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Leicester City boss Gary Rowett said he was looking for players he can trust after their dismal loss to Queens Park Rangers on Saturday - but who fits the bill?

The When You're Smiling team have been weighing up what players should make the cut for the starting XI and one of the biggest topics has been who to play up front in a team lacking a stand-out striker.

Ghana striker Jordan Ayew has more goals [5] to his name than his counterpart Patson Daka [4] this season, but the team think the Zambian would be the better choice to help in the relegation scrap.

"I just can't understand at all why he [Ayew] is getting picked," Lox from the Blue Tinted Glasses fan channel told BBC Radio Leicester.

"I would play Daka over him every day of the week. We've got two strikers, neither of them have scored too many goals but one of them runs, he puts pressure on the defenders, on the goalkeeper.

"I would start him [Daka] in every game until the end of the season. I don't want to see [Ayew] in a Leicester shirt ever again, personally."

Another player the team think would be a must on the team sheet is midfielder Jordan James, who scored the opening goal in the 3-1 defeat by Rangers.

"He's one of the only players that cares - and he's on loan [from French side Stade Rennais]," Lox said.

"That passion and commitment that he has for a team that only have him on loan is incredible and you just wish his team-mates shared that."

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Leicester failed to build on their home win over Bristol City and are back to second-bottom of the Championship after they allowed a 1-0 lead to slip to lose 3-1 at home to QPR on Saturday.

Former Foxes winger and BBC Radio Leicester summariser Matt Piper said it had been "just so disappointing".

"There was a little bit of excitement before the game. I thought we'd get a similar performance to Tuesday night - one of the best of the season," he said.

"I felt really confident, the hope has come back into my consciousness since Gary Rowett has come in, but this was back to as bad as I've seen it.

"They started brightly, there was some excitement in the stands, but from 25 minutes onwards it just all drained away.

"As soon as QPR scored, as we've seen pretty much all season, there's not enough characters in the group. As soon as adversity strikes they just crumble. Then it became passive, lacklustre, a game where they had no energy, no belief, and QPR had all of that, and in the end deserved all three points."

Piper added: "I don't think I've ever used the term Jekyll and Hyde so much as I have this season. There's not enough desire in the group and they have shown it again.

"Until they give us evidence otherwise, we've been seeing the players don't want it, for the majority of the season."

You can listen to more from Piper and Rowett in the latest When You're Smiling podcast above or on the club's BBC Sounds page.

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Leicester manager Gary Rowett spoke to BBC Radio Leicester following their 3-1 home defeat by QPR.

"It was like Christmas morning if you're QPR," he said.

"We've given them three goals. I'm not taking anything away from their performance, they've worked incredibly hard to stop us getting into good areas.

"We started quite brightly and got in good areas, played through the lines well culminating in a goal from JJ [Jordan James], a lovely pass through the lines and JJ takes it on the back foot and runs, really positive - maybe we have to do that more often.

"The goal we conceded just before half-time was a stupid goal to concede. A player's given time on the ball 60 yards away, sticks a ball over the top, we don't track the runner and he nicks it round Jakub [Stolarczyk] and scores.

"I could talk about a million things in the game but we need to be better trying to break a team down, and if you conceded three goals in that manner, you're not winning any game in the Championship."