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Championship Season - 2022/2023

By Wymsey, in General Football and Sport

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Tommy Fresh

Tommy Fresh

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1 hour ago, LestahGOAT said:

 

He got a bit of bounce which basically everyone gets, and then fell out with the players who he needed to win the last few games to keep them up.

 

They were going down.

 

You could argue that they were a bit of a hopeless cause when he took them over, but thats what happened. He had lost the dressing room.

 

Hes done nothing with Bristol other than sell some of their good players and trust a few youngsters. Theyve never looked any good, they concede a bucketload of goals, he plays people out of position, and eventually like most managers, he will be sacked at some point and probably replaced by someone else who will also achieve nothing.

Heard nothing but good things about him from Watford players. Also, new manager bounce, they looked as good as down 

LestahGOAT

LestahGOAT

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10 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

Heard nothing but good things about him from Watford players. Also, new manager bounce, they looked as good as down 

They looked as good as down, rallied a bit, and went down anyway. Could say that about god knows how many teams before them.

 

"heard nothing but good things from watford players".... youve got snippets in interviews and podcasts. Youve no idea what goes on behind closed doors.

 

Hes the dictionary definition of bang average as a manager. By the end of his career he will have managed probably 12 clubs and the only one he will have done anything at was us.

Tommy Fresh

Tommy Fresh

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2 minutes ago, LestahGOAT said:

They looked as good as down, rallied a bit, and went down anyway. Could say that about god knows how many teams before them.

 

"heard nothing but good things from watford players".... youve got snippets in interviews and podcasts. Youve no idea what goes on behind closed doors.

 

Hes the dictionary definition of bang average as a manager. By the end of his career he will have managed probably 12 clubs and the only one he will have done anything at was us.

They didn't rally a bit did they, he had them 3 points outside the relegation places with 2 to play. You're assuming he fell out with players as well then aren't you? As if I have no idea what goes on behind closed doors, neither do you. 

LestahGOAT

LestahGOAT

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4 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

They didn't rally a bit did they, he had them 3 points outside the relegation places with 2 to play. You're assuming he fell out with players as well then aren't you? As if I have no idea what goes on behind closed doors, neither do you. 

Well the media reports said the owner thought that they were playing crap after lockdown, and that they had an exchange of views which must be a polite way of saying an argument, then that would suggest all wasnt well.

 

Youre right, I dont know behind the scenes so I dont know all the details, no one will.

 

The following season they scored what was it, 90 or 91 championship points and finished 2nd? So he was hardly missed by anyone.

Tommy Fresh

Tommy Fresh

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3 minutes ago, LestahGOAT said:

Well the media reports said the owner thought that they were playing crap after lockdown, and that they had an exchange of views which must be a polite way of saying an argument, then that would suggest all wasnt well.

 

Youre right, I dont know behind the scenes so I dont know all the details, no one will.

 

The following season they scored what was it, 90 or 91 championship points and finished 2nd? So he was hardly missed by anyone.

You said he fell out with the players though? Not like Watford to just sack managers either is it. Surprise Watford went down and did well, not really a point against Pearson.

LestahGOAT

LestahGOAT

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Just now, Tommy Fresh said:

You said he fell out with the players though? Not like Watford to just sack managers either is it. Surprise Watford went down and did well, not really a point against Pearson.

The reports at the time said there was a bust up and then an "exchange" with the owner. Maybe there wasnt I dont know but neither of us know beyond the reports we read, and at the end of his spell they were playing crap.

 

Bristol are playing crap now, and have been ever  he since he took them over. Hes cut the wage bill? bloody hell id better have a lie down, what an achievement that is, selling a few players. Genius.

 

Everyone to a man on here would say Ian Holloway is a knut and yet he got Blackpool promoted on one of the lowest budgets in the league and had an absolute dick of a chairman to work for. Thats an achievement. Not being 2/3rds of the way down he league forever until being eventually sacked, just a matter of when.

LestahGOAT

LestahGOAT

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And just to be clear on this, he is one of the best Leicester managers in recent history, he did lay the ground work for the title win.

 

But lets also be clear that itll be the only job he will have in his career where he does anything of any note. Id be surprised if he even gets a job after hes sacked at Bristol, let alone do anything with anyone.

Super_horns

Super_horns

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I think when he came in we were certainly bottom .

 

Pearson was doing a decent job with some key wins against relegation rivals and beating the likes of Man U and Liverpool until COVID struck .

 

Then we had the lockdown and really the club quite publicly didn’t want to return and weren’t prepared for the re-start as they felt it wasn’t safe enough ( well except for 3 of our players who had a lockdown party !!) 

 

Still got some points but that West Ham game was a killer and obviously something happened off the pitch for Pearson to be sacked with 2 games left that were probably as tough as you can get .

 

And obviously lost both going down in the process as Villa picked up form .


 

westernpark

westernpark

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Pearson hasn’t done brilliantly since he left us at anywhere. But at Watford in the circumstances I think he did a very good job. Add two extra points to mitigate his time at Watford.

His mother died unexpectedly in the January. And during the first lockdown he caught Covid badly and his health has never fully recovered since. 
 

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Fox92

Fox92

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Nice argument but, please, there are two professional clubs in Bristol! I wish people would stop referring to them as just “Bristol”.

Leicester_Loyal

Leicester_Loyal

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On 04/02/2023 at 13:47, Leicester_Loyal said:

Realistically Burnley need to win about 6 games (not including today) to be promoted.

2 wins and 2 draws since I posted this.

 

Middlesbrough winning their last 5 games is keeping the pressure on, but I still expect it to be done by Easter weekend.

Arriba Los Zorros

Arriba Los Zorros

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Cov have turned their awful start around and now just 2 pts off the playoffs. 

 

I think they'll finish top 10 but don't think they'll make the playoffs but let's see. 

 

Hope Boro pip Blades to 2nd spot. Another team who have truely turned around a woeful start. 

Wymsey

Wymsey

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4 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Won 1 lost 1 (to the league leaders)

Sorry, I meant starting the Burnley game very badly itself.

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