Right this thread is purely based on Leicester fans opinions on Pearson. Not what the media or other teams think of him It completely baffles me people question NP as a manager at our football club. So people still wanting him sacked. Heres some stats about Nigel as Leicester manager. If anyone can argue with what he has done here then they must be deluded. 2008-09 League 1 champions 2009-10 Play offs 2011-12 9th (Took over 1/3 of the way through) 2012-13 play offs 2013-14 Championship champions And this season we have a great chance of staying in the premier league. Something we havent done for 14 years We also owns alot of club records here Longest unbeaten run- 23 games Most away wins in a season- 14 Most home wins in a season- 17 Most points in a season- 102 Most wins in a season- 31 Most consecutive wins- 9 Most consecutive away wins- 5 Most consecutive away games unbeaten- 13 Longest premier league winning run- 4 Least defeats in a season- 4 Fewest away defeats in a season- 3 Most consecutive games scored in- 32 Over all record Games- 286 Wins- 138 Draws- 67 Defeats- 81 And yet some people question him. Completely baffling
He´s done a good job as LC manager there´s no doubt, but I think he´s abit mad like that other madcap Hollowhead sometimes. If we stay up he´s really got to improve things off & on the pitch because we don´t want to be scraping year in year out til we eventually do go down. Portmouth, Charlton, Wigan, Fulham, Wolves but to name a few. Build your team from the back & work your way forward is the way I´d do it, HINT HINT NP.
Holloway is a complete clown. Pearson i think is misunderstood Pearson has backed up everything with results. We made the mistake of letting Pearson go before and we went backwards. Even if we go down we should back Pearson still
I always felt this year would be the hardest for NP and the squad due to experience and if we stay up think we can go to another level. Off the pitch maybe be a bit less controversial but a lot of that is hyped by the media. Also if it's helping on the pitch then who can complain. If we went down I'd keep him when maybe I wouldn't in March as we have at least fought and not gone down with a whimper. He has proved he can cut it at this level now and if we do go down it's because we started a bit too late
Proud - you say you are baffled and some deluded. Hardly an opening for peoples views to be shared. Seems more like a Proud will defend NP thread than an exchange of views. Personally I dont like the guy, but if (when) he keeps us up then it would be madness to sack him.
I have always backed NP. Anyone can look on here or on other Leicester forums on Facebook and wouldn't be able to find a negative comment I have said about him. He was on a hiding to nothing this season. People were calling for his head at the end of last season, saying he would be out of his depth in the Prem. Maybe he is/was at times ,but not many managers come up from The Championship and make the step up in one season. I said at the start of the season, if we we finish 4th from bottom I would consider it to be a successful season....and I still stand by that. I think we will stay up now, purely because of other team's fixtures, but we would have to learn from our mistakes this season and aim to finish mid table next season. We have the right man in charge IMHO and if we can stop all the negativity between ourselves, this team (with the finances behind it) can certainly have a fantastic chance of staying in the Prem for many years to come. Keep supporting the club and enjoy the ride
I like NP but the way we walked the championship last year, if he had added two or three quality signings in the close season,we would not have been bottom of the table for the length of time we have. If it was not for the last seven games this season we would have been a total embarrassment! I have been to every home game this season and have watched at times a bunch of clueless players running around with no i dear what they should be doing, the games were we had no clue how to score playing with no width when we have been crying out for wide players. IMO there are three reasons that have saved NP and they are Cambasso, Albrighton and Huth.
I genuinely think people are deluded when they question him. What the hell do they expect from the manager and our football club? We play very entertaining football the majority of the time. The players play for the shirt and we have a manager who knows what he is doing Nigel's achievements here speak for themselves yet people critise him. What more do you want? Us to storm the Premier League like we did the championship? Us to play everyone off the park and be free scoring? Not to hit any sticky patches? A manager who entertains the media like Holloway? I just dont understand what arguement you can use against Nigel. As i said, im completely baffled This isnt aimed at anyone in particular, just a few people who still moan about the team and the manager
They are entitled to me old mate. We all have different opinions and are free to express them.I wanted him gone a couple of years ago when we slumped - he proved me wrong. After a personal chat with him before a pre season game I formed the opinion that I didnt like him - Shaky was completely different and a really nice guy. We all come from different places and have different targets/aims/desires, and the fact that they may differ to yours doesnt mean that you are right and they are deluded. I would have snatched your hand off for 17th place before the season started and will be well chuffed to stay in the Prem, if we manage to do so. If we succeed then everybody at the club deserve a pat on the back, but as a person, I still wont like him. He probably would feel the same about me, and neither of us will lose sleep about it. Chill mate....
