Nigel Pearson's Blue & White Army!
We may also get a few more chances to perve on Matt Oakley's arse also. And could you imagine if NP brought Morrison back? *Drools*
At least in this time if we do get Pearson back we at least had a decent 'keeper... I can still remember Pearson saying he though David Martin was good, and signign Carl Ikeme on loan. Shudder.
But if he had never managed us, then Pearson would be a good signing! It's only because we feel like we're going backwards that he looks less appealing.
Ikeme was one of Sousa's ****ups, wasn't he?
I don't remember David Martin ever being particularly bad, in fact I remember him being quite good for us in League 1 - BBC says 13 clean sheets in 26 games, that's surely nowhere near appalling? There are a lot of keepers who've played for us recently who I'd rank as far worse than him for sure - Kirkland, Ricardo, Ikeme, Warner, Weale and Logan spring to mind.
I watched a lot of games that season. In many of those games where he kept clean sheets I would doubt whether he was tested much if at all.
A lot of people did think he was good though, I imagine often being told I was being a nob for consistently slagging him off. I probably am.
David Martin was appalling
Martin did a good job for us in League One and we had to look for replacements due to injury, mostly short-term loanees. Weale did a good job for us under NP in the Championship.
I don't have any particular qualms over NP's goalkeeping selection, they weren't amazing, but hardly crap either.
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Leicester | 45 | 97 |
2 | Ipswich | 45 | 93 |
3 | Leeds Utd | 45 | 90 |
4 | Southampton | 45 | 84 |
5 | Norwich City | 45 | 73 |
6 | West Brom | 45 | 72 |
7 | Hull City | 45 | 70 |
8 | Middlesbro | 45 | 66 |
9 | Coventry City | 45 | 64 |
10 | Preston | 45 | 63 |
11 | Bristol City | 45 | 62 |
12 | Cardiff City | 45 | 62 |
13 | Swansea City | 45 | 57 |
14 | Watford | 45 | 56 |
15 | Sunderland | 45 | 56 |
16 | Millwall | 45 | 56 |
17 | QPR | 45 | 53 |
18 | Stoke City | 45 | 53 |
19 | Blackburn | 45 | 50 |
20 | Sheffield W | 45 | 50 |
21 | Plymouth | 45 | 48 |
22 | Birmingham | 45 | 47 |
23 | Huddersfield | 45 | 45 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 45 | 24 |