Keep Pearson

[Kitchandro]

Balanced judgement of the season.

Pearson's management this year has been no better, if not worse than Sven's in the early part of the season. We play a frustrating long ball game under Pearson, so the entertainment factor is far less.

I'll stop you there. Had you watched our games under Sven this season you'd have been bored out your skull most of the time. But because Sven is a foreigner who's managed around Europe and not some old central defender from Nottingham, you have this delusion that his teams played, quick, attacking football.

The entertainment factor is about the same under Pearson, certainly it is no worse.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Love this, it's amazing how bias people are, we have been rubbish all season, firstly with one of the most experienced managers around in Sven and then with relative unknown NP. Why people think that the ex lazio / England manager wouldn't be good enough for us and NP will be is ridiculous.

What has Pearson actually done.... won the L1 trophy (our lowest league finish ever) and... nowt, how do we expect him to manage the players Sven brought in, he seems to have worked wonders with Beckford but you have to ask... how can Matt Mills, Reading player of the year and probably the best cb in the league (last year) be not good enough for this team. And now the Leeds loan (it's DJ all over again)

Don't get me wrong I’m a Pearson fan, honestly love his character, comes across really well in interview, talks sense and is forming a good team unity/spirit, a 'proper manager'.

Most people of FT slagged off Sven and i think we're about one or two more defeats away from being in the same boat with NP, in my eyes it's the same old Sun /NOTW opinions from Svens old England days. However when NP underperforms people back him!

Does no one remember the excitement when Sven came to town, brought some quality players in and created a massive buzz around the team and put the club back on the map.

Can’t see us getting promoted anytime soon and even if we did NP would be replaced as he has no premier experience and it’s too much of a risk to say give him a go and if we’re in relegation by xmas change things. Top and co have spent a lot of money already and will have to spend more to get /keep us in premier league football I can’t believe that they would keep NP and expect him to be able to do that.

What had MoN won before he joined Leicester? Nowt. You forget that the season before last he took us to within spitting distance of the play-off finals.

And changing manager every six months? Yeah, that's really worked!

[DanTheFox07]

Maybe you should ask Matt Mills why he isn't good enough for the team? Have you honestly seen a performance from him this season that would make him our player of the year? Or even player of the match?

More importantly Perhap`s you should look at morgan`s performance last nite and question why people think he is a better defender than Mills!

[Trav Le Bleu]

More importantly Perhap`s you should look at morgan`s performance last nite and question why people think he is a better defender than Mills!

Based on one performance? Oh yeah, I forgot, Mills has been bad for one game.

[Guest Basildon Fox]

Balanced judgement of the season.

Pearson's management this year has been no better, if not worse than Sven's in the early part of the season. We play a frustrating long ball game under Pearson, so the entertainment factor is far less. Success stories of sven's signings - Kasper, Konchesky, St Ledger, Nugent, Peltier, Danns (of late), Beckford (of late). (more than 1/2 of svens signings have been great successes) Pearson has signed Morgan (no pace, poor positioning) Drinkwater (inconsistent in what I've seen) Marshall (no pace, and a lightweight). I make that none of Pearson's signings a true success as yet.

Add to this that the two main culprits for under performing are Pearson's prized Gallagher and Wellens, I think Pearson's judgement leaves a lot to be desired. He's fallen out with two players in his short time here, and also moved on others that had the ability to move the ball around quickly. (Abe and Fernandes)

When Sven first arrived he analysed our weakness as not competing in the middle of the pitch. Not tackling enough, closing down enough and dominating in the centre. To my mind this still seems to be the problem now. Much has been made of the back four, but we don't defend in the middle. Wellens does not have the pace, or the engine, or the physical attributes to be a ball winner in the middle of the park. Last night he stated on an interview that Bristol City only had 4 shots on goal and was amazed they won the game. Delusions! Check the stats out for yourself http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/17187656 (bristol had 13 shots to our 8).

I fear Pearson picks the team based on personalities, as with Gally and Wellens, and does not have the objectivity to look at attributes of players.

Sven was by no means the answer, as he struggled to get it right in the middle of the park also. But based on the evidence he seems a better judge of players ability than Pearson, and also encouraged a style of football that we all like to watch, and based on results had a marginally better record than Pearson. (still not good enough for promotion though)

I fear that Sven was sacked because of the negativity of the fans, responding in accord with previous media criticism of Sven, and also the fact that he was not English. The owners picked up on the boos, and tried to protect the brand by believing the customer is always right.

