LCFCtotheprem Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 He has turned it around for us before and he WILL do it again! We give our players time to adjust to the prem such as drinky, so why aren't we giving our manager time to adjust! There are not many other managers available which would either come to lcfc or suit us!
EnglishOxide Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Yup. Incredible the amount of people who have shown their disloyalty to him, and by extension Leicester, these past couple of days.
little Brian Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 lets just hope NP doesn't read crappy websites like foxestalk and facebook
Gary Eatfood Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 lets just hope NP doesn't read crappy websites like foxetalk and facebook Foxetalk is a crap website. Pearson to stay!
little Brian Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 id rather be relegated than look a complete load of shitheads in the eyes of the club
Mark_w Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I completely agree. Yup.Incredible the amount of people who have shown their disloyalty to him, and by extension Leicester, these past couple of days. It's worth adding though that a few who have made it clear they don't like Pearson in the past haven't jumped at the first opportunity to call for his head, 5waller5 off the top of my head deserves some credit. As do a few others I believe.
theessexfox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Interesting to see what the results of a poll would be now. The match ratings results will have one but mainly of those who went to the game..
Burbo17J2 Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I want him to stay... But I have lost all confidence in him now... Bit if he does turn it around I will be the first to admit i was wrong
Guest ttfn Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Interesting to see what the results of a poll would be now. The match ratings results will have one but mainly of those who went to the game.. I'd be interested to know if there is any kind of split in manager popularity between those who go to the away games and those who don't. 1 goal in 6 games (much like 4 clubs in 1 year) says it all about our form on the road. I imagine if you'd been to all of those games you'd be pretty disheartened.
Mark_w Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Interesting to see what the results of a poll would be now. The match ratings results will have one but mainly of those who went to the game.. I don't know if it ruins the player ratings, but I vote for Pearson to stay and nothing else when I haven't attended the game.
Guest ttfn Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I don't know if it ruins the player rating, but I vote for Pearson to stay and nothing else when I haven't attended the game. You sick bastard
Monk Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Ha you just saved me from dragging up the may 2013 'don't sack pearson thread. Nice one.
Number 6 Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I remember a series of poor form where people were calling for his head which was followed by one of the best seasons in my lifetime. He'll sort it.
st albans fox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 if we take as long to turn it around as we did then, we will probably have a great season again next year - in the championship!
Callabinho Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Lose our next two games, and will you think the same? I've never been a Pearson out person, however the post-match comments after Southampton have left me baffled, I've not lost faith, more respect for the bloke, going back to the Burnley game too, claiming we're "a better club in every way" then to go on and lose four in a row? Hard to defend him really in my opinion.
LCFC Rennie Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Lose our next two games, and will you think the same? I will. Two games doesn't really change much does it.
VLC86 Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Far too sensible subject to be on here after a defeat.
Tuna Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Yup. Incredible the amount of people who have shown their disloyalty to him, and by extension Leicester, these past couple of days. Loyalty is overrated. Pearson is a rich man because of this football club.
kingfox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 This is the Premier League not the Championship. He is inexperienced at this level, and so is most of our squad. Even the experienced one's like Konchesky & Nugent are crap. As I said yesterday, give him until Sunderland & QPR if nothing improves he has to go, a manager can only take a team so far, and a more experienced manager could make a difference, Pulis and his playing style isn't everyone's cup of tea, but he turned Stoke into a solid Premier League team, and kept Palace up easily in the end.
AKCJ Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Loyalty is overrated. Pearson is a rich man because of this football club. What the **** is your point? We wouldn't be a Premier League team without him. End of story.
EnglishOxide Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 This is the Premier League not the Championship. He is inexperienced at this level, and so is most of our squad. Even the experienced one's like Konchesky & Nugent are crap. As I said yesterday, give him until Sunderland & QPR if nothing improves he has to go, a manager can only take a team so far, and a more experienced manager could make a difference, Pulis and his playing style isn't everyone's cup of tea, but he turned Stoke into a solid Premier League team, and kept Palace up easily in the end. People were saying the EXACT same thing when he took over the first time round. The exact same thing when we twice got to the Championship play offs. The exact same thing the pre season before we won the Championship title with 100+ points last season. Hey. Let's get Sir Bobby Robson in charge. He's got loads of experience.
inckley fox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 Yup. Incredible the amount of people who have shown their disloyalty to him, and by extension Leicester, these past couple of days. Oh come on, don't confuse loyalty to a manager with loyalty to the club. The people who want Pearson to go, many of which give a significant portion of their income and time to supporting the club like you and I do, do so because they think it's what's best for the club. I look at plenty of posts which prefer to point the finger of blame at the players and absolve the manager. Is that more loyal, in your book? Because to me the criticism of young, inexperienced professionals who have to adapt and adapt quick has the potential to be far more damaging than an attack on a manager who hardly helps himself in the media. In truth, the forum wouldn't be up to much if we were unwilling to consider the flaws of players / management. If those flaws mean that a fan feels a player should be dropped, sold, or a manager hired or fired, then he or she should feel free to say so without being accused of being disloyal to Leicester. Pearson has been a good manager for the club at the end of its worst ever era, though it could be argued that both of his promotions were a case of him 'doing what was expected' of him, rather than the against-all-odds stuff of Little in 1994 or Adams in 2003. But the question now is whether a good second and third tier manager will prove to be the best available survival specialist. There have been plenty of managers who have failed to cut it convincingly at this level (not least the two aforementioned managers). I believe he deserves more time, and I would prefer to see him as a successful top flight City manager than I would Mancini, Pulis, Moyes, Cambiasso etc. But my loyalty is to Leicester City, and if this goes on for much longer than 'the best thing for Leicester City' may no longer be the continued employment of Nigel Pearson. At the moment, it is.