I really rate him. Sure anybody should have been able to get us out of league one but he started to build a good foundation before Sven came in and flashed the cash. Since he has been back he has off loaded the big earners, built a team that convincingly got promoted to the Prem while maintaining a brilliant dressing room. How many teams coming in to the Prem are able to attract 'quality' players. Not many want to take the risk which makes Cambiasso even more of a star in my eyes. Don't forget there was plenty of talk about us not meeting the FFP criteria so again there was that to think about with our transfer policy. Not saying Pearson is responsible but the under 21's superb, U18's the same. The club has come a long way since he has been here. The owners obviously bankroll it all but I don't believe they are so rich they throw money away without having faith in their management team. Led by Pearson. If we go down is it his fault? No. Should he stay if we do? As long as he wants to. If we stay up better players will be interested and I only see us going from strength to strength.
I fully agree Proud. A lot of people were saying at the end of last season, that we only need a couple of players to add to the squad. When I said we needed at least 6 1st team players I was told I was deluded. I think a lot of people, like you said, thought we could just carry on like we did last season. The Premiership is a completely different class, as we have found out. Just as long as we learn from it, if we do, then we could be here for some time yet
Bit of a contradiction there mate (athlough Cambiasso was technically not signed in close season, so I'll let you off on that one!), I assume you mean one or two MORE quality signings. Also crediting those names only is doing a great disservices to the likes of Vardy, Schlupp, Ulloa (who's been getting the goals, no matter what you think of his performances), and Nugent (kind of the reverse of Ulloa!), plus many others at various stages. Where we were in the league for most of the season doesn't matter (unless we were way off target which, realistic, we weren't, otherwise we wouldn't be in with a shout now). It only matters where you finish. We as a club have once again proven that sacking a manager is not necessarily the right solution, just as we did a couple of times in the Championship. An existing manager CAN turn things around when given time. Not sure where you've been watching "clueless players running around with no i dear". I've seen every home and away game either in person or via the magic of the internet, and we've played well in all but a small handful of games (ironically, some of our worst performances have been rewarded with wins!) and we've created tons of chances nearly every game. Don't be blinded by results, our performances always showed that we were capable of pulling off the great escape.
Agree with most you say Proud (though you do sound like his agent haha) He has done some excellent things for this club (and some not so good!!) but it levels out and all in all it has been more positive than negative for sure,
I wouldn't go as far to say deluded, but it does disturb me greatly when people can't see when we're on to a good thing. I think some fans must yearn for the days of Craig Levein and Rob Kelly. Perhaps they're only happy when we're ****e. Perhaps they prefer managers with nice personalities over ability. Perhaps we should give Peter Taylor a call again. His Norman Wisdom impression used to crack everyone up!
So you have seem most games have you? And you think we played well against Stoke,W.brom, sunderland,Man City ( who did not get out of first gear) C.Palace and Hull.all at home. If you think we played well! I am sorry my friend but I think you are the one that is deluded.and Vardy has only started playing well since Albrighton has been in the team (before you say except Man U at home).
Fine margins ... we are not safe yet ... and if we were to go down now there would be room for thinking that our recovery perhaps could have started earlier and there were some games when his team selections were baffling ... but we are where we are and if we can keep it going then absolutely brilliant ... but he's not the messiah Proud (he's just a very naughty boy) ... we need to put it into a bit of perspective ... other clubs have come up and done better than we have this season and with less resources ... still a lot to prove to rank with the legendary managers of the club.... but I like the way things are going and even if we were to go down I would stick by him.
