Unabomber Posted 14 May 2019 Posted 14 May 2019 Favourite ever manager and an absolute gent away from football.
Blue ROI Posted 14 May 2019 Posted 14 May 2019 Have you been on holiday for 6 months have you? If you dont know the answer to that question you you are on ostrich I couldn't care less about the Ghana FA How many times have you seen us play this year. No was the answer.P'''k I find some of the Sky Presenters especially irritating I'm more than capable of looking after myself theres no doubt about that! F''' off and Die!
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 14 May 2019 Posted 14 May 2019 Couldn’t have won it with him, couldn’t have won it without him. Saved our club twice - anyone with anything but admiration for him is a fool.
eblair Posted 14 May 2019 Posted 14 May 2019 TRILOGY. TRILOGY. TRILOGY (when Brenadan fecks off to chelsea half way through a season)
coolhandfox Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 Excellent manager the right man at the right time, who did a fantastic job. However, I not sure with the obsession of having him back, every manager since have managed a better PL position than NP.
Guest Danny Clender Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 Sorry, but is this cut and paste from Wikipedia? Was hoping for a better story from the person who is the second best story ever at the club.
Mark_w Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 24 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: However, I not sure with the obsession of having him back, every manager since have managed a better PL position than NP. Every manager since has had a much much better squad.
coolhandfox Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 4 hours ago, Mark_w said: Every manager since has had a much much better squad. But you could also argue they got more out of squad members already at the club,Vardy, Mahrez , Albrigton, Drinkwater to name a few. I value NP's contribution to LCFC as much as anyone, he was the right ,man at the right time, and did a fantastic job at that time. However he's not as good a manager as everyone thinks, to be fair his been average everywhere except here. For all his success here he had one of the biggest budgets in L1 and one of the biggest in the Championship at LCFC, I would be surprised if he got a job at one of the bigger Championship clubs anytime soon.
ThaiFox Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 After we were relegated to league one I was devastated. We were unlucky to go down, but after a season with Allen, Megson & Holloway in charge I suppose the writing was on the wall. Three poor and out of their depth managers in one season is too much for any club to survive! The Nigel Pearson appointment didn't exactly fill me with much excitement either, but I quickly saw how he changed the squad and the mentality of the club.This continued throughout his two spells with us. After winning League One the club had been turned around. NP had proved he was a great fit for us. I was gutted when sacked, but really thrilled when reappointed by Top & Vichai. After promotion to the P/L with over 100 points, the club were bottom for months, but there was not one point when I wanted NP sacked. The players were playing for him and we were not losing by much. The amazing 7 of 9 wins to secure the great escape was one of the many great achievements. His sacking, mainly because of the stupid antics of his son, was a real shame. Putting that squad of misfits and rejects together was what NP was all about. The main reason he hasn't succeeded since is because he hasn't had the time at clubs to change a failing culture. The Belgium failure was for different reasons. I'm sure he'd be a brilliant manager for a team with huge potential, like a Portsmouth type club, if he was given time to build a mentality and squad. Unfortunately, time is a luxury and it's very rare for managers in this day and age, even successful ones. I have nothing but huge respect for NP. His team building won us the P/L, but I doubt we'd have won it with him in charge. After Ranieri went I'd have taken him back like a shot, but not now. That time has gone and he must establish himself with another club. I am constantly amazed why no club gives him a chance. For me NP will go down as one of our top 4 managers, along with O'Neill, Gillies, and the manager I grew up with, Bloomfield.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 13 hours ago, Freeman's Wharfer said: Couldn’t have won it with him, couldn’t have won it without him. Nail on head. He led the horse to water but someone else was needed to make it drink.
Mark_w Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 6 hours ago, coolhandfox said: But you could also argue they got more out of squad members already at the club,Vardy, Mahrez , Albrigton, Drinkwater to name a few. I value NP's contribution to LCFC as much as anyone, he was the right ,man at the right time, and did a fantastic job at that time. However he's not as good a manager as everyone thinks, to be fair his been average everywhere except here. For all his success here he had one of the biggest budgets in L1 and one of the biggest in the Championship at LCFC, I would be surprised if he got a job at one of the bigger Championship clubs anytime soon. You could argue they got more out of the squad members already at the club, but I'd suggest that's (in the cases listed) either untrue, a result of those players having better players around them or taking time to adapt to the Premier League. Albrighton, Vardy and Riyad were pretty damn good during the great escape, Drinkwater had - and I can't stress this enough - N'Golo Kante next to him the next season. And all of those players will look better when they've got Fuchs instead of Konchesky, Huth instead of Moore, and again, N'Golo Kante, playing with them.
coolhandfox Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 47 minutes ago, Mark_w said: You could argue they got more out of the squad members already at the club, but I'd suggest that's (in the cases listed) either untrue, a result of those players having better players around them or taking time to adapt to the Premier League. Albrighton, Vardy and Riyad were pretty damn good during the great escape, Drinkwater had - and I can't stress this enough - N'Golo Kante next to him the next season. And all of those players will look better when they've got Fuchs instead of Konchesky, Huth instead of Moore, and again, N'Golo Kante, playing with them. So you'd have him back, if Rogers doesn't do well?
