MC Prussian Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Agree with this. I do not by any account, want Pearson gone. That being said it is easy to understand why people do when he talks to the media. I feel like he doesn't make the fans feel involved. But that's not part of his job (profile).
MrSpaM Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Disagree with Kramaric not looking match fit, he was making some really good runs if you actually watched him, problem was he was two steps ahead of the rest of our squad. He looks quality on the ball, our squad needs to learn to play to his strengths and FAST!
SecretPro Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Disagree with Kramaric not looking match fit, he was making some really good runs if you actually watched him, problem was he was two steps ahead of the rest of our squad. He looks quality on the ball, our squad needs to learn to play to his strengths and FAST! This. His off the ball movement was better after 20 minutes than Vardy and Nugent have managed in 23 games. He's also match fit. He was born match fit.
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 This thread is hilarious, always bumped after every time we lose a game. We win - everyone says we will survive, have faith in NP, this thread is a joke etc. We lose - PEARSON OUT NO CLUE NO PREM EXPERIENCE GET PULIS'S SON IN ...... fickle. (for the record i'm pro-Pearson, win or lose)
BigMicky Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Disagree with Kramaric not looking match fit, he was making some really good runs if you actually watched him, problem was he was two steps ahead of the rest of our squad. He looks quality on the ball, our squad needs to learn to play to his strengths and FAST! He played for less than 30 mins. He hasn't played for a few weeks. He won't be premier league match fit.
potter3 Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I cannot help but think what exactly those critical fans expected this season. Did they think that we buy an entirely new team in the summer or that the squad we had could be a greater force in the PL? Surely most of us could only really imagine us surviving - nothing more? Expectations need to be managed. Remember as it stands, survival is still possible. I dunno, judging by the posts on here during the summer half our fans seemed to be expecting a top half finish.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 If you can't see the foundations he is building at the club, irrespective of results at times, then i don't know what you have been watching. We have the youngest most talented squad we have even had, and Nige built it.
Manwell Pablo Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Was a bit a laughable comment. Given they are neither particularly talented or particularly young, we are bottom of the league and there were plenty more players over the age of 25 than under it in Saturdays squad.
Guest Bob Hazels shorts Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I've said it several times since Saturday. It's insinuating nothing I think most people are quite blatant when using it to illustrate it was a poor decision. Knee Jerk Pearson out posters are really annoying however at times like these the other end of the extreme really pisses me off. He clearly got it wrong Saturday, that doesn't mean I want him out, that doesn't mean I think he's a poor manager. But the lengths some people will go to to shield him from ANY criticism is just bizarre. Very well put. I actually think he is very lucky to escape with the level of criticism he gets at the moment. I am a fan and think he has done a very sound job. I was more upset though when Steve Walsh Snr went last time rather than NP himself. Didn't set the world alight with his return, but we can't fault what he did up to the end of last season especially results and the behind the scenes set up. The Srivaddhanaprabha family appear to be model owners and employers and seem to have provided whatever has been requested throughout to a level that has never been seen before. We have had good chairman but haven't parted with their (to quote Martin George) 'families' money. There has been no leaked stories of anything being turned down. Given this it is all Pearson's baby and where we are is down to him, totally. He has rightly enjoyed the plaudits and been rewarded accordingly so a few moans has got to be understandable given that we will possibly loose what we have been without for 10 years often due to losing games played without the simple coherence we had 12 months ago. There have been some daft decisions. I can only think that those ultra pro Pearson regardless have not witnessed success when the club had to scrape it. Different times I know and whilst employed here we do need to vocally support him, but when having a justified groan where else is the finger pointed?
Guest Col city fan Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Was a bit a laughable comment. Given they are neither particularly talented or particularly young, we are bottom of the league and there were plenty more players over the age of 25 than under it in Saturdays squad. Genuine question...continue to stick with your 4-4-2 (4-4-1-1) or get three in the middle for the difficult run of games?
