Bristol City supporters deliver home truths to Nigel Pearson as he walks off after Barnsley loss Robins manager commented after the game on his departure from the pitch at the final whistle that included some angry words from several away fans. Bristol City supporters delivered some straight opinions to manager Nigel Pearson as he walked off the pitch at Oakwell on Tuesday evening, after his side had lost 2-0 to Barnsley. A disappointing performance against the third-from-bottom Tykes led to plenty of irate comments on social media following the game, and also at the stadium from the away end. Two Robins fans even caught the attention of the manager who left the pitch at the end of the game, and stood steely faced, listening to the comments thrown his way. The 58-year-old manager was asked about the exchange following the match and, perhaps all the better for some cooling-off time, Pearson came down on the side of the supporters, agreeing that what they had witnessed was unacceptable. “As I came off there were some fellas there letting me know exactly what they thought,” explained Pearson of the post-match incident. “And I can’t disagree with them. They follow us in big numbers and spend a lot of money in supporting us. “We should give them a better performance than that,” he added. A 380-mile round trip for the visiting supporters was ruined by two soft goals conceded from corners as the home side made it just one loss in their last six matches, with Reading two points away and safety certainly a realistic aim for the South Yorkshire side. And it means that Bristol City were unable to build on any momentum gained from the late win at Blackburn Rovers on the weekend. Indeed, City have still not yet managed to win two league games in succession this season. Although injuries have been fewer than in the last campaign, and the Robins are scoring more goals and creating good chances, fans remain infuriated about the inability to defend, with only two Championship sides conceding more goals. The West Country outfit are likely safe from the drop for this year and can almost think about building for next season. But a grinding halt of winless matches in these last eight fixtures cannot be allowed to happen. If the campaign fizzles out, then many feel that next year will be a continuing struggle too, when Pearson needs to build and take the club yet further forward. Frustrations boiled over at Barnsley and mirrored some booing and chants heard from the awaFrustrations y section at the Hawthorns earlier this season, when City lost 3-0 to the team they face next at Ashton Gate on the weekend. The bigger picture, of course, is that this is a three-year build and patience is needed. The home form has been corrected and there are goals in this side. But unless things are improved at the back then Pearson will find himself under increasing pressure, with the manager having also upset the owning Lansdown family earlier this campaign with badly timed comments in the run-up to City’s flagpole Ashton Gate Eight event. “We have good intentions but unfortunately we just don’t perform well enough at times,” said Pearson to the club media channels of his team’s 12th away loss of the league campaign. “That remains our Achilles heel, so we’ve put in a performance that doesn’t match our intentions. “And doesn’t match our previous performance that included a lot of grit and resilience,” said Pearson. Those comments have sadly been repeated too often this season. If Pearson wants to find success and remain in the West Country then he must start showing more progress, with a dreadful record of 30 losses in 54 games on his back, and more supporters there after each defeat, too. https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/...-to-nigel-pearson-after-barnsley-loss-3613117
A defeat is one thing, but the manner of this one, and the opposition is just not going to cut it in the eyes of the fans.
dont worry about that, its what we do that counts .... oh, JUST CHECKED we would be 19th and just 4pts above Reading .. good job others are not doing so well !!!
The stress on us all is starting to tell and let's all be hones here we all expected considerably better than this. How nice it would be to go into a season with hope and belief in our minds but bluntly I don't expect much next time out.
We are almost certain to be safe this season, we need major investment, massive clear out of clueless players, Lansdown will have to open his wallet and back Pearson to the hilt, if the support is not there I think Pearson will walk anyway.
Same here Wiz-however i do believe there is a game plan in place for next year. Dan Bentley in a press article said the club were going for it next year.
Going for what? Probably the same, same old. Why is it always next year that we can expect something different?
hopefully Mike Nige can bring his players in and remove the donkeys from the club-those creaming a living.
Name the donkeys that you think NP would want to ship out? Not including those that don't get featured on the team sheet..i.e Palmer
Vyner-Kalas-DeSilva-Martin-Wells-Williams-Baker"best central defender but injury prone" Palmer-Odowda-Bakinson-
So tour answer to one4 is Kalas & Martin. & possibly Desilva, as all the rest are either off the bus completely, or fringe players, apart from Williams who is injury prone. Who to be fair would be one of the first on the team sheet if not for his injury problems.
'Vyner-Kalas-DeSilva-Martin-Wells-Williams-Baker"best central defender but injury prone" Palmer-Odowda-Bakinson' Not sure of contractural agreements but of this lot I'd only keep Kalas. 'Name the donkeys' - What a sh8t squad we have !
Unless we get money from somewhere for signings, it’s all very well saying shift all these players, but how are we going to then bring in better. As I see it we are going to have to try to cash in on our youngsters. We may get some cash from sell ons for Webster, Kelly or Brownhill but we can’t rely on any of them moving, as they may well not. The problem then is we are back to selling our best players, and so the cycle continues.
