Pearson is (maybe) signing

[Fox92]

Don't know about anyone else but I am fairly excited

I like the 6.00pm latest headlines on radio Leicester: "Nigel Pearson is on the verge of returning to Leicester City"

We should have achieved promotion under Sven last season, and been in the top two this season then, if we're going on the 'squad'.

Yeah, I agree.

[FOXMAN2]

'Deal going to go ahead' according to BBC Radio Humberside.

Yes sounds like its NIGE again to sort the shambles out. ABOUT TIME

[ajthefox]

I don't agree that 'Adams was better' which you replied to, but I also don't agree with your comment either. Ok, Micky Adams even said that without Izzet we were just 'average', but you can't blame the man for still managing when he had no funds and we were in admin etc. That would be a hard task for most managers, regardless of the quality of the squad, and I will always like Micky for what he did at Leicester.

I think we had more quality than the average championship team that season, but it was still a brilliant effort and like you I will always be fond of him for what he did here.

The following relegation and championship campaigns wouldn't have been much different with any other manager imo.

[dannythefox]

I don't care how we play or how the ball goes in the net all I care about is the club doing well and moving up the table. Pearson will have a good crack at getting well up there this season if not next season we'll be more prepared for we and wont have 10 new players coming in he'll get them working together.

[Matt]

Very happy with this.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I didn't want MON back, of course I wanted him back, but think it was with my heart more than my head, there was always a stabbing feeling that deep down I wanted Pearson.

C'mon Nige.

[Happy Fox]

My question is will he be sacked if he doesn't get us promoted this season or is that out of the picture.

[Heart-Shaped Fox]

I think we had more quality than the average championship team that season, but it was still a brilliant effort and like you I will always be fond of him for what he did here.

The following relegation and championship campaigns wouldn't have been much different with any other manager imo.

I think the Championship had better teams in then, and the quality was much less equal then too.

Pompey under Redknapp, Wolves, Reading, Sheff Utd, Norwich, Ipswich, Derby, Forest, all were very good teams then, bigger split in class with teams in the table then than now.

But anyway, Adams did brilliantly in that season, and will always be fondly remembered.

[Fox92]

There's only one Nigel Pearson

[ousefox]

So glad this is going to happen. I was gutted when he left and can't wait to see him back, exactly what we need, and we'll be in the Prem next season or the one after undoubtedly

[Corky]

That promotion under Adams should never be underestimated, he did a wonderful job.

[Fox92]

So glad this is going to happen. I was gutted when he left and can't wait to see him back, exactly what we need, and we'll be in the Prem next season or the one after undoubtedly

Agree with this

[Happy Fox]

The owners we have are very demanding, but if Pearson wants to come he knows his job is on the line if he fails to get us promoted this season that is the pressure he has to deal with now.

[ajthefox]

I can't wait for the next few days

[RonnieTodger]

Laughing at the guys in the first few pages taking the piss out of this bloke's post. Anyway, the idiots moaning about Pearson being loyal are probably the ones who backed Sven to the fullest. Let's be honest, Sven is a mercenary who can't show loyalty anywhere. He spoke to a hoax group of Asians pretending to take over Aston Villa and promised them he could get David Beckham. He spoke to Abrahamovic about taking over Chelsea. Both of which were during the time he was managing England. And as for managing Mexico and Ivory Coast. Well, what self-respecting European manager does that?

[The Guvnor]

NP has asked permission to talk to LCFC.

Game on!!

[wattolcfc]

Pearson was very under-rated. He came to Leicester as a sort of unknown quantity. After saving Southampton from the drop on the last day and inevitably sending us down instead, many people had reservations and doubts about us appointing an unproven manager. He brought a cracking backroom team with him, consisting of a great coach in Craig Shakespeare and one of the best talent spotters in the country in Steve Walsh (not to be confused with our '94 play off final hero).

From the beginning it was evident that he had the respect of the players and turned our deflated team into battlers and into a tight solid unit, starting with the defence. We comfortably won League One at the first attempt, something that no other team has managed to do (I stand to be corrected) and suddenly we had a team to be proud of. Little money was spent, 100k here, 200k there and a few top quality loans with the likes of Cleverly and Davies pulling on the royal blue of Leicester City who are now proven Premiership players. Winning the league was, in my eyes, taken for granted by a lot of City fans, we had no God given right to get promotion back to the Championship and with the fight and belief he instilled in the squad we managed it.

