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Nigel Pearson is the best answer for City. Most people who would like to see a change, don't take into consideration that to stay up would anyway be difficult, or more of a miracle. People are talking about sacking NP after losing games v. Man City, West Ham and Liverpool, and of course a loss away to Aston Villa must also be counted. Why in hell should a Leicester City manager be sacked after losing games against those opponents. I certainly hope that the owners understand more than people asking for NP's head. Yes a lot has not been as we would have liked, but any of those talking shite about NP, should try to do the same themselves. They would have peed in their pants, and blushed. Many of those writing at this forum have no clue what football is all about, and just to sack the manager is their only answer, because the answer is, they don't know anything about football, training methods, coaching, transfer dealings, dealing with agents, buildiing bounds in a squad. Many fans also used to abuse Martin O'Neill, and they were all so terribly wrong, so far out in the country that anyone could get. So please start to show support for Nigel Pearson, one of the best managers in the history of Leicester FC, with two promotions and League winning medals. Martin O'Neill had no previous background from the Premier League either when he came up with City, and hopefully the tide will turn, most fans will back Nigel Pearson no matter what, and the team needs passionate support, not a lot of people crying and asking for the managers head and especially NP's head. Merry Xmas everybody !!!

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I'd imagine that it's quite a difficult situation for the owners now.

Do they sack Pearson, get someone like Pulis in and hope for the best?

Keep Nige and let him blow '£20m' in Jan and hope for the best?

Keep Nige, be sensible in Jan and hope for the best?

Unfortunately, as much as I want NP to turn it around I can't see us staying up this season. But I also think that if Mourinho was to come in he would struggle to keeps us up this season with our current squad.

My view is that, as much as this season is painful and weekly disappointing we need to keep Nige as our manager. Not for this season, but if (when) we end up back in the Championship next season, there isn't going to be a better manager around to take us back up, other than him.

If we was to get relegated and promotion again ( boing boing baggies style) NP will be in a much better position to keep us in the prem. This season is a learning curve for him, at our expense maybe but, that's not his fault.

I really want Nige to do well for us, I don't want to see him manage any other club, cause I think long term he is the best manager for our club.

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Most fans won't back Nigel Pearson no matter what. As for one of the best managers in our history I think that is stretching it more than a bit. At the minute he is no better than Brian Little who arguably did a better job with limited funds or no better than Mickey Adams who took us up whilst in administration and at least made us competitive in the top flight even tho we went down.

He isn't anywhere near MON obviously and I'm sure there's other managers from before my time who were much better . He is our best manager for a decade but that isn't saying much when you look at what went before.

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Lets forget all the other crap results then. West Brom, Burnley, Palace etc. It's not just about the lack of wins, its the overall performance. We look utterly dreadful and Persons track record suggests he cant turn this around. Look at that quality losing run we had 2 seasons ago. How you can still stick up for him with such a pathetic run of results, performances and team selections is laughable.

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We look utterly dreadful and Persons track record suggests he cant turn this around. Look at that quality losing run we had 2 seasons ago.

What are we meant to look at, he did turn it around. Pearson is a manager who solves problems in transfer windows, he has one in a few days time. No point in getting rid so close now so he might as well get a shot at it.

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When you're trying to formulate an argument for Pearson to stay (which is hard enough), it's precisely this sort of post which sets you back.

 

Martin O'Neill was 12th, I think, when it came to Christmas of his first season in the Premier League. It also took him six months, as opposed to two-and-a-half years, to get us promoted. He's also our most successful ever manager. I don't think the comparison is helpful.

 

And those who want him out take that view because his job is to keep us up and he's making an horrific mess of it at the moment.

 

Four or five games ago people were screaming for him to be fired when we were just a point or two off 17th, and the likes of me opposed it. But, in retrospect, literally no manager on earth could have done a worst job over those games. So I'm aware that there are people out there right now who think we were wrong to back him. And  until Pearson stops making amateurish errors and gets a few points under his belt, it will be hard for me to argue that we were right.

 

On a final note, we need to put to bed all of this 'what do we know, we're only fans' rubbish. For a start, we're on a forum, and if we accept in advance that we know nothing then it won't be a very good forum. Secondly, not everyone who is successful in football comes from a footballing background. Thirdly, there are plenty of instances in our history when fans have been in the right and our managers in the wrong.

