cc_star Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 As usual for Pearson (when faced with an actual journalist) - very candid & honest and like the earlier Henry Winter Telegraph interview, quite revealing http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/23/leicester-city-nigel-pearson?CMP=share_btn_tw
ealingfox Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 Burst out laughing at 'He also confesses to enjoying reading the obituaries' Really is Nige all over.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 He's not a fan of lazy, agenda-led loaded questions - play it straight with him and he generally plays ball. Decent interview
5waller5 Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 He's not a fan of lazy, agenda-led loaded questions - play it straight with him and he generally plays ball. Decent interview Hence his dislike for Stringer.
AKCJ Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 Nige just hates the red tops. Get a decent reporter with him and he comes across as being very articulate and really quite witty.
MPH Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 Got to admit, quality journalism from the get go with our Nige from the Guardian....they actually seem to have the intelligence to of studied Pearson a bit and know how to get the best out of him... They've played him well. And THAT my friends is how a journalist should operate. Stringer, take note.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 Nige just hates the red tops. Get a decent reporter with him and he comes across as being very articulate and really quite witty. Pearson gets on pretty well with the Midlands-based tabloid reporters. They have the occasional cross-word but nothing that doesn't get sorted Got to admit, quality journalism from the get go with our Nige from the Guardian....they actually seem to have the intelligence to of studied Pearson a bit and know how to get the best out of him... They've played him well. And THAT my friends is how a journalist should operate. He likes smart, straightforward questions. Anyone trying to be smart-arse clever gets short shrift. If you've known him a while you should know how to operate. Very simple really.
AKCJ Posted 23 April 2015 Posted 23 April 2015 “I won’t write a book. I haven’t got a magnum opus in me. Who’d ****ing buy it for a start?” Poetry.
Dan Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Funniest manager in the league. Well, him or Allardyce.
Guest Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Funniest manager in the league. Well, him or Allardyce. I don't get the hatred for his personality from some corners. Love the dry, self deprecating sense of humour and the no nonsense attitude.
EnglishOxide Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 That's why I love Nige. No soundbites. No nonsense.
MC Prussian Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 “I can sense when there is a shift, all of a sudden it’s ‘Leicester will be all right now’. Bullshit,” he says. “We’ve got to be really focused now, try and influence what you can here and not join in with the daily and weekly debates. It’s almost like Peter Snow’s Swingometer on election night.”
Unabomber Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Can't wait to read this on the throne in about 10 mins
The Year Of The Fox Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Im not sure how anyone could have ever disliked him
Unabomber Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Im not sure how anyone could have ever disliked himSame mate, I think people didn't like him cos they didn't get him. People fear his methods cos they don't understand his methods.
wattolcfc Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 I'd love to read his autobiography, there would be some great revelations, from the debacle how he left us in the first place, publicised fall-outs, why he came back, his sacking/reinstating, media bust ups... Enough to be a top seller!
cheshamfox17 Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 “Just ask me the questions,” he says. “I don’t mind because they’re things I’ve done and said. You can’t have it both ways. You either like or don’t like people warts and all. You’ve got to look yourself in the mirror. I don’t like all the aspects of what I do and am, or things I’ve done, but you’ve got to live with it.” That's the best bit for me and sums up Pearson for me. I think he is very happy to talk openly and honestly about this season and his actions as long as the questions are framed in a productive and interesting way as opposed to the way that some people always seem to bring everyone back to whether he will keep his job or not. Also if anyone was going to regularly do the crossword it was going to be Nige wasn't it, I bet he loves doing the crossword after a tough day of watching Matty James hit the first man 30 times on corner practice, haha
ealingfox Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 It gets said every time something like this crops up, but it is stuff like this that make me want him to be manager of our club for a very long time.
Haydos Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 It gets said every time something like this crops up, but it is stuff like this that make me want him to be manager of our club for a very long time. Couldn't agree more, can't think of many other managers who are as grounded, realistic and honest as he is. He sounds like he is learning but he's got to do it very quickly. If we do stay up I'm going to be very excited for next season all over again.
Captain... Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Great read that, those incidents had disappointed me this season, partly because we never got to hear Pearson's side so it all just became a one-sided mudslide.
desertfox2 Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Im not sure how anyone could have ever disliked him It's selective though isn't it. If you didn't support leicester you would probably only hear the negative things as those are the things that catch people's attention that wouldn't normally see or hear anything much about him. If all you heard was he strangles players, tells fans to f off and die, swears at reporters and nuts people that go near his daughter you'd probably have the same opinion. Not many people outside of leicester fans would listen to his normal interviews and see the bits where if you Realize he is actually joking he's one of the funniest managers in football with a very dry humour. I wouldn't for example watch a pulls interview after a normal game or a pardew because unless we are playing them it's of no interest. Luckily for us we see him a lot good and bad and are in on the media secret that he's actually a great manager, with a personality and very funny at times. Long may it continue in nigel we trust.
Renart Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 It's selective though isn't it. If you didn't support leicester you would probably only hear the negative things as those are the things that catch people's attention that wouldn't normally see or hear anything much about him. If all you heard was he strangles players, tells fans to f off and die, swears at reporters and nuts people that go near his daughter you'd probably have the same opinion. Not many people outside of leicester fans would listen to his normal interviews and see the bits where if you Realize he is actually joking he's one of the funniest managers in football with a very dry humour. I wouldn't for example watch a pulls interview after a normal game or a pardew because unless we are playing them it's of no interest. Luckily for us we see him a lot good and bad and are in on the media secret that he's actually a great manager, with a personality and very funny at times. Long may it continue in nigel we trust. I don't agree. Most of my non-LCFC friends (I have a fair few living in London) really do like him for being straight talking and this slight 'quirkiness' they see in him. I think that they were more pro-actively shouting for him not to be sacked during our poor run than most on here. I think that it is almost the opposite of what you have said: some Leicester fans get a little embarrassed by him, like that slightly strange auntie, as they are worried by what other clubs might think of us, but, actually, most other fans really do quite like him.
Foxymcoxy Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Love him. I hope he's the manager for many years to come.
RobHawk Posted 24 April 2015 Posted 24 April 2015 Great Read that! I'd love an evening session down the boozer with Nig! I bet he'd be quality!
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