Lots of debate yesterday -also on these pages - regarding the position of Pearson. the players .the club following our latest defeat last Saturday.
Fairly predictable in their direction with the Pearson fans not countenancing any question of his responsibility for our position or even contemplating criticism. This whilst our club is in quite honestly - a mess.
I cannot believe this. If I can give a non football comparison- a school governor has to be 100% committed to a school, give it time.energy and loyalty but remain committed to highlighting problems they perceive in the running of the school and addressing them.
Supporters have the same responsibility- we cannot blindly accept patentl problems in the club and hide behind a cloak of loyalty.
The club is not producing results under Pearson -since that first week - when we won 3-0 and acheived play off position - we have won only 6 of the next 16 league games and plummeted to twelfth in the league -season over. We seem to have a squad with continuing dissension - players banished from squads- or up for loan -or transfer listed - Beckford seems to be latest for the treatment- as predicted.
You cannot run any organisation on fear and aggression and anger- discipline is fine - but once fear exists -there will follow problems.
Somebody mentioned in their comment that players would be "affected" adversely in the event of a management change. What on earth do we think the atmosphere at the club is at the moment....... players prefer going to work in a calm, controlled and constructive training environment with work and banter mixed - not ravaged by anger and argument
The key issue is our owners - we desperately need their continued support and I honestly believe that it will not only be the results which concern them. Twice they have been involved in player issues and it may not be the last.
I honestly feel that it was the wrong appointment at the wrong time and paradoxically feel that Pearson can be successful in a club with limited budgets and even possibly less short term ambition.
I would support either Curbishley - a thoroughly professional manager -of high integrity and acheivement - who I believe would also gel with the owners business culture... or my original choice of Chris Hughton.
Birmingham are on a financial knife edge - currently on transfer ban list - and if promotion not acheived this season -will, I feel be not in a position to retain their assets and manager!
Meanwhile despite being really depressed after going to two losing games last week -I will again be there tomorrow -hoping for a miracle
Mr Pearson - please -can we try football with a smile on its face -
Supporters -- critical friends
posted on 12/3/12
Didnt i read Pearson has won 50% of his games?! a bit harsh to sack a man with that record......we are where we are! play offs? not a chance IMO, strong finish for optimisim next season? a win at Chelsea? i will take that (parden the pun)
posted on 12/3/12
Its been a long and largely high level of debate -started a long time ago........ so maybe I will claim last comment
I don't believe there is any fear factor regarding the owners around the club although everyone is aware of their target.
I believe that Pearson has engendered a fear factor around the squad which is not assisting performance and is also alien to the club
He jumped ship at Hull -accepting the known ambition
of the club and the massive rewards that success would bring. Nothing wrong with that - many, also outside football, gain reward on a success basis - but with the territory comes short shrift with failure.
We owe him nothing in terms of loyalty - its a two way street.
Personally I think the advice the owners had to appoint him was wrong from day one and I honestly draw no comfort from what has happened - I am a fan first.
Anyway -the owners deserve better and I believe they have had poor advice all along
My magic wand to change the world....... thats easy - Chris Hughton as manager - a fantastic man manager, communicates great on the training ground -excellent tactician .....not good in the boardroom or on politics.........so Director of Football -Sven Eriksson -where I would have had him originally - huge rapport with the owners -yes despite sacking- access to every manager in the Premiership and beyond.... any way just a dream ........ but he would come back!!
posted on 12/3/12
Not backwards again, please! We MUST have some stability at this club or we will continue to be a laughing stock for all the other tweams in the Championship who are level or ahead of us in points.
We WILL build a team. We DO NOT have a right to be in the top 6. The players are lacking desire and that is what the manager needs to sort out.
The team that is put out tomorrow evening will be very interesting. I hope that Jeff Schlupp and Liam Moore get a chance to start and show what they can do.
posted on 12/3/12
Whilst the owners are here, I think that we're fine and if they continue to show the desire for Leicester City to succeed that they are at present then I can sleep easy.
Of course, if they walked out tommorow then we'd be in trouble but the signs so far, you look at the long-term investment they've made into the training ground, stadium and are going to do to the academy, are that they're willing to bide a bit more time. I think minimum the end of next season and if we're still a Championship club by then, then I guess we'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it.
posted on 12/3/12
Johngee - if we could genuinely pull that off, you know what, I'd be very tempted to take it!
Sadly, i think the time to do it was before Sven left. It feels like too much water has passed under the bridge since then.
With regards to what you perceive to be poor advice to the owners - who are you suggesting has been giving the poor advice?
posted on 12/3/12
The fact you'd have Sven back in any form ruins your own points, at any level in our Club he failed and was shown the door, his legacy that he left behind was overpaid prima donnas who can't work in a team, panic buys and imbalance.
No wonder it's taking Pearson a bit of time to sort it out, the longer Svan stayed, God forbid he had the mid season transfer window, the worse the season and the Club/Team would have become in the long term, who knows who he'd have brought in after failing to get all his over the top high profile targets, maybe bringing Maradona out of retirement!
Pearson's not perfect by any means but I trust him to forge a good strong team to win promotion, team players who want to play for Leicester City, not just because they've been offered 40K plus a week, remember the type, you'd expect them to bleed blue if cut!
posted on 13/3/12
I reallly know how to kill a thread don't I!
posted on 14/3/12
In your dreams
his legacy that he left behind was overpaid prima donnas who can't work in a team, panic buys and imbalance .........
Who won last night! and your man NIgel pays homage to the quality players in his squad! which are the same as mention you cant have it both ways mate.
posted on 14/3/12
Schmeichel - SGE
St. Ledger - SGE
Bamba - SGE
Morgan - NP
Kennedy - NP
Gallagher - NP
Wellens - NP
Danns - SGE
Dyer - NP
Nugent - SGE
Beckford - SGE
Plus:
Marshall - NP
Schlupp - SGE
Drinkwater - NP
Mills - SGE
Howard - IH (!)
So a good mixture of both there. Sven's signings were actually pretty decent, although his side can fairly be classed as incomplete.
What the list lacks, notably, is a Paulo Sousa signing.
posted on 14/3/12
The players Sven left behind aren't the same one's playing for Pearson now, SSl sorted, Beckford sorted, Mills sorted or out!
I'll give him Shmeichel and Nugent, both class.
Am I mistaken, I thought Schlupp came through the academy and was given his squad number by Sousa?