Nigel Pearson sacked?

blueser

Rumours all over Twitter this evening. Still; he said he can look after himself, here's his chance to prove it.

CSF

Detestable character, delighted for him if true.

Soups123

CSF wrote: »

Detestable character, delighted for him if true.

Why detestable?

lertsnim

Bein Sports saying he has been sacked and that what happened yesterday may have been a contributory factor.

CSF

Soups123 wrote: »

Why detestable?

A number of reasons, having watched his interviews on Match of the Day, the Football League show and others over a number of years, coupled with his behaviour yesterday, he really is up there with Pardew in terms of his conduct.

DaveSuarez

As unlikely as it sounds I have a mate who is pretty well connected at Leicester and he's told me that he actually hasn't been sacked but has left by mutual consent as he has offers on the table from two other clubs that he's really interested in. Take it with a pinch of salt obviously but the clubs are ministry of sound and chinawhite.

Godot.

Fingers crossed O'Neill goes back. Currently the bookies favourite

Scorpion Sting

Godot. wrote: »

Fingers crossed O'Neill goes back. Currently the bookies favourite

That would be what the fans would want I'd say.

Guy:Incognito

lertsnim wrote: »

Bein Sports saying he has been sacked and that what happened yesterday may have been a contributory factor.

While it's probably true, they haven't a bloody clue. Going by info the genuinely heard I'd say they may as well say the moon landing is a factor

Diabhal Beag

He's a proper weirdo.

Dozen Wicked Words

Fairly nasty yesterday, looked menacing enough with the fake smile with his hands round the Palace players neck, then a bit unhinged while he stood there hanging on to his sleeve, not letting him go for an uncomfortable length of time.

Sacking confirmed in Guardian.

MythicalMadMan

What did he do yesterday?

Paully D

I wouldn't like to be a bottom half/relegation threatened team trying to appoint a new manager at this time. Look at this list, now peg it down to realistic candidates. Woeful:

Wrongway1985

Ya the interview after was completely bizarre he is a big lad and he could handle himself yet it was him being the aggressor credit has to go to the Palace player for not retaliating, strange the way nothing much was said about this conduct it was truly despicable as bad as the Pardew headbutt IMO and that was overblown to no end.

blueser

MythicalMadMan wrote: »

What did he do yesterday?

And his post match interview;

Kristopherus

Pardew is a saint in compirision to that obnoxious piece of dirt.

brianregan09

He was like that as a player with Middlesbourough too

monkey9

That incident is just so weird. The way Pearson keeps holding on to his jersey for ages. Just bizarre.

ricero

Disgusting vermin of a man hope he suffers for years

adox

ricero wrote: »

Disgusting vermin of a man hope he suffers for years

Am I missing something here?

AllGunsBlazing

Pardew's sheepish reaction to the attempted throttling was pretty funny. For a minute there he looked like he might intervene then thought better of it. Maybe the irony wasn't entirely lost on him?

keith16

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Pardew's sheepish reaction to the attempted throttling was pretty funny. For a minute there he looked like he might intervene then thought better of it. Maybe the irony wasn't entirely lost on him?

To be fair to Pardew, he was probably as confused as everyone else as to just what the hell was going on.

The camera picks up Pardew afterwards asking "what happened" and Pearson just put his hand out and turned away.

Delighted for Pearson anyway if true.

keeponhurling

Godot. wrote: »

Fingers crossed O'Neill goes back. Currently the bookies favourite

Eh, he's the Ireland manager , surely that would be an obstacle !?

eigrod

John Delaney will be having kittens (or maybe not.... #compensation )

Sky Sports Football ‏@SkyFootball · 1m1 minute ago
Martin O'Neill favourite to succeed Nigel Pearson at @OfficialFOXES: http://bit.ly/1KxnF0V

blueser

Maybe he hasn't gone yet;



Very odd!

JPA

Godot. wrote: »

Fingers crossed O'Neill goes back. Currently the bookies favourite

He wouldn't touch that sinking ship. Too much like hard work

internet_user

Just seen on sky sports that leicester released a statement saying pearson is still in charge!!

AllGunsBlazing

Too much like hard work? I have serious reservations about MON's footballing philosophy, but he's no designer manager. He came up via the scenic route of the lower leagues and Leicester's current predicament wouldn't phase him.

