davieG Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Merc Leicester City must address their away form next season if they are to be genuine promotion contenders, manager Nigel Pearson has said. City have lost 10 games on the road this season and picked up just 24 of their 63 points away from the King Power Stadium. Nigel Pearson In contrast, since Pearson's return, City have lost just once on home soil and are unbeaten in 10 games ahead of their final home game of the season on Monday night against West Ham United. Pearson admitted he was mystified why City could not replicate their home form on the road but said it was something he would address during the summer. "We have needed to be good at home because our away form has not been what we would have liked," said Pearson. "We have put ourselves under a lot of pressure at home in terms of having to win home games. "We have to show that consistency away from home and there is no reason why we can't." Pearson said the Jekyll and Hyde nature of City's performances this season had baffled him. "There is no real reason why you can't go and perform as well away," he said. "We have had some good performances away from home but we haven't turned some of those into the results we want."
The People's Hero Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 It's reassuring that he's baffled and has now publically admitted as much. I might as well have a go.
Happy Fox Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Really, come on NP use your brains engage your mind....
Stevosevic Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 To be fair to NP, he doesn't say anywhere in that article that he is 'baffled.'
The Padster Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 So at not point in the interview does he actually say the word "baffled" but apparently, he is. Typical reporting from the Mockery.
Soar Fox Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 So at not point in the interview does he actually say the word "baffled" but apparently, he is. Typical reporting from the Mockery. Yes he does.
stourbridgefox Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 As a Nigel Pearson supporter I am not reassured by this !!
davieG Posted 21 April 2012 Author Posted 21 April 2012 I hate these threads. That's the only reason I start them.
Guest Col city fan Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 It's not left me baffled... Our midfield has been wafer thin........ Playing King and Gally away at Millwall about summed it up for me... We need a rougher, tougher midfield esp away from home
seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Merc Leicester City must address their away form next season if they are to be genuine promotion contenders, manager Nigel Pearson has said. City have lost 10 games on the road this season and picked up just 24 of their 63 points away from the King Power Stadium. Nigel Pearson In contrast, since Pearson's return, City have lost just once on home soil and are unbeaten in 10 games ahead of their final home game of the season on Monday night against West Ham United. Pearson admitted he was mystified why City could not replicate their home form on the road but said it was something he would address during the summer. "We have needed to be good at home because our away form has not been what we would have liked," said Pearson. "We have put ourselves under a lot of pressure at home in terms of having to win home games. "We have to show that consistency away from home and there is no reason why we can't." Pearson said the Jekyll and Hyde nature of City's performances this season had baffled him. "There is no real reason why you can't go and perform as well away," he said. "We have had some good performances away from home but we haven't turned some of those into the results we want." You have to read guys - well as long as he has the answers for next sea on, we'll be OK - he's only had 15 away games to work it out so far and therefore = NEEDS MORE TIME
seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 It's not left me baffled... Our midfield has been wafer thin........ Playing King and Gally away at Millwall about summed it up for me... We need a rougher, tougher midfield esp away from home You should be manager then - he gets paid a million year to spot this and has actually failed, even now, to do so!!!(plus he's already been paid the best part of half a million to not know - amazing)
wurmer Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 At last, he's actually admitting something other than the regular "it's not good enough" which he tripped out after every defeat or draw. Probably the most insightful thing he's said since the 'delusions of grandeur' interview...
CloudFox Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Nowhere in that article is he quoted as saying that he is baffled, only that " There is no real reason why you can't go and perform as well away". That doesn't mean that he doesn't recognise the problems with the team, just that we haven't performed as well away as at home. There's a difference between performance and player ability, which has been our problem re: not being tough enough away from home.
seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Nowhere in that article is he quoted as saying that he is baffled, only that " There is no real reason why you can't go and perform as well away". That doesn't mean that he doesn't recognise the problems with the team, just that we haven't performed as well away as at home. There's a difference between performance and player ability, which has been our problem re: not being tough enough away from home. He should bring someone in to manage the team - he could pay them say £100k a year and keep the rest and they could work out why it isn't happening for him
Grewks Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 How many managers in this league go away from home with 2 upfront?? From what I recall at the KP, Southampton, Reading, brum and burnley do not. It is too attacking, and away from home a lot of players behind the ball is required so that the opposition defence pushes up and we can counter with the pace of dyer, becks etc. This is what we did so well second half against brum, we let them play in our half, then we would quickly get the ball back and play the ball the top, once to schlupp and once to beckford = 2 goals. Our midfield also needs to be stronger, wellens is not a strong enough tackler, king goes missing, gally either cannot/will not tackle and dyer does not have the ability to tackle (not his job). We need someone who will sit infront of the back four and protect them for the whole game, e.g. someone like barry ferguson/lee bowyer.
Captain... Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 It's not left me baffled... Our midfield has been wafer thin........ Playing King and Gally away at Millwall about summed it up for me... We need a rougher, tougher midfield esp away from home ..but they changed the game against Ipswich, (also away from home) we were shit first half at Ipswich without King and Gally much better second half, which line-up would you choose? Obviously it is not that simple, and I would have picked Dyer ahead of Gally, but Drinkwater and Wellens were overrun by Ipswich, what evidence is their they wouldn't have been overrun by Millwall. We really missed Danns in those games, but that is not something we can blame NP for, injuries happen and we need to find another Danns style player in the Summer.
seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 ..but they changed the game against Ipswich, (also away from home) we were shit first half at Ipswich without King and Gally much better second half, which line-up would you choose? Obviously it is not that simple, and I would have picked Dyer ahead of Gally, but Drinkwater and Wellens were overrun by Ipswich, what evidence is their they wouldn't have been overrun by Millwall. We really missed Danns in those games, but that is not something we can blame NP for, injuries happen and we need to find another Danns style player in the Summer. Of course not - he is a lovely clever talented man who cannot be blamed for anything ever.........
LCFC_FAN_1995 Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 We have never won an away league game that has been on a saturday with a 3pm kick off.
Raw Dykes Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Of course not - he is a lovely clever talented man who cannot be blamed for anything ever......... You're right. It was definitely Pearson's fault that Danns was injured in training. NP probably tripped him up or made him try and do the splits so he'd have to pick a team without his most in-form midfielder for the rest of the season.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Typical Pearson rhetoric, and obviously he cannot see beyond the end of his nose. Truly naive. He will "get it right, he just needs time! lol
MPH Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 The mercury writer has used the words baffled and mystified... Pearson does not. and yet alot of you seem to be lapping it up out of the writers hand.... He is feeding the hate of Pearson and some of you seem to be falling for it.
Guest Col city fan Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 ..but they changed the game against Ipswich, (also away from home) we were shit first half at Ipswich without King and Gally much better second half, which line-up would you choose? Obviously it is not that simple, and I would have picked Dyer ahead of Gally, but Drinkwater and Wellens were overrun by Ipswich, what evidence is their they wouldn't have been overrun by Millwall. We really missed Danns in those games, but that is not something we can blame NP for, injuries happen and we need to find another Danns style player in the Summer. That's been one of the problems this season buddy. That lack of the midfield nasty sod that would be first choice week in week out. Of the options available to us on the day id have started Sol just off the back four. Ipswich ain't Millwall away. They are a tougher side and bully the opposition more, especially at home. Playing King especially against that lot was folly IMO.
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Mock outrage, mock outrage, MOCK OUTRAGE. Oh and people should learn what these little things mean " "
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Typical Pearson rhetoric, and obviously he cannot see beyond the end of his nose. Truly naive. He will "get it right, he just needs time! lol Have you actually bothered to read what HE said, instead of what the reporter said?
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