kingfox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 People were saying the EXACT same thing when he took over the first time round. The exact same thing when we twice got to the Championship play offs. The exact same thing the pre season before we won the Championship title with 100+ points last season. Hey. Let's get Sir Bobby Robson in charge. He's got loads of experience. Pearson has done wonders for this football club, but as I said he might of taken us as far as he can. If we were losing but playing well, and he sticked with one or two formations, then I'm sure more fans would be optimistic that he could get us out of this losing run. But it's the fact he keeps changing the team, and the way he is setting us out is the most frustrating & bizarre thing. How long can we give him and some of our players time to adapt, they could improve quickly, but then we might look shit until Christmas say. Pick up points from Sunderland & QPR then he deserves to stay, lose both then like it or not regardless of what he has done for us, football is a results business & it wouldn't be a surprise to see him get the boot.
inckley fox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 What the **** is your point? We wouldn't be a Premier League team without him. End of story. I think this is probably true, but back in October and November we were a very attractive proposition and O'Neill's head was briefly turned. It's not inconceivable that another manager could have achieved success at the club within a three year timescale. I mean, we were expecting success within a one or two year timescale at the time, which is why the sacking of Sven seemed to make sense. When you look at the managers who have achieved promotion since then - Redknapp, Dyche, Adkins, McDermott, Warnock, Mackay, Bruce, Holloway - it seems to me that (a) not every manager who wins promotion is the sort of manager you'd expect to be a good bet for promotion and (b) in November 2011, and then again in May 2012, August 2012, April 2013, May 2013 when questions were asked of Pearson, we could quite easily have contracted some of those names listed above, or managers of a similar calibre. Not that I'd have wanted to - but I hope you see my point, that unlikely managers - the likes of which we could have employed at various junctures - achieve the same things that Pearson has achieved. The truth is that Leicester were favourites for promotion in Pearson's first half season, then in his second and in his third, when he finally achieved his primary objective. This wasn't an against-the-odds promotion, and neither was the previous one from League One. These were still great achievements, but we have to be careful not to kid ourselves that they couldn't have been achieved on a similar timescale with other managers. And beyond that, it's important to remember that Southampton wouldn't be a Premier League club without Adkins, or Newcastle without Hughton, or West Brom without Di Matteo, or Sunderland without Keane, or Palace without Holloway. Being a great manager in the second tier is no guarantee of being a survival specialist in the top flight. I'm guessing that that was his point! Either way, on balance, I'd contest that Pearson should stay, for the near future at least.
theessexfox Posted 9 November 2014 Posted 9 November 2014 I think this is probably true, but back in October and November we were a very attractive proposition and O'Neill's head was briefly turned. It's not inconceivable that another manager could have achieved success at the club within a three year timescale. I mean, we were expecting success within a one or two year timescale at the time, which is why the sacking of Sven seemed to make sense. When you look at the managers who have achieved promotion since then - Redknapp, Dyche, Adkins, McDermott, Warnock, Mackay, Bruce, Holloway - it seems to me that (a) not every manager who wins promotion is the sort of manager you'd expect to be a good bet for promotion and (b) in November 2011, and then again in May 2012, August 2012, April 2013, May 2013 when questions were asked of Pearson, we could quite easily have contracted some of those names listed above, or managers of a similar calibre. Not that I'd have wanted to - but I hope you see my point, that unlikely managers - the likes of which we could have employed at various junctures - achieve the same things that Pearson has achieved. The truth is that Leicester were favourites for promotion in Pearson's first half season, then in his second and in his third, when he finally achieved his primary objective. This wasn't an against-the-odds promotion, and neither was the previous one from League One. These were still great achievements, but we have to be careful not to kid ourselves that they couldn't have been achieved on a similar timescale with other managers. And beyond that, it's important to remember that Southampton wouldn't be a Premier League club without Adkins, or Newcastle without Hughton, or West Brom without Di Matteo, or Sunderland without Keane, or Palace without Holloway. Being a great manager in the second tier is no guarantee of being a survival specialist in the top flight. I'm guessing that that was his point! Either way, on balance, I'd contest that Pearson should stay, for the near future at least. I think they would. I don't know if it ruins the player ratings, but I vote for Pearson to stay and nothing else when I haven't attended the game. So do I
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