HighPeakFox Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 I cannot accept a world where I agree with @Freeman's Wharfer this frequently
Out Foxed Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 On 14/05/2019 at 16:21, Sol thewall Bamba said: Ah you're right it was Cambridge! Morrison is still playing at a high level.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 15 May 2019 Posted 15 May 2019 4 hours ago, HighPeakFox said: I cannot accept a world where I agree with @Freeman's Wharfer this frequently Hahaha! It’s simply called a world without Claude Puel my friend...
Gamble92 Posted 16 May 2019 Posted 16 May 2019 13 hours ago, coolhandfox said: But you could also argue they got more out of squad members already at the club,Vardy, Mahrez , Albrigton, Drinkwater to name a few. I value NP's contribution to LCFC as much as anyone, he was the right ,man at the right time, and did a fantastic job at that time. However he's not as good a manager as everyone thinks, to be fair his been average everywhere except here. For all his success here he had one of the biggest budgets in L1 and one of the biggest in the Championship at LCFC, I would be surprised if he got a job at one of the bigger Championship clubs anytime soon. You are an ostrich
ThingsCouldGetMessi Posted 16 May 2019 Posted 16 May 2019 I really hope the day comes where Pearson is appreciated by all of our supporters for the job he did at the club. We wouldn't be where we are today without him. There were a lot more things wrong with the club when he arrived than there was when he left it.
Mark_w Posted 16 May 2019 Posted 16 May 2019 11 hours ago, coolhandfox said: So you'd have him back, if Rogers doesn't do well? I mean it would depend on the circumstances, and I think Rodgers will do well, but yes. I would have thought so.
coolhandfox Posted 16 May 2019 Posted 16 May 2019 7 hours ago, Gamble92 said: You are an ostrich No just have a balanced point of view of his time here.
Gamble92 Posted 16 May 2019 Posted 16 May 2019 5 hours ago, coolhandfox said: No just have a balanced point of view of his time here. Balanced view? What more do you actually want from a manager? If Milan wasnt so lucky with Nigel and the team he had, we could quite easily have spent years in the third tier. Not only did he gets us out first time but he put in place the structure in his second term that we are Still benefiting from to this day. He was instrumental in all the success we have now. Without him, none of this would have been possible. Just because hes chosen the wrong jobs since then, doesnt discount any of that. I really think people on here let there own judgement of what hes like as a person somehow get in the way of all that.
wokinghamfox Posted 21 May 2019 Posted 21 May 2019 On 14/05/2019 at 15:36, jock2612 said: I remain convinced that had personal issues not intervened and with the addition of Kante he would have led us to the prem title. CR was a very personable man but think most of the credit lies with NP Have been saying this since our Premier League title win. CR just rode the crest of a wave that was started at the end of the previous season
HybridFox Posted 21 May 2019 Posted 21 May 2019 I don't think there's enough emphasis on how remarkable it was that he nearly took us straight back to the Premier League at the first time of asking! We were absolutely woeful in the Championship since we came down. A Yann-Kermogant-paneka aside, we would have had back to back promotions with a considerably weaker squad than the one that eventually went up.
Guy Posted 22 May 2019 Posted 22 May 2019 The appointment of the Messiah in 2008 was definitely the major turning point in the club's history over the past decade. I was gutted when he left in 2010. However controversially I do think we'd have come straight back down from the Prem. in 2010-11 had we gone up in NP's first spell, if Kermogant's penalty not been so cocky and he'd scored : and had we defeated Holloway's Blackpool in the final of course…….and that we wouldn't have done the unthinkable a few years later had that happened. It's all ifs and buts but we definitely had a weaker, workmanlike squad that season we finished 5th in Championship - which in itself was remarkable for a promoted team and considering what had happened two seasons earlier. I don't think Mandaric would've stuck with Nigel either had we been relegated at the first attempt and it was left to Vichai/Top to get him back for chapter two of course : which I for one never foresaw!
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