Nigel Pearson Interview

[Matt]

When he talks you listen.

[mazarron fox]

8 minutes ago, TheUltimateWinner said:

You luckly lad. Probably the manager I'd love to speak to most.

 

What did he smell like?  Also, great interview from the both of yous. 

Wtf sort of question is that ?

[SemperEadem]

Echo others when they say he will always be their favourite manager.

[Finnaldo]

12 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

Get him in as God

 

[Guest SO1]

13 hours ago, KingsX said:

This reminded me -- I don’t recall seeing a link to his website on FT?   http://www.nigelpearson.net/

 

It’s a slick online CV with career highlights and testimonials and a link to his Coaches Voice interview, which is worth reading if you haven’t.  Like most CVs, it’s selective in omitting detail (e.g. none for Derby or last season at Leuven).

 

The standout high points are his LCFC tours; nothing else rivals them.  IMO, a neutral reading it would not understand why our supporters range from reviling him, to keeping him on a pedestal.  He’s another good football manager, with a mixed record like most, looking for a good gig.

That Coaches Voice interview is Tour de Force. Sounds like an incredible guy to play for. It's not often you see a manager or human who wears their heart on their sleeve like that.

I can understand why people put him on a pedestal.  He inspires strong emotion. I can feel it. Thanks.

[Guest SO1]

14 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

Get him in as Director of Football

Talk about undermining your present manager. Start with him first then he picks the rest.

[UpTheLeagueFox]

16 hours ago, Crazy Kop Corner said:

I’ve never understood the negativity toward Nigel. Absolutely great manager and bloke. So he p*ssed off a few old hacks. Good on him they, as a profession, are a proper bunch of *****.

On the contrary, journalists - especially the Midlands pack plus a lot of the main guys (Henry Winter et al) - have plenty of admiration for Pearson and generally got on very well.

We all had the odd run in, me included, but there was a fair amount of mutual respect between him and us.

He rarely ducked a difficult question if it was asked fairly and without an obvious agenda.

I enjoy seeing him around. You always expect a smile and "Eh Up Lad". Good bloke.

[TJB-fox]

16 hours ago, Crazy Kop Corner said:

I’ve never understood the negativity toward Nigel. Absolutely great manager and bloke. So he p*ssed off a few old hacks. Good on him they, as a profession, are a proper bunch of *****.

Completely agree. Was absolutely fantastic here and if you’re a Leicester fan that enjoys slagging him off I can’t even see how you’re a Leicester fan. Telling a fan to **** off and die and calling a reporter an ostrich is iconic anyway 

 

That fan definitely deserved it, if Pearson didn’t tell him where to go I would have thought plenty of other fans sitting round him would have

[RonnieTodger]

Absolutely love that man

[worth_the_wait]

I like listening to Nigel Pearson's interviews.

 

But I always come away from them, having learnt absolutely nothing.

 

He never gives any specific answers, to the sorts of questions you want asking.   Like "What did you say to your son after coming back from Thailand?" or "How did it feel after Leicester won the league?"  or "why did Derby sack you?"  

 

 

 

[Dr The Singh]

What a great bloke, great integrity and he was at Leicester at a time where we needed that type of manager.  Took us to the prem, created the backbone to the prem winning team, and if he stayed, he would have won the league.

 

But, I wasn't always a believer in his football tactics at times.  Not being negative, I really hope we never have to have his services again, I believe as a club we have probably gone one step too forward from him.  Wish him better luck, and hope he finds the right club

[jayfox26]

Without Nige, our club would not be where it is today, with a premier league trophy in the cabinet and now a well established premier league team fighting in the top half of the league. We had some horrific managers between O'Neill and Nige, and without him, I feel that at best, we'd still be fighting in a relegation battle each season. The money from the owners has helped get us where we are, but money is no good without solid foundations on which to build a club. This is exactly what Nige provided for us. He will always be a Leicester legend in my mind. 

[BenTheFox]

Best manager in our history? Probably not. The most important? Definitely. 

[Wymsey]

42 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

Best manager in our history? Probably not. The most important? Definitely. 

Wouldn't be surprised if some fans believe that even Ranieri isn't the club's best-ever manager..

