Nigel Pearson sacked?

CSF

Sanity_Saviour wrote: »

never ceases to amaze me the level in which people pretend to be outraged.

The journalist was being a prick so he called him a prick. In a non-gremlin world, it's a complete non-issue.

And it never ceases to amaze me how there's always one there to make the ridiculous counter-argument. No matter how silly it might be.

You're a football manager at a press conference. You're not going to like every question asked after a defeat. Nothing personally offensive was said to him.

Jelle1880

I got a tenner on him to be the next one sacked.

Come on Vichai.

Wilberto

Jelle1880 wrote: »

I got a tenner on him to be the next one sacked.

Come on Vichai.

I'm assuming you placed that bet after Gustavo Poyet was relieved of his duties? :pac::D

~Rebel~

These spiky little things will likely add up and, along with the performances, cost him his job. It, in an of itself though (unless you're actually the guy he's speaking about), it's not really a big deal. Personally, I probably dislike him a smidge more than I did, thats about it.

Meh.

Jelle1880

Wilberto wrote: »

I'm assuming you placed that bet after Gustavo Poyet was relieved of his duties? :pac::D

Most certainly did

Nalz

Thread title name change plz yo

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So he finds the referee's "arrogance" "distasteful" today! Lolz, pot, meet kettle.

LuckyLloyd

Three wins in a row, now only in bottom three by virtue of goal difference. Pearson's battling attitude seemingly giving his team a chance. Fair play.

LuckyLloyd

Seized the moment to put Burnley to the sword away from home and are out of the relegation zone. Playing manball the last few weeks, Pearson has lit a fire in that dressing room. All credit to them.

ricero

if he keeps them up hes a shoe in for manager of the year. incredible stuff the past month

CSF

Mourinho will get manager of the year and rightly so.

pmasterson95

Shows how sacking isnt the answer. Amazing turn around for him. Deserves it.

Paully D

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Seized the moment to put Burnley to the sword away from home and are out of the relegation zone. Playing manball the last few weeks, Pearson has lit a fire in that dressing room. All credit to them.

I really wonder how much of it has to do with Pearson lighting a fire in the dressing room or anything like that?

My reason for saying that is you look at someone like Sunderland last year. The pulled off the greatest escape in Premier League history when you take into account the hole they were in and their fixtures, yet with 13 of the same players in the squad this year and the spine of the team pretty much the same (CB's, CM's and strikers) they were absolutely awful.

Sometimes things just click with the players. They pull a result out of the bag and get a bit of momentum/confidence to put a few wins together without the manager being the cause, which now appears to be what happened at Sunderland last year when they pulled a draw out of the bag at City and then beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. In all honesty I'd be reluctant to pin the turnaround on a manager who had oversaw a record of 18 defeats in 30 games until the start of this month. Not to belittle Leicester's run at all, but the fixtures have also aligned for them. Of course you still have to go out and win the games, but the teams they have beaten before today (West Ham, Swansea and West Brom) were all safe and sound with nothing to play for and limping to the finish line.

Fair play to them though. They'll probably stay up now, but I'd be very surprised if Pearson was still a Premier League manager by 2016.

dfx-

Wonder why they've only started with manball in April.

11 points between October and March, 12 points in April. Maybe the Winter months are not conducive to manball. Can you play manball on a wet Tuesday in November in Leicester?

CSF

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Shows how sacking isnt the answer. Amazing turn around for him. Deserves it.

Sometimes it is the answer though.

LuckyLloyd

I detect high sodium levels!

monkey9

Paully D wrote: »

I really wonder how much of it has to do with Pearson lighting a fire in the dressing room or anything like that?

My reason for saying that is you look at someone like Sunderland last year. The pulled off the greatest escape in Premier League history when you take into account the hole they were in and their fixtures, yet with 13 of the same players in the squad this year and the spine of the team pretty much the same (CB's, CM's and strikers) they were absolutely awful.