I think Pearson will stay next year, and will probably achieve the best that his ability will dictate, which means a team with a strong work ethic that will obtain a league position just outside the play-off spots, or potentially just within ( ie all Hull and Leicester seasons in the championship). Unfortunately for a team to finish in the top two, they need a little more than a great team ethic. Pearson does not have the vision or the tactical awareness to bring in the creativity, or bit of flair play that is required for automatic promotion.

His man management means that he can only work with a small squad of players, and this also proves problematic when strength and depth is required.

The owners have spent a lot of money (including Pearson's 1 million wages per year) on a product that will not be exciting or even successful.

Should we ride through the lottery of the play-offs next year, the type of squad assembled by Pearson in the pre-season ( little pace, little flair, all long ball and determination) will not have a hope of premiership survival. The only option will be to replace the manager and the whole team - see QPR for an example of how well that works! As opposed to Swansea and Norwich, who established an attractive passing game, and encouraged their players to improve their technical ability while in the championship, so moving into the premiership this is the reason they have continued to be successful.

Last season Sven picked out Swansea as the best technical side in the division, way before they were promoted and continued to win praise for their passing performances in the Premiership. Sven could not and would not have got it right in at Leicester City, for a number of reasons, but his judgement of players ability, and his desired brand of football shows that his technical ability is far greater than Pearson's.

Sacking managers is no way to bring success to a club, but the appointment needs to be good in the first place. I see it as at least another two seasons before Leicester will make the Premiership. And that's if the manager post Pearson has the right credentials to build the foundations of a good footballing side.

I agree to a certain extent and at least you have reasoned your argument against NP staying on as manager. As I have previously stated, I worry that NP struggles to get the best out of tempramental players even if they happen to be more gifted than others in the squad.

However his record is still good, he put the pride back in to supporting Leicester the last time he was here and imo deserves the chance to put his own team together over the summer. Most may say that the squad just needs a few additions to it to be really challenging but I am not so sure he currently has any where near the players he wants to play his type of football. I can see a number of players leaving/coming in. Whether we suffer early in the season or not remains to be seen.

I look at our current team and for him to get the team near the top 2, I wonder who we actually have that can get us there. We have the forward line to score, with good back up from the youngsters coming through.

The midfield worries me immensly. I do not see a single midfielder we have at the club at the moment who I think is good enough to get us anywhere near the play offs let alone the top 2 and that includes King who has gone backwards over the last 18 months.

The defence except for last night has looked solid enough with good back up in the centre but is Peltiers positioning consistantly good enough? What happens if Konchesky gets injured? The same with Kasper.

I can see at least 6 players coming in to the club, possibly more and that is if we can hold on to the star players we have e,g Nugent & Kasper. I am certain that if we start next season with the current midfield we have NP will be out of a job by October and the whole Managerial merry-go-round will start again.

[chris_lcfc_85]

Balanced judgement of the season.

Pearson's management this year has been no better, if not worse than Sven's in the early part of the season. We play a frustrating long ball game under Pearson, so the entertainment factor is far less. Success stories of sven's signings - Kasper, Konchesky, St Ledger, Nugent, Peltier, Danns (of late), Beckford (of late). (more than 1/2 of svens signings have been great successes) Pearson has signed Morgan (no pace, poor positioning) Drinkwater (inconsistent in what I've seen) Marshall (no pace, and a lightweight). I make that none of Pearson's signings a true success as yet.

Add to this that the two main culprits for under performing are Pearson's prized Gallagher and Wellens, I think Pearson's judgement leaves a lot to be desired. He's fallen out with two players in his short time here, and also moved on others that had the ability to move the ball around quickly. (Abe and Fernandes)

When Sven first arrived he analysed our weakness as not competing in the middle of the pitch. Not tackling enough, closing down enough and dominating in the centre. To my mind this still seems to be the problem now. Much has been made of the back four, but we don't defend in the middle. Wellens does not have the pace, or the engine, or the physical attributes to be a ball winner in the middle of the park. Last night he stated on an interview that Bristol City only had 4 shots on goal and was amazed they won the game. Delusions! Check the stats out for yourself http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/17187656 (bristol had 13 shots to our 8).

I fear Pearson picks the team based on personalities, as with Gally and Wellens, and does not have the objectivity to look at attributes of players.

