Who Else Doubted Pearson When He Was Hired?

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Samir Nasri said:
2 of his 3 permanent signings have turned out to be good players who have served us well [Oakley & Howard] and Big Barry Hayles was just here for comical reasons.
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What about Harry "the one game wonder" Worley?

It's not just his signings though. It was his ridiculous decision making, not just playing a 17 year old rookie in one of the biggest game of the club's history, but constantly playing Hume on the wing, when everytime he played him up front he scored and his substituions were just bizarre.

I never said he must take all the blame, it just seems the popular opinion nowadays to say that Allen was to blame, Allen wasted money yes, but on players that didn't play. When Holloway came in, his aim was to get us to the play-offs, the idea of battling against relegation was laughable.

If Holloway had been given the budget at the start of the season I would sure hope to god he wouldn't have got us relegated, anyone who had that type of money to spend should have had us making the play-offs.
 
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Profondo Rosso said:
When Holloway came in, his aim was to get us to the play-offs, the idea of battling against relegation was laughable.

If Holloway had been given the budget at the start of the season I would sure hope to god he wouldn't have got us relegated, anyone who had that type of money to spend should have had us making the play-offs.
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Get us to the play-offs? With Right Back United? Have we forgotten how utterly unbalanced our squad was? Play-offs was a pipe dream at that time as far as I was concerned.

His tactics were at times bizarre, his post-match shenanigans were awful, and the job was just too big for him. That said, after he got sacked I still believed he'd one day get another job and do well. And i was right.

I'm not fan of him. But I don't hate him. He's just another manager who failed with us like the other 238734 of them. Its just that his failings had dire consequences.
 
As for Big Nige, I was on holiday in Syria when I heard the news and I was hugely underwhelmed by it. All I knew about the bloke was that he was assistant manager at Newcastle since about 1938, and had managed to keep Saints up at our expense. When I heard his first interview, it sounded so flat and unexciting. He came across like my [future] father-in-law - dour, dull, boring, very diplomatic in his interviews, had an army style haircut, and spoke like a Lieutenant with big authority. Not someone I'd want to have a drink with at the pub.

I was willing to give him a chance though, although I was pretty sure he wouldn't last long. Safe to say he has proved me wrong big time - and I'm happily eating my humble pie.
 
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Samir Nasri said:
Get us to the play-offs? With Right Back United? Have we forgotten how utterly unbalanced our squad was? Play-offs was a pipe dream at that time as far as I was concerned.

His tactics were at times bizarre, his post-match shenanigans were awful, and the job was just too big for him. That said, after he got sacked I still believed he'd one day get another job and do well. And i was right.

I'm not fan of him. But I don't hate him. He's just another manager who failed with us like the other 238734 of them. Its just that his failings had dire consequences.
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But that's the point isn't it? He had all this money to spend and could have sorted out the problem areas instead he grossly over-priced Howard and Oakley (who have always been a League One player for me and never impressed at Championship level and they certainly weren't worth the £2-3mil we spent between them). Useless Hungarian wingers, David "who?" Bell, Harry ****ing Worley and Barry Hayles who can barely even get a game at Cheltenham.

Whether the play-offs were a pipe dream when he came in or not, mid-table security certainly wasn't, simply staying in the division was a piece of piss from the position he was in and the funds he was given in the Jan transfer window.

He's not just another manager who failed with us. He's the manager who took us to the lowest point in history.
 
I confess that I wanted Ince and most definitely didn't want an unproven coach/assistant manager. So at the time I was disappointed, not with Nige per se, but the type of appointment. We got lucky. Very lucky!

Nige is clearly an excellent manager and that was apparent to anyone with half a brain soon after he arrived. Quite frankly he's free to impregnate me any time he choses. But when we appointed him it was a shot in the dark.

As for Holloway, he was an utter shambles at Leicester. However I don't think we wasted money on Howard and Oakley in the long term. They, and the likes of Matty Fryatt, have been different players under Pearson which tells you more about the manager than the players.

Holloway works well as a small fish in a big pond. He said he now understands that certain managers fit certain clubs, or something to that effect, and I think that's what he means. If Blackpool do go up, he'll probably do OK in the Premier league.

He's still a ****, though.
 
Profondo Rosso said:
But that's the point isn't it? He had all this money to spend and could have sorted out the problem areas instead he grossly over-priced Howard and Oakley (who have always been a League One player for me and never impressed at Championship level and they certainly weren't worth the £2-3mil we spent between them). Useless Hungarian wingers, David "who?" Bell, Harry ****ing Worley and Barry Hayles who can barely even get a game at Cheltenham.
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I'm sure there are plenty of football fans who would disagree that Oakley never impressed at this level or indeed when he was at Saints in the Premiership. Granted, he is, and never was an outstanding player, but that's a tad harsh. Plus I thought we pnly paid about 1/2million for him, which for a bloke who was pivotal in getting the sheep promoted as captain wasn't a bad price at all.