Sometimes things just click with the players. They pull a result out of the bag and get a bit of momentum/confidence to put a few wins together without the manager being the cause, which now appears to be what happened at Sunderland last year when they pulled a draw out of the bag at City and then beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. In all honesty I'd be reluctant to pin the turnaround on a manager who had oversaw a record of 18 defeats in 30 games until the start of this month. Not to belittle Leicester's run at all, but the fixtures have also aligned for them. Of course you still have to go out and win the games, but the teams they have beaten before today (West Ham, Swansea and West Brom) were all safe and sound with nothing to play for and limping to the finish line.

Fair play to them though. They'll probably stay up now, but I'd be very surprised if Pearson was still a Premier League manager by 2016.

I get your point, but they say the buck stops with the manager. As much pressure as he was under during the bad results, he deserves great credit here along with the players of course.

In fairness, Leicester have never really been hammered this season. They've been competitive in all their games and have never looked out of their depth. Now they're pulling in the results just when it matters.

They've still a lot to do mind, but to find themselves out of the relegation zone at this stage is great work from them.

Muff_Daddy

ricero wrote: »

if he keeps them up hes a shoe in for manager of the year. incredible stuff the past month

250/1 if you fancy a flutter.........

http://www.paddypower.com/football/uk-football/premier-league?ev_oc_grp_ids=111882

CSF

Muff_Daddy wrote: »

250/1 if you fancy a flutter.........

http://www.paddypower.com/football/uk-football/premier-league?ev_oc_grp_ids=111882

Shoe in

Paully D

Another strange one from him tonight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdRO3l_UCZM

"Are you flexible enough to get your head in the sand? My suspicion would be no. I can, you can't." :rolleyes:

CSF

Jesus he is an odd one. Can't quite make out exactly what the reporter asks him at the start?

GavRedKing

CSF wrote: »

Jesus he is an odd one. Can't quite make out exactly what the reporter asks him at the start?

As far as i can tell hes asked

"what criticism of your players dont you think is right"

Diabhal Beag

Remember when Alan Pardew thought he was too mental to go after that one time? Aye. I guarantee he ties up hack journos in his basement to torture in his spare time.

Sugarlumps

Pearson should star as Max Caddy in the re-remake of Cape Fear.

monkey9

Just like the MacArthur incident, he comes across as very weird. He will haunt your nightmares.

Every manager has the odd meltdown or reacts to a journo, but the thing about Pearson is the level of intensity he brings. It's a bit like Roy Keane, but even with Keane I got the feeling that he was trying to live up to an image.

LuckyLloyd

Again, why are football journalists deserving of respect? Pearson seems to treat them appropriately considering the nature of their 'profession'.

MD1990

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Again, why are football journalists deserving of respect? Pearson seems to treat them appropriately considering the nature of their 'profession'.

All the journalist asked was the about the criticism of the players. Doesn't seem to warrant Pearson's reaction unless something happened between them before.

hullaballoo

Even if there's a history between the two, Pearson's rant didn't make any sense. He said he thought the journalist was an ostrich with his head in the sand... then asked whether the journalist was flexible enough to do that, Pearson answered himself that he thought, no...then said that he was (flexible enough to stick his head in the sand) and the journalist wasn't.

It's very odd, just like him talking about being a big boy able to look after himself etc after the Palace match.

It seems like when he's under pressure or angered, he stops being clear-minded and rational, which is how I'd regard him after most of his post match interviews. It's real Jekyll and Hyde stuff and he'll need to address that because it only takes one moment of madness to lose your job in football.

zarquon

https://twitter.com/DavidBrentMusic/status/593711948379856896

jaykay74

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Again, why are football journalists deserving of respect? Pearson seems to treat them appropriately considering the nature of their 'profession'.

If your treatment of people is based solely on their profession which I think is what you are suggesting I'd find that an odd approach.

Respect should surely be earned (starting point is neutral I guess) from interaction/words/deeds etc not some tickbox. You are a Journalist therefore I don't respect you...

CSF

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Again, why are football journalists deserving of respect? Pearson seems to treat them appropriately considering the nature of their 'profession'.

Jesus man they're hardly contract killers. I treat tabloids with the contempt they're deserving of, but those publications only make up a small portion of football journalists out there, be they print, online, radio, television or other.

TheCitizen

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Again, why are football journalists deserving of respect? Pearson seems to treat them appropriately considering the nature of their 'profession'.

If it wasn't for journos and the media at large, footballers and managers would be earning a miniscule of what they get paid.

