Mack Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Sticking my neck out a bit here but here goes. This story wont go away and there are people closer to the club than me that have said the Thais have met Redknapp twice in recent weeks. I would wager they were anticipating one or two iffy results in the past few games and the axe would have fallen. Now Pearson has led the side to three wins on the spin I dont know but i would guess it will have to continue for him to stay in post. I agree it's harsh and I'm not saying I agree with it but it's becoming more and more obvious this is the Thai's big and maybe last push, this season is a must get up for them, and they want to see the Club at the top of the league or the manager will be changed.
dannythefox Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Wont happen. Harry will be able to have a prem club soon when people start getting the sack plus were one point off the top!
davieG Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Well if the Thai's haven't realised yet that changing the manager doesn't guarantee you better results let alone promotion, if they haven't realised that big name managers don't guarantee you better results let alone promotion, if they haven't realised that throwing money at a team doesn't guarantee you better results let alone promotion, if they haven't realised that building a cohesive, tight-nit, mixed aged entertaining team all pulling in the same direction gives you as much a chance of better results and promotion at a fraction of the cost then they must be beyond stupid. The fact that they might be prepared to swap a cohesive, tight-nit, mixed aged entertaining team all pulling in the same direction for 15 minutes of publicity and fame with absolutely no guarantees leaves me feeling sick, sad and dejected.
Mack Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Well if the Thai's haven't realised yet that changing the manager doesn't guarantee you better results let alone promotion, if they haven't realised that big name managers don't guarantee you better results let alone promotion, if they haven't realised that throwing money at a team doesn't guarantee you better results let alone promotion, if they haven't realised that building a cohesive, tight-nit, mixed aged entertaining team all pulling in the same direction gives you as much a chance of better results and promotion at a fraction of the cost then they must be beyond stupid. The fact that they might be prepared to swap a cohesive, tight-nit, mixed aged entertaining team all pulling in the same direction for 15 minutes of publicity and fame with absolutely no guarantees leaves me feeling sick, sad and dejected. I agree, but did you seriously think that they were only pouring their money into the club for the fans or the love of the game? They are businessmen and their decisions will be made from that perspective, however they try and dress it up in public. The father wants to gain kudos back home for being the owner of a Premier League club, and the boost his brand will gain from the association. He's obviously becoming anxious and impatient that all the money he has thrown at it have so far achieved nothing in his eyes. Obviously as loyal fans our perspective is completely different, and our experience of Football in the Championship and English Football in general is much greater and has no motive, but the Thais are hell bent on achieving their goal this season and there is quite obviously little margin for error. Whilst as fans we wont agree it is the reality of the situation.
Happy Fox Posted 30 September 2012 Author Posted 30 September 2012 I agree, but did you seriously think that they were only pouring their money into the club for the fans or the love of the game? They are businessmen and their decisions will be made from that perspective, however they try and dress it up in public. The father wants to gain kudos back home for being the owner of a Premier League club, and the boost his brand will gain from the association. He's obviously becoming anxious and impatient that all the money he has thrown at it have so far achieved nothing in his eyes. Obviously as loyal fans our perspective is completely different, and our experience of Football in the Championship and English Football in general is much greater and has no motive, but the Thais are hell bent on achieving their goal this season and there is quite obviously little margin for error. Whilst as fans we wont agree it is the reality of the situation. So basically in other words Vichai wants Harry Redknapp as he thinks he can deliver the title as opposed to NP,and when we reach the prem wants us to challenge for Europe? Seems a bit dreamy and far fetched but if they have the money and all the indications so far this season is we are cutting back due to FFP, then why do they think we could attract Redknapp, I guess the question I ask is would Redknapp be interested in us?
crisp packet Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Can we just support nige and our team and put all these stupid story's to bed !!! Sing the guys name ? start filling the stadium and make it the fortress it has been so far this season .... We can and will make a difference on this ?
Poznan34 Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 No more Leicester for me if it happens! That's how I feel.
