lgfualol Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Have a feeling he will keep this diamond until we get a point or win. Then he will pretend he knows what he is doing and blame the fans
Saxondale Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I've moved from my 'will stay up' position onto the fence. I don't think changing manger helps anything, especially as it's taken the current management ages to get their squad how they want it. All the good work woild be undone in a heartbeat. That said, i don't understand why Pearson is playing such weird systems and is being so stubborn about it. Keep it simple! We will only be successful by going at teams hard and fast. We can't out-ponce teams for 90 minutes. We need to go at them blitzkrieg style.
Guest ttfn Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Have a feeling he will keep this diamond until we get a point or win. Then he will pretend he knows what he is doing and blame the fans More chance of him getting sacked than the diamond turning out to be a tactical masterstroke. And I don't think there's much chance of either. Surely he's not going to go with that for Sunderland.
Guest Col city fan Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 More chance of him getting sacked than the diamond turning out to be a tactical masterstroke. And I don't think there's much chance of either. Surely he's not going to go with that for Sunderland. I thought exactly the same thing against Southampton... playing with no width against that side gave us ZERO outlets. Bizarre decision. Actually, its not rocket science. Watching the home game v Brom, the times Drinky and King looked up to find an outlet, then had to keep the ball because they knew the only outlet was the long ball! It was clear... And then we play the same way the following week. I don't get it. I don't think many do. My mates (season ticket holders who often travel away) are fuming. We set ourselves up with almost no hope of winning. Zero shots on goal..thats Zero is boring and simply not on Nigel...
cjslcfc Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 But I will say he has lost my respect He don't care what others think Well he fvcking well should. Your absolutely right , I don't like the mans belittling stubborn attitude ! Why? Why should he care what others think? Why should he care what some fan behind a keyboard thinks? Why should he care about the thousands of differing opinions fans have on how we should play and who should start?
Dickov22 Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I really think Leicester fans (me included) need to find a bit of middle ground. When we beat Man Utd we're taking about top half finishes, Vardy for England (I'm guilty). Lose a few games and play terribly, and people think we have no chance of survival and want a new manager. Pearson remains calm when we win and when we lose and I think that's a good thing. His tactics have baffled me, but I think he'll get it sorted . Just hope the owners hold their nerve with him.
Spanner73 Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Where's the positive attitude of attack he always spoke about , hanging out for a nil nil draw until 15 mins from time when a 12 million pound striker hits you with a double and that's the difference at this level , you had all summer nigel to address this and you failed !
ScouseFox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I really think Leicester fans (me included) need to find a bit of middle ground. When we beat Man Utd we're taking about top half finishes, Vardy for England (I'm guilty). Lose a few games and play terribly, and people think we have no chance of survival and want a new manager. tbf the team'so performances this season have also massively lacked a middle ground. we went from being the better side vs arsenal, getting a great win at Stoke and beating United in "one of the best games in our history" to now being comfortably the worst side in the league. Opinions were obviously going to go from very high to very low very quickly.
Jace Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 After the Man Utd match I thought it was going to be this type of season Now I think its going to be this type of season
josh_baskin Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Still think we'll stay up even if though like everyone else I hit carried away after the United result.
shailen Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 we look good defensively. No team has been able to tear out defense apart from United. The goals are a problem, maybe we need another striker or centre forward in January, or the ones we have need to find form quickly. However, I do think we will stay up but it is going to be a long, hard season.
Guest ttfn Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 we look good defensively. No team has been able to tear out defense apart from United. The goals are a problem, maybe we need another striker or centre forward in January, or the ones we have need to find form quickly. However, I do think we will stay up but it is going to be a long, hard season. We only look good defensively in games when we don't try to attack. I'd have thought that getting relegated from the Championship with the third best defence in the league would be a lesson in achieving balance - it's no use stopping other teams beating you 5-0 if you don't have the tools to even threaten at scoring 1 or 2 past weaker teams. It's worth re-iterating that our current goal-less run is our worst in 13 years. Even if we didn't concede another goal this season and drew every remaining game 0-0 we'd still probably get relegated.
Dickov22 Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 We don't look good defensively at all. We don't keep clean sheets, and our full backs get ripped to pieces most games
Jacnah Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Ask me at the start of the season, I thought we would stay up. Ask me after the United win, I thought we'd finish mid-table. As for now, I think we'll go down. How many of you have had this rapid opinion shift? and how many will continue to leap from one opinion to another every time things go well or get a little tough for half a dozen games?
