That has to be it. Pearson needs to go.

[TheUltimateWinner]

Thing is it's like the man city game, if we play like we did against Man City and Tottenham today, we'd most likely win our next game, but there's no consistency with our performances and next game we will go back to being kack.

[inckley fox]

'Fine lines' and 'fine margins' apply when an error occurs in isolation, and an error which does not usually occur for the offending individuals. When the same fine margins recur game in game out for thirteen matches, they aren't fine any more.

[Happy Fox]

If we don't beat Hull then sack him that really really is a must win game!!

[Jace]

Maybe he was saving them for Hull?

 

I think so, but for me today was just important for 1 of them to play in. Its like when Cambiasso was dropped for the Burnley match when this bad form started, why rest your best player on the last match before a long international break? Don't get me wrong I have a huge amount of respect for Pearson and what he's done but for me theres only so many times we can say we played well and were unlucky.

[MC Prussian]

2 pts out of 39 that's all you need to know Pearson out.

Personally, I'd rather have Nettle out.

I wish more people would start looking past the manager and acknowledge that you stand or fall as a collective.

Morgan with another clanger and this time, it was Hamer's game to come up with the decisive mistake.

[Mark_w]

I said for the past few days, lose the next two and we need to change Pearson to have much chance of avoiding relegation.

If we are resigned to going down, then keep him. I say once more, if we accept relegation, then keep him..there's no point in changing.

But we've lost today, despite playing better, and if we lose again tomorrow, we need a change. No real City fan could accept a return of 2 points from a possible 42. I say again, no real City fan could, or should, accept that.

If we amass 2 points from 42, that's SHITE!

 

What gives you the right to decide what 'real' Leicester fans should accept? I like to think I'm a real Leicester City fan, and whilst I'll obviously be very disappointed, I'll still want the manager who is getting pretty good performances out of a bang average side (which he was giving little money to improve - his only big money signing has done very well I think), and who has a proven track record of success at the club and who has a brilliant record in the Championship should we end up back there.

[paulsherwood1]

I said for the past few days, lose the next two and we need to change Pearson to have much chance of avoiding relegation.

If we are resigned to going down, then keep him. I say once more, if we accept relegation, then keep him..there's no point in changing.

But we've lost today, despite playing better, and if we lose again tomorrow, we need a change. No real City fan could accept a return of 2 points from a possible 42. I say again, no real City fan could, or should, accept that.

If we amass 2 points from 42, that's SHITE!

Completely agree. Performances mean nothing. Do people think that Man U fans talk about the performance vs leicester now? No. Not important. 2 points from 42 is a total disgrace. Total and utter disgrace.

[sylofox]

I said for the past few days, lose the next two and we need to change Pearson to have much chance of avoiding relegation.

If we are resigned to going down, then keep him. I say once more, if we accept relegation, then keep him..there's no point in changing.

But we've lost today, despite playing better, and if we lose again tomorrow, we need a change. No real City fan could accept a return of 2 points from a possible 42. I say again, no real City fan could, or should, accept that.

If we amass 2 points from 42, that's SHITE!

I do not accept the return we have had but I was ready to say fvck off Col.

We missed our chance to change our manager a few weeks ago.

 

If we are sticking with nige to spend the money he must stay.

I do now think we are building for next season and whatever we think we need to stick with it and build for a stronger future.

Any new man coming in now would panic buy that really could fvck up next season.

[paulsherwood1]

What gives you the right to decide what 'real' Leicester fans should accept? I like to think I'm a real Leicester City fan, and whilst I'll obviously be very disappointed, I'll still want the manager who is getting pretty good performances out of a bang average side (which he was giving little money to improve - his only big money signing has done very well I think), and who has a proven track record of success at the club and who has a brilliant record in the Championship should we end up back there.

I couldn't disagree more. You say we are bang average, well this is a record breaking championship winning team! Seriously! Burnley were bang average and they are above us... Qpr were worse!!!

There should be no praise at all for the performances, because we are getting no points!

[Spanner73]

I'm struggling to back him now , I admit we're still in games and I think that's ehats saved him so far but I always go back to what I stated during the summer and that is , he is ultimately responsible for bringing in the quality we needed ESP up front it's his side and he's seriously underestimated this league , every interview is the same ie I still believe in my players !! He's highly unlikely now to be able to bring in the quality he needs who will come to a side that's bottom of the pile ? Robinson has gone but like I said it's been his responsibility since the summer to bring in what he needed and he's failed I'd pull the plug now to enable someone to bring in what they need if they can in January !!

