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  1. What's the one thing no-one is talking about?published at 13:08 26 March

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    Times are tough at Leicester - rolling the dice on Ruud van Nistelrooy has not worked and fan frustration around King Power Stadium is palpable.

    Give us a peek behind the curtain. While many issues are well documented, you know your club best, so tell us the one thing that no-one is talking about at Leicester but really should be.

    Let us know here

  2. 'Give the fans something to cling onto'published at 12:36 25 March

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    BBC Sport's John Bennett says Leicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy needs to use the extended gap between games to get the players "really working hard" to give the supporters "a bit of hope going into next season".

    The Foxes are on a run of 13 defeats in their last 14 Premier League games, sit nine points from safety, and look all but condemned to an immediate return to the Championship.

    However, FA Cup quarter finals being played this weekend means it will be 16 days between the defeat to Manchester United before the international break and their next fixture.

    "This is a really long break and it's a tough one for a manager," Bennett told the When You're Smiling podcast.

    "It's more than two weeks with the next game not until next Wednesday against Manchester City.

    "You would hope Van Nistelrooy has given the players some time off but then got them back in and got them really working hard. You can't give up.

    "What needs to happen between now and the end of the season is restoring a bit of pride because there is nothing at the moment for the Leicester fans to cling onto. There is no hope.

    "It is really easy to get away tickets at the moment which tells me the fans have just lost all belief and hope. Even if they go down they need to show a bit of fight in these remaining games to give the fans something to cling onto so there is a bit of hope going into next season."

    Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds