Captain... Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 ...I'm a Leicester fan. As shocked as I was last night the club will survive and move on. For whatever reason Nigel and the board's relationship has deteriorated, we've all known he's been riding his luck for a while on and off the pitch, 2 atrocious spells of relegation form and embarrassing public spats. They would have been justified in sacking him a few times. They didn't because it wasn't in the best interests of the club, now they have decided that they can't work with him anymore and it is in the best interests of the club to sack him, let's be honest if it is a choice between our owners or Nigel then Nigel is much easier to replace. Sorry Nige. As I said I'm a Leicester fan and as such I will support whoever comes in, I always fully backed Nige and his players and staff, and I am gutted he is gone, but ultimately not surprised. The owners have still been fantastic for this club and without them we wouldn't be where we are now, the decision has been made and we move on, thanks Nige but now I'm kinda excited to see who we get in and what another, possibly better, manager can do with these players. We all know Nige has his limitations and this could push us on to the next level or spectacularly back fire. Who knows? but at least it won't be boring let's enjoy the ride and not get on the backs of the owners not the new manager, whoever he is.
Guest MattP Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 ...I'm a Leicester fan. As shocked as I was last night the club will survive and move on. For whatever reason Nigel and the board's relationship has deteriorated, we've all known he's been riding his luck for a while on and off the pitch, 2 atrocious spells of relegation form and embarrassing public spats. They would have been justified in sacking him a few times. They didn't because it wasn't in the best interests of the club, now they have decided that they can't work with him anymore and it is in the best interests of the club to sack him, let's be honest if it is a choice between our owners or Nigel then Nigel is much easier to replace. Sorry Nige. As I said I'm a Leicester fan and as such I will support whoever comes in, I always fully backed Nige and his players and staff, and I am gutted he is gone, but ultimately not surprised. The owners have still been fantastic for this club and without them we wouldn't be where we are now, the decision has been made and we move on, thanks Nige but now I'm kinda excited to see who we get in and what another, possibly better, manager can do with these players. We all know Nige has his limitations and this could push us on to the next level or spectacularly back fire. Who knows? but at least it won't be boring let's enjoy the ride and not get on the backs of the owners not the new manager, whoever he is. Speak for yourself on that. Nige has been the central point of the the success of this football club over the last few years, not the owners, Nigel already had a team in the Championship play offs when they arrived and back then he had barely any money to spend, a year after he had gone we had spunked about 90 million up the wall and managed to somehow drop further down the league thanks to the decision making of our wonderful owners. If I had my way I'd happily see them go and keep Nigel here, even more so given every decision they have made that doesn't involve Nigel Pearson being our manager has been tantamount to disastrous. He has totally got these blokes out the shit, if it wasn't for him they would probably still be sat half way up the Championship with the debt of a third World country and he's been dismissed via a phone call after doing the best job of any manager since MON. I just hope no one dares ever bring up again how our owners value 'respect and trust' again, they've treated Nigel with as much respect as Tom Hopper treated that girl licking his ringpiece.
ozleicester Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Whoever gets the job is going to need some solid results to begin with, poisoned chalice.
ozvaldo Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Pearson has had his moments...but which great manager hasn't? He was here way before the current owners, and there will be other owners. It felt like Nigel was starting to become our Fergie - no bullshît, gets the job done and gets the best out of his players. And I think it's fair to say following last season's great escape, everyone felt a sense of cohesion and strength going into this season. Hence why everyone is bemused and angry right now. Especially with no explanation. We haven't had long term managerial success and stability for a very long time ... So no one really knows who's going to come in, if they'll click with the squad from last year and the new signings - Perason's signings, or of we'll end up with 4/5 managers in one season again. We've all been through it, and we all ****ing hated it. I really think this is a poor move by our owners.
Guest Col city fan Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Woke up this morning with the thought that we are possibly going to replace Pearson with Allardyce and thought WTF! I'm a City fan first and foremost but it's a strange feeling that Nigel Pearson won't be managing this team anymore. A bit like MON, Pearson had become pretty synonymous with LCFC. I can't dismiss that so easily at present I'm afraid. It's like wearing a pair of new shoes for the first few times. It's going to pinch for a while.
Xen Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 He may have had two 'spells of relegation form', but a spell of relegation form is only significant if it lasts a whole season and ends in relegation...
zante Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Im a NP fan .... I dont believe that Monks can heal and that bloody elephants and the colour gold bring good luck......
Christoph Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 All we can do now is getting behind the new manager and team. I think if the fans turn sour about this whole ordeal, it will just make things worse for the club. Shit decision though!
Itsthejoeker Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Speak for yourself on that. Nige has been the central point of the the success of this football club over the last few years, not the owners, Nigel already had a team in the Championship play offs when they arrived and back then he had barely any money to spend, a year after he had gone we had spunked about 90 million up the wall and managed to somehow drop further down the league thanks to the decision making of our wonderful owners. If I had my way I'd happily see them go and keep Nigel here, even more so given every decision they have that doesn't involve Nigel Pearson being our manager has been tantamount to disastrous. He has totally got these blokes out the shit, if it wasn;t for him they would probably still be sat half way up the Championship with the debt of a third World country and he's been dismissed via a phone call after doing the best job of any manager since MON. I just hope no one dares ever bring up again how our owners value 'respect and trust' again, they've treated Nigel with as much respect as Tom Hopper treated that girl licking his ringpiece. I'm as gutted as anyone that Pearson had gone. But can you seriously suggest that the best owners we've possibly ever had aren't as important to the club as the manager? I'm not as old as you are so the last owner I can really remember was Mandaric and that bastard Hoos involved, what a shit state of affairs that was, our owners are one in a million when you look at the shit some other clubs have to put up with.
Viva Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 ...I'm a Leicester fan. As shocked as I was last night the club will survive and move on. For whatever reason Nigel and the board's relationship has deteriorated, we've all known he's been riding his luck for a while on and off the pitch, 2 atrocious spells of relegation form and embarrassing public spats. They would have been justified in sacking him a few times. They didn't because it wasn't in the best interests of the club, now they have decided that they can't work with him anymore and it is in the best interests of the club to sack him, let's be honest if it is a choice between our owners or Nigel then Nigel is much easier to replace. Sorry Nige. As I said I'm a Leicester fan and as such I will support whoever comes in, I always fully backed Nige and his players and staff, and I am gutted he is gone, but ultimately not surprised. The owners have still been fantastic for this club and without them we wouldn't be where we are now, the decision has been made and we move on, thanks Nige but now I'm kinda excited to see who we get in and what another, possibly better, manager can do with these players. We all know Nige has his limitations and this could push us on to the next level or spectacularly back fire. Who knows? but at least it won't be boring let's enjoy the ride and not get on the backs of the owners not the new manager, whoever he is. Best post i've seen since the sacking.
Aus Fox Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 I seem to remember a few Geordies who weren't Pardew fans, they got what they wanted in the end....
Guest MattP Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 I'm as gutted as anyone that Pearson had gone. But can you seriously suggest that the best owners we've possibly ever had aren't as important to the club as the manager? I'm not as old as you are so the last owner I can really remember was Mandaric and that bastard Hoos involved, what a shit state of affairs that was, our owners are one in a million when you look at the shit some other clubs have to put up with. The owners are only seen as 'great owners' because of the work Pearson has done on the pitch, before he turned up we were being booed off after losing 3-0 at home to Millwall having spent more money on a team than we ever had in our history. If we were still half way up the Championship massively in debt and pinning our hopes for next season on monks blessing the pitch and elephant statues pointing outside the ground they would be viewed as wacky as Vincent Tan and Al Fayed. Every single decision these have made that hasn't revolved around wanting Nigel Pearson to work for Leicester City has been a disaster, we're about to find out now just how good they really are, they might be about to find out just how hard it is to find a decent maanger. The only basis people seem to have these days to judge owners on is how much money they have, I'll tell you who a good owner/chairman was - Martin George. He barely had a pot to piss in football terms but he employed Martin O'Neill and Brian Little which were decisions that took us from the bottom of the second division to Europe.
Guest bennytwohats Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Some exceptional revisionism taking place on here regarding our owners. They have shown themselves to be more than patient so this talk of poisioned chalice etc is absolutely ridiculous. And for the xenophobic comments pointing the finger at the Thai cultural/religious beliefs... Who is really to blame? The owners for respecting those beliefs or the ****ing idiots that were in Thailand representing the club and shat all over it? The club was absolutely correct to get rid of those three players, and whatever has gone on behind the scenes I'm glad they have upheld that decision - if this is the consequence then so be it. Got a lot of time for Nige and incredibly grateful for all he has done for the club but tbh the man has shown himself to be a bit of a dick on more than one occasion... As OP says, onwards and upwards. Hopefully this can turn out to be a good thing for the club like it was for Southampton when they sacked Adkins and everyone thought it was ridiculous!
Guest Col city fan Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 The owners are only seen as 'great owners' because of the work Pearson has done on the pitch, before he turned up we were being booed off after losing 3-0 at home to Millwall having spent more money on a team than we ever had in our history. If we were still half way up the Championship massively in debt and pinning our hopes for next season on monks blessing the pitch and elephant statues pointing outside the ground they would be viewed as wacky as Vincent Tan and Al Fayed. Every single decision these have made that hasn't revolved around wanting Nigel Pearson to work for Leicester City has been a disaster, we're about to find out now just how good they really are, they might be about to find out just how hard it is to find a decent maanger. The only basis people seem to have these days to judge owners on is how much money they have, I'll tell you who a good owner/chairman was - Martin George. He barely had a pot to piss in football terms but he employed Martin O'Neill and Brian Little which were decisions that took us from the bottom of the second division to Europe. Great post Matt and I have to agree.I still remember our fans drooling over the appointment of Sven. Which turned out to be a real low point of recent times. I have a feeling that our owners are ostensibly good people...but don't have a scooby about football. Pearson has brought about our recent success, with financial backing from the owners. I can only hope the next one is not just another big name for image. Pearson was substance over image. Sven completely the opposite. Edit....However, I do feel slightly angry towards Nige also. If he had only kept his cool more this season he wouldn't have given the owners bullets to fire. And as for James.....
Guest MattP Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Great post Matt and I have to agree. I still remember our fans drooling over the appointment of Sven. Which turned out to be a real low point of recent times. I have a feeling that our owners are ostensibly good people...but don't have a scooby about football. Pearson has brought about our recent success, with financial backing from the owners. I can only hope the next one is not just another big name for image. Pearson was substance over image. Sven completely the opposite. I agree with all of this and I'm worried we will be heading straight back for image of substance with the next appointment. The amount of people who seem to think they automatically know what they are doing because they are businessmen is scary and makes no sense at all, Vincent Tan is a brilliant businessman, Tony Fernandes is, it doesn't mean a jot when it comes to football as it's totally different to what they have been successful in. It really does worry me the biggest decision in the history of our football club is now possibly in the hands of a 30 year old Thai who watches football every now and then when there is no polo to play.
C-man Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Speak for yourself on that. Nige has been the central point of the the success of this football club over the last few years, not the owners, Nigel already had a team in the Championship play offs when they arrived and back then he had barely any money to spend, a year after he had gone we had spunked about 90 million up the wall and managed to somehow drop further down the league thanks to the decision making of our wonderful owners. If I had my way I'd happily see them go and keep Nigel here, even more so given every decision they have made that doesn't involve Nigel Pearson being our manager has been tantamount to disastrous. He has totally got these blokes out the shit, if it wasn't for him they would probably still be sat half way up the Championship with the debt of a third World country and he's been dismissed via a phone call after doing the best job of any manager since MON. I just hope no one dares ever bring up again how our owners value 'respect and trust' again, they've treated Nigel with as much respect as Tom Hopper treated that girl licking his ringpiece. Absolute bang on.
The Doctor Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 While obviously Pearson wasn't the club, he was a massive success for us and sacking him at this point is absolutely barmy. Beyond that, there's no reason to think we'll get the next appointment right - look back at every time we've lost a successful manager, the replacement has been invariably a failure. Not to mention that in the last 25 years we've stumbled upon 3 successes with managers, two of which were Pearson - the last time we got rid of him (supposedly at the request of the Thais) we ended up with Sousa, a complete failure. They were given their chance to appoint his replacement and got it massively wrong in Sven. Anyone who isn't seriously concerned at this is a few screws short of a door. I'll support the new manager within reason (if it's Dyche or Redknapp then it's a sick joke and I'll be calling for them out before they can drive the train over the edge of the cliff) but I will insist that this is the stupidest decision I've ever seen the club make.
ozleicester Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Some exceptional revisionism taking place on here regarding our owners. They have shown themselves to be more than patient so this talk of poisioned chalice etc is absolutely ridiculous. And for the xenophobic comments pointing the finger at the Thai cultural/religious beliefs... Who is really to blame? The owners for respecting those beliefs or the ****ing idiots that were in Thailand representing the club and shat all over it? The club was absolutely correct to get rid of those three players, and whatever has gone on behind the scenes I'm glad they have upheld that decision - if this is the consequence then so be it. Got a lot of time for Nige and incredibly grateful for all he has done for the club but tbh the man has shown himself to be a bit of a dick on more than one occasion... As OP says, onwards and upwards. Hopefully this can turn out to be a good thing for the club like it was for Southampton when they sacked Adkins and everyone thought it was ridiculous! I was more referring to the fans, The support for Pearson is quite apparent and whoever comes in is going to be on a hiding to nothing.
hackneyfox Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Conveniently overlooking the fact that our owners have paid off the debt. If NFP was upset about his son being sacked and this lead to a breakdown in relations with the owners then NFP is to blame. This on top of all the incidents last season probably forced the decision. We have rich owners who don't get too involved with the day to day running, there will be a long list of decent managers. Just how many Premier clubs will be after Pearson remains to be seen, probably not many.
Guest MattP Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 Conveniently overlooking the fact that our owners have paid off the debt. If NFP was upset about his son being sacked and this lead to a breakdown in relations with the owners then NFP is to blame. This on top of all the incidents last season probably forced the decision. We have rich owners who don't get too involved with the day to day running, there will be a long list of decent managers. Just how many Premier clubs will be after Pearson remains to be seen, probably not many. You mean the debt they allowed to spiral because of the profligacy they allowed an idiot to engage in? Cheers guys, amazing stuff. I'm going to come around your house later and run up 50k on credit cards in your name on garden appliances that you don't need and don't work, be sure to be thank me for it as I'm going to pay it off in two years though after you have covered the interest for that period. Our owners don't get to involved in football matters, I mean in four years they have only sacked our most successful manager since MON on three seperate occasions now. Arse and Elbow springs to mind. Can people also stop saying "LCFC now owns the ground" as well, we don't, King Power owns the ground, not LCFC.
Viva Posted 1 July 2015 Posted 1 July 2015 You mean the debt they allowed to spiral because of the profligacy they allowed an idiot to engage in? Cheers guys, amazing stuff. I'm going to come around your house later and run up 50k on credit cards in your name on garden appliances that you don't need and don't work, be sure to be thank me for it as I'm going to pay it off in two years though after you have covered the interest for that period. Our owners don't get to involved in football matters, I mean in four years they have only sacked our most successful manager since MON on three seperate occasions now. Arse and Elbow springs to mind. Can people also stop saying "LCFC now owns the ground" as well, we don't, King Power owns the ground, not LCFC. Most owners would have sacked Nigel at some point during our horrific run last season. Regardless of whether they nearly did, they didn't. They made the right decision then which kept us in the league. We don't know of all the things said between the owners and Nigel behind closed doors, so i'm happy to go with their judgement on this, regardless of how we might think about it. They want the best for the club, like we all do.
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