Pearson In/Out

[Guest Col city fan]

I propose we bring in any of the following:

Nigel Atkins

Ron Adkinson

Nick Balmby

Phil Blown

Mark Huges

Paul Jewels

Roy Keen

I think I know football the best.

That post made me laff..

Nigel had done a good job so far, but the inability to combat 5 in midfield will be his downfall. It can't keep happening!!

Secondly, if you need a winger buy a winger. Do not buy a striker to play on the wing. It's not rocket science!

Are you ill?

You're criticising the manager...

[He's not bald]

I've never wanted him here and made no secret of it, didn't like him his arrogant attitude or his tactics even when we won league 1, and when he came back after that prolonged search for a manager I was bitterly disappointed, at least this time when he get's the boot he won't be back!

[VLC86]

I propose we bring in any of the following:

Nigel Atkins

Ron Adkinson

Nick Balmby

Phil Blown

Mark Huges

Paul Jewels

Roy Keen

I think I know football the best.

What about Sven Goran Erecktion

[teblin]

I have always been a Pearson supporter. Though there seems to be something very wrong and I fear for his job. If he does go there are some worrying names being mentioned.

[funkyrobot]

If the approach is sack a manager every time we hit a bad spell then our team will become a joke. Any new manager who comes in will then need to expect the sack if he goes a few games without winning. All of you calling for the sack have been conditioned by the merry go round hire fire approach that we've had at city for the last decade that hasn't worked.

[MattyFromLE]

I see people's frustrations, I was there today and we looked extremely short of confidence, didn't want to fight. There are loads of factors that could be doing this.

1 - Pearson should have by now realised that we have to be tougher, soon as teams pack the midfielder we haven't got an answer. We needed somebody today to put a boot in and take the game by the balls.

2 - Our lack of creativity, and desire i think can be put down to confidence. What doesn't help, is that when someone tries to pull something off with a ambitious pass or cross - if it doesn't come off 15,000+ urghs, groans and explicits arise from the stands.

3 - The final third. We looked clueless. Wood's a tall chap, doesn't mean he's good in the air, Nugent is a short lad, quick and works hard. So we boot it long to both of them.

I don't think these stem from Pearson, at least not entirely. January we played with flair, and confidence. We've not been the same since Huddersfield. Not for a second do I think Pearson has told them to play differently.

[Guest Col city fan]

Definitely Pearson out!

City keep fookin me up in the 'Foxes Talk Predictor'...

[woddyuk]

Lmao He'll be sacked. The thai's arent here for a play off place.

Will be lucky to maintain a playoff place on this form.. Can someone call in some formula1 mechanics to put the wheels back on the bus, because they appear to have fallen off since mid February

[MattyFromLE]

If the approach is sack a manager every time we hit a bad spell then our team will become a joke. Any new manager who comes in will then need to expect the sack if he goes a few games without winning. All of you calling for the sack have been conditioned by the merry go round hire fire approach that we've had at city for the last decade that hasn't worked.

This is an excellent point. Why people think this is the answer baffles me.

[Rusko187]

I didnt go to the game today lads but since Middlesborough home we've been bang out form and have just been lucky with results. He should see out the season... if he fails to achieve play-offs than perhaps it's time.

[Kitchandro]

If the approach is sack a manager every time we hit a bad spell then our team will become a joke. Any new manager who comes in will then need to expect the sack if he goes a few games without winning. All of you calling for the sack have been conditioned by the merry go round hire fire approach that we've had at city for the last decade that hasn't worked.

That's exactly it. Sackings happen so often now that people just jump to that answer every time things aren't going well. They're brainwashed into thinking that's the way things should be done.

Some people need to grow a pair and stop uncontrollably sobbing in the corner and throwing their toys out the pram when they don't get everything they want.

They need to man up and understand life is filled with disappointment and things not going to plan sometimes. Before we've even fvcked the season up (and make no mistake, the season is not done with yet, we're still in a play-off place) they're turning on their team and manager. In fact they were doing it in September, and ended up with egg on their faces then. But no, they don't learn.

We're supported by spoilt brats.

[kingfox]

Steve McClaren come on down.

[Master Fox]

It can be so depressing supporting Leicester with such a large moronic fan base. I agree Pearson comes across as a penis sometimes, but he's done alright in a short time here. Shut up and support the team and stop moaning.

[orangecity23]

Reasons not to sack Pearson? The main one is that if the last 10 years has shown us anything, it is that we, as a club, are absolutely, completely, terribly awful at picking new managers. The only success we've had at all, is hiring Pearson the first time. The second Pearson run is not going brilliantly at the minute, but is still in with a chance of promotion.

If we get a new manager, they have very little training time with the players, with games coming thick and fast at this time of year. They have no chance to buy players. They have a dressing room where at least some of the players will be very disappointed to see Pearson go. Even a good manager would have to do very well to take over in those circumstances.

Probability is, we'd get a shithouse like Roy Keane. We'd spend a million compensating Pearson. We'd **** up the rest of this season. We'd spend loads of money in the summer, whilst booting out the better players in our squad to mold it in the new managers shit hoofball image. We'd start the season poorly. We'd do badly, then sack the new manager between 5-10 games in. Then we'd get in another manager, and waste more money. Repeating the same shite mistakes and shite reactionary planning that has made the last decade so shit in general.

