Why is everybody making plans for Nigel? Well at least now he is staying Leicester's manager, we can surely soon all look forward to another comedy turn.
Well if this doesnt get a ban I dont think anyone should ever get a ban again. please log in to view this image
Nigel Pearson clings on to Leicester City job after night of confusion • Club deny they have parted company with manager • Pearson had been told he had lost his job on Sunday • Pearson plays down touchline drama with McArthur please log in to view this image An extraordinary chain of events at Leicester City on Sunday night culminated in the club issuing a statement to confirm that Nigel Pearson would remain in charge for the game at Arsenal, hours after the manager had been led to believe that he was losing his job. Confusion reigned at the King Power Stadium after reports started to emerge early in the evening that Pearson had been relieved of his duties 24 hours after the 1-0 defeat at home against Crystal Palace – a match in which the Leicester manager had become embroiled in a bizarre touchline incident with James McArthur. It is understood that Pearson thought that he had gone at one point, and other staff at the club also believed that to be the case, only for the 51-year-old to be granted a reprieve later in the day. After four hours of silence, during which the players were totally in the dark as to what was going on, Leicester issued a statement saying that the club “would like to clarify its position relative to its manager” and implied that Pearson’s future had never been in doubt. “Contrary to media speculation on Sunday evening, Nigel remains the club’s first-team manager,” the statement said. “Reports to the contrary are inaccurate and without foundation. Nigel, his staff and the first-team squad are entirely focused on Tuesday night’s trip to Arsenal and our continued efforts to secure our position in the Barclays Premier League.” It was a strange series of events to say the least, almost farcical, and that statement offered little explanation for what had gone on earlier in the day and why it had taken so long to confirm whether Pearson was staying or going. Pearson, make no mistake, had thought his time at the King Power Stadium was up. It is understood that the 51-year-old was summoned to talks on the back of the Palace defeat, which left Leicester anchored to the foot of the table and, following Burnley’s 2-2 draw at home against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, four points adrift of safety. News then started to filter through that Pearson’s second spell in charge at the King Power Stadium had come to an end, with the team’s poor form, allied to that incident with McArthur, in which the manager appeared to have his hands around the Palace midfielder’s neck at one point, prompting the board to decide to make a change. While the McArthur flashpoint is unlikely to bring a Football Association charge, it is the second time in the space of a couple of months that Pearson has got into trouble in his technical area – in December he was fined £10,000 by the governing body and given a one-match ban after an angry verbal exchange with a Leicester supporter – and it is understood that the board took a dim view of the latest indiscretion. For the moment it is unclear whether Pearson has the job until the end of the season or if this is simply a stay of execution. Either way the task of climbing away from the foot of the table looks a thankless one. After facing Arsenal at the Emirates, three of Leicester’s next four league matches see them visit Everton, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. Pearson is due to face the media to preview the Arsenal game on Mondayafternoon, after training a first-team squad that had started to think that they would be coming under new management. It remains to be seen whether he will shed any light on exactly what went on behind closed doors and why it took the club so long to bring clarity to the situation. http://www.theguardian.com/football...r-james-mcarthur-incident?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
No doubt he'll get sacked before long, which leaves him just enough time to continue his descent into total weirdness and be entertaining for us all. I don't share any of the hatred for him I've seen on here.
I dont understand why some of our fans are so obsessed with Pearson. I really dont. He did a very good job, he steadied the ship when we couldve easily suffered successive relegations, made some terrific signings and some less good ones, he took us on a club record run of undefeated away games and then left cos our owner is mental. What's the problem?
**** off and stop wumming. People have posted numerous times the reasons for their contempt of Pearson, if you haven't read the reasons by now you'll never read them, so there's obviously no point repeating them for your benefit.
Dont tell me to **** off silly ****. Who made you in charge of what I do? I'll post on here whenever I want. And I'm not 'wumming' in the slightest. Which part of my post is inaccurate to the point of intending to 'wum'?
I've actually had a very good education. But what has this got to do with FACTS stated about a football manager?
Under the circumstances the appointment of Nigel Pearson was exactly what this club needed at the time. He did indeed steady the ship, he had a decimated squad but still had the likes of Bullard still on the books but some of his treatment of our older players like Barmby and Ashbee was not great. The man has an ego (just ask Mike White at Humberside) and clearly some of our established players didn't fit in with his plans. He left under s a shadow but he arrived in the same style. The only difference is we were the club taking him on. Some of the players brought in have been a god send such as Rosie and Chester, lets not forget that.
I though Rick summed it up quite well... Rick @HullCityLive Not sorry for Pearson. I really rate the job he did at #HCAFC but he's still a massive bellend.
I thought that if he had been sacked it was partly to do with that wrestling match on the touch line, he really is on the verge of being deranged.
Ive probably met him in excess of 100 times. I thought he was alright and couldnt be more different to how he come across in the media. Well that's a ringing endorsement for him. Mike White isnt a massive ****er at all....
I dont understand what you mean, why would me being "dislikeable" mean I have to watch football in Italy? Are you suggesting that because I'm "not liked" that I've been banned from attending football in this country? And I havent been to a game over there for 3 years.