[nettle]

Personally, I'd rather have Nettle out.

I wish more people would start looking past the manager and acknowledge that you stand or fall as a collective.

Morgan with another clanger and this time, it was Hamer's game to come up with the decisive mistake.

Same old same old you sound like a stuck record mate.

[Guest glasgowfox]

I honestly believe if Pearson was going to be sacked it would have been done at least 2 weeks ago.  The transfer window opens again very shortly as we all know.  To bring a new manager in and expect him to be able to assess players in such a short timescale and then decide where to strengthen and have the time to negotiate deals for new players will take much longer than the time available.  I for one would not sack Pearson.....do we really think that he did not want to bring in more quality than her has?  Nigel Pearson is still imo the best man for the job....regardless if we get relegated or not I think we must stand by him.

[Guest Col city fan]

Same old same old you sound like a stuck record mate.

You could literally write MC's posts every post-match. They are bound to have some random fact about something we did in 1952 and the customary 'Individual errors' comment.

[Guest Col city fan]

What gives you the right to decide what 'real' Leicester fans should accept? I like to think I'm a real Leicester City fan, and whilst I'll obviously be very disappointed, I'll still want the manager who is getting pretty good performances out of a bang average side (which he was giving little money to improve - his only big money signing has done very well I think), and who has a proven track record of success at the club and who has a brilliant record in the Championship should we end up back there.

I'm sorry Mark, you come across as a Nigel fan, rather than a City fan.

If we lose again at Hull, I say again, how can any real LEICESTER CITY fan condone 2 points from 42? That would be embarrassing Mark. Are you not embarassed?

[Stan]

Same old same old you sound like a stuck record mate.

The most ironic post in the history of Foxes Talk.

[foxinsocks]

I do not accept the return we have had but I was ready to say fvck off Col.

We missed our chance to change our manager a few weeks ago.

 

If we are sticking with nige to spend the money he must stay.

I do now think we are building for next season and whatever we think we need to stick with it and build for a stronger future.

Any new man coming in now would panic buy that really could fvck up next season.

IF the owners were thinking of a change then we wouldn't know ... there world be little point in the leaking their intentions in case any move doesn't come off.

Whatever money we may or may not spend in January - the end of season tally will still be heavily dependent on the the squad we have. (e.g. the right buys might add 5 points... ish...). So it is a balance- one the one hand no one can doubt the effort the payers are putting in - and they are playing for nigel... on the other hand can we imagine a manger who could get more out of them? Until now I though that Nigel (despite my moans...) was the best guy to work with the squad... But I see us continuing to make the same mistakes over and over... and I wonder what can be going on at the training ground? (e.g. defending set pieces, zonal marking, no early diagonal balls to ulloa, our own corners and set pieces etc). Meanwhile a safety first approach and a sports pycho to improve concentration etc would be helpful. It has been suggested that Nigel would not take kindly to having external advice - and that's his problem. If he had the interest of the club at heart he would grab it with both hands... So can we imagine a new manager coming in and sorting these problems (some of them going back months)? YES. Nigel lost me last week by starting Ulloa on the bench at west ham - and today he persisted with King. So, on balance, I think a new man could get more from the squad.... but I am at a loss to know who - I hope the owners are getting advice and considering this option...asap

[nettle]

The most ironic post in the history of Foxes Talk.

I don't know what you mean!

[Happy Fox]

What makes people think NP is the best man for the job? I appreciate he has, a record of getting promotion from the championship. However, If we get relegated and it is looking very likely tbh, it is going to take a monumental effort to get promoted at the first time of asking their has to be a collective mentality to achieve that and the required quality I have no doubt that the majority of our first team would acquit themselves well at that level, but just because we won a lot of championship games 2 seasons ago, that is if we are relegated the fact remains that we haven't won many games  this season confidence wise it won't help our cause in the early part of our season we will still have to rebuild our squad.

 

I think someone mentioned the good point that NP is a slow learner he will get the job done in the end but it will take time!

[sylofox]

I think so, but for me today was just important for 1 of them to play in. Its like when Cambiasso was dropped for the Burnley match when this bad form started, why rest your best player on the last match before a long international break? Don't get me wrong I have a huge amount of respect for Pearson and what he's done but for me theres only so many times we can say we played well and were unlucky.

Was he rested or picked up a slight injury.

My big niggle with Nigel is we here fvck all.

Other managers in the past we have known everything now we know nothing under Nige and our owners.

 

As I said a few weeks back has he money to spend in Jan.

I did not expect a figure just a we have some money to spend.