Jace Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Hi there You sound a pleasant chap. Jolly nice ot meet you. Enjoy slaggind people off for no reason eh? Sounds fun and fair. So if you were perfeorming above average in your job and your boss sacked you for someone who used to be good you'd be happy eh? The reason people are angry at the suggestions (apart from the fact that Pearson is a great manager) is that there appears ot be very little dignity in football these days and getting rid of a great young manager who has us near top of the league would just make us a laughing stock and I would be embarrassed to be a supporter. Of course I would still support Leicester but I would be angry. Unless you like to see honest men f@cked over? Anyway, I hope it is all b0llocks anyway. In Pearson we trust!!! Come on leicester!!!! RumbleFox has not commented on this forum yet this season as he has been horrified by the knee jerk reactions but he feels it's time to return soon!! It's Ok ladies, calm down. There's enough of me to go round. Actually there isn't. Nowhwere near. I'm hung like a newt. Bye all. X Classic Rumble!
Mack Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 So basically in other words Vichai wants Harry Redknapp as he thinks he can deliver the title as opposed to NP,and when we reach the prem wants us to challenge for Europe? Seems a bit dreamy and far fetched but if they have the money and all the indications so far this season is we are cutting back due to FFP, then why do they think we could attract Redknapp, I guess the question I ask is would Redknapp be interested in us? Who knows mate? The dreamy and far fetched rings true with our owners though given the Sven saga. Maybe it's Pearson rather than the owners that has put a stop to the big spending, or maybe the owners dont want to give him lots of money whilst with someone else they would back them with more finance?
davieG Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 I agree, but did you seriously think that they were only pouring their money into the club for the fans or the love of the game? They are businessmen and their decisions will be made from that perspective, however they try and dress it up in public. The father wants to gain kudos back home for being the owner of a Premier League club, and the boost his brand will gain from the association. He's obviously becoming anxious and impatient that all the money he has thrown at it have so far achieved nothing in his eyes. Obviously as loyal fans our perspective is completely different, and our experience of Football in the Championship and English Football in general is much greater and has no motive, but the Thais are hell bent on achieving their goal this season and there is quite obviously little margin for error. Whilst as fans we wont agree it is the reality of the situation. Well if he wants to reach the PL then he should read want I've said because I don't mention the fans all I've said is that people like Harry Redknapp wont guarantee him the PL anymore than Pearson and I have no qualms in saying that's a fact and if he can't see that then he is stupid. All it will guarantee him is more media coverage and with Redknapp it isn't always good stuff, if that's what he's after then ok go for Redknapp.
mhs123 Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 as good of a manager he is we must remember we have a very good young english manager and we should licking our lips at the potential we have at our club
MooseBreath Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Some stupid things being said about our owners now in this thread. The appointment of sven dreamy and far fetched? In hindsight maybe, but at the time, stfu. Pearson not spending available money. Somehow I can't see that, and besides, if our owners want to buy players and if they are this dreamy, clueless force, they would just buy the players themselves. Pearson can't stop the owners from spending money. I wonder if vichai was a Richard and top was a tony, would they still have to suffer people assuming they are idiots
Steve Agnew Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Much as I love Harry it would be verging on insane to sack a manager on a winning run. Its clear that the owners may have sounded him out a few weeks ago, but I think the story is dead. Its comedy value is great though, with Jason Scotland in the mix!
Swarles Barkley Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 I can GUARANTEE if pearson continues the way he is doing he cannot possibly be sacked. Put some trust in our owners guys, they must have common sense being where they are today. In pearson we trust
Happy Fox Posted 30 September 2012 Author Posted 30 September 2012 Maybe the Thais have been taking advice from Mandy he sacked Gary Smegson despite the fact they were 3rd in league one in touching distance of automatic promotion and they appointed Dave Jones and he completed the job maybe they are thinking the same rational, well I guess we have made progress in the sense from last season if we are sacking NP despite being one point from 1st place as opposed to Sven who was sacked for being 2 points of the playoffs .