The question is quite debatable - Ranieri, O-Neill and maybe another from the further back decades.

Edited 18 April 2019 by Wymeswold fox

[BenTheFox]

12 minutes ago, Wymeswold fox said:

Wouldn't be surprised if some fans believe that even Ranieri isn't the club's best-ever manager..

The question is quite debatable - Ranieri O-Neill and maybe another from the further back decades.

Ranieri's achievement was by far the greatest. However, other managers such as O'Neill and Gillies achieved over a more sustained period of time so I understand why there is some debate. 

Edited 18 April 2019 by BenTheFox

[Guest Harrydc]

Come home Nigel!

[eblair]

i still absolutely love him, his attitude to the sort of players he wanted to bring in for a long term project was and is still pivotal to our success. Twice he completely re-shaped a team stuff of premaddonas into one of the most hardworking honest Leicester sides we have seen. No more Beckford + Matt Mills. There is reason people like Kasper + Vardy still rave about him.

 

I hope he realises how appreciated he really is at Leicester by the fan base, always get the impression it slightly hurts him when he talks about us, may be wrong.

 

Really classy to do interview with what i assume are journalist students as well

Edited 18 April 2019 by eblair

[ousefox]

22 hours ago, jackhasler said:

I recently had the opportunity to interview Nigel Pearson. Would appreciate if anyone could give the video a watch

 

https://youtu.be/pHhqYkiR5qs

Good work mate!

[Danno]

Thought he would have mentioned Morgan and Dyer as some of his favourite players, pretty odd as they seemed his favourites at the time

[Hollyfox]

One of the people who Leicester would still be nowhere without his input. 

Love him to bits for what he did for all of us. 

Wish him all the very best and hope its with us in some capacity ??

[Gamble92]

23 hours ago, SO1 said:

Talk about undermining your present manager. Start with him first then he picks the rest.

Go and have a word with yourself 

[KFS]

Love them glasses Nige, what a hunk

[Ted Maul]

Grew up with O'Neill and experienced the ridiculous highs with Claudio, but Pearson is still my favourite ever manager. What a ****ing legend.

[Finnaldo]

23 hours ago, BenTheFox said:

Best manager in our history? Probably not. The most important? Definitely. 

 

A lot of truth in this I think, and it’s goes a little deeper.

 

In the grand scheme of football, Nige is a decent football coach. He can do a sterling job in the Championship with backing and has enough about him to keep a Premier League team up. The real strength he’s always had really goes beyond the manager archetype. 

 

Realistically given his own way he acts as a Director of Football on top of a manager. When he came back for the second spell he clearly asked that he be given the last say on all things to do on the sports side of running a club. Sports Science, Sports Psychiatrists, towards the sabremetric scouting and purchasing in lower leagues across Europe, he built an entire infrastructure where managers usually have almost no say. It’s one thing to just be a ‘head coach’ as most managers are, Pearson was a manager in the purest term. It’s quite clear this is absolutely essential to his position, given his record at Derby and Leuven, but it’s a system that literally took us from a team on the down in League One to a Champuonship Play Off team, and then took us from an average Championship team bloated with egos to Champions of the Premier League. 

 

If Pearson was Spanish or German and had pulled off what he did here over there, his system would be praised as pioneering and it would have been seen with mysticism over here as something that English football just can’t get its head around. As he said in the interview, it isn’t a ‘project’, it’s a total revolution of the system in place. No wonder he’s extremely careful with his jobs because it’s so essential a club is on board with every aspect of his plan if it’s to succeed, and we’re a clear example of how that can work. 

[Ian S]

On 18/04/2019 at 13:11, UpTheLeagueFox said:

On the contrary, journalists - especially the Midlands pack plus a lot of the main guys (Henry Winter et al) - have plenty of admiration for Pearson and generally got on very well.

We all had the odd run in, me included, but there was a fair amount of mutual respect between him and us.

He rarely ducked a difficult question if it was asked fairly and without an obvious agenda.

I enjoy seeing him around. You always expect a smile and "Eh Up Lad". Good bloke.

Got the impression Pat Murphy was not overkeen on him.