Nigel Pearson: Here and Now

[The People's Hero]

When we get bored of the PL and fancy revisiting League One, we should definitely give him a call.

 

Until then we should leave him in the lower reaches of whatever division he's managing in at the time.

[RoboFox]

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[KFS]

Just now, RoboFox said:

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Leave it out mate, we’re picking on Rodgers again. 

[FoxesWalk]

9 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

The Tinie Tempah thing has killed me 

 

[filbertway]

15 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Fair enough, like I said, just my opinion! Just always warmed to Brendan more than Pearson, tbh. I think I like Rodgers' perspective on football more and the fact he's extremely knowledgeable on the game, whereas Pearson is more of a "man's man" and think that just seems to appeal to certain people.

 

I don't really understand that last line of thinking? Is there actually any evidence of him being that way. Other than the Celtic "snake" thing that was thrown at him (which was a bit unjust, anyway), I can't think of any instances off of the top of my head. It just seems it's been a bit of a snowball effect within our fanbase by the people that want him sacked for other reasons. 

 

I'd happily have a beer with Rodgers, tbf. I imagine talking football to him would be really insightful (but then I would probably also say the exact same thing about Pearson, too).

The way he talks is weird. His obsession with bending the truth is weird. He rarely ever is straight forwards. There's so many accounts from people that confirm he's a weird bloke. He's clearly very well studied and a hard worker. I dno what type of companies you've worked for, but there's always some brown nose that makes your skin crawl in meetings. That is Brendan Rodgers.

 

I couldn't believe a word that comes out of his mouth because he often shapes anything he says into being pro Rodgers.

 

You're probably onto something with the age being a factor in a lot of cases. I grew up with O'Neil as my first manager and adored the man. I just can't look past the work that Nigel, Walsh and Shakespeare did. They build the club up, used the finances wisely and put in a structure that we still rely on today. 

 

I look at Rodgers, he's talked the club down, made out that he's responsible for the club pushing for European places. He took over a very talented squad and still relies on the majority of it. Rodgers will have no legacy and will leave nothing behind that the club will rely on. All he'll do is leave it in a worse position than it was when he joined.

 

We have an FA Cup and 2 failed attempts at finishing 4th to show for it. I'd rate a lot of managers could have achieved that with the players at their disposal, no other manager, certainly in my lifetime has been close to having that opportunity. Puel was sacked almost as soon as Youri joined, so he never really got a chance to play with a midfielder capable of passing forwards.

 

You never really had to experience how badly ran Leicester were before Pearson, so I suppose you've only really seen the good that he brought and probably take it for granted. I know I would if that's all I'd ever known. I'd never have Pearson back as I don't really believe in going back and there are plenty of managers who have a similar philosophy and outlook to Nige that are tactically more Astute. 

 

Nigel has done more for this club than any other manager will probably come close to doing. The Premier League and FA Cup were fantastic occasions and memories, but none would be even close to possible without the groundwork laid down by Sir Nigel. Even after King Power sacked him off first time for a sexier name, he came back, undid all the awful work Sousa and Sven did and fixed us good and proper.

[KFS]

1 minute ago, filbertway said:

Even after King Power sacked him off first time for a sexier name, he came back, undid all the awful work Sousa and Sven did and fixed us good and proper.

This is it in a nutshell. So many of us adore the man and keep bringing this up, because this is what we need right now. Get rid of the shit egos and mentality and restart it all again with some proper Brexit players and football. All gone too soft under Brendan.

[Ric Flair]

16 hours ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Rodgers will never get one of these threads when he’s gone 

There'll be plenty of threads about him when he goes and when we aren't doing very well, even Puel gets some nostalgic yearning from some on here!!

[HybridFox]

10 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

So random, couldn't imagine Rodgers liking his music  

"Yeah, yeah, we bring the stars out
We bring the women and the cars and the cards out" 

[Tommy Fresh]

10 minutes ago, The People's Hero said:

When we get bored of the PL and fancy revisiting League One, we should definitely give him a call.

 

Until then we should leave him in the lower reaches of whatever division he's managing in at the time.

