Leicester's Andy King discusses keeping things interesting and bouncing back from play-off woe.
As part of Sky Sports' Championship spotlight, Chris Burton catches up with Leicester City midfielder Andy King.
The 2013/14 campaign is now well under way, with divisions beginning to take shape.
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Sky Sports we will look to take you to the very heart of the Football League over the coming months, with our Spotlight features intended to give you a greater insight into the clubs and players that keep us on the edge of our seats.
We hope to bring you the views and thoughts of a representative from each of the 72 teams over the course of the season, with those involved asked to give their take on the division they compete in, the club that pays their wages and those we should all be keeping an eye on.
Leicester's Andy King is next into the hot-seat, with the Foxes midfielder taking time out to discuss keeping things interesting and bouncing back from play-off heartache with
Chris Burton.
Is it fair to say that things couldn't have gone much better so far?
I think the only disappointing thing is that the games that we haven't won, we probably feel we should have done better in. But, all in all, having come back from the way that last season ended, I think the boys have responded brilliantly and we're really looking forward to this season and playing some really good stuff at the moment.
You have shown that you know how to grind out results haven't you - five wins in seven and all by the odd goal?
It's a weird one, we keep winning 2-1 at the moment. Not that anyone is complaining. But we are playing really well for 70-80 minutes, should really be out of sight, but then we'll concede one at the end. That's just the nature of this league and other teams come back into it. We are doing well, we are grinding out and holding out for wins when maybe in the past we might have dropped points.
The Wigan game is the only one you have won by more than one goal, you're helping to keep things interesting aren't you?
It is weird. In a lot of the games that we have only won by a goal, we have probably been more deserving than that scoreline suggests. A lot of the time we could have been out of sight. In this league, it's a tough league, every team is always going to have chances. If there is a thing we need to work on, maybe we need to start taking chances when they come and make sure that we do put ourselves out of sight - so when the late charge comes we don't really have anything to worry about.
You are conceding, so clean sheets are maybe another area to work on aren't they - as you're scoring two or more goals in most games?
In terms of that, it's a whole team ethic. That's what we will be working on. The defence have always been brilliant for us and keeping clean sheets and scoring goals is a whole team thing for us. As long as we're winning, we're happy.
You have shown real character given how last season ended, was that something that was discussed over the summer - the need to bounce back strongly?
Not really. We had to go away and just try to get it out of our minds. It took a bit of time, but since the boys have come back for pre-season we've been fresh and everyone was raring to go as quickly as possible. We wanted to get that out of the system. People still think about it sometimes but it's driving us on this year to make sure it doesn't happen again.
How long does it take for something like that
