Nigel Pearson: Here and Now

[CosbehFox]

1 hour 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.

Exactly what the Ostrich thing was all about - players lost a game amongst a relegation battle and kept the pressure off them 

[CosbehFox]

I reckon i could run through a bulletproof, shatterproof, nuclear protective wall for Nige 

[The Year Of The Fox]

25 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

I reckon i could run through a bulletproof, shatterproof, nuclear protective wall for Nige 

And that’s precisely how the players felt 

 

A stark contrast to how it is now I feel. 

[Nalis]

 

Havent watched it in ages and even better than I remembered. Pity you can barely hear the reporter - what exactly does he say?

[Collymore]

Didn't I hear somewhere, may have been a podcast,  Nige would do hard spirits on match days? 

[filbertway]

25 minutes ago, Nalis said:

 

Havent watched it in ages and even better than I remembered. Pity you can barely hear the reporter - what exactly does he say?

Love that at the end

 

"Naaah, see ya"

[walkerleeds]

28 minutes ago, Nalis said:

 

Havent watched it in ages and even better than I remembered. Pity you can barely hear the reporter - what exactly does he say?

 

You're being very, very silly or absolutely stupid hahahaha. Two great options. Still does me to this day.

[Col city fan]

53 minutes ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Exactly what the Ostrich thing was all about - players lost a game amongst a relegation battle and kept the pressure off them 

I think that’s very very clear. Rodgers comes across to me as a snake. He’s out for himself full stop, I think.

I always found Pearson a little strange. And I’ve got reliable info that he was a little strange. Never mind ostrich gate etc, but I’ve heard he could be a little bizarre on a day to day basis.

BUT, I have no doubt he defended his players to the hilt. IF they gave him loyalty by the way. If they didn’t, I imagine he’d wreck them.

The trio was the key though. Pearson bad cop, Shakey good cop and Walsh to oversee the process. 
We played some good football under Pearson and some awful stuff too, at times. But I felt the club was far more solid and sorted out when he was around. Now…. I think it’s chaos.

I hope he does ok at Bristol and, despite their slow start to the season, I think he’ll turn it round.

[KFS]

33 minutes ago, Nalis said:

 

Havent watched it in ages and even better than I remembered. Pity you can barely hear the reporter - what exactly does he say?

I could watch this 1000 times and not get bored. Did we ever work out what the base of the question was?  

Edited 18 August 2022 by KFS

[CosbehFox]

46 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Didn't I hear somewhere, may have been a podcast,  Nige would do hard spirits on match days? 

Yeah. He’s pissed when he does the Ostrich interview 

[4everfox]

53 minutes ago, Nalis said:

 

Havent watched it in ages and even better than I remembered. Pity you can barely hear the reporter - what exactly does he say?

This press conference was a big reason why we stayed up that year, the players would've loved it. It never stops being funny either 😂

[Unabomber]

The follow up press conference is funny too where the guy is really having a go at Nige but he proper keeps his cool and trolls him.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Exactly what the Ostrich thing was all about - players lost a game amongst a relegation battle and kept the pressure off them 

I cannot see why people struggle to realise this. 

[Bourbon Fox]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

 

Havent watched it in ages and even better than I remembered. Pity you can barely hear the reporter - what exactly does he say?

'What criticism is it that the players have received that you don't think is right?'

 

No way was he going to repeat any criticism of his team.

[The Doctor]

6 hours 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).

Way he walked out on Watford?

[4everfox]

8 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

What happened there? 

He took the Reading job a couple of weeks after saying he was completely committed to Watford

[Sharpe's Fox]

Nigel is a prince amongst men. Simple as.

[Unabomber]

6 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

He took the Reading job a couple of weeks after saying he was completely committed to Watford

Says it all and he was trying to get the arsenal gig while here till we dropped him £10m a year ffs

[Unabomber]

1 hour ago, Col city fan said:

I think that’s very very clear. Rodgers comes across to me as a snake. He’s out for himself full stop, I think.

I always found Pearson a little strange. And I’ve got reliable info that he was a little strange. Never mind ostrich gate etc, but I’ve heard he could be a little bizarre on a day to day basis.

BUT, I have no doubt he defended his players to the hilt. IF they gave him loyalty by the way. If they didn’t, I imagine he’d wreck them.

The trio was the key though. Pearson bad cop, Shakey good cop and Walsh to oversee the process. 
We played some good football under Pearson and some awful stuff too, at times. But I felt the club was far more solid and sorted out when he was around. Now…. I think it’s chaos.

I hope he does ok at Bristol and, despite their slow start to the season, I think he’ll turn it round.

What reliable info do you have that he was a little strange? Drop me a pm if you don’t want to publicly reveal your source. 

[The Doctor]

15 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

He took the Reading job a couple of weeks after saying he was completely committed to Watford

Yep. Taking it that soon after he must have been in negotiations when he said he was committed to Watford. Self-serving bullshit 

[Stadt]

Longevity guided everything Pearson did at the club, we’ve strayed from that now. Get him on the board as a non-executive director 

[Molson Canadian]

Which one of you made this video  ?

 

 

 

Edited 19 August 2022 by Molson Canadian

[MPH]

10 hours ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Exactly what the Ostrich thing was all about - players lost a game amongst a relegation battle and kept the pressure off them 

 

i said this at the time and got absolutely ripped for it on here..

[eblair]

Love Pearson to pieces. But think people slightly misinterpreting why he’s so different to Rodgers.

 

He came and in and slagged players off, got rid of the several bad eggs Sven had signed. Then built his team and would defend them to the hill. In the same sort of time period you get no sense this is Rodgers team.

 

If it was he wouldn’t have let his club captain leave in mystery without the appropriate fanfare he deserved. He’s not built a team, he had 11 good players starting every week being coached by tactics Rodgers.

 

This squad is vastly superior to Pearson’s team but could never achieve what they did. 

[Sharpe's Fox]

13 hours ago, Stadt said:

Longevity guided everything Pearson did at the club, we’ve strayed from that now. Get him on the board as a non-executive director 

He needs to be the MANAGER.