You moaned before about people being nostalgic about Pearson and it moving in to threads not relevant like the Leicestershire one. So why bother coming in to a thread specifically about the person you dislike so much, where it's quite clearly and quite rightly going to be a Pearson love in.

[filbertway]

5 minutes ago, KFS said:

This is it in a nutshell. So many of us adore the man and keep bringing this up, because this is what we need right now. Get rid of the shit egos and mentality and restart it all again with some proper Brexit players and football. All gone too soft under Brendan.

I'll be honest, I'm not yearning for Wayne Brown and the new gaffer to go around nutting people

 

We certainly need someone in who will encourage sensible use of finances, cut their cloth accordingly and look to get the very best out of what is available. Freezing out Cags, Praet and Soumare is bizarre behaviour.  Incremental improvements is the name of the game. The Rodgers regime was more like roll a dice and hope that the choice pays off, ignore any potential issues if it doesn't.

 

[filbertway]

8 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

There'll be plenty of threads about him when he goes and when we aren't doing very well, even Puel gets some nostalgic yearning from some on here!!

Puel left the club in a better position than when he came in. Job done as far as I'm concerned. The football was painful at times, but we only every improved as a club while he was here.

[KFS]

28 minutes ago, filbertway said:

I'll be honest, I'm not yearning for Wayne Brown and the new gaffer to go around nutting people

 

We certainly need someone in who will encourage sensible use of finances, cut their cloth accordingly and look to get the very best out of what is available. Freezing out Cags, Praet and Soumare is bizarre behaviour.  Incremental improvements is the name of the game. The Rodgers regime was more like roll a dice and hope that the choice pays off, ignore any potential issues if it doesn't.

 

Yep the Brexit bit was a flair add  

 

We need the next up and coming great manager imo. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

42 minutes ago, filbertway said:

The way he talks is weird. His obsession with bending the truth is weird. He rarely ever is straight forwards. There's so many accounts from people that confirm he's a weird bloke. He's clearly very well studied and a hard worker. I dno what type of companies you've worked for, but there's always some brown nose that makes your skin crawl in meetings. That is Brendan Rodgers.

 

I couldn't believe a word that comes out of his mouth because he often shapes anything he says into being pro Rodgers.

 

You're probably onto something with the age being a factor in a lot of cases. I grew up with O'Neil as my first manager and adored the man. I just can't look past the work that Nigel, Walsh and Shakespeare did. They build the club up, used the finances wisely and put in a structure that we still rely on today. 

 

I look at Rodgers, he's talked the club down, made out that he's responsible for the club pushing for European places. He took over a very talented squad and still relies on the majority of it. Rodgers will have no legacy and will leave nothing behind that the club will rely on. All he'll do is leave it in a worse position than it was when he joined.

 

We have an FA Cup and 2 failed attempts at finishing 4th to show for it. I'd rate a lot of managers could have achieved that with the players at their disposal, no other manager, certainly in my lifetime has been close to having that opportunity. Puel was sacked almost as soon as Youri joined, so he never really got a chance to play with a midfielder capable of passing forwards.

 

You never really had to experience how badly ran Leicester were before Pearson, so I suppose you've only really seen the good that he brought and probably take it for granted. I know I would if that's all I'd ever known. I'd never have Pearson back as I don't really believe in going back and there are plenty of managers who have a similar philosophy and outlook to Nige that are tactically more Astute. 

 

Nigel has done more for this club than any other manager will probably come close to doing. The Premier League and FA Cup were fantastic occasions and memories, but none would be even close to possible without the groundwork laid down by Sir Nigel. Even after King Power sacked him off first time for a sexier name, he came back, undid all the awful work Sousa and Sven did and fixed us good and proper.

It’s definitely an age thing 

 

Great post too 

[kingkisnorbo]

I don’t want to stain this great thread about Pearson but the problem I have, and I think many others have too, is that he is impossible to warm to. Sure he’s been relatively successful, but I genuinely couldn’t care less about him beyond that. Never warmed to him and never will. In fact I’d say I dislike him largely. If you go past the robotic machinery of footballing success, he isn’t a likeable man. Countless examples of why people think this across his entire managerial career. 

