babyblue

Eh... 4 clubs in 20 years? His first real job was with us starting in 2008. Before that he was just caretaker manager at places, or an assistant. Not sure you can judge someone on those roles, but he did keep Carlisle up and he kept Southampton up during those brief spells. He had two different spells with us, both times he had to completely create a new team and it worked both times. He barely even got started at Hull, he had to clear the decks there also to get them on a steady financial footing after relegation. How he builds teams works. He's brilliant at getting a team spirit. He'll dump any bad eggs, no matter what they cost, what their name is or what wages they are on. That's non negotiable, he needs everyone pulling together. When you get the spirit right, good things can happen... see us. He has a basic approach to the game, 4-4-2, pace up top and wingers. Two box to box midfielders, two no nonsense cb's and two attacking full pages. There is no major footballing philosphy, he plays to win and he's happy to do anything that means 3 points. Some games you might have to launch it long, other times you'll play amazing passing football and rip people to bits... what you'll have is a team comfortable in doing both. I

His own abysmal work? What, getting a club promoted form league one and then promoted from the Championship at a canter. I'm a Leicester fan, and the bloke was nothing short of brilliant for us. I've never felt like the club was in better hands than when he was in charge. He changed the club form top to bottom, not just on the pitch but also off it. He revolutionised the scouting and sports science departments, he doesn't accept things being run badly behind the scenes and will control almost everything. He'd sort you out and give you a great setup to be proud of... if he was given the time to do so, we've profited massively from all the setup he left behind. The players and almost all the staff absolutely loved him. The person you see in front of the camera is not the person you'd meet in the street, or the one that works with the players. He hates the press, his issues come from that. He can seem boring etc, but it just comes from him not wanting to give anything away. It's all behind closed doors stuff as far as he's concerned, he does it to protect the players. He's not perfect by any means, tactically he can be frustrating sometimes. He'll stick with tactics and players too long if they aren't working out of loyalty to the players, but he'll get there eventually. What he'll give you though is a young exciting teams, playing with pace and wingers. A team with great spirit that will run through brick walls for each other. You'll feel proud of your club and team again, you'll start the get that affinity with players that you've probably been lacking for some time (we were as well until he came in). He won't spend money for the sake of it. When he was here it was almost like he treated the money as his own, if he signed someone huge amounts of work went into making sure they were the right people, as well as decent players. They always tried to get "value", that was one of his key words. Scouring the country and Europe for bargains, rather than just chucking millions at the normal names or has beens. Recruitment is key for Pearson, and that's where the problem is. Steve Walsh, his right hand man is still with us (to anyone wondering why he's not got a job yet, that's why). Will he want to drop down to the championship from a team probably going to be in the champions league... and will you pay the £1m+ that it would take to get him. Without Walsh, I'm not sure I'd have exactly the same faith in Pearson being able to turn you around. With him, I'm positive he could do it. People need to ignore the shit from last year, that was really blown out of all proportion. He called someone an Ostrich FFS, managers have and will do a damn site worse than that. In all the years he was here, they'd all past of without incident prior to last season, and half of that was all stirred up by the press. Mainly because they hate the fact he is a closed book, he won't give them anything to work with.

I appreciate the differences, but will it help them in any way having a hostile atmosphere? I know it's heart breaking to see people who don't give a shit from top to bottom.

Staying in the league. As for losing hope, I know it's hard but until it's a mathematical impossibility then there should be some hope. We're proof in the pudding of that. I've got 3 or 4 mates who are Villa fans and I hope you do it for their sake. It could easily enough have been me right now as they tried to convert me as a kid. One of the first games I went to as a kid was a turgid 0-0 against Everton at your place. I think that made my mind up!

Leicester fan in peace, I'm not going to preach about what you should or shouldn't do. But what kept us up last season was the attitude the fans and in turn the players showed from the West Ham game on wards. Before that we'd been on an 8 game win less run, in those games you could sense the nerves and also anger in the crowd and that will translate to the players. Come the West Ham game there was almost a sense of "we're down", or "this is the last chance". It coincided with the owners providing the clappers (cringe cringe), yeah I know. But what they did was create some noise, they drowned out the negativity, players were no longer playing in silence or a negative atmosphere, with each mistake groaned and moaned at. The players seemed free of the pressure inside the stadium and the atmosphere grew as the fans saw the players responding to a positive backing. It grew game on game, and the rest is history. Without a shadow of doubt, the fans played a major part of survival. Personally, for me you're reaching the same point we were at and I think your best shot is with a united front. Of course you don't forget what's gone on at your place, with awful management from the top. But I think that could be shelved for a few months, I'm sure they know how you feel already. But backing the team at this moment, for me is your best shot. Create a wall of noise and a positive atmosphere, strange things can happen... the last year has shown me anything is possible. Good luck!

Leicester fan in Peace, saw a few doom and gloom posts in the relegation thread about the Championship and I wanted to share some positives!