Edit - seems we jumped the gun on this one.

Dozen Wicked Words

FA need to charge Pearson then. Completely out of order.

blueser

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Too much like hard work? I have serious reservations about MON's footballing philosophy, but he's no designer manager. He came up via the scenic route of the lower leagues and Leicester's current predicament wouldn't phase him.

Edit - seems we jumped the gun on this one.

Meaning me, I guess (seeing as I posted the original rumour). Guilty as charged. Never trust Twitter!

Dozen Wicked Words

blueser wrote: »

Meaning me, I guess (seeing as I posted the original rumour). Guilty as charged. Never trust Twitter!

To be fair to you, lot of press ran with it as a fait accompli

Vurnon San Benito

Major egg on the faces of Sky Sports.

Richard Hillman

Vurnon San Benito wrote: »

Major egg on the faces of Sky Sports.

They didn't break the news. They got it from elsewhere

Aenaes

Oh great, expect Pearson's face to be squared right up against the camera in the next post-match interview then.

JPA

He'll probably be sacked tomorrow, usually how these things go.

AllGunsBlazing

Maybe he was sacked but Nige "convinced" the chairman to keep him on.:D

paulgalway

On BBC sports page : Leicester deny manager sacking reports.

Mr.Nice Guy

Nigel clinging on.

Again.

Vurnon San Benito

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They didn't break the news. They got it from elsewhere

"Leicester City have sacked manager Nigel Pearson, according to Sky sources."

I agree with you, but they would no doubt have claimed it.

Kristopherus

Sky Sports News ran a poll earlier on and the Leicester fans were voting 70-30 to keep him on.

CSF

Kristopherus wrote: »

Sky Sports News ran a poll earlier on and the Leicester fans were voting 70-30 to keep him on.

I'm sure you can see the problem with that

Skylinehead

Richard Hillman wrote: »

They didn't break the news. They got it from elsewhere

The fabled "Sky sources". I.e. they saw someone else break it and decided to claim it from themselves.

The_Kew_Tour

Hopefully Martin O Neill gets the job so he can rock off from Ireland.

Would be delighted.

The_Kew_Tour

sugarman wrote: »

O'Neill out

McCarthy/Lennon/Kerr in

Would be delighted with any of those 3.

DeanAustin

No idea why there is so much hostility to Pearson on here. Is there something I'm missing?

If it's based on Saturday's incident then I despair for humanity. It was a whole load of nothing.

CSF

DeanAustin wrote: »

No idea why there is so much hostility to Pearson on here. Is there something I'm missing?

If it's based on Saturday's incident then I despair for humanity. It was a whole load of nothing.

Okay.

death1234567

Skylinehead wrote: »

The fabled "Sky sources". I.e. they saw someone else break it and decided to claim it from themselves.

Apparently they just saw some player's wife's tweet and then ran the story. Classy Journalism.

death1234567

DeanAustin wrote: »

No idea why there is so much hostility to Pearson on here. Is there something I'm missing?

Yes, He's an aggro a^&*hole.

thebaz

DeanAustin wrote: »

No idea why there is so much hostility to Pearson on here. Is there something I'm missing?

If it's based on Saturday's incident then I despair for humanity. It was a whole load of nothing.

it seams to be based on Saturday - storm in a tea cup for me too, any form of aggression now is frowned upon by the PC brigade - take a look at other contact sports such as rugby or Gaileic football - football is, or used to be a competitive contact sport , occasionally tempers get lost , such is life . No one was hurt and we don't know the circumstances.

dfx-

Gentlemen, there have been several posts crossing the line in this thread, please dial it back.

LuckyLloyd

thebaz wrote: »

it seams to be based on Saturday - storm in a tea cup for me too, any form of aggression now is frowned upon by the PC brigade - take a look at other contact sports such as rugby or Gaileic football - football is, or used to be a competitive contact sport , occasionally tempers get lost , such is life . No one was hurt and we don't know the circumstances.

Yeah, I find the hand wringing by the morale high horse brigade anytime there's a bit of pushing or pulling baffling. In Rugby one lad gives another a dig and the ref will tell them to cop on and shake hands and that'll be the end of it. And that's the way it should be.