Number 6 Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 Will people please stop with the win percentages. Yes they can be useful but in this case they are irrelevant. He took over Carlisle when they were second bottom and had a nutcase chairman and KEPT THEM UP. He took over a struggling Soton and kept them up. He did the job required of him. Do people expect him to take over a club 18th in the Championship and win 90% of games? It's not realistic.
Lichfieldfox. Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 I'm neutral on this one. I'm inclined to disregard his spell at Carlisle as its over 10 years ago when the guy was very young for a manager. He has experienced the game at many levels of management now and has not had time to build a team and run a campaign, Yes it looks risky for us and him. The task is enormous but if this is the best we can get then I'll back him. I hope the U21 experience will enable him to bring on the youngsters. I hope his use of loanees at Soton was to dig them out of a huge hole and it seems to have worked. I expected Soton to go down last season. He will have learnt a stack from Bryan Robson and big Sam. I hope he has the balls to sort out our current squad and develop our budding players. People have forgot he also has 4 games unbeaten as WBA caretaker manager. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ion/6058698.stm It also appears he was too expensive for Soton to keep http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ton/7427097.stm
Thracian Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 In which case take note - he lost 4 out of 14 at Southampton, hence they stayed up.That, along with the comments of the Saints fans I've read (obviously I have discarded what your son said) leads me to believe the bloke deserves a chance if he is appointed. You could argue 1000 people deserve a chance but wouldn't it be nice if, just for once, we picked a manager with a record of relevent success and with the sort of philosophy that will take us forward in every way? Pearson strikes me as more from the same mould as we've had before - build from the back, plenty of muscle, endless loanees and lots of cautious football judging by all the draws he's had and how few victories he musters. It's so long perhaps fans have forgotten that to achieve anything in football you have to win matches not keep drawing them. Didn't we have enough draws under Levein and Kelly? What are we aiming at now, staying clear of yet another relegation or going up? Where all this enthusiasm for Pearson has come from I don't know. Cos I can't remember him being mentioned at all when fans jotted down their original preferred options, and a considerable number there were too.
Thracian Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 I'm neutral on this one. I'm inclined to disregard his spell at Carlisle as its over 10 years ago when the guy was very young for a manager. He has experienced the game at many levels of management now and has not had time to build a team and run a campaign, Yes it looks risky for us and him. The task is enormous but if this is the best we can get then I'll back him. I hope the U21 experience will enable him to bring on the youngsters. I hope his use of loanees at Soton was to dig them out of a huge hole and it seems to have worked. I expected Soton to go down last season. He will have learnt a stack from Bryan Robson and big Sam. I hope he has the balls to sort out our current squad and develop our budding players.People have forgot he also has 4 games unbeaten as WBA caretaker manager. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ion/6058698.stm It also appears he was too expensive for Soton to keep http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ton/7427097.stm It worked, by a whisker, cos our management was even worse. And if he's learned about management from Bryan Robson I hope it's what not to do.
Lichfieldfox. Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 It worked, by a whisker, cos our management was even worse. And if he's learned about management from Bryan Robson I hope it's what not to do. As I said 1. I'm neutral about him 2. It's risky
lookwhaticando Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 A bloke called Nigel Worthington did pretty much the same at the end of last season and managed a win percentage of 20%? Mmmmm, ...thought so. Two wins in five matches is 40% if I'm not mistaken. After reading Saints fans views on their forum I'm slightly more optimistic, very rarely do we get a manager with so much praise coming from his former club. No more ridiculous 3 year contracts though Milan, let him earn it. Perhaps he's an up-and-coming manager... although he's actually stepping down a level if he joins us. I'm still pining for Worthington, though I imagine I'll be disappointed. If it's Pearson he'll have my support... it could easily have been much much worse.
renards Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...ampionship.html + also in the Sun, crap but normally right on sport Not a bad move, fans are normally right + Southampton fans rated him
Cropwellfox Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 For what it's worth I think this is a fantastic appointment. We're an absolute car crash of a club at the moment and getting anybody with any ability in was going to be difficult Pearson has achieved what was asked for him the two times he went into clubs who were in freefall with boardroom chaos He is highly respected within the game, and has an air of focus about him which Hollowords, Allen and even Kelly never had He is well thought of by the majority of saints fans, who were sorry to see him go and felt he should have been given a chance He is unlikely to bring in a comedy former player to try and appease the fans He will keep his head down and do the job without taking every opportunity to spout off to the media (Gregory and Hollowords again spring to mind) We'll see - might need 12 months to turn this around, but i think in the current circumstances this club is in we couldn't do better....