ADK Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Was there an O'Neil out crowd when he was manager? I suppose there were no forums back then.
Spanner73 Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Guess what quote there was tonight in the Mercury Yes it was that one again "I believe in the players and the staff " Yawn yawn yawn !
inckley fox Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Was there an O'Neil out crowd when he was manager? I suppose there were no forums back then. Early on there was, but not after that. There were always moaners but they stopped short of calling for the manager's head. But he was, I'm afraid, a much better and more successful manager than Pearson.
sylofox Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 So no critics after spurs, hull, liverpool, villa and newcastle but a 1-0 loss to stoke they come crawling out again. Fvck off the lot of you wum barsteads.
ADK Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Early on there was, but not after that. There were always moaners but they stopped short of calling for the manager's head. But he was, I'm afraid, a much better and more successful manager than Pearson. Was he? I seem to remember our first season up was in the balance for quite a while. That said, times change and I think the bar is now higher. Or at least the game is different. He certainly wasn't more successful than Pearson when he came here. That said, Pearson is largely backed at the moment.
Webbo Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Was he? I seem to remember our first season up was in the balance for quite a while. That said, times change and I think the bar is now higher. Or at least the game is different. He certainly wasn't more successful than Pearson when he came here. That said, Pearson is largely backed at the moment. MON got us promotion in his first season and won the league cup in his second, without ever being in the bottom 3. He was far more successful than Pearson.
Corky Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 Guess what quote there was tonight in the Mercury Yes it was that one again "I believe in the players and the staff " Yawn yawn yawn ! That one again? Pearson is such a prat. Pulis or Pardew would be out saying how shit we are.
Spanner73 Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I'm tired of the man and his ways Transfer failures Arrogance No concern for our club Attitude towards our supporters And his endless what's the problem ? attitude In a way I sort of wish for our season to be over quickly , then we can sack him and start afresh next season and look to promotion with a new manager at the helm !
The Doctor Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I'm tired of the man and his ways Transfer failures Arrogance No concern for our club Attitude towards our supporters And his endless what's the problem ? attitude He's got more transfers right than wrong in his time here How exactly is he arrogant? This gets tossed around and no one has ever justified this claim Which is why he came back to fix what had been undone by Sven and Sousa Generally friendly unless they abuse him? The bastard, it's almost like he's a human being And where exactly has he shown that attitude? I get the impression you're a bit of a spanner.
Corky Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I'm tired of the man and his ways Transfer failures Arrogance No concern for our club Attitude towards our supporters And his endless what's the problem ? attitude In a way I sort of wish for our season to be over quickly , then we can sack him and start afresh next season and look to promotion with a new manager at the helm ! This arrogance argument comes up a lot with little basis. Can you name me a manager who isn't arrogant? Who doesn't make excuses? No concern for our club? What does that even mean? Attitude towards the supporters is great, he claps them, waves at them, often thanks them in interviews, he told one idiot to fvck off after being abused. Big deal.
MC Prussian Posted 21 January 2015 Posted 21 January 2015 I'm tired of the man and his ways Transfer failures Arrogance No concern for our club Attitude towards our supporters And his endless what's the problem ? attitude In a way I sort of wish for our season to be over quickly , then we can sack him and start afresh next season and look to promotion with a new manager at the helm ! Transfer failures - the majority of transfers in the past have panned out well and we won't be able to judge the man until years after his retirement or departure Arrogance - couldn't care less, the man's paid to do his job and that is to form and lead a football team No concern for our club - how do you know? If he didn't care, why coming back for a second spell? Attitude towards the supporters - he can headbutt thick spastics within the fanbase all day long, for all I care What's the problem - seriously?
