Nigel Pearson's 'barbed comments' as rival boss claims position under threat despite beating Coventry City
Coventry City opposition verdict from CoventryLive as we tale a look at what Bristol boss Nigel Pearson said in his post-match comments
Nigel Pearson claimed his job could be under threat after delivering a number of pointed remarks towards Bristol City’s hierarchy following his side’s narrow 1-0 victory over Coventry City.
The Robins’ boss – who is second only to Sky Blues’ Mark Robins as the longest serving managers in the Championship – seemed to send a message on his part after he admitted the last two weeks over the international break have been an “irritation” for him with his position being placed under threat.
A defiant Pearson wouldn’t go into specifics but with his contract expiring at the end of the season and no indication of the owner’s plan to extend it, Pearson indicated his job could be under threat with a poor result in midweek against Ipswich Town.
“All I’m trying to do here, along with my staff and us as a whole football operation, is to make our football club more competitive and whether that means we’re a good footballing side, or it means we can scrap against people or, when the chips are down, as it has been for the last two weeks, that we can come out on top in a tight game,” Pearson said. “As far as I’m concerned it’s just a good afternoon for us to come away with three points.
“I can say what I want today and there might be one or two barbed comments from me, and they are, but I’m not bothered because it becomes a situation in which I might be fighting for my job like everybody else is - whether the players are fighting for their place, I might be fighting for my job. I don’t really care what other people think.
“My position’s not been secure, which irritates me,” Pearson added, when asked to expand on his words. “Why don’t you ask somebody above me, for once, see if you can find somebody who’s going to say anything. The last two weeks have been very irritating for me, I’m not exactly in the best situation but I’m fine, and I’ll get better and I’ll honour my contract so we’ll see where it goes.”
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/s.../coventry-city-bristol-nigel-pearson-27958982
When I read this sort of headline and article on another teams press comment I wonder what the hell is up with Steve Lansdown or his PR team, don't we as fans deserve to be made aware of our own managers situation straight from the horses mouth or couldn't he issue a press denial to kill off any rumours if untrue.
We've all been down these tracks before, no need to send us to Coventry, pathetic.
Coventry City opposition verdict from CoventryLive as we tale a look at what Bristol boss Nigel Pearson said in his post-match comments
Nigel Pearson claimed his job could be under threat after delivering a number of pointed remarks towards Bristol City’s hierarchy following his side’s narrow 1-0 victory over Coventry City.
The Robins’ boss – who is second only to Sky Blues’ Mark Robins as the longest serving managers in the Championship – seemed to send a message on his part after he admitted the last two weeks over the international break have been an “irritation” for him with his position being placed under threat.
A defiant Pearson wouldn’t go into specifics but with his contract expiring at the end of the season and no indication of the owner’s plan to extend it, Pearson indicated his job could be under threat with a poor result in midweek against Ipswich Town.
“All I’m trying to do here, along with my staff and us as a whole football operation, is to make our football club more competitive and whether that means we’re a good footballing side, or it means we can scrap against people or, when the chips are down, as it has been for the last two weeks, that we can come out on top in a tight game,” Pearson said. “As far as I’m concerned it’s just a good afternoon for us to come away with three points.
“I can say what I want today and there might be one or two barbed comments from me, and they are, but I’m not bothered because it becomes a situation in which I might be fighting for my job like everybody else is - whether the players are fighting for their place, I might be fighting for my job. I don’t really care what other people think.
“My position’s not been secure, which irritates me,” Pearson added, when asked to expand on his words. “Why don’t you ask somebody above me, for once, see if you can find somebody who’s going to say anything. The last two weeks have been very irritating for me, I’m not exactly in the best situation but I’m fine, and I’ll get better and I’ll honour my contract so we’ll see where it goes.”
https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/s.../coventry-city-bristol-nigel-pearson-27958982
When I read this sort of headline and article on another teams press comment I wonder what the hell is up with Steve Lansdown or his PR team, don't we as fans deserve to be made aware of our own managers situation straight from the horses mouth or couldn't he issue a press denial to kill off any rumours if untrue.
We've all been down these tracks before, no need to send us to Coventry, pathetic.
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