Pearson then signed Paul Gallagher and Richie Wellens for around £1million each, pocket money these days but were big signings at the time, but still looked on by many Foxes fans as not overly-exciting players. Then came a season of ups and downs, lots of grinding out of results and holding on late in games. But this very 'average' side were suddenly up there among the big spenders in the league and were going toe to toe with them. After squeezing into the play-offs, which was an over-achievement in itself, we got matched with Cardiff.

Cardiff were favourites for promotion after a couple of seasons spending big and a team that had been together a couple of years. Again lots of City fans forget this, we were never expected to beat them but we certainly gave as good as we got. In a very disappointing first leg at home, by all accounts, one moment won the game.. A free-kick from Whittingham in which he was allowed to move the ball in-field so that he had a better sight at goal. It went in. After this game, we were now completely written off after losing twice already at Cardiff that season in both the league and cup. Early on and the tie seemed to be over, Chopra put Cardiff ahead 2-0 on aggregate and surely no way back for City? WRONG.. Not long after that goal we were sparked into life with a goal from a striker that will continue to divide the fans, Matty Fryatt. Not long after it was 2-2 with an O.G and we were suddenly ahead in the game and level on aggregate, GAME ON! The second half started and you could see there was a belief that we could win it and we went close a few times before, and I can see it now, Andy King nodded in a Paul Gallagher cross and the City fans were in jubilation. I turned to my mate and said 'I can taste Wembley'. I have never felt so nervous in my life, my hands were shaking and heart pounded as the minutes passed so slowly. Then it happened, a soft penalty by all accounts when Alex Bruce bundled over Chopra and that was it for 90 minutes.

A nervy extra time played out, with tired bodies on show for both teams, you could tell that neither wanted to risk losing a goal by going for it and so, settled for a penalty shoot-out.

A penalty miss from Cardiff was equalled by Waghorn's miss and then THAT penalty... Yann Kermorgant. The one time you want a cool head, just slot it away, make the keeper work and he 'chipped' it, no he was not Cantona, nor Bergkamp but a Frenchman who clearly didn't realise how much that penalty cost the club and fans. I think we all would have forgiven him if he had tried a 'normal' penalty but the audacity to try something like that on such a big stage was nothing short of idiocy and therefore ended his time at the club.

Basically what I am trying to say is, we massively over-achieved with Nigel Pearson at the helm. He made average players into a TEAM, a great man motivator who get's the best out of his players, commands the utmost respect and plays to his strengths. We played the way we did as it was the only way we could with the players and money Pearson had to hand.

None of us will ever know what happened when he 'left' first time round but I think it would be foolishly to say he walked out on the club, because from what I've read and seen, it sounds like the powers at be walked out on him.

A lot of people have been touting a lot of 'out of contract managers' for the job, but most of these are out of contract for a reason.. for failing.

As for the return of Big Nige. He will get the players playing to their strengths and no doubt turn these bunch of talented individuals into a team that's hard to beat, wether that means it's negative, route one football, then so be it, after all.. It's a results business.

For those who questions wether he is good enough to keep us up in Premier League, let's just get there first shall we? We will never know until he get's the chance and if he does get us there, that's the least he deserves, surely? The rest is just speculation.

Let's all get behind Pearson.. BLUE ARMY!

Wattolcfc signing off.

[Happy Fox]

NP returning is fine by me, I am just worried that the owners will sack him come the end of the season if we are not promoted. I expect us to make the playoffs this season at the very minimum top two isn't unrealistic just yet.

[Aleksz]

Pearson was very under-rated. He came to Leicester as a sort of unknown quantity. After saving Southampton from the drop on the last day and inevitably sending us down instead, many people had reservations and doubts about us appointing an unproven manager. He brought a cracking backroom team with him, consisting of a great coach in Craig Shakespeare and one of the best talent spotters in the country in Steve Walsh (not to be confused with our '94 play off final hero).

From the beginning it was evident that he had the respect of the players and turned our deflated team into battlers and into a tight solid unit, starting with the defence. We comfortably won League One at the first attempt, something that no other team has managed to do (I stand to be corrected) and suddenly we had a team to be proud of. Little money was spent, 100k here, 200k there and a few top quality loans with the likes of Cleverly and Davies pulling on the royal blue of Leicester City who are now proven Premiership players. Winning the league was, in my eyes, taken for granted by a lot of City fans, we had no God given right to get promotion back to the Championship and with the fight and belief he instilled in the squad we managed it.