inckley fox Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 Was he? I seem to remember our first season up was in the balance for quite a while. That said, times change and I think the bar is now higher. Or at least the game is different. He certainly wasn't more successful than Pearson when he came here. That said, Pearson is largely backed at the moment. Of course he was far more successful than Pearson. He won us promotion instantly and while making a profit on transfers, rather than in two-and-a-half years and at considerable cost, then won the League Cup and got us a top half finish in his first season while never once dipping into the relegation zone. By the time he'd spent the same three-and-a-quarter years that Pearson has spent at the club he'd secured promotion, two top half finishes, was on his way to a third, had won a cup and just narrowly missed out on another, and we'd played in Europe. And what if we count Pearson's previous two seasons, and his play-off season and preceding third tier promotion? Then we'd have to consider what O'Neill managed in just four-and-a-half years, as opposed to Pearson's five-and-a-half. Add another European qualification, another cup and another top half finish to the list of accolades above. And all having made a loss of just three or so million on transfers. We've splashed out a good sixteen million this season alone, and even allowing for inflation it dwarfs O'Neill's net spending over his entire reign. And how is the bar higher? Look at the number of promoted clubs to stay up over the past six seasons (13 out of 18), compared with the six seasons leading up to our promotion in 1996 (10 out of 18). Let's not kid ourselves that the gap between the divisions has widened. I've been consistently behind Pearson but he's not doing the best of jobs this year, not by any measure. And to even consider that Pearson might have been more successful than O'Neill is a bit silly.
Tuna Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 I'm tired of the man and his ways Transfer failures Arrogance No concern for our club Attitude towards our supporters And his endless what's the problem ? attitude In a way I sort of wish for our season to be over quickly , then we can sack him and start afresh next season and look to promotion with a new manager at the helm ! Does the 73 in his username refer to his IQ?
Dan Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 Does the 73 in his username refer to his IQ? I think it refers to the fact he can't even get the 3 and 7 the right way round.
inckley fox Posted 22 January 2015 Posted 22 January 2015 Transfer failures - the majority of transfers in the past have panned out well and we won't be able to judge the man until years after his retirement or departure Arrogance - couldn't care less, the man's paid to do his job and that is to form and lead a football team No concern for our club - how do you know? If he didn't care, why coming back for a second spell? Attitude towards the supporters - he can headbutt thick spastics within the fanbase all day long, for all I care What's the problem - seriously? You say that we can't judge a manager until years after his reign but the sorts of judgements that his employers need to make can't wait that long. And we can see from our current position that the only transfer dealings which really matter at the moment - namely the ones that should have seen us progress from a second tier club to a top tier club - did not achieve the desired effect. The problem is, therefore, that key areas which needed to be strengthened haven't been and, as a consequence, we're bottom and three points adrift, and coming up to a miserable-looking six-game run of matches. It's right that Pearson is questioned, that our summer dealings are queried, and there's no doubt that he has to become a much better manager and fast if we're to stay up. In the context of this, people might look for other clues, might consider whether his behaviour is what you'd expect of a PL manager. How many managers have you seen telling a fan to '**** off and die', regardless of the provocation; or stop speaking to a local radio station because he's fed up of being asked whether his job is at risk? I'm willing to overlook both - I wasn't offended by the fan incident, and I don't think I could put up with Stringer either - but even if we can sympathise with him, it's not typical behaviour for a manager at this level. So I'm not surprised to see fans wondering whether his attitude towards them is a particularly positive one. He talks a lot about negativity but I can't help but wonder whether he's been at the heart of it, at times. It's hard not to when you see limp-wristed, defensive-minded displays in which we make no meaningful attempt to win the game - as against Stoke, or Palace, or Newcastle, or Swansea... He'll defend players who consistently let him down and keep picking them in spite of it costing us points, but he'll criticise and drop his best performer on multiple occasions. He'll appeal to fans and media for positivity, then yell '**** off and die' and stop speaking to them. He has been criticised for lashing out at Burnley, and his own fans, but there's little evidence of him facing up to his own team's shortcomings. And, it's worth remembering, we are bottom of the table. Somebody, preferably Pearson, needs to realise that something is wrong, if only to give us a chance of fixing it.
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