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Nigel Pearson: Here and Now

By urban.spaceman, in Leicester City Forum

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3 hours ago, Finnaldo said:

I wouldn’t have him back at manager capacity, and he wouldn’t anyway as I imagine he’s got a good project going on at Bristol, but there’s a lot of myths around Pearson since he left, seemingly mostly propagated by the weird section of our support who have refused for years to give the bloke any credit for what he did here over two spells, that he has been crap since he left Leicester. The reality is his managerial record since leaving has been: 

 

Derby - was given no room to breathe by Mel Morris, who we now know in retrospect completely fvcked the club with his constant overspending on shite and attempts to intervene with the managerial functions of the club. Pearson is a manager who is known to require the trust from board level to really get his stamp on things. As we’ve seen, all names of managers came and went and couldn’t achieve anything. You could send Guardiola there and he’s pissing off after finishing midtable because Morris would try and interfere. 
 

Leuven - seemed to be a move to get him away from English football, I think it was said he’d been a bit burned out and jaded after the way his last two jobs ended (understandable) so whether you want to read in to what was basically a two year managerial retreat to the Belgian Second Division then fair play, but it’s neither here or there ultimately. 
 

Watford - he was hired on 6 December 2019 with Watford bottom, sacked on 19 July 2020 with Watford three points clear of relegation, and beat Liverpool 3-0 which was their first loss in 45 PL games. This was objectively another excellent relegation escape job undone by a board known for their cycle of managers. They’d get relegated after losing the next two games. 
 

Bristol City - a club in terminal decline, having overspent with little money in the bank, looking destined to go down ala Derby sans the administration. Cleared out all the deadwood, stabilised last season, now using a mix of youth and bargain bin signings who he can trust to play for the shirt (sound familiar?). 
 

Bloke has managed two poisoned chalices and a holiday job since us, one of the chalices he managed to succeed in and the other are currently in League One having been absolutely crushed by diabolical ownership. Far too early to say Bristol are promotion candidates, but they’re showing massive leaps in terms of progression having spent no cash during the summer. The idea he’s been crap since he left and this is his first half decent run since us is pure fantasy.

Brilliant post and absolutely spot on. 

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@STUHILLyou clearly dislike Pearson no matter what you say, every post has some snide comment or back handed compliment.

 

Anyway, I'd love him back here as would a huge section of the fanbase and one things for sure, he'd restore pride, we wouldn't be letting 5 in at Brighton or going down.

 

Hes what we need but he won't come because Bristol are a more attractive proposition than us now. Ffs. 

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I've always looked at it as a bit of a meme and tongue in cheek having him come back here. But looking at it now, as a club what do we need? We need someone to come in and shake the place up, sort out the defence, get us organised, restore some pride and have us be competitive. IF we're going to look at a manager from the championship who is best suited for the job? He's doing a brilliant job at Bristol, cut the wage bill, put a squad together who can compete and they're flying. Would you rather have Scott Parker or Sean dyche? That's the callibure of manager we could attract. I think bring him back, we need to look at this season in isolation, we need to stay up, he might be the best man for the job. 

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10 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

@STUHILLyou clearly dislike Pearson no matter what you say, every post has some snide comment or back handed compliment.

 

Anyway, I'd love him back here as would a huge section of the fanbase and one things for sure, he'd restore pride, we wouldn't be letting 5 in at Brighton or going down.

 

Hes what we need but he won't come because Bristol are a more attractive proposition than us now. Ffs. 

He is genuinely my favourite manager since O'Neil, and that is only because that is when I was old enough to start supporting us. 

If my comments have come off as a dislike for Big Nige, they have not meant to be. I just don't think he has done well since he left us and I also don't think he would be the right appointment now. I said he did a 'Great Job' for us and he was one of my favourites. Not sure what else people want :sweating:

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1 hour ago, Benguin said:

Would have him back in a heartbeat. At least if we continued to be poor we’d get some great journalist interviews. 

Saw a couple on you tube when he was at Leicester, one I remember was a journo who showed up to protect his mate who Pearson went after the previous week. 
 

No such angst at Bristol City, the journos are all sh1t scared of him. 😂 

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6 hours ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

@STUHILLyou clearly dislike Pearson no matter what you say, every post has some snide comment or back handed compliment.

 

Anyway, I'd love him back here as would a huge section of the fanbase and one things for sure, he'd restore pride, we wouldn't be letting 5 in at Brighton or going down.

 

Hes what we need but he won't come because Bristol are a more attractive proposition than us now. Ffs. 

He just let 5 in at Forest instead

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A section of our fans would never accept him back due to their irrational hatred if him.

 

It is similar to Rodgers: previous success is totally disregarded to maintain a biased and vitriolic narrative.

 

It is the same mindset which turned on O'Neill after 10 games and could have robbed us of that great period.

 

But, haters gunna hate.

 

 

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7 hours ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

@STUHILLyou clearly dislike Pearson no matter what you say, every post has some snide comment or back handed compliment.

 

Anyway, I'd love him back here as would a huge section of the fanbase and one things for sure, he'd restore pride, we wouldn't be letting 5 in at Brighton or going down.

 

Hes what we need but he won't come because Bristol are a more attractive proposition than us now. Ffs. 

A number of people on here would like him back, that doesn’t equate to a huge section of the fan base. I don’t know anyone personally that would want him back.

 

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32 minutes ago, stourbridgefox said:

A section of our fans would never accept him back due to their irrational hatred if him.

 

It is similar to Rodgers: previous success is totally disregarded to maintain a biased and vitriolic narrative.

 

It is the same mindset which turned on O'Neill after 10 games and could have robbed us of that great period.

 

But, haters gunna hate.

 

 

Not seeing the hatred towards Pearson personally, quite the opposite. Seems that despite us having recent managers that incredibly won the Premier League and FA Cup, Big Nige still tops them for favourability. I think by most people not wanting him back here now, that is what is been interpreted as hatred. There may be one or two here who are overly strong with rejecting the idea of his return, but certainly not seeing any hatred. Extremely popular manager here with most if not not all. 

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10 hours ago, STUHILL said:

Won 3 out of 14 games for Derby

Won 18 out of 56 for Leuven

Won 7 out of 22 for Watford

 

Those stats are pretty damning tbh. I wasn't aware he was actually that bad at Derby. (A team that I think still finished 7th that season). Also highly likely hed have been relegated at leuven and watford had they not pulled the trigger (Watford would have still probably been better off keeping him for the following season though). Furthermore we currently need a manager who will come in and have a pretty instant impact and that aint pearson. By the time he had everything how he liked it we'd be long back in the Championship.

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1 minute ago, Gubbins said:

Those stats are pretty damning tbh. I wasn't aware he was actually that bad at Derby. (A team that I think still finished 7th that season). Also highly likely hed have been relegated at leuven and watford had they not pulled the trigger (Watford would have still probably been better off keeping him for the following season though). Furthermore we currently need a manager who will come in and have a pretty instant impact and that aint pearson. By the time he had everything how he liked it we'd be long back in the Championship.

He is at his absolute best when he is at the beginning of a project and has full control. I also think Steve Walsh and Craig Shakespeare were a huge part of his success with us, and both are off doing other things. 

Great manager for us and took us on an incredible journey of success and undoubtedly had a huge role in building the squad that got us the Premier League title, however, not the right man for us now, and I genuinely think he is happy exactly where he is. 

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2 minutes ago, STUHILL said:

He is at his absolute best when he is at the beginning of a project and has full control. I also think Steve Walsh and Craig Shakespeare were a huge part of his success with us, and both are off doing other things. 

Great manager for us and took us on an incredible journey of success and undoubtedly had a huge role in building the squad that got us the Premier League title, however, not the right man for us now, and I genuinely think he is happy exactly where he is. 

I hope so, and all the signs are that he is.

 

As supporters of a success-starved club, that since the early 1900's has had just four top-flight seasons in the late Seventies, we are also currently very happy to have him. 

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9 hours ago, STUHILL said:

Not seeing the hatred towards Pearson personally, quite the opposite. Seems that despite us having recent managers that incredibly won the Premier League and FA Cup, Big Nige still tops them for favourability. I think by most people not wanting him back here now, that is what is been interpreted as hatred. There may be one or two here who are overly strong with rejecting the idea of his return, but certainly not seeing any hatred. Extremely popular manager here with most if not not all. 

Standing in the pouring rain in randers town centre waiting for a police escort to the ground last season , the fans weren’t singing about Rogers or even raneiri. It was Pearson, says it all. 

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16 hours ago, Benguin said:

Would have him back in a heartbeat. At least if we continued to be poor we’d get some great journalist interviews. 

I look forward to Brendan the Ostrich comment

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