 

And finally, most importantly, while Pearson often talks about 'people not involved in football not knowing what they're talking about', he has made errors which plenty of posters on here wouldn't have made. It took him until 60 minutes of our 17th game to see that Konchesky wasn't good enough, when any neutral could see this ten games ago, and most fans could see it a season ago. He took 15 games to drop De Laet, who is as poor a right back as there has ever been at this level (and he dropped him LONG after bringing in an experienced replacement). He spent £8m on a target man who is used to playing as a lone striker, who goes on to score 6 goals in 14 starts, then - just as he's finding his form again - Pearson drops him to play a guy who's scored a sixth the number of goals, and has next to no experience as a lone striker. And then there was the week when, according to Shakespeare, we 'practised crosses more than at any time since I've been at the club'. We ended the next game with two target men and no winger.

 

If any of the above decisions had worked out then we might be able to defend them. But people said they were strange decisions at the time, and they went on to cost us.

 

So I have no idea on earth what it is you're complaining about. Pearson probably should stay, if only because there may be little to gain from sacking him, but he's done a pretty hopeless job so far this season.

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What are we meant to look at, he did turn it around. Pearson is a manager who solves problems in transfer windows, he has one in a few days time. No point in getting rid so close now so he might as well get a shot at it.

We will be at least 8 points from safety by the transfer window. Pearson has no standing in the game and will lot be able to attract the type of quality we need. Who in there right mind will want to join us............overpaid mercenaries with contract clauses. We are a embarrassment, we need a manager who knows the market and get the players we need
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For every Palace, there is a Wolves, a Fulham, a Brum etc - sacking a manager doesn't always solve things. In some cases it starts a spiral of sackings and going down the leagues - after what we've done in recent years, to get where we are and to see how the club has been revolutionised top to bottom - why would endanger the long term security and philosophy of the club?

It proved right to stick with NP the season before last when he had a sticky patch, and it is now. There's only one Nigel Pearson!

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What are we meant to look at, he did turn it around. Pearson is a manager who solves problems in transfer windows, he has one in a few days time. No point in getting rid so close now so he might as well get a shot at it.

 

He didn't turn it around that season though, did he? Our aim was, and we were favourites for automatic promotion, and we ended up sneaking into the play-offs, then instantly got knocked out. There are managers out there who would have taken us up, and plenty who would have taken us up a year later. I wouldn't even have betted against Sven taking us up if he'd been given another two-and-a-half years.

 

And which transfer windows are you referring to? Because there was no improvement in 2009, nor did there need to be, and we went on a very poor run after the windows of 2010, 2012 and 2013. And the window of 2014 just saw us cement our success.

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We will be at least 8 points from safety by the transfer window. Pearson has no standing in the game and will lot be able to attract the type of quality we need. Who in there right mind will want to join us............overpaid mercenaries with contract clauses. We are a embarrassment, we need a manager who knows the market and get the players we need

So who is this brilliant manager that will a) join a team 8 points from safety and b) have a standing in the game that will attract players to such a team.

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For every Palace, there is a Wolves, a Fulham, a Brum etc - sacking a manager doesn't always solve things. In some cases it starts a spiral of sackings and going down the leagues - after what we've done in recent years, to get where we are and to see how the club has been revolutionised top to bottom - why would endanger the long term security and philosophy of the club?

It proved right to stick with NP the season before last when he had a sticky patch, and it is now. There's only one Nigel Pearson!

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You could argue that wolves left it too long until they sacked Mcarthy, is there any proof that they'd have done better if they'd stuck with him?

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So who is this brilliant manager that will a) join a team 8 points from safety and b) have a standing in the game that will attract players to such a team.

Who are these brilliant players Pearson will be able to sign in the window that will keep us up? Sometimes you've just got to roll the dice and keep your fingers crossed.

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For every Palace, there is a Wolves, a Fulham, a Brum etc - sacking a manager doesn't always solve things. In some cases it starts a spiral of sackings and going down the leagues - after what we've done in recent years, to get where we are and to see how the club has been revolutionised top to bottom - why would endanger the long term security and philosophy of the club?

It proved right to stick with NP the season before last when he had a sticky patch, and it is now. There's only one Nigel Pearson!

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Did Birmingham sack their manager when they went down?

