Not at all, quite right he didn’t want to bring in players for the sake of it, to extrapolate from that he didn’t want any players is disingenuous, he wanted quality players, not just fillers.
your right he wanted quality not stocking fillers we had plenty of them -yet clansdowns did not let him have any of the scott+semenyo money. The more you think about it what a stich up it was.
You and Ashton must have been in a meeting with him.......or have you both just made that up...........Not once did he say he was looking to strengthen the squad.....always said he left that to others.........but hey, words to fit the argument
Not my opinion, fact, SL said so himself, prefers to keeping the funds in a “nest egg”. Plus anyone can see we are short of numbers this season, part of the reason both Nige and now Liam are struggling is squad depth, numerically we are lacking with our squad, injuries don’t help, but you have to factor in a certain number of injuries, all clubs have them. Look at the two benches last night, ultimately their better quality bench won them the game.
I’ve already answered that question, any manager offered quality players would take them, what he didn’t want was players for the sake of players, quite right too
exact words are i do not want players coming in that are no better than what i have i would rather go with what i have- i am only interested in players that will improve the squad. not my words Nigels words
Of all the Nige interviews that I watched, healways stressed that he didn't want to bring players for the sake of it... ..in other words he thought he could progress with what he had. did he actually say that?, no he didn’t , it’s your interpretation, which is completely different to mine and I would argue completely opposite to the point he was making.
This is the last report i could find on Nige and his thoughts on additions to the squad, dated 23/08/23 Nigel Pearson outlines Bristol City's transfer position as end of the summer window draws near Taylor Gardner-Hickman and Adam Murphy could be the final signings through the door at Ashton Gate as Bristol City maintain their strict stance over wage expenditure https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/nigel-pearson-bristol-city-transfer-8699279
I believe and he referred a few times that players coming through the academy was key.. Imo he preferred going in that direction rather than the hyped up millions required in the transfer market…I actually respected his actions trying to use the young ones we had..and I often praised him on here for that..
To be fair saying ‘we only want new players who are an improvement on the ones we have’ is standard management spin - GJ used to say it - they all do - when fans expect star signings to arrive in the transfer window. It’s out of the Football Management Handbook of quotes.