Sven was by no means the answer, as he struggled to get it right in the middle of the park also. But based on the evidence he seems a better judge of players ability than Pearson, and also encouraged a style of football that we all like to watch, and based on results had a marginally better record than Pearson. (still not good enough for promotion though)

I fear that Sven was sacked because of the negativity of the fans, responding in accord with previous media criticism of Sven, and also the fact that he was not English. The owners picked up on the boos, and tried to protect the brand by believing the customer is always right.

I think Pearson will stay next year, and will probably achieve the best that his ability will dictate, which means a team with a strong work ethic that will obtain a league position just outside the play-off spots, or potentially just within ( ie all Hull and Leicester seasons in the championship). Unfortunately for a team to finish in the top two, they need a little more than a great team ethic. Pearson does not have the vision or the tactical awareness to bring in the creativity, or bit of flair play that is required for automatic promotion.

His man management means that he can only work with a small squad of players, and this also proves problematic when strength and depth is required.

The owners have spent a lot of money (including Pearson's 1 million wages per year) on a product that will not be exciting or even successful.

Should we ride through the lottery of the play-offs next year, the type of squad assembled by Pearson in the pre-season ( little pace, little flair, all long ball and determination) will not have a hope of premiership survival. The only option will be to replace the manager and the whole team - see QPR for an example of how well that works! As opposed to Swansea and Norwich, who established an attractive passing game, and encouraged their players to improve their technical ability while in the championship, so moving into the premiership this is the reason they have continued to be successful.

Last season Sven picked out Swansea as the best technical side in the division, way before they were promoted and continued to win praise for their passing performances in the Premiership. Sven could not and would not have got it right in at Leicester City, for a number of reasons, but his judgement of players ability, and his desired brand of football shows that his technical ability is far greater than Pearson's.

Sacking managers is no way to bring success to a club, but the appointment needs to be good in the first place. I see it as at least another two seasons before Leicester will make the Premiership. And that's if the manager post Pearson has the right credentials to build the foundations of a good footballing side.

Shall we chat about Sven's signings again....

Beckford - Only played well under Nigel

St Ledger - Only played well under Nigel. Sven didnt hardly play him!!!

Ball - Laughable

Johnson - Laughable

Danns - Only played well under Nigel as Sven didnt know where to play him!!!

Granted he's made some decent signings too but how can you justify 5m on Mills yet sell Hobbs for 750k??? TERRIBLE management!!!

Also ships out Kennedy on loan without giving him a chance and signs Ball..... !!????

Dont know how you can criticise Pearson's signings, Drinkwater is class, give the guy a chance plus he's young so will improve.

Morgan is a similar player to Mills but Nigel paid 750K not 5m!!!

Ben Marshall is 20 years old, Stoke desperately wanted to keep him and yet your writing him off....

Im not totally calling Sven, he's a decent manager but you cant justify some of the money he's spent and the fact we didnt perform well enough with him in charge.

Nigel has lot of work to do but give the guy a chance!

[JonnyBoy]

very pleased with the positive response, its nice to see us backing the manager. I think he is the long term answer

[Fox92]

I want Pearson as manager, and I do believe he can guide us to promotion.

We have looked more motivated and organised since Pearson joined. Also, the back four are way better than when Sven was here. Nigel knew we needed a solid, commanding centre half and went out and brought one in Morgan. I like the back four how it is now, and I like the fact they are not scared to put their foot through it to clear when it is required instead of messing about with it.

Several players have looked better under Pearson, if not all. St Ledger is our most improved player in my opinion, and has grown into our best centre half. Konchesky and Peltier look more solid than ever, Danns is finally in his natural position, Wellens seems to have up-ed his game while Beckford and Nugent look a good and fast partneship.

In terms of signings, I have already spoke about Morgan who is a rock. Nigel also knew we needed a winger (another fault of Sven not getting one) and brought one. Additionally, Drinkwater has come in who looks good on the ball.

Nigel just needs to do what he did at Hull, and what he did when he was here the first time around. Clear the deadwood and restart. Remember, he walked into an imbalanced team which he needed to turn around. Next season I do believe we can get promoted, he maybe needs a few more players (ie a mobile target man, a left winger) and we are currently in the quater finals of the FA Cup (although I can't see us progressing if I'm honest).

Nigel Pearson's blue and white army

[Libertine Dream]

Balanced judgement of the season.