I don't want Pearson sacked. If you were going to sack him, it should be done at the end of the season, so the new manager has the summer break to prepare properly. The new manager should have a similar playing style to our current style, to ensure a smooth transition and progression. That is how Swansea have progressed. I have zero faith in us being able to do it properly, and we'd muff it up. In this case, probability sides with sticking being better than twisting.

[Harry - LCFC]

As a side note, how do people post during the game?

How do you have the time to avert your eyes from the match and think of something to write in frustration? Do you actually support Leicester City?

If you weren't at the game I suppose I could let you off but if you decided it would be a good idea to post while at a football match then please don't bother turning up again.

[Spiritwalker]

Nigel had done a good job so far, but the inability to combat 5 in midfield will be his downfall. It can't keep happening!!

Secondly, if you need a winger buy a winger. Do not buy a striker to play on the wing. It's not rocket science!

With both our first choice wide men in poor form, I along with others posted that this was the main area that

needed strengthening. Nothing was done and now we are paying the price.

[ealingfox]

Have to remind myself that I didn't expect promotion before the season started. It will be very, very difficult to stomach dropping out of the mix altogether if we do, but I would still be prepared to give NP another season.

[ScouseFox]

He's tactically inept. An oaf. That's always been obvious. We score early and we win. We don't score early and we are completely fúcked because Nigel doesn't have a clue what to do to change a game. Always been the same.

[inckley fox]

Errr, Sven? Spent millions more and barely touched the top 6.

It's not about resources otherwise Watford, Palace and Brighton would be mid-table.

As usual our short-sighted idiot minority want us to get rid after a bad run of form. Probably should point out that it's such a bad run, he was the last manager of the month. You weren't calling for him to be sacked back then were you? We'll end up a laughing stock like Forest or Blackburn on that basis.

It's always easy to look backwards. I remember people saying, with regard to Taylor, 'you weren't calling for us to fire him when we were top this time last year... you weren't calling for him to go when we beat Liverpool six months ago...' Equally under Sven people referred back to the Derby game, under Levein they looked to the Sheffield United win and the Spurs victory in the Cup.

What doesn't help is the abuse reserved for people who don't share your opinion. Idiots? We are on our worst run of form since December-January 2011/12, when Pearson was trying to dismantle the house that Sven built.

On balance he has had a mixed time since returning. The target was promotion last season and he inherited the most expensive team in this division, some of which he still benefits from. He didn't manage it. But this is his team, assembled at a cost of approximately 6.5m, and the target of automatic promotion is increasingly out of our grasp. What worries me more is that his refusal to accept criticism has lapsed into a refusal to learn from it.

Morgan seemed to acknowledge that sides had figured out how to play against us, but he also said 'we play our normal game every week'. To me that hints at a lack of forethought and adaptability on the part of the manager. Add that to Pearson's permanent refusal to seriously question a side that looks extremely poor, and I believe there is a case against him.

Pearson out? Not yet. Pearson doing a fine job? See previous answer.

If the approach is sack a manager every time we hit a bad spell then our team will become a joke. Any new manager who comes in will then need to expect the sack if he goes a few games without winning. All of you calling for the sack have been conditioned by the merry go round hire fire approach that we've had at city for the last decade that hasn't worked.

If that were the approach we'd have sacked Sven three times and Pearson five times.

[Johnny Cash]

Pearson tactics are awful. One way of playing and thats it!

Best player left on the bench then dumped out wide where he is ineffective.

Target man on the wing?

Get this fool out of the club.

[iancognito]

If he was going to go, the best option to replace him went back to our kissing cousins up the A46. Adkins is the only reasonable name on the list, the rest of them - especially Roy Keane - I'd rather drive rusty nails through my toes than watch their teams.

[inckley fox]

I see people's frustrations, I was there today and we looked extremely short of confidence, didn't want to fight. There are loads of factors that could be doing this.

1 - Pearson should have by now realised that we have to be tougher, soon as teams pack the midfielder we haven't got an answer. We needed somebody today to put a boot in and take the game by the balls.

2 - Our lack of creativity, and desire i think can be put down to confidence. What doesn't help, is that when someone tries to pull something off with a ambitious pass or cross - if it doesn't come off 15,000+ urghs, groans and explicits arise from the stands.

3 - The final third. We looked clueless. Wood's a tall chap, doesn't mean he's good in the air, Nugent is a short lad, quick and works hard. So we boot it long to both of them.

I don't think these stem from Pearson, at least not entirely. January we played with flair, and confidence. We've not been the same since Huddersfield. Not for a second do I think Pearson has told them to play differently.

It's possible that him not telling us to play differently is the reason for sides so effectively cancelling out our attacking threat.

[iancognito]

If the approach is sack a manager every time we hit a bad spell then our team will become a joke. Any new manager who comes in will then need to expect the sack if he goes a few games without winning. All of you calling for the sack have been conditioned by the merry go round hire fire approach that we've had at city for the last decade that hasn't worked.

THIS. Totally.

[Babylon]

That post made me laff..

Are you ill?

You're criticising the manager...

I have criticised from the very start, I do not go over the top though and defend the ridiculous. If you want to ignore that it's up to you.

[glen parva fox]

Let's all calm down, yes we are all very very disappointed but, let's re-group, get behind the team for the rest of the season and go from there. KEEP THE FAITH