Nigel Pearson: Here and Now

[Tommy Fresh]

What a guy

[Saxondale]

In all seriousness, I’d absolutely love to see him in a DoF type role. He is great at strategy, planning, etc., but never enjoyed facing the media.

 

Give him an office deep in the bowels of the training ground somewhere, and let him guide us forward like a Yorkshire Buddha.

[Tommy Fresh]

20 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

I'm not really sure about glamourizing the ostrich comment.. it was stupid and unprofessional. As was FOAD. 

Pretty sure you were saying to take Rodgers press conference comments with a pinch of salt? So surely the same applies here.

The FOAD thing I don't even mind, probably shouldn't have said it, but the bloke giving him abuse is going way over the top himself and it's a standard fan reaction of being able to give abuse but not take it.

 

[Heskey2011]

9 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Rodgers is saying things relevant to the football.. the ostrich thing had nothing to do with the football - there was no need for it. You get asked a question, just answer it professionally and normally. 

 

Yeah fair enough, the fan shouldn't be giving abuse either, but as a footballer or manager, the same normal societal rules don't apply to you - you need to be untouchable when you're in the public domain like that. It's like the Ronaldo phone kid thing - if someone puts a phone in mine or your face, we're probably within our rights to do that - for a footballer/manager to do that to a fan it's unprofessional and out of line. 

 

Quite frankly, both of those issues contributed to him losing his job, too. So don't think that the hierarchy thought it was great, either.  

Nah he was talking pressure off the team, classic Mouriho tactics, papers were talking about the ostrich comments more than the mistakes made by players, he was taking one for the team. 

 

[murphy]

43 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

I'm not really sure about glamourizing the ostrich comment.. it was stupid and unprofessional. As was FOAD. 

I can't really disagree with you but it was also refreshing (not to mention slightly hilarious) to see a manager who speaks openly and plainly and not in politics and soundbites.  It  endears him to the majority of us I think.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

46 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

I'm not really sure about glamourizing the ostrich comment.. it was stupid and unprofessional. As was FOAD. 

Of course you don't like Pearson. Of course  

[The Horse's Mouth]

It's time for Nige the third 

[The Horse's Mouth]

Nige gave us a real us against them mentality which I think is endearing to a club of our size, whereas with Rodgers we've been media darlings which I don't particularly like 

 

[Heskey2011]

5 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

He wasn't doing anything like that intentionally - he had a head loss moment. 

I don't think you understood the ostrich comment mate that's ok, when you get it you'll get it.

Look you don't bring up ostriches off the cuff like that, couldn't be more premeditated.

[Heskey2011]

Well yeah but mainly with the intention of taking pressure off the team.

Him looking silly is a matter of opinion, I didn't think he looked silly I thought it was hilarious and a more effective way of dealing with stupid ill-informed questions from idiot reporters.

[Stadt]

2 hours ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

He needs to be the MANAGER.

Chairman 

[Stadt]

1 hour ago, murphy said:

I can't really disagree with you but it was also refreshing (not to mention slightly hilarious) to see a manager who speaks openly and plainly and not in politics and soundbites.  It  endears him to the majority of us I think.

The football media establishment is so incestuous, it was great to see somebody give it back to them for once. Pearson is so alpha that catty little journalists don’t know how to deal with it.

[Sharpe's Fox]

Pearson could knock spark out any other manager in the Premier League even with his ****ed up knees.

[The Year Of The Fox]

3 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Of course you don't like Pearson. Of course  

Most unsurprising news ever isn’t it. Also a vegan and a Remainer who probably washes his hands after a p*ss 🤣🤣🤣

[Unabomber]

Pearson should do after dinner speaking 

[ealingfox]

3 hours ago, pmcla26 said:

He wasn't doing anything like that intentionally - he had a head loss moment. 

 

How do you know it wasn't intentional?

[foxsake]

6 hours ago, Tommy Fresh said:

What a guy

I really miss Lloyd Dyer.. 

[4everfox]

12 hours ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

He needs to be the MANAGER.

I would personally love to have Pearson back in some sort of director role. Just let him lay down the foundations and have a head coach that operates under Pearson's sports science and recruitment philosophy. 

[Col city fan]

7 hours ago, Unabomber said:

Pearson should do after dinner speaking 

He will at some point 

[4everfox]

Because this thread has made me reminisce, I thought I'd do a bit of interesting research on Pearson's recruitment history with us. I am listing below every single signing that I believe we made under the leadership of Pearson, be it loan or permanent. This is just my opinion, so it is entirely open for debate. 

 

Good Signings 

Aleksander Tunchev 2008/09

Michael Morrison 2008/09

Bruno Berner 2008/09

Chris Powell 2008/09

Lloyd Dyer 2008/09

Jack Hobbs 2008/09

Kerrea Gilbert 2008/09 

Mark Davies 2008/09

David Martin 2008/09

David Stockdale 2008/09

Mark Bunn 2008/09

Tom Cleverley 2008/09

Richie Wellens 2009/10

Paul Gallagher 2009/10

Chris Weale 2009/10

Martyn Waghorn 2009/10

Wes Morgan 2011/12

Ben Marshall 2011/12 

Danny Drinkwater 2011/12

Richie De Laet 2012/13

Marty James 2012/13

Jamie Vardy 2012/13

Chris Wood 2012/13

Anthony Knockaert 2012/13

Riyad Mahrez 2013/14

Dean Hammond 2013/14

Marcin Wasilewski 2013/14

Kevin Phillips 2013/14

Gary Taylor-Fletcher 2013/14

Leonardo Ulloa 2014/15 

Danny Simpson 2014/15

Esteban Cambiasso 2014/15

Marc Albrighton 2014/15

Robert Huth 2014/15

*Shinji Okazaki 2015/16

*Ngolo Kante 2015/16

*Christian Fuchs 2015/16

 

Bad Signings 

Nicky Adams 2008/09

Wayne Brown 2008/09

Robbie Neilson 2009/10

Yann Kermorgant 2009/10

James Vaughan 2009/10

Ryan McGivern 2009/10

Tom Kennedy 2010/11 

Nathan Delfouneso 2011/12

Marco Futacs 2012/13

Harry Kane 2012/13

Jesse Lingard 2012/13

Zoumana Bakayogo 2013/14

Ignasi Miquel 2013/14

Tom Lawrence 2014/15

Ben Hamer 2014/15

Nick Powell 2014/15

 

Undecided / Can't remember 

 

Paul Dickov 2008/09

Marc Edworthy 2008/09

Tony Warner 2008/09

Nolberto Solano 2009/10

Dany N'Guessan 2009/10

Alex Bruce 2009/10

Jay Spearing 2009/10 

Zak Whitbread  2012/13

Michael Keane 2012/13

Andrej Kramaric 2014/15

Mark Schwarzer 2014/15

Matt Upson 2014/15

*These players would have been Leicester players that summer, even if we didn't sack Pearson in my opinion 

[filbertway]

5 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

Because this thread has made me reminisce, I thought I'd do a bit of interesting research on Pearson's recruitment history with us. I am listing below every single signing that I believe we made under the leadership of Pearson, be it loan or permanent. This is just my opinion, so it is entirely open for debate. 

 

Good Signings 

Aleksander Tunchev 2008/09

Michael Morrison 2008/09

Bruno Berner 2008/09

Chris Powell 2008/09

Lloyd Dyer 2008/09

Jack Hobbs 2008/09

Kerrea Gilbert 2008/09 

Mark Davies 2008/09

David Martin 2008/09

David Stockdale 2008/09

Mark Bunn 2008/09

Tom Cleverley 2008/09

Richie Wellens 2009/10

Paul Gallagher 2009/10

Chris Weale 2009/10

Martyn Waghorn 2009/10

Wes Morgan 2011/12

Ben Marshall 2011/12 

Danny Drinkwater 2011/12

Richie De Laet 2012/13

Marty James 2012/13

Jamie Vardy 2012/13

Chris Wood 2012/13

Anthony Knockaert 2012/13

Riyad Mahrez 2013/14

Dean Hammond 2013/14

Marcin Wasilewski 2013/14

Kevin Phillips 2013/14

Gary Taylor-Fletcher 2013/14

Leonardo Ulloa 2014/15 

Danny Simpson 2014/15

Esteban Cambiasso 2014/15

Marc Albrighton 2014/15

Robert Huth 2014/15

*Shinji Okazaki 2015/16

*Ngolo Kante 2015/16

*Christian Fuchs 2015/16

 

Bad Signings 

Nicky Adams 2008/09

Wayne Brown 2008/09

Robbie Neilson 2009/10

Yann Kermorgant 2009/10

James Vaughan 2009/10

Ryan McGivern 2009/10

Tom Kennedy 2010/11 

Nathan Delfouneso 2011/12

Marco Futacs 2012/13

Harry Kane 2012/13

Jesse Lingard 2012/13

Zoumana Bakayogo 2013/14

Ignasi Miquel 2013/14

Tom Lawrence 2014/15

Ben Hamer 2014/15

Nick Powell 2014/15

 

Undecided / Can't remember 

 

Paul Dickov 2008/09

Marc Edworthy 2008/09

Tony Warner 2008/09

Nolberto Solano 2009/10

Dany N'Guessan 2009/10

Alex Bruce 2009/10

Jay Spearing 2009/10 

Zak Whitbread  2012/13

Michael Keane 2012/13

Andrej Kramaric 2014/15

Mark Schwarzer 2014/15

Matt Upson 2014/15

 

*These players would have been Leicester players that summer, even if we didn't sack Pearson in my opinion 

Wayne Brown bad signing? He was pretty solid until it all kicked off around the play offs. Nobby Solano and N'Guessan definitely go down as good signings as well. 

