A bit about you:
Name: Ian Russell
Current home town: Leigh-on-sea, Essex
Birthplace: Southend-on-sea, Essex
How long have you supported your team? Over 35 years
Overview of your club:
Favourite thing about your home ground: Great atmosphere and very passionate, football-loving fans
Favourite match played by your team & why: Rotherham 4-4 Norwich (2004) – just one of those games that had everything. 8 goals, a sending-off, a dodgy penalty, a half-time tunnel bust up and a late equaliser
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: Darren Huckerby
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why? Robbie Brady – has been an excellent addition to the group this season. Very consistent in his performances, can play in a number of positions and a fantastic left foot. More to come but had an excellent season to date
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? Steven Naismith was a very good signing for us. Bags of experience and, on his day, a potential match winner for us
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Where do I start? Do I need to look any further than Vardy and Mahrez?! Either or are a threat to any defence
Up and coming prospect in your squad? We have a good number of young players waiting in the wings but most not yet graduated to a regular Premier League place. We have had a recent policy of bringing in good and potential talent. Nathan Redmond is still relatively young and has been improving over the past couple of season. On his day, can be a threat with his pace and eye for a goal
Where do you think you’ll finish this season? 16th
How do you think you’ll do against us? Guess this fixture has probably never been as potentially difficult as it seems now. That said, I remain optimistic and an unlikely result at Leicester could be exactly what we need to push on in the rate to stay up – 1-1
General Questions:
What do you think of the January transfer activity both in and out of your club? An unprecedented spend for us so we can’t complain. We strengthened in pretty much every position we needed to and with quality that will give us every chance to keep ourselves above the bottom three. We’ve certainly lacked a goalscorer this season so there is hope Bamford may notch a few if he’s given a chance to do so. We believe the signings have helped us tighten up defensively and we should have enough in the group to get us the needed results
Which three teams do you think will go down? – Sunderland, Swansea and Aston Villa
Who do you think will win the league? Leicester City obviously
Any other comments? Genuinely delighted that Leicester have achieved the seemingly impossible this season and sincerely hope they can go on to win the Premier League. It’s the best thing that’s happened to this league in 20 years