Pearson's management this year has been no better, if not worse than Sven's in the early part of the season. We play a frustrating long ball game under Pearson, so the entertainment factor is far less. Success stories of sven's signings - Kasper, Konchesky, St Ledger, Nugent, Peltier, Danns (of late), Beckford (of late). (more than 1/2 of svens signings have been great successes) Pearson has signed Morgan (no pace, poor positioning) Drinkwater (inconsistent in what I've seen) Marshall (no pace, and a lightweight). I make that none of Pearson's signings a true success as yet.

Add to this that the two main culprits for under performing are Pearson's prized Gallagher and Wellens, I think Pearson's judgement leaves a lot to be desired. He's fallen out with two players in his short time here, and also moved on others that had the ability to move the ball around quickly. (Abe and Fernandes)

When Sven first arrived he analysed our weakness as not competing in the middle of the pitch. Not tackling enough, closing down enough and dominating in the centre. To my mind this still seems to be the problem now. Much has been made of the back four, but we don't defend in the middle. Wellens does not have the pace, or the engine, or the physical attributes to be a ball winner in the middle of the park. Last night he stated on an interview that Bristol City only had 4 shots on goal and was amazed they won the game. Delusions! Check the stats out for yourself http://www.bbc.co.uk...otball/17187656 (bristol had 13 shots to our 8).

I fear Pearson picks the team based on personalities, as with Gally and Wellens, and does not have the objectivity to look at attributes of players.

Sven was by no means the answer, as he struggled to get it right in the middle of the park also. But based on the evidence he seems a better judge of players ability than Pearson, and also encouraged a style of football that we all like to watch, and based on results had a marginally better record than Pearson. (still not good enough for promotion though)

I fear that Sven was sacked because of the negativity of the fans, responding in accord with previous media criticism of Sven, and also the fact that he was not English. The owners picked up on the boos, and tried to protect the brand by believing the customer is always right.

I think Pearson will stay next year, and will probably achieve the best that his ability will dictate, which means a team with a strong work ethic that will obtain a league position just outside the play-off spots, or potentially just within ( ie all Hull and Leicester seasons in the championship). Unfortunately for a team to finish in the top two, they need a little more than a great team ethic. Pearson does not have the vision or the tactical awareness to bring in the creativity, or bit of flair play that is required for automatic promotion.

His man management means that he can only work with a small squad of players, and this also proves problematic when strength and depth is required.

The owners have spent a lot of money (including Pearson's 1 million wages per year) on a product that will not be exciting or even successful.

Should we ride through the lottery of the play-offs next year, the type of squad assembled by Pearson in the pre-season ( little pace, little flair, all long ball and determination) will not have a hope of premiership survival. The only option will be to replace the manager and the whole team - see QPR for an example of how well that works! As opposed to Swansea and Norwich, who established an attractive passing game, and encouraged their players to improve their technical ability while in the championship, so moving into the premiership this is the reason they have continued to be successful.

Last season Sven picked out Swansea as the best technical side in the division, way before they were promoted and continued to win praise for their passing performances in the Premiership. Sven could not and would not have got it right in at Leicester City, for a number of reasons, but his judgement of players ability, and his desired brand of football shows that his technical ability is far greater than Pearson's.

Sacking managers is no way to bring success to a club, but the appointment needs to be good in the first place. I see it as at least another two seasons before Leicester will make the Premiership. And that's if the manager post Pearson has the right credentials to build the foundations of a good footballing side.

Fair play for coming on and backing up your opinion with a sensible outlook, thats what a forum is about.

However I have to disagree with you on a lot of points. You make the point of Beckford and Danns being a success but theyre not Sven's success, Sven got nothing out of them, NP has done. I cant dee why people rate Peltier either, lower end championship right back that offers nothing going forward. Can't see how you can say NP's signings aren't great, Morgan wasnt great last night but the other 3 games he's played well, Marshall needs time and DD was excellent before he got injured and since hasnt had a chance.

Yuki and Fernandes wanted to go, Fernandes was here for Sven, Yuki wanted to go home, not NP's fault. You also claim Sven noticed our problems but yet you also say theyre still there so he clearly didn't and being as NP had to sort his mess out, he hasnt had a chance to address all our problems. We certainly close down more and fight more now than under Sven. Last night they didnt really have noteworthy shots but yes they looked like scoring more than us.

