Championship Manager of the Year - Nigel Pearson

[Profondo Rosso]

Well deserved. He didn't win it when we won League One, so glad he finally got the award he deserves this time round.

 

[Jeff]

 

[City Fan]

Genuinely shocked. Well deserved but was convinced either McLaren or Dyche would have won it.

 

[fox58]

Very well deserved

Nice one Nigel

 

[LCFC'sGodWears9]

Great news, thoroughly deserved! Arise Sir Nige!

 

[alex]

Superb.

 

[st albans fox]

This is the LMA award. I assume skybet will have their own award. Hopefully their decision to give dyche the April gong means nige will get the 'big one'. He should !

 

[jb5000]

Good for him, but I would think Dyche deserved it more

 

[Lako42]

Good for him, but I would think Dyche deserved it more

Why?

 

[City Fan]

Why?

They were fourth favourites to go down, just lost their top player, much lower budget than the likes of us and QPR. I would have had no complaints at all if he'd have won it...both Dyche and Pearson have done phenomenal jobs this season.

 

[Hazzman]

Nice to see his peers recognise what he's had to do in order to get us up.

People seemingly forgot the following.

A) We've made a profit on transfers this year.
B) It's very rare that a team goes from losing in the playoffs (particularly in cruel circumstances) to winning the division. Look at how Poyet and Zola dealt with it.
C) It's highly likely that other managers recognise that when joining he had a squad of poor attitudes and high wages. That's a part that opposition fans don't really see. Dyche was able to galvanise his squad this term with the relegation favourites tag and encourage his strikers after the sale of Austin.

If people want to tag Pearson with the high spending line because of Sven's spell, then the same applies to Dyche who took a squad which Eddie Howe built at considerable cost.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Why?

They signed their entire squad for two bob and a conker whereas ours cost more than Manchester City's. The fact that they finished just 9 points behind is nothing less than a miracle.

 

[Blue Maniac]

If people want to tag Pearson with the high spending line because of Sven's spell, then the same applies to Dyche who took a squad which Eddie Howe built at considerable cost.

Yeah. This.

 

[jb5000]

They were fourth favourites to go down, just lost their top player, much lower budget than the likes of us and QPR. I would have had no complaints at all if he'd have won it...both Dyche and Pearson have done phenomenal jobs this season.

That's why. It's more than simply who managed the champions, there'd be no point in the award if it was.

 

[TommyK]

Yeah. This.

I didn't realise this/

http://nonaynever.net/18901/howe-should-get-some-credit/

Kieran Trippier, Jason Shackell, Ben Mee, Sam Vokes and Danny Ings are all his men

 

[Brown Nose]

If people want to tag Pearson with the high spending line because of Sven's spell, then the same applies to Dyche who took a squad which Eddie Howe built at considerable cost.

Sorry old chap, but that's horseshit.

It's very difficult to be sure of spending as so many transfers these days go through as undisclosed. However, our spending didn't stop when Sven left. Since his return, NP has spent substantial amounts on each of the following: Morgan, Drinkwater, Marshall, De Laet*, Knockaert, James*, Vardy, Wood. It's reasonable to average each of those outlays at £1m a piece. He's also had an extremely beneficial wage budget available to him. He's sold players for nowhere near that value. We got our money back on Marshall, a few quid for Peltier and Bamba and a Wonka bar for Mills and that's about it.

Yes, we've tightened the purse strings over the last year but the big picture is one where NP's had some considerable help along the way. Having said all that, a manager that breaks the records NP has done this year and who won the league at a canter must be given the main awards.

* can anyone corroborate the story that we paid £1,999,999 for James and £1 for De Laet due to a clause in De Laet's in order to prevent Man U from having to pay a proportion of the fee to Stoke?

I'm still far from convinced by Dyche to be honest. He's done very well this season but next season will determine his true credentials. I also think that Howe has done a super job at Bournemouth (twice) and did a lot of decent things at Burnley. For some reason, it just didn't click for him there which can happen.

 

[Hazzman]

Sorry old chap, but that's horseshit.

First of all, you've missed my point which is basically the award should be judged in isolation. Most objectors to Pearson winning it seem to cite the money as a reason why he shouldn't win it. And yes it's a dig at Sven because the transfers were done in such a crude manner that there's a clear difference between Pearson's signings (which have all in some way proved VfM - only Vardy was bought at the peak of his value).

However in the period since Pearson returned, Burnley have signed Mee, Trippier, Shackell, Vokes, Stock, Barnes for transfer fees plus Kightly who'd you think would command a loan fee.

Does that not 'help' Dyche?

 

[jb5000]

Vardy was bought for £1m, we'd get more than that for him now, so hardly at the peak of his value.