redsocks Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Why does pearson play players out of position.as they say there are players for positions. Why does he play king when Atkinson sits on the bench.why does he like playing anyone at right back who are not right backs but we have 2 sat on the bench.oleary does not command his Box hence costing us the first goal today.and please mr pearson stop playing around at goal kicks and get it up the field the reason is we are not good enough. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, redsocks said: Why does he play king when Atkinson sits on the bench He wasn’t even on the bench! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Red Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 He said on Radio Bristol that he trust's King more than Atkinson 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeneys Penalties Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Can't see City sacking him, though he's a proud individual and feel he may resign. Who takes his place? Very possibly Jason Euell. Its just speculation..he's very definitely Citys manager atm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eardun Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Not sure what has happened re Atkinson. Did he have a bad game before the break? He was part of the Lincoln shocker but I didn’t think he was the worst performer that night. Has he come back after the break not in great shape? Who knows. I assumed he was just ill but on Radio Bristol after the match Pearson made it very clear that he trusts King over Atkinson so there is something going on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Robin Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Don't you know that you are not allowed to criticise Pearson 1 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC RISK77 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, Sweeneys Penalties said: Can't see City sacking him, though he's a proud individual and feel he may resign. Who takes his place? Very possibly Jason Euell. Its just speculation..he's very definitely Citys manager atm How many managers resign these days? No way he goes without a pay off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aa_bcfc Posted December 17, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 I lurch between Pearson knows what he’s doing and he’s not got a clue on almost an every other game basis. Part of me thinks that another manager would get more out of the players we have, the other part of me thinks he’s doing ok. I feel that I’m fxxxxxd. 21 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe jordans teeth Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, Top Robin said: Don't you know that you are not allowed to criticise Pearson You can but at least get facts right if you are going to do so,Atkinson wasn’t even on the bench so it kind of shoots down the argument he was making 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Great another Pearson out thread. By the way Max was not at fault for the first goal and we didn't play with either a right back or left back so not sure what your point is re that position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 The Pearson grudges are so exhausting. After the game he’s made a comment along the lines of ‘if I’m playing King there you know what I think of the other CB’s’. Basically saying he has no faith in Klose and Atkinson, both of whom are tidy centre backs. Not perfect - but perfect players don’t play at this level. It feels like if you played for Leicester under Pearson - you could give away two penalties and crap in the centre circle - you’re still not getting criticised or dropped. Anyone else - you’re a bad half away from exile. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Pearson??? What happened to Big Nige the wolf wrestler??!! Are we that fickle??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 hour ago, redsocks said: Why does pearson play players out of position.as they say there are players for positions. Why does he play king when Atkinson sits on the bench.why does he like playing anyone at right back who are not right backs but we have 2 sat on the bench.oleary does not command his Box hence costing us the first goal today.and please mr pearson stop playing around at goal kicks and get it up the field the reason is we are not good enough. His latest comments around King playing centre half, and not trusting Atkinson - I hope is the final nail in his coffin Absolute car crash of an interview 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 36 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said: Great another Pearson out thread. By the way Max was not at fault for the first goal and we didn't play with either a right back or left back so not sure what your point is re that position. Errr... the OP is not doing a Pearson out thread. It's criticism and questioning or is that now also not allowed about St. Nigel???? 8 minutes ago, BCFCGav said: The Pearson grudges are so exhausting. After the game he’s made a comment along the lines of ‘if I’m playing King there you know what I think of the other CB’s’. Basically saying he has no faith in Klose and Atkinson, both of whom are tidy centre backs. Not perfect - but perfect players don’t play at this level. It feels like if you played for Leicester under Pearson - you could give away two penalties and crap in the centre circle - you’re still not getting criticised or dropped. Anyone else - you’re a bad half away from exile. The " you can't criticise a manager with one of the worst records in BCFC history " is not just exhausting- it's pathetic . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonRobin21 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 I’ve just heard the post-match interview with Radio Bristol. It’s bizarre that after todays performance, it’s Atkinson that he was ranting about… At the start of the season, Nige stated that he wanted to work with a smaller squad, we now have that. And yet, the number of players who are regularly left out of the match day squad is growing each week. some players are certainly not in favour: - Bentley, twice been dropped as the Number 1. Remains in match day squad. - Massengo, contractual reasons are keeping him out of the match day squad. - Klose, left out of the squad regularly. - Atkinson, the latest to be left out. Dasilva, Vyner, Pring and O’Leary are examples of those who have all worked themselves back into the squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 As the man in the supposed “hot seat”, when is the heat going to be turned up on Pearson’s rear end? Today’s performance was a shocker. Large numbers of supporters leaving well before the end, a lot of booing, and nobody wanting to clap the players off. A bad home defeat against West Brom on Boxing Day is on the cards, given the relative current form of the 2 teams, and things could get a lot more toxic at the Gate by then. Expecting a very small crowd for the FA Cup game against Swansea and generally little enthusiasm and a lot of disillusionment amongst most fans on the basis of different manager, different players, same s**t! The only constant is the ownership, hence the questions now being raised in some quarters. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 21 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: Errr... the OP is not doing a Pearson out thread. It's criticism and questioning or is that now also not allowed about St. Nigel???? The " you can't criticise a manager with one of the worst records in BCFC history " is not just exhausting- it's pathetic . By ‘Pearson grudges’ I meant Pearson’s grudges against players, hence the rest of my post. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: His latest comments around King playing centre half, and not trusting Atkinson - I hope is the final nail in his coffin Absolute car crash of an interview Wasn’t a great interview (that part of it), agreed…but what if that is what he feels? Maybe he should’ve lied? He obviously felt the same last week when we won? Based on his comments today, it Appears that Atkinson only made the 18 last week because Vyner and Dasilva were ill. So all he’s done this week is bring them both back in for Atkinson and Kadji. FWIW I’d have Atkinson starting, but I don’t know what is going on. 16 minutes ago, AshtonRobin21 said: Dasilva, Vyner, Pring and O’Leary are examples of those who have all worked themselves back into the squad. Maybe that’s what he’s trying to do with Atkinson. He’s said many times before that players not included are because they aren’t doing better than ones who are in the 18. Is this any different. 25 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: The " you can't criticise a manager with one of the worst records in BCFC history " is not just exhausting- it's pathetic . What I sometimes find a bit pathetic is someone shouting down someone trying to rationalise a different opinion with sarcastic comments like “you can’t criticise…”, because I don’t think anyone trying to support Nige has ever said he’s beyond criticism. But it is fine to reach a different conclusion and give reasons why. Edited December 17, 2022 by Davefevs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Dr Balls said: As the man in the supposed “hot seat”, when is the heat going to be turned up on Pearson’s rear end? Today’s performance was a shocker. Large numbers of supporters leaving well before the end, a lot of booing, and nobody wanting to clap the players off. A bad home defeat against West Brom on Boxing Day is on the cards, given the relative current form of the 2 teams, and things could get a lot more toxic at the Gate by then. Expecting a very small crowd for the FA Cup game against Swansea and generally little enthusiasm and a lot of disillusionment amongst most fans on the basis of different manager, different players, same s**t! The only constant is the ownership, hence the questions now being raised in some quarters. was it? We defended poorly twice and got punished. It wasn’t a great game, but we weren’t shocking at all imho. We created a lot of chances, decent chances, we didn’t take them. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Davefevs said: What I sometimes find a bit pathetic is someone shouting down someone trying to rationalise a different opinion with sarcastic comments like “you can’t criticise…”, because I don’t think anyone trying to support Nige has ever said he’s beyond criticism. But it is fine to reach a different conclusion and give reasons why. Dave- it's like groundhog day. If you can't see that criticism of Nige has and is not aggressively contested then you're reading a different forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbury Red Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 I for one have been someone who’s thought Pearson knew what he was doing more times than not - and a bit like Kane’s missed penalty at the World Cup - there are times when the Manager can’t be blamed for the players on the pitch. But today’s interview has me thinking that he is absolutely to blame for those actually playing on the pitch, and for the tactics they employ. This first half was so awful - yes we scored and from the one great move of the half Weimann hit the post - but we were so slow and didn’t have any imagination to break down another Alex Neil team. We conceded such a soft goal that I’m sure Atkinson deals with - yet Pearson insists on playing one of his favourites out of position! If he loses ‘trust’ with O’Leary will we see either King or James in goal?? Pearson’s comments after the match about who he trusted showed that perhaps his man management skills just aren’t up to Championship football - so perhaps his days are really numbered! With a win today we would have been 4 Points off the playoffs where as we are now only 3 pts above the bottom 3 with a resurgent West Brom next up. Think carefully Mr Lansdown - as you may need to act sooner rather than later! 