Sven still picked Gally and Wellens so how is he a better judger of ability, he spent 3-5 mil on a centre half who has not showed amything close to being worth that. If you think this season under Sven was entertaining, then you're wrong, passing it sideways for an hour is boring, the Brum game was awful to watch, as were Boro and Cardiff away. NP doesnt just play long ball football, Cardiff game was the right mix as was the game at Derby, very few teams can play like Swansea, QPR didnt have to play like that its all about a mix for most. Bear in mind Swansea progressed, NP has had 4 months with no breaks so it is difficult to play like Swansea.

Its clear NP can bring in an array of players, ask Hull fans if they think watching Robbie Brady and Cameron Stewart is boring. Theyll tell you no because they offer creativity, flair and pace, something NP clearly likes as Dyer sort of offers this.

NP will get us close to the top two next year with a pre season and funds to get the right players and I hope you still maintain your argument when we are in that position next year.

I might add to the argument later when Im not on my phone.

[MrSpaM]

Balanced judgement of the season.

Pearson's management this year has been no better, if not worse than Sven's in the early part of the season. We play a frustrating long ball game under Pearson, so the entertainment factor is far less. Success stories of sven's signings - Kasper, Konchesky, St Ledger, Nugent, Peltier, Danns (of late), Beckford (of late). (more than 1/2 of svens signings have been great successes) Pearson has signed Morgan (no pace, poor positioning) Drinkwater (inconsistent in what I've seen) Marshall (no pace, and a lightweight). I make that none of Pearson's signings a true success as yet.

Morgans had one bad game, Drinkwaters barely played, and Marshall looks better than Gally. Most of the Sven signings your talking about only came good when Pearson arrived as well. Really dont get your point at all.

[Kitchandro]

Fair play for coming on and backing up your opinion with a sensible outlook, thats what a forum is about.

However I have to disagree with you on a lot of points. You make the point of Beckford and Danns being a success but theyre not Sven's success, Sven got nothing out of them, NP has done. I cant dee why people rate Peltier either, lower end championship right back that offers nothing going forward. Can't see how you can say NP's signings aren't great, Morgan wasnt great last night but the other 3 games he's played well, Marshall needs time and DD was excellent before he got injured and since hasnt had a chance.

Yuki and Fernandes wanted to go, Fernandes was here for Sven, Yuki wanted to go home, not NP's fault. You also claim Sven noticed our problems but yet you also say theyre still there so he clearly didn't and being as NP had to sort his mess out, he hasnt had a chance to address all our problems. We certainly close down more and fight more now than under Sven. Last night they didnt really have noteworthy shots but yes they looked like scoring more than us.

Sven still picked Gally and Wellens so how is he a better judger of ability, he spent 3-5 mil on a centre half who has not showed amything close to being worth that. If you think this season under Sven was entertaining, then you're wrong, passing it sideways for an hour is boring, the Brum game was awful to watch, as were Boro and Cardiff away. NP doesnt just play long ball football, Cardiff game was the right mix as was the game at Derby, very few teams can play like Swansea, QPR didnt have to play like that its all about a mix for most. Bear in mind Swansea progressed, NP has had 4 months with no breaks so it is difficult to play like Swansea.

Its clear NP can bring in an array of players, ask Hull fans if they think watching Robbie Brady and Cameron Stewart is boring. Theyll tell you no because they offer creativity, flair and pace, something NP clearly likes as Dyer sort of offers this.

NP will get us close to the top two next year with a pre season and funds to get the right players and I hope you still maintain your argument when we are in that position next year.

I might add to the argument later when Im not on my phone.

Yeh I agree with all of this.

It's true what you say about Swansea, but also look at the players that the teams who got promoted last season had. They were all comfortable on the ball and they had certain individuals who could take people on and had pace and creativity. Sinclair, Dyer, Hoolahan, Taarabt, Routledge. We just don't have players of that calibre. Pearson will be judged properly on next season and he needs to bring in some better creative players and encourage the team to be positive and comfortable in possession. The majority of our midfielders at the moment will not cut it and he needs to realise this. Drinkwater and Marshall are still yet to answer the questions either way so they may be good enough, but the rest aren't.

It's very difficult to just pass through teams, especially when we're at home and they get players behind the ball. We need one or two players who can make things happen themselves on a regular basis. We'll see what Pearson can do between now and next season, it's a pivotal period for him as he needs to build a balanced team which can attack effectively. I'm sure he'll sort the defence out in time but it's at the other end where it's a real test of his management skills.

