I'm getting a bit worried about your fetish for Pearson and corn rows. If Charlie does post an image of Pearson with a corn rowed bonce you're not going to knock one out are you? Say it ain't so Polly.
It's been quite interesting reading this. It's no secret that Hull fans didn't warm to him (and nor him to you) and the way he left you to re-join us left a sour taste in the mouth of all parties but i'm quite surprised that it's an on-going thing. Nigel wasn't particularly successful in Hull. Yes he helped you back onto your feet following relegation but he didn't do anything he's capable of there so I really am surprised that grudges are being held after two and a half years. We've even played each other 4 times since. Another thing that interests me is the difference between us in regards to his persona. Down in Leicester we love the fact that he's cold hearted, stern and bullish on the outside, but is a very welcoming and polite when you know him. He gives nothing away to the media, in fact, he absolutely detests the media (something that'll no doubt wind him up next season ). You could almost say that character wise (on face-value) he is the exact polar opposite of Steve Bruce. Steve is obviously a bit of a media darling, they love a chat with him because he says it how it is (within reason, i.e. not to offend). The media almost dread a chat with our Nige . Now, is that a bad thing? In my opinion this is where it pretty much sets our fanbases apart because obviously the majority of Hull fans this it is where the majority of Leicester fans think it isn't. Now MO'N was a man who was friendly to the media, much like Bruce is so it's not like we don't care for that persona but it's strange that you don't care for Nigel's character. What was the Hull fan's attitude to him at the time? (Please be honest here and don't let current feelings take over). Thanks for the kind wishes from the majority here though, I'm sure he'll be O.K. but he's recently been talking about whether he enjoys management (because of the high amounts of stress) but he says that he loves working at the club and with the players.
I liked Pearson's character. I'm just still bitter about him leaving - he's a great manager. Even though we've all moved on, I still hold it against him (I detail this in an earlier post). Although, I think BCC's explanation does make sense given what we know now. You think you owners will open up the purse heavy for the Prem? Or will you be conservative?
Not in the premier league they wont. Dont think he will handle the scrutiny AK, if he has got health problems maybe best for him to chuck it.
He did a great job here. We were a mess in 2010 and he soon weeded out the dross and got the basis of our current team in (conveniently forgotten by some of the anti NP fadges and pantomime enthusiasts on here). Rosenior, Chezzy, Koren, Brady, Fryatt etc....all bought with a pittance. He can even be forgiven for Solano and Harper. It's the hardest job in football to turn round a losing demotivated disintegrating side and put together a solid tight winning one on the cheap. Peo and Walsh did that with a minimum of fuss and quickly. Then he realised he was unable to work with our current owners, as did his successor - to his cost.
No fetish. I just like to see the man humiliated, even if it's just fictionalised and digitised. I only knock out to lezzer porn.
I admit, at the time, I professed to quite liking the way he was with the media, although, with hindsight, this was really just because, if he was an awkward sod, then at least he was our awkward sod. The problem was in the manner of his departure, with not a kind word to say. OK, he apparently left because he found the Chairman difficult to work with, but you should still direct some goodwill towards the fans of the club, and he seemingly made a point of not doing this. Makes him a **** in my book.
Job to say, I think Nigel will be backed to whatever extent he wants because they trust that Walshy's scouting network will come up trumps, as it does time and time again. For example, Cardiff paid something like 12m for a player we were ready to bid 500k for. It's not the scrutiny of the job. Personally I think he loves the pressure but doesn't like the limelight, he's started to give more and more responsibility to Shakey both on match days and also in training, you might have noticed that he opts to sit in the stands for the game with Walshy. He said in a recent interview that the job satisfaction comes from seeing others do well. With all due respect, you've only ever experienced the Premier League with people who love the media. It's not all about interviews for a manager, for the most part it's the same as a usual Football League game really. He'll be mad to pack it in. Unless his health takes a sever turn for the worse, he'll be managing in the Premier League next season. Yeah I didn't mean as a club I just meant in terms of league positioning. You finished about 9th and 10th if I remember rightly. Solano was a strange one, he wasn't particularly good on the field but you could tell that he had something about him worthwhile in training. It's the same as players like Gary Taylor-Fletcher. I think his philosophy is that you can build a good team on youth but you can't build a successful one on it. You need to sacrifice talent for experience some times (which he has done a tremendous job of doing here).
From the outside looking in, the Hull fans never really took to him. Why should he thank fans that didn't appreciate him? I wouldn't call him awkward either, quite the opposite. He makes journalists squirm and we find that hilarious.
He was popular enough for most of the time. His ****ing off of our nosey local BBC reporter endeared him to some but upset our flaskers who like a polite and friendly manager who 'shares' his secrets with the listening world. An adult manager who has the courage not to descend into 'footy banter' and who treats the supporters as cogent individuals who will draw their own conclusions from what he is saying (or not saying). In that respect, the polar opposite of someone like Robbie Savage who talks a lot and says **** all.
I wouldn't say we never really took to him. He was popular enough when he was here, but he just didn't reciprocate. For most of us - apart from special people like Reg Blampey - media interviews are the only way supporters get to hear from a manager, so when they come across as aloof and reluctant to converse in the traditional and accepted manner (i.e. polite, friendly and forthcoming) it places a potential barrier between us. There was a bit of a barrier, and it was he who placed it there.
This is what I found interesting because the majority in Leicester don't really care about how he felt the game went or whatever, we only really listen to hear news on things like injuries etc.
He's paid to manage the players, get the best out of them and get the team up the table. We have a mascot 'Roary' who entertains the fans and delights them with his fan-friendly antics. I imagine Leicester have a similar mascot to reassure fans that it's good fun and the club is friendly.
This is what I found interesting because the majority in Leicester don't really care about how he felt the game went or whatever, we only really listen to hear news on things like injuries etc. Really? That's a bit strange. Then again...
There were very few people who didn't support him, except one on here who has a bizarre vendetta against him. Why do you think there was so much disappointment when he left? He wouldn't have been called Judas if he hadn't done well here.
Are you referring to the time he had a pop at Mike White after our defeat away at Brentford in the League Cup? That was fantastic. White gets on my nerves (I suppose they all do – hence why I only listen occasionally) and what really grates, is how they all share certain words, usually naff cringeworthy words: “I was being impish.” Ugh. Anyway, when he had a pop at White, I think it was off-mic. But White came back on air shortly after to explain what had happened. As he explained, White was clearly very close to tears on air. Very close. Leading to White being relegated to covering those tramps from Scunthorpe henceforth. Perhaps, in this case, Pearson was just being impish.
Was unaware of that. I remember him giving David Burns a very hard time on possibly the very first interview he did. Just drawing a line in the sand like.
He was a **** to Burnsie first time out. No excuse for being impolite. It's been passe since that over-rated phoney **** Johnny Rotten was at it with Bill Grundy...
