"I am trying to force myself into the starting 11 and all I try to do when I am on the pitch is get on the ball as much as I can and cause problems for them, which I felt I did at times against Preston without an end product.
"But I tried to play positive, attacking football. The gaffer told me to go on and get at them by being direct, which is what I did, and I just can't wait to get back in the starting lineup.
"The aim then is not to think of the long term because I think that I maybe made a mistake at the start of the season by thinking too far ahead to targets and stuff. But now my aim is just to stay in the team for the next game."
"I have played wide left many times. "Obviously I would love to play as one of the front two strikers but if it means I am going to start, I will happily play wide left.
"There has been a spot up for grabs there all season because Graham Barrett played a lot there this season and he is a right-footer. When I wasn't in the team I was wondering whether the gaffer was going to try me out wide rather than up front.
"I don't know what will happen tonight, whether I will be up front or on the left, but wherever I play I will just try to be as direct as I can and do well for the team."
Talking about the trip to Leicester,he said:"A lot of teams come to Highfield Road and set their stall out to get their defence and midfield behind the ball and play on the break,whereas the better teams come here to play and that suits our game more because it is more of an open game and we can get our attacking football going.
"Every team in this league is difficult to play against because it is not about pretty football in this league.
As you can see with the likes of Wigan, they knock it about well but they are physically and mentally strong."
"It is Craig Levein's first home game in charge so Leicester will be well up for it and trying to impress him by fighting for a shirt to stay in the team.
"But it is a perfect scenario for us to go there and cause an upset on their manager's home debut.
"Bjarni Gudjonsson's brother Joey is an Iceland international and a good, direct attacking player while Danny Tiatto provides great pace on the left wing, so it will be a hard game because they have got really good strength in depth in their squad.
"But if we play our stuff then we can cause an upset, and I think it will be one of those games that suits us because it will be open.
"They won't sit back because they will be at home and we will probably be the ones trying to get two good banks of four and hitting them on the break when we will hopefully sneak a few goals."
And the striker believes City are perfectly poised to start making real headway in the league after drafting in Ady Williams at the back.
"I watched Ady very closely on his debut because I like to study new players when they come in and see how they play and what they do," he said.
"To me, he looks like a leader on the pitch and he really stamped his authority on the game and bossed the defence. I don't think he looked rattled or troubled once.
"The lads have been doing well at centre-half all season but he really looked top class and hopefully he can keep everything intact and we can become a solid force at the back."