14 Years Ago

[justfoxes]

10 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

Our worst ever manager ???

 

[justfoxes]

48 minutes ago, Buzzell said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ffs sale Hollowhead took us down to Div 1 what a fuching Cockwomble !!

[Unabomber]

1 hour ago, pmcla26 said:

How? We have a manager that won the Premier League and one that won the FA Cup.

Oh man please don’t tell me you are comparing Rodgers to Nigel?! Look at where each took over and where they left us. That says it all. We wouldn’t have even been in the prem without Nigel let alone won it. He also signed pretty much the whole title winning squad! 

Edited 15 November 2025 by Unabomber

[Dickov22]

1 hour ago, justfoxes said:

Our worst ever manager ???

 

RVN

[filthyfox]

8 hours ago, jonthefox said:

 

I raise you 

TWAT!

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Pearson is quite clearly the greatest Leicester manager of all time and it's not even close. Would have him back in a heartbeat if he was up for it, even under the current ownership. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

14 hours ago, Thequickbrownfox said:

14 years ago today saw the return of the much loved Leicester manager – Nigel Pearson. One of the last of the old school, hard managers, he sorted out the mess left by Sven and built one of Leicester’s greatest sides by 2015. Just look at the change in the quality of the team from his first game in 2011 – Schmeichel, Peltier (Abe), St Ledger, Mills, Konchesky, Gallagher, King, Dyer, Wellens, Beckford (Schlupp), Nugent (Howard) to his last in 2015 – Schmeichel, Wasilewski (De Laet), Huth, Morgan, Albrighton, Cambiasso (Drinkwater), King, Schlupp, Mahrez, Ulloa, Vardy (Kramaric.) Ranieri took them to the next level, but Pearson built the majority of the team in just three and a half very canny years.

 

 

 

You know what....

 

I'd take that 2011 team over our current lot any day of the year.

[LCFCJohn]

12 hours ago, Unabomber said:

@worthosoriginals please explain I genuinely don’t get it? 

That poster, I have never seen post anything contributing to the forum, just goes round posting laughing emojis. Ignore, for the best.

[LCFCJohn]

10 hours ago, Unabomber said:

Oh man please don’t tell me you are comparing Rodgers to Nigel?! Look at where each took over and where they left us. That says it all. We wouldn’t have even been in the prem without Nigel let alone won it. He also signed pretty much the whole title winning squad! 

Some people think the only thing that is important is winning trophies. There is much more, as you say, to being a great manager and how you take over and subsequently leave the club is one of those.  Nige is the greatest as he is the only manager, arguably this century, to do that. Puel to an extent. Even Ranieri left us in a mess despite what was achieved.

[JimJams]

Would have MON over Nige.

[LCFCJohn]

3 minutes ago, JimJams said:

Would have MON over Nige.

Well yeah, MON did it all. Won trophies, built a squad the fans (at the time before the fan base become soft) could relate to and left the club in a better place than he took it on.

 

Pearson did much of that but didn’t win a ‘major’ trophy. But he picked us up in a worse position but he achieved MON’s first achievements which was to win the 2nd tier, get promoted and stay up. I don’t think we’d have won the league with Nige as it was a perfect storm and any individual factor that differed would have prevented it happening. But he would very likely have kept us up consistently and may well have matched MON’s achievements with the league cup. I recall we had some good runs under him even when outside the top flight. It wasn’t like he left for on field issues, it was his son and his antics.

[deep blue]

7 minutes ago, JimJams said:

Would have MON over Nige.

 MON was a great motivator and created a great team, but left us in a precarious position for his own self-advancement.

 

Nige built a great club and left us, not of his own volition, but with the club in a wonderful and solid position..... providing a real springboard for what came next.

 

Both great managers, MON probably edging Nige for in-game management, but Nige had much the more constructive ability for the club as a whole (which is the sort of manager we desperately need at the moment).

[jonthefox]

12 hours ago, filthyfox said:

TWAT!

Me or Tater peeler ?. 

[iancognito]

2 hours ago, JimJams said:

Would have MON over Nige.

MON edges it for me for his achievements in the PL. Top ten finishes and two trophies on that budget was insane. Lennon and Izzet being the best engineroom behind Keane/Scholes and Petit/Viera. Wins at all the top clubs, except Arsenal. His knowledge was unmatched. And he was the biggest character in the game. Ian Marshall at the Vicente Calderon 

 

NFP restored us to those levels, got the fight back in the team after a decade of negligence. The football was great and the club felt professional again. The Second Coming probably saved the Thais from lurching to another lucky dip manager and being the original Chansiri. BUT pre-Great Escape, that Pearson side struggled in the Prem. Lining up against Hull at home with 6 defenders in the starting line up and scraping a 0-0 was a low. 