Yes he's had a very medicore season by his standards I'm sure, but to say he's nothing more than a League One player is imo wrong, as he has proved that he isn't. How much longer he can play at this level though, well perhaps another season depending on how longs his knees last.

As much as I looooooves him, if there are better players at this moment in time playing and they are getting the job done then fair enough, though at least another 10 minutes of him in a Leicester shirt would be nice so I can have lots and lots of photos to reminisce over!
 
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I remember the pre-match game at Hinckley when some of our morons chanted for Nigel to give them a wave and then booed when he didn't.

What the thick feckers didn't realise was that it was Craig Shakespeare on the touchline 'ignoring' the wave chants and Nigel was in fact waving from his position at the rear of the main stand.
 
Profondo Rosso said:
But that's the point isn't it? He had all this money to spend and could have sorted out the problem areas instead he grossly over-priced Howard and Oakley (who have always been a League One player for me and never impressed at Championship level and they certainly weren't worth the £2-3mil we spent between them). Useless Hungarian wingers, David "who?" Bell, Harry ****ing Worley and Barry Hayles who can barely even get a game at Cheltenham.

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Last season was Oakley's first at League One level. Before then he'd spent the majority of it in the Premiership. Considering the pair of them won promotion to the Premiership, it's clear you are over exaggerating.

Anyway, when we appointed Pearson myself first thought was that it confirmed how far we'd had fallen and basically, Pearson was one of the better candidates available to us.
 
Was dissapointed when I heard he had got the job, how wrong was I, future Leicester legend Nige!
 
What I meant was that Oakley and Howard have looked like League One players since they've gotten here. They were both excellent in League One last season, but this season and our relegation season in the Championship, they haven't really looked up to the pace for me and definitely weren't worth the money we paid for them imo.
 
I was underwhelmed by the appointment, but at the same time I was so relieved that we hadn't appointed John Gregory.
 
spionfox said:
I remember the pre-match game at Hinckley when some of our morons chanted for Nigel to give them a wave and then booed when he didn't.

What the thick feckers didn't realise was that it was Craig Shakespeare on the touchline 'ignoring' the wave chants and Nigel was in fact waving from his position at the rear of the main stand.
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I have noriced that Nigel is often so engrossed in the game that he needs Shakespeare to tell him they are chanting for him.
There has been a change on the bench recently. It used to be that Craig Shakespeare was the only one who talked to Nigel at the touchline. Steve Walsh Sr is, of course, high up in the stands and in touch with Craig through an easr piece. Recently, however, Chris Powell has been consulted more.
The strange thing about the bench is that when the game is in doubt then Nigel is completely calm. It is when the game is already won as when we were 3-0 up against Watford that he berates the referee.
 
When I heard Pearson had got the job i was a little dissapointed. However after Ince had been ruled out i wasnt really bothered who got it. All i knew was that Pearson kept Southampton up (in place of us) and that was at least something for his C.V.

In my mind hes already a legend, he got us back up in one attempt and will be giving me my first playoff experience. For that i worship the man.

Although his interviews bore me to tears!
 
Kingy_85 said:
When I heard Pearson had got the job i was a little dissapointed. However after Ince had been ruled out i wasnt really bothered who got it. All i knew was that Pearson kept Southampton up (in place of us) and that was at least something for his C.V.

In my mind hes already a legend, he got us back up in one attempt and will be giving me my first playoff experience. For that i worship the man.

Although his interviews bore me to tears!
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On the contrary, I think his interviews are much funnier than Holloway's were.
 
i was a little dissappointed when we appointed him (although the candidate list wasnt great), but he soon won me over, his International experience (as well as toon) said to me that he had obvious talent, from his early trasfers ie Morrison and Dyer he has won over all supporters. imo only Neilson and McGivern have proved poor imports, if we do go up im sure he will bring in quality players
 
dpjfox said:
i was a little dissappointed when we appointed him (although the candidate list wasnt great), but he soon won me over, his International experience (as well as toon) said to me that he had obvious talent, from his early trasfers ie Morrison and Dyer he has won over all supporters. imo only Neilson and McGivern have proved poor imports, if we do go up im sure he will bring in quality players
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Its his brilliant business in the transfer market that shows what a great manager he is. All of his signings have come on leaps and bounds since last year.

I can forgive McGivern, as a youngster at Man City's youth team he probally looked decent at that level. He was untested and obviously this has shown in the majority of his performances. Its a big step up and the lad hasnt taken it.
 
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