Time for big Nige to return and save us again!

[Arriba Los Zorros]

3 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

So depressing seeing this thread bumping up. Please stop it 

(some) Leicester fans are weird. I wonder if there's an equally weird section of Burnley fans who think they are too good for Sean Dyche. 

[Royston.]

Pearson is probably most definitely on Top's shortlist, just a question of how many turn us down before it gets to that stage.

[Rob Clarke]

There is little or no chance of Pearson returning. He is well settled there and really likes the area (enjoying walking over the Mendip Hills). He spent 18 months sorting the place out as well. If we go down expect Bristol City to do better than us next season.

 

[splinterdream]

30 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

But we was in every game and played some good football, I think we lost most games by 1 goal.. next season the majority of the same squad went on to win the league, a squad which NP built along with the club but I'm sure he had a major say in the players coming in, you can't deny that.

Thats the thing, we don't know, what we do know though is he hasn't been very succesful since he's left us and gone seperate ways with walsh and shakespeare, i just think we could do better, managers can be a bit of a lottery

[J. James]

I suspect that the same people who will pour scorn on the idea of the real architect of our glorious title win returning will be the same people who laughed at Roy Hodgson returning (much too old to succeed), Sean Dyche (not good enough for elite LCFC) and Allardyce stepping in at Leeds (again too old)..

I don't think he would return if he was approached (sadly) most probably happy to stay at a club with better prospects than the car crash that we have become due to the catastrophic management of our club at every level.

[splinterdream]

31 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

who was the Liverpool manager at the time?

ah, i see

[Ginger_Filbert]

Let’s get the band back together. 

[Gazza M]

People seem to think Nigel is on speed dial to save us whenever. We have sacked him 3 times including Leuven. Think the ship has sailed as he said himself in a Bristol City presser after Rodgers was sacked. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[whoareyaaa]

1 hour ago, splinterdream said:

Thats the thing, we don't know, what we do know though is he hasn't been very succesful since he's left us and gone seperate ways with walsh and shakespeare, i just think we could do better, managers can be a bit of a lottery

Some managers just work with certain clubs I think that is the case with Pearson and Leicester.

[Dan]

13 hours ago, splinterdream said:

sorry for being a bit thick, not sure what you mean by this. I think Pearson just tried to not get hammered on that day, the opposition expected to walk all over us and pushed up on the press, I remember the commentary were surprised how well it worked, but it just wasn't a system you could use every week, but he did. The bloke is a legend and if he took us on, I'd be indifferent. I think he'd steady the ship but not sure he'd move us on and i wouldn't want to see his legacy here ruined

It may or may not have been a dig at the opposition manager on the day

[Stinkenzo]

16 hours ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

(some) Leicester fans are weird. I wonder if there's an equally weird section of Burnley fans who think they are too good for Sean Dyche. 

I wonder if there's a 100 page thread on the Southampton forum gagging for the return of Nigel Adkins 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

2 hours ago, Stinky said:

I wonder if there's a 100 page thread on the Southampton forum gagging for the return of Nigel Adkins 

That's a fair analagy. Even so it doesn't matter they are one case we are another and Pearson has been wildly successful in 2 separate spells here 

[hackneyfox]

On 19/05/2023 at 18:00, Arriba Los Zorros said:

(some) Leicester fans are weird. I wonder if there's an equally weird section of Burnley fans who think they are too good for Sean Dyche. 

Well Sean Dyche effectively relegated them, they got a new manager and stormed the Championship so I’d be surprised if many of them wanted him back.

[hackneyfox]

On 19/05/2023 at 17:59, Arriba Los Zorros said:

The lift we would get from having NP back would be worth it in itself. 

Who would get a lift? The fans are split over him and none of the players know him.

[Future Fox]

Big Nige and Ranieri Duo or nige builds one season get promoted  and Ranieri jump in if nige struggles

Shakespeare as an assistant 

Steve Walsh Return

Andy King Player/Coach

Eventually see if Wes Morgan can become a Coach

 

Will never happen but I can dream 😂

[Mickyblueeyes]

Nigel time has gone. He did a fantastic job here and honestly, very few Leicester managers gave me the same feeling. It wasn’t excitement or anticipation etc. it was a feeling that the club was “safe”. I had that feeling with Nige, little and O’Neil. You just know that club will do well more often than not. It’s a very hard skill for a manager to bring to a club. 
 

If we can get someone who brings that feeling but also tells the child chairman to do his job and not give a shit about the repercussions, we’d have done well. I don’t think that’s something we get for few years though. 

[Rob1742]

My thoughts on Nige.

 

1. He created the most incredible group mentality. If you didn’t fit in the group, you were gone. Huge praise for creating what he did.