Pearson then signed Paul Gallagher and Richie Wellens for around £1million each, pocket money these days but were big signings at the time, but still looked on by many Foxes fans as not overly-exciting players. Then came a season of ups and downs, lots of grinding out of results and holding on late in games. But this very 'average' side were suddenly up there among the big spenders in the league and were going toe to toe with them. After squeezing into the play-offs, which was an over-achievement in itself, we got matched with Cardiff.

Cardiff were favourites for promotion after a couple of seasons spending big and a team that had been together a couple of years. Again lots of City fans forget this, we were never expected to beat them but we certainly gave as good as we got. In a very disappointing first leg at home, by all accounts, one moment won the game.. A free-kick from Whittingham in which he was allowed to move the ball in-field so that he had a better sight at goal. It went in. After this game, we were now completely written off after losing twice already at Cardiff that season in both the league and cup. Early on and the tie seemed to be over, Chopra put Cardiff ahead 2-0 on aggregate and surely no way back for City? WRONG.. Not long after that goal we were sparked into life with a goal from a striker that will continue to divide the fans, Matty Fryatt. Not long after it was 2-2 with an O.G and we were suddenly ahead in the game and level on aggregate, GAME ON! The second half started and you could see there was a belief that we could win it and we went close a few times before, and I can see it now, Andy King nodded in a Paul Gallagher cross and the City fans were in jubilation. I turned to my mate and said 'I can taste Wembley'. I have never felt so nervous in my life, my hands were shaking and heart pounded as the minutes passed so slowly. Then it happened, a soft penalty by all accounts when Alex Bruce bundled over Chopra and that was it for 90 minutes.

A nervy extra time played out, with tired bodies on show for both teams, you could tell that neither wanted to risk losing a goal by going for it and so, settled for a penalty shoot-out.

A penalty miss from Cardiff was equalled by Waghorn's miss and then THAT penalty... Yann Kermorgant. The one time you want a cool head, just slot it away, make the keeper work and he 'chipped' it, no he was not Cantona, nor Bergkamp but a Frenchman who clearly didn't realise how much that penalty cost the club and fans. I think we all would have forgiven him if he had tried a 'normal' penalty but the audacity to try something like that on such a big stage was nothing short of idiocy and therefore ended his time at the club.

Basically what I am trying to say is, we massively over-achieved with Nigel Pearson at the helm. He made average players into a TEAM, a great man motivator who get's the best out of his players, commands the utmost respect and plays to his strengths. We played the way we did as it was the only way we could with the players and money Pearson had to hand.

None of us will ever know what happened when he 'left' first time round but I think it would be foolishly to say he walked out on the club, because from what I've read and seen, it sounds like the powers at be walked out on him.

A lot of people have been touting a lot of 'out of contract managers' for the job, but most of these are out of contract for a reason.. for failing.

As for the return of Big Nige. He will get the players playing to their strengths and no doubt turn these bunch of talented individuals into a team that's hard to beat, wether that means it's negative, route one football, then so be it, after all.. It's a results business.

For those who questions wether he is good enough to keep us up in Premier League, let's just get there first shall we? We will never know until he get's the chance and if he does get us there, that's the least he deserves, surely? The rest is just speculation.

Let's all get behind Pearson.. BLUE ARMY!

Wattolcfc signing off.

You have made me feel a twat for buying season review for that season, when here i have you

[Happy Fox]

Tommorow NP returns I am so bloody excited welcome home Pearson

[gazmanthegun]

Well chuffed if this comes off

[Happy Fox]

3 year contract plus £8m to spend in January

[wurmer]

3 year contract plus £8m to spend in January

[JaxDemon]

Pearson was very under-rated. He came to Leicester as a sort of unknown quantity. After saving Southampton from the drop on the last day and inevitably sending us down instead, many people had reservations and doubts about us appointing an unproven manager. He brought a cracking backroom team with him, consisting of a great coach in Craig Shakespeare and one of the best talent spotters in the country in Steve Walsh (not to be confused with our '94 play off final hero).