Thracian Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 The story makes no sense to me. Didn't Redknapp's wife express concern about the England job because of her husband's health and if so why would he back off from managing England and turn instead towards managing a Championship club 170-odd miles from his long-established home by the coast? And that's only from Rednapp's side of it. The other side is that we have our best team in ages, we're playing attractive football home and away, we're scoring goals, we're winning games and we're one point off the leadership having arguably deserved several more points along the way. Yes, some might have concerns about Pearson's ability to handle difficult people but that doesn't make him wrong. It means he wants to choose the characters he wants to work with and, not for the first time, it seems to be working. As for handling the media and lifting our public profile would it really be impossible for Pearson to work with someone else on that score or could he really not learn what is required given that he's spoken off as a witty and articulate companion by those who know him? If the Thais are smarting from wasting their money on Beckford they should consider the point I made last night which is that Beckford has won damn all for any club above League One level in 10 years as a player...and not much even at a lower level whereas Pearson's record is quite impressive especially given the club's he's been at. Pearson's also had to get rid of the dross which Sven and others left behind, signings the owners mistakenly condoned and financed before having to bale out from what was a clearly unachieving situation. The Thais should learn from their experience - as we all have to at times - and be patient. I like to think they're showing some character by failing to give Redknapp rumours the dignity of a response. We don't need a new manager - we need 100% backing for the one we've got so long as he maintains his new-found philosophy.
deep blue Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 From the article "Leicester's wealthy Thai owner Vichai Raksriaksorn wants the former Tottenham boss to replace Nigel Pearson after becoming frustrated at the way his £60million investment has failed to deliver Premier League football." This sentence makes no sense at all. The current situation makes it possible to believe only one thing - the Thais have discarded the experiment of throwing money at a promotion attempt in favour of a more sensible, prudent and measured way. And they have the perfect manager to carry out such a remit. If they wanted to give the money-throwing approach another go then the time to get rid of NP was at the end of last season, when Harry became available. Surely there's nothing in this, but I am concerned that it keeps re-emerging (how many times does a body resurface before it finally goes under - 3?). Like several others, my feeling at the moment is that if NP were pushed out again, and Harry appointed, then I would be so ashamed of the club that I would want to have no further part of it, at least while the Thais were still in charge. I also think that it would be a disaster and would badly misfire. Oh, and this opinion I held right at the start of the season and has nothing to do with our current run of results.
MattyFromLE Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 From the article "Leicester's wealthy Thai owner Vichai Raksriaksorn wants the former Tottenham boss to replace Nigel Pearson after becoming frustrated at the way his £60million investment has failed to deliver Premier League football." This sentence makes no sense at all. The current situation makes it possible to believe only one thing - the Thais have discarded the experiment of throwing money at a promotion attempt in favour of a more sensible, prudent and measured way. And they have the perfect manager to carry out such a remit. If they wanted to give the money-throwing approach another go then the time to get rid of NP was at the end of last season, when Harry became available. Surely there's nothing in this, but I am concerned that it keeps re-emerging (how many times does a body resurface before it finally goes under - 3?). Like several others, my feeling at the moment is that if NP were pushed out again, and Harry appointed, then I would be so ashamed of the club that I would want to have no further part of it, at least while the Thais were still in charge. I also think that it would be a disaster and would badly misfire. Oh, and this opinion I held right at the start of the season and has nothing to do with our current run of results. This is spot on, well said!
MooseBreath Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Also if the owners really wanted some marquee manager, why did they bring Pearson back in the first place? They could have easily waited it out with sven until another big name became available. What they actually did was intentionally discard a big name manager in favour of someone who they thought would bring success on the pitch. If all they wanted was a big name for their big brand then going back to Pearson would have been the furthest thing from their minds.
Corky Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Finely poised this rumour is. It won't go away. I still have a feeling Pearson will be gone in the near future. I hope not, but I can't help think he's doomed. I have the same feeling. To keep having these rumours cropping up means there must be some substance, however small.
FrankieADZ Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 didnt another paper a week or so ago link Mr.Redknapp with Ipswich..... a part of me can see us going the same way as Pompey if we get Redknapp in and the way he likes the splash the cash. feel for Pearson, hes doing a decent job and every national newspaper seems to want to unsettle the players/management.
smudger63 Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 No more Leicester for me if it happens! Really!While i see no reason to get rid of Pearson, at the end of the day, i support Leicester City, he just happens to be managing my club at the present. When Pearson eventually leaves here, i wont be supporting which ever team he goes to, i will still support Leicester City!
ian the fox Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 what a crock of shit , the last 3 games we have looked capable of promotion to the prem ,
Webbo Posted 30 September 2012 Posted 30 September 2012 Even if Redknapp wouldn't take the job it doesn't mean the owners haven't sounded him out. Ridiculous to blame journalists for reporting what they've heard.
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