 

2. The group he created consisted of players better with regards to budget than most other teams. You have to remember we had to pay the league £500k for FFP irregularities, so the team that took us up may well have had funding above our competitors, so it’s hard to judge how he would have been on a level playing field.

 

3. Bristol City is more of a level playing field and he’s doing okay. Just okay.

 

4. In the PL I think the group mentality he created basically won us the Premier League. We were so together as a unit and he has to take great praise for that. I don’t think he got enough credit for what he created when we won the league under Ranieri.

 

5. I personally thought he was great for us. Creating an identity, always taking pressure off the players, a character and one of my favourite ever managers 

 

 

[eblair]

4 hours ago, Rob1742 said:

My thoughts on Nige.

 

1. He created the most incredible group mentality. If you didn’t fit in the group, you were gone. Huge praise for creating what he did.

 

2. The group he created consisted of players better with regards to budget than most other teams. You have to remember we had to pay the league £500k for FFP irregularities, so the team that took us up may well have had funding above our competitors, so it’s hard to judge how he would have been on a level playing field.

 

3. Bristol City is more of a level playing field and he’s doing okay. Just okay.

 

4. In the PL I think the group mentality he created basically won us the Premier League. We were so together as a unit and he has to take great praise for that. I don’t think he got enough credit for what he created when we won the league under Ranieri.

 

5. I personally thought he was great for us. Creating an identity, always taking pressure off the players, a character and one of my favourite ever managers 

 

 

2. Isn’t particularly true, the FFP stuff was because of crazy spend under Sven. The year we went up, not sure we signed a player for substantial cash the whole year 

 

GTF - free

Phillips - free

Wasyl - free

Mahrez - 400k

Hammond - free (I think)

 

Vardy was perhaps his biggest signing at 1.7m. The FFP stuff was mainly Sven related.

 

QPR wage bill looks to be around 2.5 the times of ours when we absolutely battered them for 12 months (their salary figure not in their accounts but easy enough to estimate)

Edited 21 May 2023 by eblair

[Arriba Los Zorros]

9 hours ago, hackneyfox said:

Who would get a lift? The fans are split over him and none of the players know him.

This is completely embarassing for a man who won 2 promotions with us, never finished below the top 6 in any league with us: until his final year in the PL when he kept us up totally against the odds and laid foundations for us to win the league the next season.

 

Undisputably one of the all time great Leicester managers and 'fans are split over him' 

 

Dear oh dear. What more could he have done. Leicester fans 

[FoxesWalk]

For the championship, he would be a good appointment, but I don’t see it happening. 

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

This is completely embarassing for a man who won 2 promotions with us, never finished below the top 6 in any league with us: until his final year in the PL when he kept us up totally against the odds and laid foundations for us to win the league the next season.

 

Undisputably one of the all time great Leicester managers and 'fans are split over him' 

 

Dear oh dear. What more could he have done. Leicester fans 

Nobody with any level of seriousness would not regard Pearson as the architect of our time in the PL, as it was he (and his team) who crafted the structure and more importantly, the mentality of the best of that team, and I don’t think that suffers much inquisition. However, history is no guarantee of the future (yes arguably repeated twice), but the staffing, the surrounding league, the starting point is now so different, however the fact we need ‘A Pearson’ type is looking like a certainty, so someone to grab the club by the lapels and shake it to self awareness, reteaching it the basics, what it means to play football outside of just being a business.

[ClaphamFox]

17 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

This is completely embarassing for a man who won 2 promotions with us, never finished below the top 6 in any league with us: until his final year in the PL when he kept us up totally against the odds and laid foundations for us to win the league the next season.

 

Undisputably one of the all time great Leicester managers and 'fans are split over him' 

 

Dear oh dear. What more could he have done. Leicester fans 

He was very good at creating a strong culture at the club and his teams were always highly motivated. Given how lacking we are in those things currently, it’s understandable that some people want him back. 
 

Pearson was never a good tactical manager, though. He had a Plan A and if that didn’t work, he’d just throw on some like-for-like subs in the hope that would make a difference. In an age when tactical flexibility is increasingly necessary, he’s a bit of a dinosaur in that respect. If he was better at that side of things in addition to being a strong leader, he’d be managing a top PL side by now. The fact that he’s at Bristol City tells its own story.

 

Hence why fans are split over him.

[S1DDO]

Right man for the job....

 

Sadly we're not capable of making the right decision

[Chelmofox]

He's a builder and will want time. The club will aspire for a quick bounce back to the PL. I don't think the ideologies will align. 

[Mark_w]

On 19/05/2023 at 18:03, Royston. said:

Pearson is probably most definitely on Top's shortlist, just a question of how many turn us down before it gets to that stage.

I’d love to believe there’s a shortlist and it’s not just a game of whose agent contacts us first.