Everytime I see Pearsons style of football criticised I chuckle, as if we have had many teams that play any better. We aren't ever going to be brilliant unless some Arab pumps in billions to the club but it wont stop people thinking we should be playing like the best Premiership teams
People will always have unrealistic expectations about their team, like everything from potential signings to where they belong in the league standings, that's including City fans as well.
People see Barca and Spain & the like, playing their tippy tappy football and think they can play like that, but if you try play like that in this division you'll eventually come undone. Donny won plaudits under O'Driscoll for playing good football or "the right way", as the pundits believed, but were punished every time they came up against a decent team. But at least they play football in the right way, right?
After last December, we were doing all right away from home, which dragged us up the league into a comfortable mid table position, but it wasn't happening at the KC. However, before that season most said they'd be happy with mid table, what with all the off the field problems. Percy obviously believed we'd do a Newcastle and go straight back up, but with our problems off the field it wasn't going to happen.
At the start of this new season, it was a difficult few weeks at the beginning for the team, after a good pre-season. We did eventually get our act together after some pretty ordinary performances and some bad defeats and started clicking into gear. We were playing well at home and away and the most important thing was we we're also winning. I didn't forsee NP leaving. Most fans were gutted about it hence the outcry on here afterwards- calling him a snake, money grabber etc etc.
Last thing, Pearson lost respect for his dreariness, but our fans were criticising Browny for being too flamboyant in his reign, so our managers can't win, obviously.