Prem Express Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 SSN are confirming it as i type. Could be better, could be worse for you chaps. League 1 ain't a pretty place, best to have a manager who is prepared to mix it a bit. It's ironic he helped to relegate you, but hey, that's football!
MikeyT Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 SSN are confirming it as i type.Could be better, could be worse for you chaps. League 1 ain't a pretty place, best to have a manager who is prepared to mix it a bit. It's ironic he helped to relegate you, but hey, that's football! Pfffft!
Moreton Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 Looks like it's Pearson then I really don't know what to say about that.
MikeyT Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 Looks like it's Pearson then I really don't know what to say about that. I do...its not a very exciting appointment by any stretch, but then again lets give the guy a chance before we start bashing him. He maybe just what we need! Hope he frickin' well is!
dandannieldanok Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 Looks like it's Pearson then I really don't know what to say about that. Four words: It's not John Gregory.
MikeyT Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 I got told of a while back for just putting emoticons down!
Father Ted Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 Not quite sure. Could be crap could be good. But surely his track record last season was the same as Holloway's.
Moreton Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 I got told of a while back for just putting emoticons down! By whom?
MikeyT Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 Not quite sure. Could be crap could be good. But surely his track record last season was the same as Holloway's. He was only at Southampton 3 months though whereas Holloway had, ahem, slightly longer! By whom? Admin on here! I was told it doesnt add anything to a conversation and that could i please stop doing it!
MikeyT Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_3713547,00.html Pearson set for Foxes Former Southampton boss to take charge at Leicester Last updated: 20th June 2008 Sky Sports News understands that Leicester Cityare set to name Nigel Pearson as their new manager. Pearson is expected to be unveiled at a press conference on Friday as the Foxes end their search for a successor to Ian Holloway. Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric parted company with Holloway at the end of last season following the club's relegation from the Championship. However, Mandaric now appears to have found the man he hopes will help Leicester out of League One. Pearson was controversially replaced as Southampton manager by Jan Poortvliet at the end of last season after only three months in charge, despite helping the club avoid relegation on the last day of the season. However, Pearson - who has also had caretaker spells in charge of Newcastle, West Brom and the England Under 21s - now appears to have found a new job.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 I'm not unhappy. He seems like a sound sort of character, and he'll have worked with plenty of good players even if some of the managers he's worked with haven't been brilliant. I'm guessing that he's fairly well thought of in the game, and I think I'm right in saying that in some of his coaching jobs he's been kept on when the manager has been sacked. He also managed to win a game last season when it REALLY mattered, which is more than Ollie managed. It's a gamble, but what appointment isn't? It may not be that exciting, but excitement doesn't necessary equal results, and we need someone that can win games more than anything else - that's the bottom line. If he can do it playing exciting football, so much the better, but I'd settle for a team that wins regularly before I get too demanding about the style of football, that said, I haven't got a clue what sort of football he favours
Lillehamring Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 It may not be that exciting, but excitement doesn't necessary equal results, and we need someone that can win games more than anything else - that's the bottom line. If he can do it playing exciting football, so much the better, but I'd settle for a team that wins regularly before I get too demanding about the style of football, that said, I haven't got a clue what sort of football he favours well, if he uses the players we retain in their best positions, brings in players who can do their jobs and want to play, and if he is brave enough to start utilizing the obvious talent we have at youth level, then there is no reason why we can't get promoted and in some style... but that's a big IF, many have failed to do this before, and only time will tell whether NP can do it....
Moreton Posted 20 June 2008 Posted 20 June 2008 If Mandy wanted to keep it quiet, he's not done very well... ...why would he want to keep it quiet
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