Alf Bentley Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 I loved NP's comment on why he stayed in the stand when his touchline ban no longer applied: ‘I just decided I would give it another go, no other reason. As I don’t like to conform, I thought I’d do it when I didn’t have to" (Source: Daily Mail) I think some people get him wrong, seeing him as boring, stubborn and possibly not very bright. Contrary he may be, but that can be a good thing; he's also a sharp bloke with a dry sense of humour that creases me up sometimes. You keep them guessing, Nigel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxesAreBlue Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 On the radio he (jokingly) threatened to sit in the commentary box with Stringer & Young! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 I think he seems to be enjoying himself a bit more this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 He'll be called 'Markin' we go to Paris not Paree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpaM Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Does anybody know the real reason he did this? I don't buy this 'I just decided I wanted to' excuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manwell Pablo Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Does anybody know the real reason he did this? I don't buy this 'I just decided I wanted to' excuse. He probably did, it does sort of stick two fingers up at the FA, especially as we won again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 On Fantasy Football this week Calton Palmer said he was without a doubt the best captain he has met in football at Sheffield Wednesday said everything to do with how he managed the players was excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 You also get a much better view of everyone's positioning from the stand. I appreciate rugby is, tactically, a more complex game but their coaches are usually up in the stand or an executive box these days, masterminding things from above. They'll radio down to assistants on the touchline. Don't have a problem with that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Perhaps he came to the view that with him in the stand and Shaky on the touchline between them they got a more rounded view of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentFox Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Perhaps he came to the view that with him in the stand and Shaky on the touchline between them they got a more rounded view of the game The last thing Shakey needs is to get any more rounded !!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose2010 Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 To be honest i think if i was a football manager i would sit in the stand anyway you get a better view and as long as you have a good Assistant i really don't see them problem. I Know they are different sports completely but you would never see a Rugby Union Coach on the touch line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpaM Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 I suppose he would get a decent view of the game, I've just never heard of a manager doing this by choice before. Maybe his white trainers were in the wash and he's embarrassed to be seen without them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitchinFox Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 I think quite a few managers used to spend the first half (or at least the first 15 minutes or so) in the stand. Not really the done thing nowadays, I guess, but I think I'm right in saying that Jim McLean started the trend while at Dundee United. He said it gave him a clearer idea of how the opposition lined up and if his own team was losing its shape early on. With us having the options of playing 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 it might force the opposition to have a couple of different set ups (especially when we're at home)? Pretty sure Wigan, for example, expected us to line up differently to how we actually started. Hence they struggled in the opening half. When they made three quick changes in the second half and brought on Nick Powell they looked more dangerous. Maybe Nige saw this, as we counteracted that by going from 442 to a kind of 433. Just guessing, of course, but Nige probably got value from sitting in the stands against Wigan - and maybe even saw something that he wouldn't have spotted immediately from ground level. Hence he did it again yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svensson Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 I suppose he would get a decent view of the game, I've just never heard of a manager doing this by choice before. Maybe his white trainers were in the wash and he's embarrassed to be seen without them? Fat Sam Allardyce used to do it, the pr@ck used to wear a headset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey54 Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 He's obviously read all the experts(?) on here and decided the only way to get the formation/tactics correct is to watch the game from 'said experts(?) view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 I heard it was so he was on hand to headbutt any booing fans that were nearby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Two games, two wins. Maybe he's gone all soft and superstitious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyB Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Two games, two wins. Maybe he's gone all soft and superstitious? Not so much Pearson himself, but the owners, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 The more players we get rid of the better we get now we get rid of our manager too for matches and we are top of the league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weller in Tights Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 You also get a much better view of everyone's positioning from the stand. I appreciate rugby is, tactically, a more complex game but their coaches are usually up in the stand or an executive box these days, masterminding things from above. They'll radio down to assistants on the touchline. Don't have a problem with that at all. Agreed, never understand how managers get a view of the pattern of play down on the touch line. I sit right at the back, you see much more clearly where the problems are, where space is opening up etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ithuriel Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 If it works, go with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weller in Tights Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 He's obviously read all the experts(?) on here and decided the only way to get the formation/tactics correct is to watch the game from 'said experts(?) view Although your sarcasm is thinly vield, I do think the perspective from the stands is far better than pitch level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry_LCFC Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Is it just a coincidence that our two best performances have been the two games where Pearson has controlled it from a fans perspective high in the stands? I actually think it may be a positive thing for us to have Shakey on the touchline, and Pearson calling the shots from a birdseye perspective. We seem to have been far more tactically spot on and have adapted quicker during the matches against Blackburn and Wigan. Maybe its something he could do not every game, but on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyh Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 do it until we stop winning!! shouldnt change anything whilst we are on a run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 18 September 2013 Share Posted 18 September 2013 Even when he's on the touchline it's Shakey whose doing all the shouting, yeah Nigel should take it easy and put is feet up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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