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aa_bcfc Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Just now, Davefevs said: was it? We defended poorly twice and got punished. It wasn’t a great game, but we weren’t shocking at all imho. We created a lot of chances, decent chances, we didn’t take them. I agree it was far from a shocker. I thought we were a far better team than Stoke. However they found a way to win a game where we should have got a minimum of one point. The goal on ht was the key point. Without that I think we were comfortable winners. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: Dave- it's like groundhog day. If you can't see that criticism of Nige has and is not aggressively contested then you're reading a different forum. Really? Please point me in the direction of aggressive posts of this nature. I haven’t read MDT though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan and Cemetery Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Marina's Rolls Royce said: Dave- it's like groundhog day. If you can't see that criticism of Nige has and is not aggressively contested then you're reading a different forum. It’s contested as folk have different views. That doesn’t make mean those contesting are aggressive or happy clappers/NP acolytes, just different views. Personally think there’s more lazy “happy clappers” posts from those who want NP out, than aggressive defenders of NP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Davefevs said: was it? We defended poorly twice and got punished. It wasn’t a great game, but we weren’t shocking at all imho. We created a lot of chances, decent chances, we didn’t take them. We played well for 15-20 mins first half. Yes we had a go the last ten mins but for an hour of that game we were dreadful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, aa_bcfc said: I agree it was far from a shocker. I thought we were a far better team than Stoke. However they found a way to win a game where we should have got a minimum of one point. The goal on ht was the key point. Without that I think we were comfortable winners. Totally agree the 10 mins before half time when the team ( not Pearson ) let them dictate the game after we had scored and were having our best part of the game .I thought our players got lazy complacent and were just drifting towards a nice half time cuppa , then they score ,suddenly it’s a different game . Stoke didn’t beat us today we beat ourselves 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Just now, Super said: We played well for 15-20 mins first half. Yes we had a go the last ten mins but for an hour of that game we were dreadful. I think there’s a huge difference between neither side having a foothold / control / dominance like today for periods of time…and that meaning City were dreadful in those periods. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, Dr Balls said: As the man in the supposed “hot seat”, when is the heat going to be turned up on Pearson’s rear end? Today’s performance was a shocker. Large numbers of supporters leaving well before the end, a lot of booing, and nobody wanting to clap the players off. A bad home defeat against West Brom on Boxing Day is on the cards, given the relative current form of the 2 teams, and things could get a lot more toxic at the Gate by then. Expecting a very small crowd for the FA Cup game against Swansea and generally little enthusiasm and a lot of disillusionment amongst most fans on the basis of different manager, different players, same s**t! The only constant is the ownership, hence the questions now being raised in some quarters. The questions around SL’s poor stewardship are certainly not recent but literally go back years. it begins to look a possibility that in 2023/24 we shall be back where we started when SL took over decades ago. How can he have spent so much money and got us nowhere. We need new blood at the top. I still feel sorry for NP asked to fashion a silk purse out of a sow’s ear 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Ivorguy said: The questions around SL’s poor stewardship are certainly not recent but literally go back years. it begins to look a possibility that in 2023/24 we shall be back where we started when SL took over decades ago. How can he have spent so much money and got us nowhere. We need new blood at the top. I still feel sorry for NP asked to fashion a silk purse out of a sow’s ear So far looks more like pork scratchings than a silk purse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonRobin21 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Maybe that’s what he’s trying to do with Atkinson. He’s said many times before that players not included are because they aren’t doing better than ones who are in the 18. Is this any different. Pearson has got a reaction from some players before, however this time it feels slightly different. I personally would have Atkinson starting every week. Has he done much wrong? Certainly not from what I’ve seen. There were hints of frustration last season, when Atkinson was ill, I remember Pearson making a comment back then about “not wanting to battle through” or along those lines. My concern is that this close to the Jan window, would Pearson see Atkinson as a saleable asset? I would be disappointed if so. His later comments in the interview about January were also interesting. “Things that I cannot discuss in a post-match press conference”. I can see him trying to get a few out the door, this transfer window. Bentley, Massengo and one value sale (Semenyo etc). I also think Klose may have his contract terminated, if a replacement is available. I think he has come to the realisation that he has to spend money to improve this squad. Free agents and free transfers won’t cut it. Otherwise he will lose his job. People forget that he has only been able to spend money on two players; Atkinson and Tanner. All other players were free (excusing Kane Wilson - tribunal). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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