 

I'd welcome either of them back in a heartbeat right now.

[Uncle Monty]

17 hours ago, Dan said:

Bit similar to Sam Allardyce who was quite innovative at the time. Though he fully embraces that rep now.

It won't be long until the cycle completes and reverts back to long ball but I guarantee it'll be labelled as direct/fast or some other more astute word. Already seeing teams switching to the set pieces.

 

Not saying I am a fan of long ball but the slow passing it around is insanely annoying, especially when you don't have the players for it.

[Chrysalis]

On 15/11/2025 at 09:02, Thequickbrownfox said:

14 years ago today saw the return of the much loved Leicester manager – Nigel Pearson. One of the last of the old school, hard managers, he sorted out the mess left by Sven and built one of Leicester’s greatest sides by 2015. Just look at the change in the quality of the team from his first game in 2011 – Schmeichel, Peltier (Abe), St Ledger, Mills, Konchesky, Gallagher, King, Dyer, Wellens, Beckford (Schlupp), Nugent (Howard) to his last in 2015 – Schmeichel, Wasilewski (De Laet), Huth, Morgan, Albrighton, Cambiasso (Drinkwater), King, Schlupp, Mahrez, Ulloa, Vardy (Kramaric.) Ranieri took them to the next level, but Pearson built the majority of the team in just three and a half very canny years.

 

 

 

I remember that guy making the cross for final goal getting moaned about as well. 

 

From what I recall, Top wanted a fancy manager, then luckily Mandaric still had some influence and convinced them to go back to Pearson.

[MrsJohnMurphy]

1 hour ago, Chrysalis said:

I remember that guy making the cross for final goal getting moaned about as well. 

 

From what I recall, Top wanted a fancy manager, then luckily Mandaric still had some influence and convinced them to go back to Pearson.

Was the Birch wasn't it?

[Guest worth_the_wait]

If we're talking about great City managers who sorted out the mess of previous administration(s) ...

 

We also need to make special mention of Jock Wallace (1978-82) and Brian Little (1991-94).     

 

Both of these guys inherited a total mess, got rid of the rubbish, instilled the right ethics, and totally transformed the atmosphere within the Club.   They completely reinvigorated a disillusioned fanbase, though never winning a major trophy.    

[bovril]

9 hours ago, deep blue said:

 MON was a great motivator and created a great team, but left us in a precarious position for his own self-advancement.

 

Nige built a great club and left us, not of his own volition, but with the club in a wonderful and solid position..... providing a real springboard for what came next.

 

Both great managers, MON probably edging Nige for in-game management, but Nige had much the more constructive ability for the club as a whole (which is the sort of manager we desperately need at the moment).

How did MON leave us in a precarious position? Financially? Because in terms of the squad he left one that could've challenged for the top 6, and it was doing until Taylor really put his stamp on it. 

[Mark_w]

23 hours ago, pmcla26 said:

How? We have a manager that won the Premier League and one that won the FA Cup.

If you think Brendan Rodgers is a better Leicester manager than Nigel Pearson you might be safest avoiding talking to other Leicester fans.

[The Year Of The Fox]

21 hours ago, Unabomber said:

Oh man please don’t tell me you are comparing Rodgers to Nigel?! Look at where each took over and where they left us. That says it all. We wouldn’t have even been in the prem without Nigel let alone won it. He also signed pretty much the whole title winning squad! 

@pmcla26 is the biggest Rodgers apologist on FT

 

He even closed his account on here for a time when he got sacked 👀 

Edited 16 November 2025 by The Year Of The Fox

[BeaumontFox]

On 15/11/2025 at 19:25, Unabomber said:

Dread to think where we would be if we never hired Nigel. 

Where we are now?

[LCFCJohn]

2 minutes ago, BeaumontFox said:

Where we are now?

Exactly, look where we are despite the foundations Pearson built up. 
 

Without him, we are sitting in the bottom half of this league (best case), as we are now, moaning about the fact is it now 21 years and counting since we were last in the PL, thinking back to the MoN times, our best and most recent achievements. 

[pmcla26]

37 minutes ago, Mark_w said:

If you think Brendan Rodgers is a better Leicester manager than Nigel Pearson you might be safest avoiding talking to other Leicester fans.

 

36 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

@pmcla26 is the biggest Rodgers apologist on FT

 

He even closed his account on here for a time when he got sacked 👀 

Pearson is a better ‘builder’ and recruiter than Rodgers, no question. That’s about as far as it goes. 

[Unabomber]

48 minutes ago, BeaumontFox said:

Where we are now?

Yeah and look what we were able to achieve