Pearson Out!

[Munzie]

Pearson has done ok.

He does seem to be tactically unaware, I am very disapointed with his insistance with playing 4-4-2 especially at home where most teams come with 1 up front .

I wish we could have some belief within the team, especially when we concede a goal, it is becoming pathetic that we cannot play football after 80 minutes (not vs Bristol Rovers However we did not play any before 80 mins ).

Credit where credit is due...during our last home game against Yeovil, Lord Dyer seemed to get pretty much free reign of the pitch, especially during the first half. We just need to see more of this.

I'd like to see the wingers switch more often, and have at least one of our central midfielders get forward a lot more in a roving attacking role.

Despite the Swindon result, our defence should be able to hold their own (especially at home). As you say visiting teams tend to sit back or pack out their midfield for most of the match.

[James.]

Nonsense. Our position in the league is not misleading at all.

All teams go in and out of form. All teams drop points when they were winning. I do however agree that Pearson should address the lack of concentration and bad attitude that pervaded at the end of the Swindon game.

I'm loathe to contribute to this thread because the title really pisses me off. People should bear in mind that this forum is viewed by a lot more people than those that post on it. As far as I'm concerned this season is about shaking off the negativity that dragged this club down to the third division and uniting behind a manager who, so far, has shown to me he has the awareness and ability to get us out of this league.

The thread title is offensive to the progress he has made with the club. Discussing his merits and weaknesses is fine, I just wish it was taking place in a thread started by a poster with some sense.

I wouls suggest that our league position says more about the standard of other teams rather than the ability of Leicester City F.C

Well err yeah obviously our position in the league is determined by the standard of other teams... but it's also about the standard of our play. That's what a league is. A comparative measure of the ability of its constituent teams.

[marbelladave]

Nonsense. Our position in the league is not misleading at all.

All teams go in and out of form. All teams drop points when they were winning. I do however agree that Pearson should address the lack of concentration and bad attitude that pervaded at the end of the Swindon game.

I'm loathe to contribute to this thread because the title really pisses me off. People should bear in mind that this forum is viewed by a lot more people than those that post on it. As far as I'm concerned this season is about shaking off the negativity that dragged this club down to the third division and uniting behind a manager who, so far, has shown to me he has the awareness and ability to get us out of this league.

The thread title is offensive to the progress he has made with the club. Discussing his merits and weaknesses is fine, I just wish it was taking place in a thread started by a poster with some sense.

On recent results we are mid table, that is not nonsense.

We are not suffering from a dip in form, we are, in many ways in quite decent form as the first 75-80 minutes at the weekend showed. No the problem is that we are not developing as a team, we have not learned how to use our wide men effectively, we have not looked to try out other players, we have not addressed our defensive issues, our dead ball issues and most importantly have not developed alternative styles of play (plan B) to use when things go wrong.

The title thread is a wind up, don't let it stop you making your arguments about the positive and negative aspects of our management team and our season so far.

[Lovejoy]

This might seem like a strange point but say for example a company goes through a good patch, where profits are good, but in the good patch has a couple of rough weeks. Would you sack the manager every time the company has a week not as good as the rest?

[The People's Hero]

Why oh why will they not bring back the Foxy Ladies?

[marbelladave]

This might seem like a strange point but say for example a company goes through a good patch, where profits are good, but in the good patch has a couple of rough weeks. Would you sack the manager every time the company has a week not as good as the rest?

First of all I am not calling for the manager to be replaced, I have never said that!

Using your own analogy, if the manager failed to address the issues that are the cause of the 'rough weeks', when these issues are clear to you, would you not ask him to address them?

In our case I am pointing out areas of our performance that are not up to scratch and asking the manager and his coaches to do something about it, what on earth is wrong with that?

[Zingari]

Perhaps NP cannot concentrate properly on his job due to the distraction of the Times article that has caused so much upset to him and his reputation .

[Chrysalis]

Pearson isnt perfect but compared to our last 2 managers he is a significant improvement. I agree with everyone here that to call for his sacking when we 2nd in the table is just silly. End of the day results are what counts and we have had the 2nd best in the division.

[marbelladave]

Pearson isnt perfect but compared to our last 2 managers he is a significant improvement. I agree with everyone here that to call for his sacking when we 2nd in the table is just silly. End of the day results are what counts and we have had the 2nd best in the division.

Results are what count and we have taken just 10 points from the last 21, that is not promotion form!

I am not calling for his sacking, just calling for him to address those issues that have caused us to drop those 11 points!

[Daggers]

I wouls suggest that our league position says more about the standard of other teams rather than the ability of Leicester City F.C

I would suggest that you are right.

Muppet.

[Koke]

Results are what count and we have taken just 10 points from the last 21, that is not promotion form!

I am not calling for his sacking, just calling for him to address those issues that have caused us to drop those 11 points!

We're in October. We've lost twice this season which is the fewest in the league. We are averaging some 2 points per game which is promotion form.

Our general play has been on and off, but generally pretty effective. The only major problem Pearson needs to address it the lack of concentration at the back. That's our biggest problem right now.

And also, I think we are one or two players short off taking this league by storm.

[marbelladave]

We're in October. We've lost twice this season which is the fewest in the league. We are averaging some 2 points per game which is promotion form.

