Got talking with a few of my workmates and one of them pointed out that if we really wanted Pearson we would instantly pay Hull 2M or whatever as Top doesn't seem to have any qualms about spending the cash and we apparently have 10M to spend in the Jan transfer window anyway (tbh I doubt it but is what the tabloids are reporting). Is the reason why he isn't here because we are waiting for a response from another target? I know that it is wishful thinking but Martin O'Neill hasn't given a definite answer either way...
Do you really think we'd make Pearson's position at Hull totally untenable to keep him as a reserve manager to potentially drop our interest in him if a number 1 target decides to sign. It's just a wrangle over Hulls settlement
I can only see one loser here. Hull City. If Pearson goes, they've got instability and change which could be detrimental to their current League position. If Pearson stays, the fans will almost hate him, he will be hacked off as well and will undoubtedly end up going on some form of gardening leave. I personally don't blame the Hull fans and owners being unhappy here. Pearson, it seems, wants out for money alone. I'd love to claim we're massive compared to Hull and in a much better position for success in this division, but neither would be true. Don't get me wrong, if/when he comes I'll be happy, but, unlike when O'Neil could have gone to Leeds United for more money but didn't, I wouldn't trust Pearson 1 jot. As for another name in frame? No chance. This is all about the compensation.
All fair comment. For us, he's already gone, we've no longer any interest in him, other than a mild desire to see him **** it all up.
From 3 un-Connected sources it appears that your No.1 choice is back in the frame and that leaves NP high and dry. If that happens how many Foxes fans will care about NP then eh ? anyone need there gardening doing ? lol
I don't think so, this is all based on how much we are willing to pay for him, but then again ... MON as manager with NP as assistant manager/head coach even i would think that we would be guaranteed promotion.
oh yes we can all see that one happening, NOT. the sheer embarrassment of it and where does that leave shaker and walshie.? i hope you get MON and for sure he would want his own people in. NP = who cares anymore ? not i.
This is your clubs problem though. Get too greedy with compensation and Leicester could walk. Leaving you with Pearson and a problem. Namely you'll all hate him for doing this and he'll be unhappy and all this certainly won't be help to make Hull City a happy place. I think, to be fair, Pearson has dicked on you good a proper. He should have made Leicester make an official approach, which hasn't happened that we know of, and let the club stand firm and it ends there. Why he wants out from Hull, we don't know, but if he was happy he'd still be there and all this wouldn't have happened.
What ever happens now, Pearson will not manage another game for us. Either compensation terms will be agreed, or he'll be made to tend his garden for a few months. Assem Allan decided that the overpaid PL players shouldn't impact on our playing budget, so he took the £4.8m a year for Bullard, Olofinjana and Ghilas out of the playing budget and paid their wages himself. He then sacked one, sent one out on loan and will get rid of the other in January, once he's fit again. In the grand scheme of things, NP's wages are a piss in the ocean and he'll pay him while making his life as miserable as possible, just because he can. It doesn't do to **** with old man Allam, he's a little bonkers, completely loaded and he hates being jerked around.
" Why he wants out from Hull, we don't know, but if he was happy he'd still be there and all this wouldn't have happened.[/QUOTE]. Ah well, I think it is all about being wanted, his suseptibility to flattery and his ego. Sure greed has made him jump at the chance to line his pockets, and anyone else would have done something similar. However what he should have done is ensure that things were tight contractually so it doesn't leave him looking stupid. He may be a coach / manager of merit, but beyond football I think as a bright spark he apperas to be a little dim.
I doubt this though. A football manager forced to stay away from the training ground and football stadium, whist still being paid (ongoing) £500,000 a year would be a bad show. Just think of the press coverage. Just think what would happen if your new manager loses 6 games on the trot. What then? Sack the new man whilst still paying Pearson to sit at home playing with his plumbs. Local press comparing the new man to Pearson, whilst he's still lingering in the background. A situation that eventually would be problematic for sure. What would the owners do if Pearson turned up at the training ground the day after being sent on Gardening leave? Sack him? If so he gets to walk and get another job anyway. You can't make him a slave. Don't get me wrong, as you can see before I sympathise with Hull here, but sending him on indefinite garden leave is untenable and would leave an air of bad blood hanging around the place.
We did this with Phill Brown and unfortunately got Ian Dowie in. If an owner says you are on gardening leave you have to obey the rules if they say you are not allowed near the club or the police will be involved, this is just like any other employee told to stay away from work. As for the air of bad blood, is that not what we have got already? I think that Allam's will grant permission soon as they have to get their new manager in themselves and most of this is posturing.
All that you say is true, my point was just that you shouldn't expect old man Allam to take a common sense approach to this, he doesn't seem to have any.
I'm not sure that the police would be called in the scenario I gave. Gardening leave is not a restraining order. He could argue he's coming to pick up a personal item he'd forgotten. Anyway regardless, this just adds validity to my point. Just think of the press coverage if your owner called the police.... It would be laughable. At some point people in Yorkshire would have to start talking about other things, like football matches and results. Brown's situation was different. He wasn't trying to leave, he just wasn't getting results and your owners panicked. It would be counter productive to force him to stay. Your owners have made their point, and quite rightly so, but they should let him go now with realistic compensation and move on. I just get the feeling the City owners will pull the plug by close of play today. Give themselves the weekend to get on the phone to Billy Davies and settle for this option....
I think you'll find that's precisely what they're trying to do. You're trying to get him back for the same amount we paid you, but under the circumstances, we want a bit more. Seems very fair to me and I remain confused as to why the Thai's are quibbling over £500k, you'd think if they wanted his return, it's a small price to pay.
How much did you pay LCFC for Pearson? I heard it was £675,000. Is this true? If so, why are Hull risking all the aforementioned problems for £500,000 more? As you point out your owner is loaded.