DennisNedry Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Before season: Thought we'd be relegated After start to Man Utd win: Thought we'd manage 14th-17th Now: Think we'll be relegated
Callabinho Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Does anyone here, genuinely think that we will beat Sunderland?
StanSP Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Does anyone here, genuinely think that we will beat Sunderland? Yes.
Corky Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 We'll stay up, by hook or by crook. Reckon it will be under another manager though.
ousefox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 We'll be fine once this diamond goes and we play to our strengths. As someone else said, just look how quickly Newcastle got out of their mess. A few good results can get you quite far away from it. West Brom are in a position they shouldn't be in after a lucky win against us. If we got 6 points vs Sunderland and West Brom, which isn't inconceivable with a change of system after a two week break, things will look a lot more rosy. What's happened to me? I'm usually an eternal pessimist with regards to Leicester!
Corky Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 We'll be fine once this diamond goes and we play to our strengths. As someone else said, just look how quickly Newcastle got out of their mess. A few good results can get you quite far away from it. West Brom are in a position they shouldn't be in after a lucky win against us. If we got 6 points vs Sunderland and West Brom, which isn't inconceivable with a change of system after a two week break, things will look a lot more rosy. What's happened to me? I'm usually an eternal pessimist with regards to Leicester! It is
inckley fox Posted 10 November 2014 Posted 10 November 2014 We can stay up and I hope it's with Pearson. That will depend on him taking a long hard look at himself and perhaps finding a motivational edge to his approach. I don't know what that will take - I doubt it's as simple as calling for blood and thunder in interviews or getting back down on the touchline, though neither would do any harm. He sprang a tactical masterstroke on United and since then he's felt the need to spring a new tactical masterstroke every game. The team needs settling, he needs to make sure he doesn't pick fights with his better players, the players need to more than match opponents for effort and he has to figure out what he's been getting wrong for the past 3 seasons in terms of preparing set plays. He has to do all of this and do it soon, because the clock may well be ticking already. We need patience, for now. But it's interesting to see some of the anti-Pearson arguments growing in strength, while some pro-Pearson posters are increasingly falling back on 'he deserves at least a season' / 'he's the best thing that's happened to us in over a decade' / 'if you slate Nige you're disloyal to the club' / 'we can't expect to get a result against x team' / 'sacking the manager mid-season always goes wrong' / 'there are no better alternatives' and a whole variety of similar nonsense. These are the real reasons for keeping him, rather than any emotional heart-on-sleeve crap: He can and should turn it around, because he's a thorough sort of manager and has had some coaching experience at this level, so he might not be as out of his depth as you'd think. He also knows these players better than anyone else. So long as he learns from his mistakes, and changes his approach accordingly he'll be fine. But, equally, the pro-Pearson argument will fail if it's not accepted that (a) he has made some glaring errors for a manager at this level and (b) there could come a point when him leaving the club appears to be in our best interests - and if we do part company, we have to give the new manager a reasonable chance of keeping us up. If the argument is that Pearson is infallible and should be our manager no matter what happens, then it's going to become increasingly hard to take those people seriously.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 10 November 2014 Posted 10 November 2014 Can we stay up? Yes. Will we stay up? Nobody knows. After a step up from the Championship, surely we all expected that players/management would make mistakes this season. It was never going to be a smooth ride.
ousefox Posted 10 November 2014 Posted 10 November 2014 It is It was obviously up too late last night!
Babylon Posted 10 November 2014 Posted 10 November 2014 No we are not, probably the joint worst alongside Burnley. Currently you are both wrong, we are joint third worst.
Clever Fox Posted 10 November 2014 Posted 10 November 2014 I never thought it was going to be an easy ride. But like others I am baffled by Nigels tactics. I think it was Bill shankley famously said you cannot win matches without wingers. While nor 100 % correct it,s not far wrong either. Good wingers who can cross the ball and beat an man provide the space and opportunity for others to score. We,ve got to stick with Mahrez and Albrighton for a while out wide to give us that width. Then I believe things will improve. I believe Nigel deserves our support for the whole season and I still think he will sort it out. But he needs to spend in January. It would also help if Upson was available as he has the experience to guide the others around him.
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