[Babylon]

Balanced judgement of the season. Yeah right

Pearson's management this year has been no better, if not worse than Sven's in the early part of the season. We play a frustrating long ball game under Pearson, so the entertainment factor is far less.

Please remind me of the great performances Sven got out of THESE players. Not last years crew of borrowed players.

Success stories of sven's signings - Kasper, Konchesky, St Ledger, Nugent, Peltier, Danns (of late), Beckford (of late). (more than 1/2 of svens signings have been great successes) Pearson has signed Morgan (no pace, poor positioning) Drinkwater (inconsistent in what I've seen) Marshall (no pace, and a lightweight). I make that none of Pearson's signings a true success as yet.

So we are judging Pearsons signings over what 5 games each, yet Svens over 3/4 of a season. The only players who played well under Sven were Kasper, Konchesky, Peltier and Nugent. He got nothing from Danns, St Ledger, Mills, Beckford or any of the dozen others we signed.

Add to this that the two main culprits for under performing are Pearson's prized Gallagher and Wellens, I think Pearson's judgement leaves a lot to be desired. He's fallen out with two players in his short time here, and also moved on others that had the ability to move the ball around quickly. (Abe and Fernandes)

Errrr Sven also regularly played those two "underperforming players" and didn't even buy a winger meaning we had no choice but to play gallagher. Moved on others? They wanted to go, do you not read newspapers?

When Sven first arrived he analysed our weakness as not competing in the middle of the pitch. Not tackling enough, closing down enough and dominating in the centre.

And yet he continued to play Pearsons CM's... go figure.

I fear Pearson picks the team based on personalities, as with Gally and Wellens, and does not have the objectivity to look at attributes of players.

Or we didn't have the players to replace them. No wingers, 2 CM's who wanted to go and a few other duffs.

Sven was by no means the answer, as he struggled to get it right in the middle of the park also. But based on the evidence he seems a better judge of players ability than Pearson, and also encouraged a style of football that we all like to watch, and based on results had a marginally better record than Pearson. (still not good enough for promotion though)

Based on Evidence? Spashing around 25 million pounds and coming up with a couple of players who play well. Congrats Sven you mastermind. You liked Svens football this season?

I fear that Sven was sacked because of the negativity of the fans, responding in accord with previous media criticism of Sven, and also the fact that he was not English. The owners picked up on the boos, and tried to protect the brand by believing the customer is always right.

His man management means that he can only work with a small squad of players, and this also proves problematic when strength and depth is required.

Based on?

The owners have spent a lot of money (including Pearson's 1 million wages per year) on a product that will not be exciting or even successful.

Evidence?

Should we ride through the lottery of the play-offs next year, the type of squad assembled by Pearson in the pre-season ( little pace, little flair, all long ball and determination) will not have a hope of premiership survival.

Funny because the Hull Team he built had plenty of pace in it and their fans were very excited by their style of place this season under him.

The only option will be to replace the manager and the whole team - see QPR for an example of how well that works! As opposed to Swansea and Norwich, who established an attractive passing game, and encouraged their players to improve their technical ability while in the championship, so moving into the premiership this is the reason they have continued to be successful.

I'm sorry but Norwich are no major passing team, they mix it up which is exactly the way Pearson teams plays.

Last season Sven picked out Swansea as the best technical side in the division, way before they were promoted and continued to win praise for their passing performances in the Premiership. Sven could not and would not have got it right in at Leicester City, for a number of reasons, but his judgement of players ability, and his desired brand of football shows that his technical ability is far greater than Pearson's.

Who didn't pick Swansea out, they were great passers when Pearson was here first time and he said as much.

Sacking managers is no way to bring success to a club, but the appointment needs to be good in the first place. I see it as at least another two seasons before Leicester will make the Premiership. And that's if the manager post Pearson has the right credentials to build the foundations of a good footballing side.

[Kitchandro]

Nice one Babs And not only did he play Pearson's centre mids, he also played Fernandes, Wellens and Abe out of position.

[Libertine Dream]

Yeh I agree with all of this.

It's true what you say about Swansea, but also look at the players that the teams who got promoted last season had. They were all comfortable on the ball and they had certain individuals who could take people on and had pace and creativity. Sinclair, Dyer, Hoolahan, Taarabt, Routledge. We just don't have players of that calibre. Pearson will be judged properly on next season and he needs to bring in some better creative players and encourage the team to be positive and comfortable in possession. The majority of our midfielders at the moment will not cut it and he needs to realise this. Drinkwater and Marshall are still yet to answer the questions either way so they may be good enough, but the rest aren't.