 

I do think Nige needs to be a little more open with the fans then praps fans would accept a little more in times like this.

[Stan]

I don't know what you mean!

Have a read through all of your previous posts, then you might understand.

[inckley fox]

I honestly believe if Pearson was going to be sacked it would have been done at least 2 weeks ago.  The transfer window opens again very shortly as we all know.  To bring a new manager in and expect him to be able to assess players in such a short timescale and then decide where to strengthen and have the time to negotiate deals for new players will take much longer than the time available.  I for one would not sack Pearson.....do we really think that he did not want to bring in more quality than her has?  Nigel Pearson is still imo the best man for the job....regardless if we get relegated or not I think we must stand by him.

 

I don't know how some people are so confident. It's not uncommon for highly-rated managers to take a side down and struggle massively the next season. It's happened to us as well (Wallace, Hamilton, Adams were all thought likely to be the right people to bring us straight back up).

 

If Pearson proves to be as totally out-of-his-depth at this level as he appears right now, then no club with ambitions of sustaining a place in the PL would be wise to keep him. On top of that, he took three attempts to win promotion with a team which were the bookies' favourites for most of that time, and one of the best-resourced clubs in the division. He's unlikely to have that same money to throw at the James, De Laets, Drinkwaters, Morgans and Woods of the world next time around.

 

He has to show evidence of making progress as a manager over the coming months. The board also have to have the long-term development of the club in mind, and what might happen beyond Pearson and relegation, when they sanction transfers this window. If we bring in any seasoned veterans on lofty wages, then they're going to have do a damn good job. Because if they don't, and we have eight players out of contract in the summer and a couple more who are going to be keen to move on, then the scale of the restructuring in June, July and August will be unlike anything we've seen in the past three seasons, especially if we don't exploit this January to give ourselves a head start. And, if we don't take this opportunity and leave all the changes to the summer, then it may well go terribly wrong if the chequebook finds itself in the wrong hands.

 

Pearson had funds and time to build and take up a side which could compete at the highest level. More than Palace did last year, or Burnley and QPR this year. If he gets spectacularly relegated at the end of it we'd be blinkered beyond words not to wonder whether he's the right man to go through it all again.

[nettle]

So I'm not aloud to say anything derogatory about Nigey babe then?

[tickler28]

Because the players don't have the experience, and in some cases the skill, to compete at this level.

The players are playing for Pearson, they clearly haven't given up and lost faith. That alone is reason to keep NP because a new manager would cause turmoil.

This has to be the biggest load of b******s I've ever read in my life....laughable just laughable

[BigMicky]

Im sck of hearing how we are always playing so well, or how the performance was good. Absolute crock. It's about points. We got none. Again.

I'm sick of folk who clearly have no idea about football and obviously not attending games voicing their incorrect opinions based in hear say and radio commentary

[foxinsocks]

I don't know how some people are so confident. It's not uncommon for highly-rated managers to take a side down and struggle massively the next season. It's happened to us as well (Wallace, Hamilton, Adams were all thought likely to be the right people to bring us straight back up).

 

If Pearson proves to be as totally out-of-his-depth at this level as he appears right now, then no club with ambitions of sustaining a place in the PL would be wise to keep him. On top of that, he took three attempts to win promotion with a team which were the bookies' favourites for most of that time, and one of the best-resourced clubs in the division. He's unlikely to have that same money to throw at the James, De Laets, Drinkwaters, Morgans and Woods of the world next time around.

 

He has to show evidence of making progress as a manager over the coming months. The board also have to have the long-term development of the club in mind, and what might happen beyond Pearson and relegation, when they sanction transfers this window. If we bring in any seasoned veterans on lofty wages, then they're going to have do a damn good job. Because if they don't, and we have eight players out of contract in the summer and a couple more who are going to be keen to move on, then the scale of the restructuring in June, July and August will be unlike anything we've seen in the past three seasons, especially if we don't exploit this January to give ourselves a head start. And, if we don't take this opportunity and leave all the changes to the summer, then it may well go terribly wrong if the chequebook finds itself in the wrong hands.

 

Pearson had funds and time to build and take up a side which could compete at the highest level. More than Palace did last year, or Burnley and QPR this year. If he gets spectacularly relegated at the end of it we'd be blinkered beyond words not to wonder whether he's the right man to go through it all again.

Agree - I have come to believe that t a move up to PL is a big step for players but a massive one for Mangers. I think it would be pointless to get repromoted with a manager who had shown he couldn't make the step up - it would show we had learnt nothing.