Nigel Pearson: Here and Now

[Arriba Los Zorros]

14 hours ago, BKLFox said:

Was about to say that they haven’t won for awhile basically since Matty James was out injured, look who came back tonight to captain the side to a win

Such a ****ing underrated player.

[filbertway]

14 hours ago, StanSP said:

Again? They've lost their last 3 away and had a big dip in overall form recently. 

 

Nonetheless it is a good win away at West Brom. 

Weren't the away losses to someone like Burnley, QPR and Norwich to be fair? haha

[Superjack]

2 hours ago, filbertway said:

Weren't the away losses to someone like Burnley, QPR and Norwich to be fair? haha

Norwich, Burnley and Birmingham.

 

Norwich - Didn't turn up for twenty minutes and shipped two. Then outplayed them for the rest of the game. Should have won.

 

Burnley - Didn't play particularly badly, but they were just too good for us to be fair.

 

Birmingham - Absolute stinker.

[filbertway]

21 minutes ago, Superjack said:

Norwich, Burnley and Birmingham.

 

Norwich - Didn't turn up for twenty minutes and shipped two. Then outplayed them for the rest of the game. Should have won.

 

Burnley - Didn't play particularly badly, but they were just too good for us to be fair.

 

Birmingham - Absolute stinker.

Oh yeah, I remember the interview post Birmingham  

 

God I miss that honesty and interviews. Sometimes I would disagree with his assessments or points of view. Overall though, he was incredibly honest and funny, while sticking to principles that served him and the people he worked with well. 

 

[Daggers]

He came to me in my dreams last night. I think me and NFP are connected in some way.

 

 

[CrazyKopCorner]

F@ck me the contrast between Nigel and Brendan is stark. 

 

 

[Superjack]

I attended this on Thursday night. It's the whole thing (1hr 40mins), but just thought I would leave the link in case any of you guys were interested. 😊

 

https://youtu.be/KZsf2qciHpo

[ealingfox]

https://www.skysports.com/football/story-telling/11095/12734982/nigel-pearson-interview-bristol-city-manager-on-changing-the-culture-at-the-club

 

Pearson's vision: How Nigel Pearson is trying to change the culture at Bristol City

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Very good read. Good article. Paints him in the light we all know of him, sure if given another few seasons he'll get them up. 

[coolhandfox]

2 hours ago, Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot said:

Very good read. Good article. Paints him in the light we all know of him, sure if given another few seasons he'll get them up. 

Not sure he seems to have struggle everywhere but here.

 

Alway thought he would be an amazing DOF

 

 

Edited 31 October 2022 by coolhandfox

[Sharpe's Fox]

 

Brendan Rogers thinks he's a Nigel Pearson but will never be a Nigel Pearson. He's a fluffed up blagger.

[Out Foxed]

yeah NP has his faults but he's genuine. Rodgers...is not

 

and you can fool people into thinking you're genuine but some will catch on early that you're not, others a bit later and maybe some never (the dopes)

[Out Foxed]

So people ask me, ‘Why don’t you use the loan system?’ or they say, ‘He doesn’t like the loan system.’

“I do like the loan system but if you have a group of players who are actually your own players and that group is not strong enough, bringing a loan player in, they will be eaten alive. The culture has to be strong enough to allow people to come in from the outside.

“I couldn’t honestly trust our culture. It had to be strong enough.

“But I could do it now.”
“You need a couple who are – not wrong uns – but highly strung ones. You need mavericks.” An Anthony Knockaert? A Riyad Mahrez? “A Jamie Vardy,” he adds. “Otherwise, it is boring.”

 

great read
 

[The Blur]

Great article- I want to work for Nigel from reading that.   I imagine some top football staff talents may be reading and thinking the same.   That or it is just driven my man-love for Nigel 😂

Edited 31 October 2022 by The Blur

[foxfanazer]

2 minutes ago, The Blur said:

Great article- I want to work for Nigel from reading that.   I imagine some top football staff talents may be reading and thinking the same.   That or it is just driven my man-love for Nigel 😂

I've always thought he'd be the sort of personality that would motivate me. I know a lot of players say it about their manager but I remember so many or our players in the championship saying they'd run through brick walls for him

[Brizzle Fox]

3 hours ago, ealingfox said:

https://www.skysports.com/football/story-telling/11095/12734982/nigel-pearson-interview-bristol-city-manager-on-changing-the-culture-at-the-club

 

Pearson's vision: How Nigel Pearson is trying to change the culture at Bristol City

Bearing in mind that about 99% of Sky Sports is vacuous shite, that's a really good, honest and candid article. You can also see that it is playing out generally around the club.

 

Just hope Lansdown lets this play out fully, which to be honest I think he might.

 

His loyalty has often been criticised but might actually be a benefit in this case.

[MPH]

What I’d give to be that pimple on his chin…..

[ealingfox]

Honestly he's the Prime Minister we need. Imagine Cabinet Ministers staggering out of Number 10 with the severe headbutt wounds. Imagine the Leader of the Opposition being gripped up against a wall live on TV during PMQs. Imagine the likes of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping being called clowns or balloonheads in press conferences. The country would be sorted in a week.

Edited 1 November 2022 by ealingfox

[eblair]

Jesse Lingard…….

 

Edited 1 November 2022 by eblair

[Stadt]

“One thing I do recognise are frauds. You have to get rid of them. Sometimes change has to be brutal.”

 

I love how forthright he is, football is boring when everybody is hyper-guarded.

[KingsX]

For those with ESPN+, they are streaming today's/tonight's Bristol City - Sheff U match (1600 EDT).

[deep blue]

On 31/10/2022 at 21:21, coolhandfox said:

Not sure he seems to have struggle everywhere but here.

 

Alway thought he would be an amazing DOF

 

 

Yes, absolutely, he is made to be a DOF, and I would love to see him back here in that capacity.

[Sharpe's Fox]

9 minutes ago, deep blue said:

Yes, absolutely, he is made to be a DOF, and I would love to see him back here in that capacity.

He's a manager. Installing Pearson as a DoF is like putting Freddie Mercury on drums.

[Col city fan]

Bit of a stumble tonight for Pearson at home to Sheff Utd.

He’ll be calling someone an ostrich again before too long.

[KingsX]

5 hours ago, Col city fan said:

Bit of a stumble tonight for Pearson at home to Sheff Utd.

He’ll be calling someone an ostrich again before too long.

It was a bog-standard Championship game, in the rain, with a poor referee.  Bristol City certainly controlled it and created more chances.  But their attacking was disjointed, and the finishing devoid of quality.  SHU’s winner was off a perfect headed assist from a Bristol defender. 

 

This project has some ways to go.