From the beginning it was evident that he had the respect of the players and turned our deflated team into battlers and into a tight solid unit, starting with the defence. We comfortably won League One at the first attempt, something that no other team has managed to do (I stand to be corrected) and suddenly we had a team to be proud of. Little money was spent, 100k here, 200k there and a few top quality loans with the likes of Cleverly and Davies pulling on the royal blue of Leicester City who are now proven Premiership players. Winning the league was, in my eyes, taken for granted by a lot of City fans, we had no God given right to get promotion back to the Championship and with the fight and belief he instilled in the squad we managed it.

Pearson then signed Paul Gallagher and Richie Wellens for around £1million each, pocket money these days but were big signings at the time, but still looked on by many Foxes fans as not overly-exciting players. Then came a season of ups and downs, lots of grinding out of results and holding on late in games. But this very 'average' side were suddenly up there among the big spenders in the league and were going toe to toe with them. After squeezing into the play-offs, which was an over-achievement in itself, we got matched with Cardiff.

Cardiff were favourites for promotion after a couple of seasons spending big and a team that had been together a couple of years. Again lots of City fans forget this, we were never expected to beat them but we certainly gave as good as we got. In a very disappointing first leg at home, by all accounts, one moment won the game.. A free-kick from Whittingham in which he was allowed to move the ball in-field so that he had a better sight at goal. It went in. After this game, we were now completely written off after losing twice already at Cardiff that season in both the league and cup. Early on and the tie seemed to be over, Chopra put Cardiff ahead 2-0 on aggregate and surely no way back for City? WRONG.. Not long after that goal we were sparked into life with a goal from a striker that will continue to divide the fans, Matty Fryatt. Not long after it was 2-2 with an O.G and we were suddenly ahead in the game and level on aggregate, GAME ON! The second half started and you could see there was a belief that we could win it and we went close a few times before, and I can see it now, Andy King nodded in a Paul Gallagher cross and the City fans were in jubilation. I turned to my mate and said 'I can taste Wembley'. I have never felt so nervous in my life, my hands were shaking and heart pounded as the minutes passed so slowly. Then it happened, a soft penalty by all accounts when Alex Bruce bundled over Chopra and that was it for 90 minutes.

A nervy extra time played out, with tired bodies on show for both teams, you could tell that neither wanted to risk losing a goal by going for it and so, settled for a penalty shoot-out.

A penalty miss from Cardiff was equalled by Waghorn's miss and then THAT penalty... Yann Kermorgant. The one time you want a cool head, just slot it away, make the keeper work and he 'chipped' it, no he was not Cantona, nor Bergkamp but a Frenchman who clearly didn't realise how much that penalty cost the club and fans. I think we all would have forgiven him if he had tried a 'normal' penalty but the audacity to try something like that on such a big stage was nothing short of idiocy and therefore ended his time at the club.

Basically what I am trying to say is, we massively over-achieved with Nigel Pearson at the helm. He made average players into a TEAM, a great man motivator who get's the best out of his players, commands the utmost respect and plays to his strengths. We played the way we did as it was the only way we could with the players and money Pearson had to hand.

None of us will ever know what happened when he 'left' first time round but I think it would be foolishly to say he walked out on the club, because from what I've read and seen, it sounds like the powers at be walked out on him.

A lot of people have been touting a lot of 'out of contract managers' for the job, but most of these are out of contract for a reason.. for failing.

As for the return of Big Nige. He will get the players playing to their strengths and no doubt turn these bunch of talented individuals into a team that's hard to beat, wether that means it's negative, route one football, then so be it, after all.. It's a results business.

For those who questions wether he is good enough to keep us up in Premier League, let's just get there first shall we? We will never know until he get's the chance and if he does get us there, that's the least he deserves, surely? The rest is just speculation.

Let's all get behind Pearson.. BLUE ARMY!

Wattolcfc signing off.

Fantastic read.

Thanks.

Hope he comes back to finish the job and get us in the prem.

[Guest Bilo]

It annoys me when people talk about Pearson's Leicester as though we were like Cambridge under John Beck, where players would be subbed for playing it on the deck.

We were effective, pragmatic and organised. Exciting we weren't but tough to beat we certainly were. The back four was generally solid as a rock, and this with Robbie Neilson and Ryan McGivern in the team. What he'll be able to do with Pantsil, Peltier, Mills, Bamba, St.Ledger, Konchesky and Ball is anyone's guess.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Am I the only person who suspects that the reason Pearson wants permission to speak to Leicester so he can walk into the boardroom and moon the board before walking out again?