Leicester boss Dean Smith is aware of he can have fulfilled a “big ask” if he can information his facet to Premier League survival on Sunday.
The Foxes should beat West Ham on the King Power Stadium and hope Everton don’t win towards Bournemouth if they’re to keep away from relegation to the Championship.
Smith was parachuted into an eight-game SOS mission following Brendan Rodgers’ sacking in the beginning of April however has recorded only one victory from his first seven video games and accepts that his facet haven’t accomplished in addition to he thought they’d.
The 52-year-old has expertise of manufacturing the nice escape as he led Aston Villa to seven factors from their remaining 4 video games of the 2019/20 season to beat the drop and says one thing comparable can be required.
Smith stated: “When you first come in you look at games and I looked at Man City, Liverpool and Newcastle and knew they were going to be tough to get points out of. I expected us probably to win our home games and nick points away from home, with probably the exception of Liverpool.
“We are a few points short of where I expected to be and that’s why it has come down to the last one.
“This would be a very proud day if we do it, but we have to win our game and rely on other results. Each escape will have its own merits, the one at Villa with four games to go was seven points. That in itself was a big ask, this has been a big ask and hopefully we can do it.”
It is just two years in the past since Leicester have been successful the FA Cup and preventing for Champions League qualification, however they’ve dropped shortly after having to stability the books within the league.
And Smith says that reveals simply how powerful the league might be for these exterior the normal ‘big six’.
“This league is precarious. You’ve got to have really good models now to stay in the league,” he stated.
“You look at Brighton and Brentford, two really good models of clubs, one I know very well because I worked there.
“It is hard. You need the finance behind it but it’s not just about finance as you can see in Brentford’s case.
“There are many different ways to stay in the league but it’s a real tough league. Very quickly you can go and lose two or three games on the spin. All of a sudden that just drains the confidence of players.”
