A bit about you:
Name: Jim Wheeler
Current home town: Coalville
Birthplace: Coventry
How long have you supported your team? Since birth – been going for 42 years…
Overview of your club:
Favourite thing about your home ground: The view – no pillars, well designed stadium.
Favourite match played by your team & why: Derby County 4 – 1 Nottingham Forest Nov 24, 1979. Totally unexpected, total annihilation of Forest. 5-0 on 22/3/14 was great as well, but more expected now… 😉
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: Bobby Davison
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why: Craig Bryson will always be a legend for his hat-trick against Forest (5-0, see above), but Will Hughes is absolutely vital to this team.
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? On current form, Tom Ince – and he will want to impress on TV against the Champions, but Will Hughes makes us tick.
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Vardy is always a potential threat, but I’ve always rated Kasper Schmeichel – and if he’s on form he's difficult to beat, which could be key.
Up and coming prospect in your squad? I don’t think Hughes, Ince or even Christie can really be considered ‘up and coming’ any longer. I guess Max Lowe is our newest potential star – but recovering from injury at present.
How do you think you’ll do against us and how far do you think you will progress in the competition? I think we could easily win this one. Leicester are off form – particularly away from home – whereas we can match anyone at home, and should be well up for this one. How far we go after that depends on the draw – ironically for a less prestigious game we may rest players to concentrate on the league.
Who do you think will win the FA Cup: Depends who takes it seriously and puts their best team out – but it's always difficult to look past Chelsea or Man Utd with their squads.
General Questions:
Where do you think you'll finish this season? 5th
Where would you like to strengthen in the transfer window and any idea of who with? I would still like to see Chris Martin come back, or get another striker in – preferably a younger alternative to Bent or Nugent.
Which three teams do you think will be promoted to the Premier League? Difficult to look past Newcastle & Brighton – but hopefully we can get the 3rd spot this time.
Who do you think will win the Premier league? Chelsea
Any other comments? I would like to congratulate Leicester for last season – which I genuinely believe is fantastic for football in this country – but I'm afraid it's not going to be repeated..
Jim Wheeler is Chair of RamsTrust, more can be learnt about their Trust by visiting http://www.ramstrust.org.uk