davieG Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Nigel Pearson: I would go into trenches with my Leicester City players By Leicester Mercury | Posted: April 03, 2014 Nigel Pearson has said he would go into battle with his Leicester City players confident they would stand shoulder to shoulder with him. However, he admits that has not always been the case since his return to the club. City stand on the cusp of promotion to the Premier League, two-and-a-half years after Pearson, pictured, was handed the brief of ending the club's 10-season absence from the top flight. However, the City manager said the squad he inherited did not have the spirit to get the job done and suggested some of them may have even been gunning for him. "If I look back to the squad I inherited, people could very easily talk about the qualities they had," he said. "But I can tell you now, I wouldn't want to go into the trenches with some of them. I would with this lot. The bullet with my name on it might have come from my own trench. "It is all right having good players but they have to be the right sort – they have to have the same goals and, when things get tough, they have to be prepared to keep those values going. "As a group of players, they have matured and we have added experience as well. "You can't build a team overnight. It has taken time to build a squad of players good enough. "We have some quality at this level and I do believe a lot of our players are capable of making the step up when we achieve that. "But we have other qualities. We have decent people who are honest and very supportive of each other. "I don't expect the players to all get on with me. That is not the point. I am the manager. "But as a group, they are very tight and supportive of each other." Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Nigel-Pearson-trenches-Leicester-City-players/story-20904002-detail/story.html#ixzz2xoA9OqSp
Nick Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Interesting read - nothing we didn't suspect but good to hear it from Nigel. Glad he got the opportunity to build his own ethos of football.
Babylon Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Pearson can't manage big names... like Danns, Beckford and Mills.
Dickov22 Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 That's the thing with this group of players we have now. Alan Young mentioned it the other night on the forum- they all love each other! Sounds cheesy but from an outsider looking in it looks true. Great honest bunch of lads who are all desperate to play in the premier league
LanguedocFox Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Very interesting article, because I think it sums up what most of us have seen as fans: here's an intelligent manager with a clear vision of what he wants, and with the intelligence and knowhow to build a team to achieve it. Thankfully, our owners recognise the same qualities in the man.
Westlife Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 I think we need to bear this in mind when we are promoted. It is so difficult in modern football and its additional pressures for 'instant' success to build a team, a club with sustainability and longevity in mind. I feel, even if we struggle next year (in the Premiership, dare I say!), fans, players and the board need to stick with and by Pearson. His attitude, sensibility, rationale thought and determination are so evident in how he operates and manages our, my, beloved club and long may it continue.
Dickov22 Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Exactly right- we will lose games next season, some maybe by a few goals! Got to stick with him though
MrSpaM Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Having Pearson as your drill sgt would be bloody mental!
The Year Of The Fox Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 I could imagine Pearson being a drill sgt. I'd happily follow him in the trenches
Itsthejoeker Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Pearson can't manage big names... like Danns, Beckford and Mills. How on earth he manages with Taylor-Fletcher I'll never know
StanSP Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Further emphasising the strong mental nature of this squad. The togetherness is strong!
Babylon Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 How on earth he manages with Taylor-Fletcher I'll never know I said big name not big frame.
TrentFox Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 That's the thing with this group of players we have now. Alan Young mentioned it the other night on the forum- they all love each other! Sounds cheesy but from an outsider looking in it looks true. Great honest bunch of lads who are all desperate to play in the premier league I don't recall ever seeing a City goal celebrated on the pitch in the way it was against Yeovil. It was as if we'd won the FA Cup. Replicated in the stands, too. Thoroughly enjoying having a group of players who have some sense of occasion when they get to pull on that shirt and walk onto the pitch. Clear that we are responding to it, too. Can't remember the last time I felt such affinity with modern day footballers. Excellent.
MC Prussian Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Quick - somebody pitch the script for "Last Action Hero II - Pearson United" to Hollywood. Pearson can't manage big names... like Danns, Beckford and Mills. He does. He manages them... off.
Darkon84 Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Having Pearson as your drill sgt would be bloody mental! Pearson: How tall you Private Mills? Matt Mills: Sir, 6'3'' Sir! Pearson: 6'3''? I didn't know they stacked shit that high!
Corky Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 Pearson can't manage big names... like Danns, Beckford and Mills. Harsh, those players have got Bolton into the top six of the bottom half.
Grandad. Posted 3 April 2014 Posted 3 April 2014 The majority of you lot will more than likely disagree with me, there are a few similarities between Leicester and Liverpool this season. Top of both leagues, play the best football in each league, youngish managers, not spent an awful amount of money on last seasons squads (compared to others), used minimal number of players, team spirit and chemistry are fantastic and the fans believe in our players and our managers. Brilliant to see.
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