‘Let’s play without fear’ - Pearson Friday, April 23rd 2021 Nigel Pearson believes his squad can end the season positively if they can play without fear in their final three games. The City manager wants his players to give their all and show a response in the last matches of the 2020/21 campaign, which start with Sunday’s home fixture versus Luton Town (April 25th, 1pm KO). Pearson told Robins TV: “I would like to see a response in terms of how we go about playing those games for 95 minutes each time. We’ve had spells where we’ve done okay and then the other night it was a bit of an Achilles heel for us in terms of conceding goals, allowing other teams to dominate us and that remains a real frustration. “I’m not suggesting some players aren’t trying but we have a situation where we’re not doing enough and that’s not an easy thing to admit.” He added: “This season is about finishing so we feel positive about ourselves and at the moment we can’t do that because of our form but also performances are just not what we want.” To raise those performances Pearson stressed his squad must show “pride” and “self-esteem” as they look to show a response to supporters. “It remains a frustration for everybody and our fans have questioned us, which I fully understand, but what we need to do is respond to that in the right way,” Pearson said. “Words like ‘pride’ come into it, self-esteem and we need to make sure we answer our critics with the right intentions. “I would much rather we fail giving 100% and showing the attributes we’re looking for. At the moment there’s an element of fear, players are fearful of making mistakes and that they will make more mistakes.” Pearson added: “We don’t have a big pack to shuffle at the minute so it will be interesting to see our players respond again. Luton have had a good season but again we talk about the reasons we haven’t done as well as we should be and that’s about us, rather than the other team. We need to maximise what we have and we haven’t done that. For where we aspire to be and where we are there’s a difference which we need to work on and address.” please log in to view this image Picking up results in the short-term is one thing, but Pearson is keen for the side to be a force in the long term. He continued: “I think we all believe we should be achieving more here, we’re not and that’s the reality. There’s no point hiding from the fact we aspire to a be a top-flight club. The foundations are there but we haven’t got the detail of the most important part and that’s playing squad which is capable of producing performances throughout the entirety of the season. “We’ve had a trend of doing okay and then trailing off, so we need to address that. We have to tried to find solutions for the immediate problem and that’s our form and results, but the bigger picture is something different.” City versus Luton Town will be streamed live on Robins TV. The Matchday Show, which costs just £10, starts at 12.30pm. https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/let-s-play-without-fear-pearson/ Video Presentation
We need a win to be sure of Championship football next season. Sure as hell I won't be watching though, the football's dire but listening to that idiot commentator is one thing I can't put myself through ever again.
I'll be watching more in hope than expectation, embarrassingly Luton are 6 points ahead of us, be sure that they will attempt to rough us up in midfield and if we as normal cannot stand up to that challenge I expect us to lose.
Watched every game on tv this season-but I’m not watching anymore that was a **** show against Wycombe. They don’t deserve my time at present.
Pearson can only tell these ****wits so many times-the majority will be gone next season and he will build his team-lets hope he gets the same backing as LJ
Don't forget it was an inherited 'Piss poor squad' put together by the 3 musketeers, Johnson, Ashton and Holden.
What do you know how much I watch? I don't need to watch every kick to work out a good team or not...maybe you do!!!
Yet, those that have come in haven't made an improvement...in fact I'd go as far as saying, we've gone backwards...
4 places below where LJ left us, not bad when you consider 3 months and 1 signing, compared with 4.5 years and 65 signings.
I won’t be watching but I’ll have the Final Score playing in the corner. I’m decorating the bedroom at the moment. Built some shutters for the windows and I’m fixing a ceiling rose in today. Fixed 2 electric sockets into the wall a few weeks ago and a wall mount for the tv. Starting to take shape!!!!!
Then at least I have evidence to call on not just a result and stats. I am still waiting to know who is too blame for our poor results over 3 years, you obviously don't blame the 'decent/capable' squad, so I can only assume that it's 3 managers and an army of coaches?.