[Sampson]

Yeah Wayne Brown was actually very good for that season until the fall out just before the playoffs. Harsh to put him in the bad signings, in terms of actual performances he was a good signing, he just turned out to be a ****. But you can’t really expect Pearson and the recruitment staff to know who a player votes for while scouting them.

[MrsJohnMurphy]

Banter Ben a bad signing? Ok for a purely back up keeper

[eblair]

10 hours ago, 4everfox said:

Because this thread has made me reminisce, I thought I'd do a bit of interesting research on Pearson's recruitment history with us. I am listing below every single signing that I believe we made under the leadership of Pearson, be it loan or permanent. This is just my opinion, so it is entirely open for debate. 

 

Good Signings 

Aleksander Tunchev 2008/09

Michael Morrison 2008/09

Bruno Berner 2008/09

Chris Powell 2008/09

Lloyd Dyer 2008/09

Jack Hobbs 2008/09

Kerrea Gilbert 2008/09 

Mark Davies 2008/09

David Martin 2008/09

David Stockdale 2008/09

Mark Bunn 2008/09

Tom Cleverley 2008/09

Richie Wellens 2009/10

Paul Gallagher 2009/10

Chris Weale 2009/10

Martyn Waghorn 2009/10

Wes Morgan 2011/12

Ben Marshall 2011/12 

Danny Drinkwater 2011/12

Richie De Laet 2012/13

Marty James 2012/13

Jamie Vardy 2012/13

Chris Wood 2012/13

Anthony Knockaert 2012/13

Riyad Mahrez 2013/14

Dean Hammond 2013/14

Marcin Wasilewski 2013/14

Kevin Phillips 2013/14

Gary Taylor-Fletcher 2013/14

Leonardo Ulloa 2014/15 

Danny Simpson 2014/15

Esteban Cambiasso 2014/15

Marc Albrighton 2014/15

Robert Huth 2014/15

*Shinji Okazaki 2015/16

*Ngolo Kante 2015/16

*Christian Fuchs 2015/16

 

Bad Signings 

Nicky Adams 2008/09

Wayne Brown 2008/09

Robbie Neilson 2009/10

Yann Kermorgant 2009/10

James Vaughan 2009/10

Ryan McGivern 2009/10

Tom Kennedy 2010/11 

Nathan Delfouneso 2011/12

Marco Futacs 2012/13

Harry Kane 2012/13

Jesse Lingard 2012/13

Zoumana Bakayogo 2013/14

Ignasi Miquel 2013/14

Tom Lawrence 2014/15

Ben Hamer 2014/15

Nick Powell 2014/15

 

Undecided / Can't remember 

 

Paul Dickov 2008/09

Marc Edworthy 2008/09

Tony Warner 2008/09

Nolberto Solano 2009/10

Dany N'Guessan 2009/10

Alex Bruce 2009/10

Jay Spearing 2009/10 

Zak Whitbread  2012/13

Michael Keane 2012/13

Andrej Kramaric 2014/15

Mark Schwarzer 2014/15

Matt Upson 2014/15

 

*These players would have been Leicester players that summer, even if we didn't sack Pearson in my opinion 

remarkably small number of low risk bad signings 

 

also will point out a lot of the 'bad signings' were pretty good players

 

Bad Signings 

Nicky Adams 2008/09 - really rated him for us tbh very harsh imo

Wayne Brown 2008/09 - was good for us shame about the fascism 

Robbie Neilson 2009/10 - 

Yann Kermorgant 2009/10 - quality championship player, shame about that moment

James Vaughan 2009/10

Ryan McGivern 2009/10

Tom Kennedy 2010/11 

Nathan Delfouneso 2011/12

Marco Futacs 2012/13

Harry Kane 2012/13 - world class player just not at the time

Jesse Lingard 2012/13 - PL player just did not work out

Zoumana Bakayogo 2013/14

Ignasi Miquel 2013/14

Tom Lawrence 2014/15 - quality championship player

Ben Hamer 2014/15

Nick Powell 2014/15

 

from the above there is not a single from my reckoning big signing other than kermorgant 

[Blue-fox]

Wayne Brown was a good centre half for us.