Mr Sno

27 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Clearly a shy bloke who isn’t comfortable doing interviews,the more he does the more confident he will get on and off the pitch is the reasoning I would think behind it

I thought he played well today and that's the most important thing.

1 minute ago, Red Army 75 said:

Love it

Happiest I've seen Nigel in a long time.

6 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Ok, safe against Derby then. Either way the deductions have been overplayed re our safety. 3 points at this stage of the season is huge.

3 points with 4 games left isn't huge, no matter which way you look at it.

Just now, ExiledAjax said:

Because we'd be mathematically safe on Monday rather than today?

It's really made very little difference to us. 

Really don't understand this - we would only be 3 points from the drop if they hadn't had points deducted.

Two very average championship sides - Stoke have had a poor season considering their resources and pressure on O'Neil. A good win we'll done bcfc.

Oh dear Antoine that was terrible.

He strikes me as the anxious type his hand movements he is trying to comfort himself.

He has been sacked. 

For me he has been a disappointment.

On 13/04/2022 at 15:29, bcfcredandwhite said:

To some people, all our mistakes and failings on the pitch are STILL the fault of Mark Ashton and Lee Johnson. 'Sir' Nigel can do no wrong; when things go right he's brilliant and when things go wrong it's all down to LJ and MA - REALLY???

Lets look at some of Nigel Pearson's bigger decisions in more detail:
He let Pato and Fammy leave on a free, but didn't replace either of them - to 'save wages' apparently. Ok, fair enough - we WERE skint - so what does he do? He goes and signs Simpson - on £15k per week.......... 
He refused play our most expensive 'assets' (Wells and Palmer) - or his own purchase, Simpson - which is fair enough if he doesn't think they are good enough (apart from Simpson - why sign him if he's ****?), ...... but then at the same time won't allow Wells to go to Cardiff or Swansea - who were both interested on taking him on loan, which would have saved us his wages AND put him in the shop window. Why? Maybe he was scared that he might start playing a tune under a different (better) manager who actually PLAYS him?!!
The official line is that Nigel didn't want to let Wells go to a Championship rival. IF Wells had been allowed to go and play in Wales - and gone on to score shedloads - it would have raised his stock and we would have been more likely to be able to offload him. Loans often turn into permanent moves and it could have been good for everyone. We were virtually safe at the time - and Nigel wasn't playing him anyway - so the risk to us was minimal.

None of the above makes common sense for a regime supposedly strapped for cash - we can't bleat on and on (blah blah blah) about money wasted by MA and LJ, when he goes and does this.

Kalas is another example of bizarre management - he had a GREAT Euro tournament for his country and has been one of our most reliable players for years - but Pearson dropped him from our first 11. Bizarre. This smells of a dressing-room fallout to me - a clash of egos maybe? At a time when we needed all the defensive firepower we could get.

At least Weimann is playing well though - thank Christ.

ALL the above have been MANAGEMENT decisions by 'sir' Nigel - and bloody poor ones. Nothing to do with LJ or MA - or even SL/JL

Nigel Pearson has been a poor manager so far. I'm extremely disappointed. I didn't expect promotion - I expected a period of 'settling down', but I did expect it to be better than this. I can't even describe what Nigel Pearson's 'style' of play is. 

No I still don't want NP sacked - yet - believe it or not, it IS possible to criticise the manager without wanting him replaced - and besides - it's only worth sacking someone if there is a better replacement available. However, I don't buy any more of this 'he inherited a **** squad' bollocks any more. He did his bit to CREATE the current '****' squad, so if the squad really IS '****' then it's partly of his own making.
To be fair to Nigel, it's just some of our FANS who are saying this, not Pearson himself.
He needs to do the job he's paid to do - lets not forget that he's being paid more than ANY other manager in the history of our club - EVEN MORE THAN LEE JOHNSON WAS!!
Some of his decisions defy logic and he really needs to step up. I'm really beginning to wonder if he is a 'one hit wonder' (with Leicester) - like Wilson was (with Barnsley). I seriously hope NOT - for all our sakes, but he's certainly NOT the messiah.

There is nothing more frustrating than people just making things up. 

I remember when Cotterill was hired, I was so disappointed but how wrong I was I would have him back tomorrow without question.

33 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

... like Carlisle United and Hull City ?! “BIG” ...

Carlisle was his first job and I'm assuming you forgot that Hull, with parachute payments, were one of the favourites to win the league.

21 minutes ago, supercidered said:

Agree with this BS4.

I don't think NP's reputation has dipped. I think his reputation precedes him in that Owners / Chairman are wary of him. On the lines of, he could do a good job but do I want to employ someone that will challenge and push back and make things uncomfortable at times? 

The above scenario seems to have become a reality for SL & Co and they should've known what NP is and can be. With this in mind, they should now bite the bullet and support him with what he wants as long as what he wants is within the clubs means and timescales. 

A caveat to the 'timescales' this has to be sensible from both SL and NP.  

His reputation has dipped. If it hadn't he wouldn't be with us, he has only ever managed at BIG clubs and now he is at a small fish in a big pond for the first time in his career at this level.

If a top job came up in the champ how many owners would be chasing Pearson, not many after Derby and BCFC.

9 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said:

How had Pearson’s reputation “dipped” ?

Got Leicester to the Premier League, successful spells at Southampton and Hull. But since then he went to Derby which was a disaster for him, tried his luck in Belgium and got sacked, and so far struggling at BCFC. You also need to remember that if his reputation was still on the up there is no way he would've come to us, he would have better options, but the reality is he doesn't because his stock has fallen. 

There are 2 ways of looking at it, from one perspective we have easily stayed up and therefore we have made progress compared to last season.

The other argument is that if it wasn't for the points deductions of reading and derby we would be in massive trouble, add in no real patterns of play or structure or identity, this shows little progress made.

Overall Pearson tenure has been a big disappointment, poor signings, little progress on the pitch and Pearson doing what he does best blaming everyone but himself.

He won't walk - his reputation had dipped and will only get worse if he quits us.

I don't know but one thing for sure is that it is going to be messy