It's very difficult to just pass through teams, especially when we're at home and they get players behind the ball. We need one or two players who can make things happen themselves on a regular basis. We'll see what Pearson can do between now and next season, it's a pivotal period for him as he needs to build a balanced team which can attack effectively. I'm sure he'll sort the defence out in time but it's at the other end where it's a real test of his management skills.

Thats the thing, these teams built a team around a couple of creative players, they brought players who would utilise their creative flair. What did Sven do? Brought whatever he wanted without having a system and formation he wanted to play and certainly without an idea of how everybody would fit together and gel.

[LCFC_FAN_1995]

He will have all next season IMO and if he doesn't get us promoted which I think he will, but if he doesn't he will get the sack

Balanced judgement of the season.

Pearson's management this year has been no better, if not worse than Sven's in the early part of the season. We play a frustrating long ball game under Pearson, so the entertainment factor is far less. Success stories of sven's signings - Kasper, Konchesky, St Ledger, Nugent, Peltier, Danns (of late), Beckford (of late). (more than 1/2 of svens signings have been great successes) Pearson has signed Morgan (no pace, poor positioning) Drinkwater (inconsistent in what I've seen) Marshall (no pace, and a lightweight). I make that none of Pearson's signings a true success as yet.

Have you not seen our games? Morgan has been solid from all the games iv seen him in, we have had 5 clean sheets since he's been in the team haven't we?

Drinkwater hasn't played many games and in those games rarely loses the ball!

Marshall had lots of pace, his crosses are brilliant. He is 20 years old, does he have to out-strength players all the time? He's alot better than Paul Gallagher, at least his corners beat the first man!

Yes Beckford has got good now and that's when he has been under Pearson.

[frost1]

although i donk think pearson should go i think the owners will sack him due to the fact he has had more time than sven and hasnt got us into the plays offs but i dont want owners to do that but i think they will.

[Night Air]

I want him to stay and I'm sure many others do but is it really an improvement on Sven? I know we can't bring him back but Sven brought good football to Leicester and we were unlucky with our shots whereas if you look at the Bristol game, we had very few shots, something that was very rare with Sven.

Sacking managers very rarely helps the team improve, (unless your Sunderland!) and as we also found this out with the season we got relegated to League 1. He definatly isn't a world beater manager but he is good enough for the Championship and if we do (unlikely) go up to the premier league next season, he should be given enough time for his players to see how they do.

[Legend_in_blue]

This thread should not exist.

Anyone contemplating reasons for getting rid of NP need to take a serious look at themselves.

That is all.

[Guest Basildon Fox]

This thread should not exist.

Anyone contemplating reasons for getting rid of NP need to take a serious look at themselves.

That is all.

Yes I can see where you are coming from. Leicester fans talking about Leicester on a Leicester forum. Perhaps you think that it is beyond the realms of inprobability that Pearson may fail or be prematuely sacked? After all it hasn't happened in the recent history of the club... Oh wait.

[Webbo]

although i donk think pearson should go i think the owners will sack him due to the fact he has had more time than sven and hasnt got us into the plays offs but i dont want owners to do that but i think they will.

No he hasn't.

[Daggers]

Isn't it obvious yet that the only way to promotion is to change the manager twice a season and alienate half the squad at least once.

Oh, and spend millions of pounds more and hand out fat contracts no club can afford.

And put up ticket prices.

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

The Thais won't tolerate failures.

[Foxhateram]

Radiculous! Pearson has been busy mopping up the dirty poisenous love juice that Sven has left all over this club! Seriously how can anyone contemplate 1) Thinking Sven was doing a good job 2) Think of reasons for Pearson to be sacked.

This is just radiculous!

[Happy Fox]

Why is everyone saying NP is clearing up Sven's mess, it is the players faults at the end of the day they have to be accountable for this shitty season, the mentality of a some of them coupled with ability isn't good enough and we need to get rid of a large chunk.

[foxes2011]

i think its only right pearson is alowed a similar time spell as sven was but we need to look at where we are after about 15 games next season to see if we are making progress.

if we do make progress then great and pearson stays if we dont then id like to see someone who can get us out of this division not sure who though maybe curbishley or someone else.