Pearson made an awful eejit of himself, sounded like he was blind drunk. He'll be on Sky later whoever interviews him should go through him.

Dirty Dingus McGee

TheCitizen wrote: »

If it wasn't for journos and the media at large, footballers and managers would be earning a miniscule of what they get paid.

Pearson made an awful eejit of himself, sounded like he was blind drunk. He'll be on Sky later whoever interviews him should go through him.

The journalists and media are not reporting on the games out of a love for the sport or the players, they doing it because it makes money for them and the companies they work for.

The journalists would be earning nothing if it wasn't for the players and managers.

CSF

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The journalists and media are not reporting on the games out of a love for the sport or the players, they doing it because it makes money for them and the companies they work for.

The journalists would be earning nothing if it wasn't for the players and managers.

Obviously, but how was that remotely implied? The journalists aren't going on random rants over very little, and refusing to ask questions.

Dirty Dingus McGee

CSF wrote: »

Obviously, but how was that remotely implied? The journalists aren't going on random rants over very little, and refusing to ask questions.

The previous poster seemed to be impying the Pearson owes the media some respect.He doesn't in my opinion and they aren't doing anything for him and the team out of the goodness of their hearts.

CSF

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The previous poster seemed to be impying the Pearson owes the media some respect.He doesn't in my opinion and they aren't doing anything for him and the team out of the goodness of their hearts.

Whether it's out of the goodness of their hearts or not, his salary is dependent on them.

tastyt

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The previous poster seemed to be impying the Pearson owes the media some respect.He doesn't in my opinion and they aren't doing anything for him and the team out of the goodness of their hearts.

No but he owes them as much respect as anybody else until they do something disrespectful surely.

It was ridiculous, a really harmless, nothing question and Pearson shows how much the pressure is getting to him with a bizarre, embarrassing rant. He was actually trying to be clever and funny with his ostrich bit but it just came across as desperate and embarrassing.

Hel find it harder than he should to find a job after Leicester

Dirty Dingus McGee

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The previous poster seemed to be impying the Pearson owes the media some respect.He doesn't in my opinion and they aren't doing anything for him and the team out of the goodness of their hearts.

He could be civil anyway though. It's not about owing anyone anything.

Dirty Dingus McGee

CSF wrote: »

Whether it's out of the goodness of their hearts or not, his salary is dependent on them.

The sports media is equally dependent on the game to generate money for themselves.Nobody ever paid money to watch somebody in a press box writing a report.All those sports journalists need the game as much if not more than the players and managers need them.If Peasron wants to be a dickhead then best of luck to him he's making the journalist's job's an awful lot easier.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Deleted User wrote: »

He could be civil anyway though. It's not about owing anyone anything.

Sure he could but some people are assholes and there's just nothing you can do about it.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Sure he could but some people are assholes and there's just nothing you can do about it.

Not a lot...but we can say "he's an asshole".

I wouldn't take that from this flare up, but not sure I'd go for a pint with him either.

Moneymaker

Jaysus he takes passive aggression to new heights. Very weird and unsettling.

tastyt

Hmm there's a little bit of John du Pont in Nigel

TheCitizen

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

The previous poster seemed to be impying the Pearson owes the media some respect.He doesn't in my opinion and they aren't doing anything for him and the team out of the goodness of their hearts.

It's part of his job to answer their questions. If they weren't there asking him irritating questions he'd be on a fraction of the wages he is on now.

jaykay74

Do people not see that there is a middle ground between respect and contempt?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

He offered his apologies to the journalist today, according to said journalist on Twitter.

baz2009

baz2009 wrote: »

He offered his apologies to the journalist today, according to said journalist on Twitter.

That's fair enough.

That_Guy

Why does he feel the need to apologise anyway? His team lose, he's interviewed moments after the game. Of course he's going to be pissed off. What do people expect?

Managers are going to fly off the handle every now and again.

"Nigel, it's seconds after a defeat. Why did your team lose? Are you annoyed yeah... ARE YOU!!??"

You've barely time to process anything before a mic is shoved into your face.

AdamD

The funniest part was all of the outrage from other journalists on twitter last day, desperate to defend their colleague. I was expecting much worse from the video