 

Sacking the manager has worked out on plenty of occasions. Sacking him when you're 5 points adrift in late December rarely does.

 

Our long-term aim is to be in the PL and stay there. Based on what we've seen so far this season, there's no great reason to believe that Pearson can fulfil it.

 

The best argument for keeping him is that the chance of him doing what Bassett did with Sheffield United in 1992 is probably as good as any we have. But unless he shows us some signs of being capable of doing a job at this level, we will have to ask ourselves whether he's the right man to take us forward beyond that.

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You could argue that wolves left it too long until they sacked Mcarthy, is there any proof that they'd have done better if they'd stuck with him?

But it's a cautionary tale in if there's no adequate replacement (and Pulis is currently out of our range), then sacking your existing manager can be very very bad.

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So who is this brilliant manager that will a) join a team 8 points from safety and b) have a standing in the game that will attract players to such a team.

 

There was one - the PL manager-of-the-year in fact - who was available and may well have been willing to take the job 5 or 6 games ago, when things were still rectifiable. And he happened to be a specialist at that type of situation.

 

Maybe it's time for you and I to acknowledge that we might have been wrong to object to the idea of him coming in.

 

Now, though, there are only wild gambles. Sticking with Pearson also comes into that category, admittedly. But we can say with absolute certainty that, whether we take transfers into account or not, he has done a dreadful job at this level so far.

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Nigel Pearson is the best answer for City. Most people who would like to see a change, don't take into consideration that to stay up would anyway be difficult, or more of a miracle. People are talking about sacking NP after losing games v. Man City, West Ham and Liverpool, and of course a loss away to Aston Villa must also be counted. Why in hell should a Leicester City manager be sacked after losing games against those opponents. I certainly hope that the owners understand more than people asking for NP's head. Yes a lot has not been as we would have liked, but any of those talking shite about NP, should try to do the same themselves. They would have peed in their pants, and blushed. Many of those writing at this forum have no clue what football is all about, and just to sack the manager is their only answer, because the answer is, they don't know anything about football, training methods, coaching, transfer dealings, dealing with agents, buildiing bounds in a squad. Many fans also used to abuse Martin O'Neill, and they were all so terribly wrong, so far out in the country that anyone could get. So please start to show support for Nigel Pearson, one of the best managers in the history of Leicester FC, with two promotions and League winning medals. Martin O'Neill had no previous background from the Premier League either when he came up with City, and hopefully the tide will turn, most fans will back Nigel Pearson no matter what, and the team needs passionate support, not a lot of people crying and asking for the managers head and especially NP's head. Merry Xmas everybody !!!

Looks like you have been on the sherry sunshine. Pearson has lost more than the 4 games you mention. Nevermind get back on on the sherry chap and then bow down to your Pearson poster on your wall. Hail Pearson the almighty who can do no wrong. Can I ask you a serious question chap - If NP ran off with your wife would you be ok with it - I think we all know the answer will be yes..... Hail Pearson

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Did Birmingham sack their manager when they went down?

Sacking the manager has worked out on plenty of occasions. Sacking him when you're 5 points adrift in late December rarely does.

Our long-term aim is to be in the PL and stay there. Based on what we've seen so far this season, there's no great reason to believe that Pearson can fulfil it.

The best argument for keeping him is that the chance of him doing what Bassett did with Sheffield United in 1992 is probably as good as any we have. But unless he shows us some signs of being capable of doing a job at this level, we will have to ask ourselves whether he's the right man to take us forward beyond that.

Maybe not Brum - but another good example is Cardiff (Mackay...), who would have had similar ambitions to us I'm sure, and look where they are now!

I know it's different for every club. Although they weren't in as bad a position as we are, it worked for Soton when they sacked Adkins.

Are you suggesting there's no point sacking him now in our current position?

I also think if he was to go he would have gone a few weeks ago - when a bounce would have seen us go to midtable.

I'm a fairly loyal person by nature, and for someone I who I think has been a success to be sacked, would disappoint me hugely.

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But it's a cautionary tale in if there's no adequate replacement (and Pulis is currently out of our range), then sacking your existing manager can be very very bad.

It can be but Southampton proved with Pochettino that it can be very very good.

 

I hate to be associated with haters like Cuddly Ken but I care more about staying up than I do about Pearson.

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