Loyalty or Lack Of Options?

[fleckneymike]

Without doubt this seasons Premiership is a curious beast; in the past 18 years we haven't gotten this far into a season without one club or another pulling the trigger on a beleagured manager, yet here we are in mid December and no one has gone. Is this due to newly discovered loyalty from chairman or is it more to do with the paucity of suitable replacements?

 

Pulis stalks the sidelines, yet no club has been inclined to call on his services. Remove Pulis from the list of likely cadidates and you're left with no one, no bright young thing (Adams), no haggered old stalwart (Bassett), no expensive journeyman saviour (Sven) and no exotic foreigner (Sousa). Is Nigel benefiting from the fact that of a bad bunch, he still isn't the worst?

[Matt]

Bit of both really.

 

But this is where i'm at, I like Pearson and think he's a good manager, there is no-one out there at the moment that imo is much better, but at the end of the day even if there was i'm not sure with the players we have here at their disposal they could do a better job, the players are not good enough - it really is as simple as that regards where our problems are.

 

Now you could blame that on Pearson, he bought a majority of them here, he had the chance to strengthen in the summer and didn't really, I agree, however I and a majority of people on here had faith in these players, I thought they'd be good enough, make the step up, they havn't, so I can't exactly turn round and blame Pearson now because I had the same faith and confidence in these players as he had.

[Babylon]

The other clubs are all in a bunch so other than perhaps Bruce and Pearson nobody else is under pressure.

Bruce has bought a lot of time and faith with getting them promoted, finishing 17th and getting to the final.

Pearson has bought time with getting us up, but I also think the owners previous experiences here of changing manager and failing, whilst sticking with a manager and giving him time has been rewarding.

Most people thought Pearson was a goner after the bad run in the championship. But the owners had the balls to see it through and got rewarded.

There looks to be a good chance they will do it again. If they do I won't criticise them if we go down. Getting rid is often the easy option and in this day and age I think it takes a lot of strength to hold off and give them every opportunity.

[Stevie Synex]

Bit of both really.

 

But this is where i'm at, I like Pearson and think he's a good manager, there is no-one out there at the moment that imo is much better, but at the end of the day even if there was i'm not sure with the players we have here at their disposal they could do a better job, the players are not good enough - it really is as simple as that regards where our problems are.

 

Now you could blame that on Pearson, he bought a majority of them here, he had the chance to strengthen in the summer and didn't really, I agree, however I and a majority of people on here had faith in these players, I thought they'd be good enough, make the step up, they havn't, so I can't exactly turn round and blame Pearson now because I had the same faith and confidence in these players as he had.

 

This.

 

I do tend to agree that the squad as a whole is not good enough.

 

But upto and including the United game we did look up for it - what has changed ? We know when - at home to Burnley heading for another three points and we dropped back into complacency mode but trying to put a finger on the whole reason for it at times is baffling. Pearson inept - not against Everton & Arsenal and for that matter Chelsea away we competed with the best but our inability against the weaker teams in the division primarily down to defensive errors perhaps leads us to the problem - I'm not sure. 

[fleckneymike]

This.

 

I do tend to agree that the squad as a whole is not good enough.

 

But upto and including the United game we did look up for it - what has changed ? We know when - at home to Burnley heading for another three points and we dropped back into complacency mode but trying to put a finger on the whole reason for it at times is baffling. Pearson inept - not against Everton & Arsenal and for that matter Chelsea away we competed with the best but our inability against the weaker teams in the division primarily down to defensive errors perhaps leads us to the problem - I'm not sure. 

 

I always think that the open section of a season for a newly promoted side can be largely ignored as they are very much an unknown quantity and can benefit from that. As soon as club scouts see how players operate at this level they can adjust their set up accordingly and I suspect that is what has happened to us.

[Tuna]

I think it a bit unfair, if the owners wanted rid of Pearson he would be gone. They are obviously backing him.

[Sharpe's Fox]

Pearson clearly has a lot of time for the owners and I think the feeling is mutual, which isn't a common theme in football clubs. Pearson has clearly convinced the Thais he deserves to stay in the jobs until the end of the window.

[5waller5]

It's a very good point that it could be down to a lack of options. But when we sacked Sousa who'd have thought we'd end up with Sven??

There's always a surprise candidate!

[cjslcfc]

It's a very good point that it could be down to a lack of options. But when we sacked Sousa who'd have thought we'd end up with Sven??

There's always a surprise candidate!

 

That wasn't a good surprise!! Probably even more reason not to sack him 

 

In all seriousness it does have a bearing though.

[Fox92]

Both. Loyalty, which I can understand in a win, but ultimately they aren't good enough. I've actually only been impressed with two players this season and that's Ulloa and Cambiasso. Pearson obviously put trust in the players and they haven't stepped up. They have let him down, and they have let themselves down. 

 

It's frustrating to see so many individual mistakes too, which lead to us conceding easy goals.