Leicester City are still searching for their first League One win of the season, and the mood around the club is one of cautious reflection rather than outright panic. That is the picture emerging from Radio Leicester's long-running podcast, in which presenter Jack Stowell and former goalkeeper Mike Stowell reviewed the goalless stalemate at MK Dons and cast an eye forward to the visit of Plymouth Argyle.

Still waiting

The headline says it plainly enough: "City Still Searching for a Win." For a club of Leicester's size and budget, dropping into the third tier was always going to invite scrutiny. Every dropped point feels amplified, every performance is measured against expectations that were set in a completely different division. The MK Dons result, a point gained on the road by some measures, reads more like two dropped when it belongs to a side widely tipped to push at the very top of the table.

Defender Luke Thomas features in the episode, offering a player's perspective on where things currently stand. Thomas, who came through Leicester's academy and has been a consistent figure at left back, is one of the more experienced heads in a squad that is still finding its League One legs. His contribution to the podcast suggests the camp is not in crisis mode, but the absence of a win at this stage of the campaign is not something the club can keep brushing aside.

What went wrong at Stadium MK

The MK Dons fixture was always billed as a test of character. Paul Warne had made no secret before the game that it would be a contest of pressing and transitions rather than a tactical chess match. In the end, Leicester came away with a share of the spoils, but the failure to convert chances, or to impose themselves consistently over ninety minutes, is exactly the sort of thing that Mike Stowell, a goalkeeping coach of long experience, is well placed to assess without sentiment.

The podcast does not shy away from the word "searching." At the time of recording, Leicester had played enough games for a pattern to be emerging, and that pattern has not been one of dominance. Russell Martin's methods require patience and buy-in from players who may not be entirely familiar with a high-possession, positional approach. In League One, where direct, physical sides can make life very uncomfortable very quickly, that adjustment takes time that supporters are not always willing to grant.

Plymouth next

Attention now turns to Plymouth Argyle, who arrive at the King Power Stadium having begun their own campaign with mixed results. Tom Cleverley's side drew with Wycombe and lost to Bradford, so they are hardly arriving on the back of a flawless start either. That, in one sense, makes the fixture an opportunity: a home win would shift the mood considerably at Leicester, while Plymouth will be keen to show their defeat to Bradford was a blip rather than a portent.

For neutral observers of the third tier, this is precisely the kind of game that makes League One worth watching. Two clubs with genuine ambitions, neither quite where they would like to be, meeting at a ground that holds more than thirty thousand people. The attendance will say something about how much goodwill Leicester's supporters still have in reserve.

The bigger picture

A win against Plymouth would not transform Leicester's season, but it would steady nerves and provide the kind of platform Martin needs to build on. A second draw or, worse, a defeat, and the questions around his position, already being asked in some quarters, will grow louder. The club insisted before the season that the project would take time. Time, at this level, has a habit of running out faster than anyone expects.

Whether smiling is warranted any time soon remains, as the podcast title drily implies, an open question.

Frequently asked

When are Leicester City next playing in League One?
Leicester City's next League One fixture is at home to Plymouth Argyle, following the goalless draw at MK Dons.
How many League One wins do Leicester City have so far this season?
According to reports at the time of writing, Leicester City are yet to register a League One win and are still searching for their first three points of the campaign.
What was the result of Leicester City vs MK Dons?
The game at Stadium MK ended goalless, leaving Leicester without a win in League One heading into the Plymouth Argyle fixture.