Edited 18 August 2022 by kingkisnorbo

[Unabomber]

9 minutes ago, kingkisnorbo said:

I don’t want to stain this great thread about Pearson but the problem I have, and I think many others have too, is that he is impossible to warm to. Sure he’s been relatively successful, but I genuinely couldn’t care less about him beyond that. Never warmed to him and never will. In fact I’d say I dislike him largely. If you go past the robotic machinery of footballing success, he isn’t a likeable man. Countless examples of why people think this across his entire managerial career. 

Have you met him? I can only assume not based on that.

[kingkisnorbo]

5 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

Have you met him? I can only assume not based on that.

I don’t have to have meet somebody to dislike them. 

Edited 18 August 2022 by kingkisnorbo

[Unabomber]

40 minutes ago, kingkisnorbo said:

I don’t have to have meet somebody to dislike them. 

Thought as much 

[Sharpe's Fox]

Keep it to the Brendan Rodgers thread lads. This one is for Big Nigel 'Big Nige' Pearson only.

[Unabomber]

25 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Yeah, fair assessment (don't agree with the Rodgers parts but then that's nothing new when it comes to our opinions on him )

 

You're kind of right with Pearson when you talk about it from my perspective. I never thought we'd get a better manager than him when I was growing up - he was god to me, like he is to many others still now, but you're quite right that I didn't really experience the years before him, so League 1 and Championship were just "normal" to me, plus his sides never played the brilliant football that Rodgers' and Ranieri's teams have so that's those two have surpassed him for me, personally. Mainly because of my own memories and best moments (the CL run, winning the league, seeing Vardy score that goal vs Liverpool, the football in 19/20, winning the FA Cup... Pearson has the Championship win but the others have bought more memories for me). I also didn't grow up in Leicester, so it's better now being able to talk to peers about PL football than it was when I was younger and no one at school had a clue who Gary-Taylor Fletcher and Neil Danns were  

 

Either way, I doubt Rodgers and Ranieri would have ever turned the club around the way Pearson did, and I very much doubt Pearson would've won the things that Rodgers and Ranieri has with us, either. Horses for courses, all brilliant managers for us in their own right. 

Some of the best football we have played was in the championship winning season with James, Drinkwater, Knockaert, Mahrez, Dyer, Nuge and Vardy tearing it up.

[Sharpe's Fox]

This side

 

 

would beat any team Brendan could put out right now. That back three *chefs kiss* and the midfield are box office.

 

[Unabomber]

6 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Yeah it was great football, I did say that season was one of my best memories. Can't deny that we've seen better since we've been in the Premier League, though. 

I don’t know it’s not been that good football in the prem years. Rodgers was good when he first came but his football style has been painful to watch for a few years now. Ranieri’s was pretty entertaining but that season was mental on the whole.

[Tommy Fresh]

33 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Plus his sides never played the brilliant football that Rodgers' and Ranieri's teams have so that's those two have surpassed him for me, personally.

Someone clearly never saw that brief spell he had Mark Davies, absolutely outrageous. 

[4everfox]

On 17/08/2022 at 13:37, pmcla26 said:

I can't be the only one who thinks that Rodgers is a much more likeable personality than Pearson? I love them both, but I found Pearson to be a bit tedious at times with the whole bravado that he'd put on in the media. Sometimes the way he spoke to people was warranted, and fair play to him for that, other times he could come across as arrogant and unnecessarily rude. 

I'd rather have a manager that was rude to journalists for slagging off his team, then a manager that slags off his own team before himself. A true leader. 

[sm1]

14 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

I'd rather have a manager that was rude to journalists for slagging off his team, then a manager that slags off his own team before himself. A true leader. 

That's why so many love Pearson over Rodgers. Rodgers would throw his players under the bus to save himself. Pearson would throw himself under the bus to save his players.

[The Year Of The Fox]

46 minutes ago, sm1 said:

That's why so many love Pearson over Rodgers. Rodgers would throw his players under the bus to save himself. Pearson would throw himself under the bus to save his players.

Nailed it. A proper bloke.