Our general play has been on and off, but generally pretty effective. The only major problem Pearson needs to address it the lack of concentration at the back. That's our biggest problem right now.

And also, I think we are one or two players short off taking this league by storm.

Current form suggests otherwise.

'Our biggest problem right now' is that we are not moving forward and developing as a side, in fact we are going backwards, losing confidence and becoming more rigid and predictable.

There are some things that we could be doing to address these issues but I can see no evidence that this is being done, so I have no confidence that we will start to improve anytime soon.

Far from being negative, I am trying to be positive in pointing out clear areas where we can do some work and improve. Do this and the players will see the improvement which will in turn boost their confidence in other areas.

[andyh1884]

It's funny how all the teams around us are playing really well, whilst we keep pace with them by being poor. I'd happily be poor all season if it meant we were 2nd come the end of the season.

[Koke]

Current form suggests otherwise.

'Our biggest problem right now' is that we are not moving forward and developing as a side, in fact we are going backwards, losing confidence and becoming more rigid and predictable.

There are some things that we could be doing to address these issues but I can see no evidence that this is being done, so I have no confidence that we will start to improve anytime soon.

Far from being negative, I am trying to be positive in pointing out clear areas where we can do some work and improve. Do this and the players will see the improvement which will in turn boost their confidence in other areas.

You have to remember we are a Division 3 side playing Division 3 football. I think for third tier of English football, we are playing pretty decent - I do agree that we can and should improve in certain areas. But on the whole, I'm pretty confident that we'll be there or thereabouts come May. Pearson has shown that he is not one dimensional. He realized we had a lucky escape against Bristol Rovers and we had a hard time breaking teams down with 11 behind the ball. So he tried something new and you could see the difference against Yeovil.

And besides, it's a good sign when top teams play badly and still win/draw - My glass is certainly half full. I'm sure yours is as well. And I do agree there are certain things that needs improvement, but ability is not of them. We've got enough ability and talent in the team to get automatic promotion.

[Koke]

It's funny how all the teams around us are playing really well, whilst we keep pace with them by being poor. I'd happily be poor all season if it meant we were 2nd come the end of the season.

Millwall are apparently playing really well, but yet we above them.

Posh and Franchise are excused since they just got promoted, but they are doing really well as well.

Leeds, however....

[marbelladave]

You have to remember we are a Division 3 side playing Division 3 football. I think for third tier of English football, we are playing pretty decent - I do agree that we can and should improve in certain areas. But on the whole, I'm pretty confident that we'll be there or thereabouts come May. Pearson has shown that he is not one dimensional. He realized we had a lucky escape against Bristol Rovers and we had a hard time breaking teams down with 11 behind the ball. So he tried something new and you could see the difference against Yeovil.

And besides, it's a good sign when top teams play badly and still win/draw - My glass is certainly half full. I'm sure yours is as well. And I do agree there are certain things that needs improvement, but ability is not of them. We've got enough ability and talent in the team to get automatic promotion.

Your confidence does you credit, but sadly I do not share it. C'est la vie!

However I do believe we have the ability to get automatic promotion, the question is whether the ability is properly channeled. It is this lack of focus, our failure in some of the fundamentals of football at this level that has me worried.

I very much hope I am wrong, but I fear difficult times ahead.

BTW Hume has just been released from hospital, going home now to recuperate with his family. Best wishes....

[EnigmaticFox]

Once we have got rid of Pearson, we could get another manager in for a few months and then mount a campaign to sack him as well! I mean it’s so much more fun isn’t it!! In fact, let’s only get managers on short term contracts; say just for 4 weeks at a time! That would satisfy the people who agree with this thread. Or maybe not!! They would surely find 4 weeks far too long, for any one to manage their scared City! So, lets get 365 managers lined up, and have a different one for each day of the year, when we have gone through a whole years worth, we can begin at the beginning again. And, if who ever is managing the team on match days, doesn’t do his job and give us a win, by at least 20 clear goals, we can tear up his contract. In fact we must demand that Manderic inserts a clause, insisting that a win by 20 goals will be expected, or the manager doesn’t get paid.

There simple.

No can you lot who demand Pearson is sacked, get back to your fantasy football games please. You are becoming so tedious.

[marbelladave]

Once we have got rid of Pearson, we could get another manager in for a few months and then mount a campaign to sack him as well! I mean it’s so much more fun isn’t it!! In fact, let’s only get managers on short term contracts; say just for 4 weeks at a time! That would satisfy the people who agree with this thread. Or maybe not!! They would surely find 4 weeks far too long, for any one to manage their scared City! So, lets get 365 managers lined up, and have a different one for each day of the year, when we have gone through a whole years worth, we can begin at the beginning again. And, if who ever is managing the team on match days, doesn’t do his job and give us a win, by at least 20 clear goals, we can tear up his contract. In fact we must demand that Manderic inserts a clause, insisting that a win by 20 goals will be expected, or the manager doesn’t get paid.

There simple.

No can you lot who demand Pearson is sacked, get back to your fantasy football games please. You are becoming so tedious.

Strange post.

Most of the recent contributions to this thread have been debating what, if any, our shortcoming are and what we can do to overcome them. There is no doubt that we are not playing as well as we were in the opening 8-9 games of the season and we have been swapping ideas of why that is and what we should be doing about it.

No one, other than the originator of the thread, is calling for NP's head, just debating the way forward!