for the Premiership.
A number of experienced heads were added to last seasons squad, which of this seasons signings did you think made the most significant impact?
Marcin Wasilewski was a surprise signing but has exceeded expectations. Although often being a whisker away from a red card he has been a rock in defence and surprisingly filled in well at right back on occasions. He deserves his chance in the Premiership although I think he could be caught out on the turn and by pace.
Off the pitch, while the financial accounts up to May 2013 revealed further significant losses, however the main financial news was the owners decision to convert £103 million of loans into equity, what are your thoughts on this?
I thought that we were very fortunate that our owners were genuinely financially backing the club and in it for the long term- not like some other owners that are keen to strip the assets of a club.
Do you think the introduction of Financial Fair Play actually had a positive impact for our club this season and if so why?
Yes because it supported Nigel Pearson’s aim to strip the team back to a smaller youthful core who were all supporting each other- rather than a group of individuals that we had in Sven’s era.
What changes to the squad do you think are necessary to ensure we at least remain a Premiership Club beyond the 2014/15 season?
Nigel Pearson has already made his moves. Assuming Kasper signs his contract Ben Hamer is a good second string keeper to keep him under pressure. Albrighton and Brady are typical Pearson signings- young, skilful and with something to prove. Upson is a good defensive back up.
I think we might need a proven goalscorer later on in the season. We will still create chances but, although I am a Nugent fan, his ratio of goals scored to chances missed is not too good!
If you could advise Nigel Pearson on new signings, who would your suggestions be for additions to the squad?
I trust Nigel to pick them. His scouting system seems first class and I like the way his management team make sure that the character of the player will fit in as well as his footballing ability.
What do you feel is most significant element of our game we will need to improve next season?
Our defending from free-kicks, crosses and corners is not good. Some of this is due to Kasper who stays on his line and must improve radically in this area of his game.
We must create more goals from corners. We seem devoid of ideas and options.
We must be more ruthless with our finishing as we will get fewer chances in the Premiership.
What was your reaction to the news coming out of Thailand this week which indicated our owners believe they will need to spend £180 million over the next 3 seasons?
I think it was a mistake to announce it. I expect many agents are rubbing their hands in glee. Let us hope Nigel Pearson will spend wisely.
Any other observation you would like to make
I would like to give a message to all those “new fans” who have come out of the woodwork to support City in the latter part of the season when it was clear they would be promoted. Do not get on Pearson’s back or boo the team when we get beaten heavily next season and do not expect us to be at the top of the Premiership.
It has taken ten years to get us back to the top so let us enjoy the season ahead. Football goes in cycles and we have endured some awful times and terrible football at times. For the moment we have great owners, manager and team of which we can be proud- so bring it on!
The views expressed in this report are the opinions of the Trust member nominated to file the report only and do not represent the views of the Foxes Trust organisation