Nigel Pearson

3 players under his watch including his son, insulted the owners country and people, surprised he wasn't sacked earlier saving face to Thai's is very important.

thenewbie said:

Perhaps they should, if they're response afterwards was to maintain they 'can handle themselves' or whatever the line was he used. Fergie got away with a lot of crap due to his reputation and his status, Mourinho too, and that's wrong. But doesn't mean Pearson wasn't also wrong, nor does it change my opinion that regardless of his abilities as a manager he's got at least one screw far too loose for me to ever want him managing Charlton. I said 'for part of the season' and I meant it, the choking of a player was just one flashpoint. He was clearly not handling the pressure at all well for some considerable time and frankly I am glad that he DID manage to turn it around when he did - for the sake of the players he was working with.

As far as I can see Pearson received a one match ban for a confrontation with a "fan" who had been abusing both him and his players. He got a warning for the "throttling" of Macarthur and lost his cool in a conference with the media which was more of a tantrum than anything else.

And it worked too. In the same way as it worked for Fergie and works for Mourinho. Except the media were/are more scared of those two than they are of Pearson. If only for the fact that they can turn round and say "I'm not talking to you" or even "you're banned".

In each case Pearson was trying to protect his players and leading from the front in doing so. One could argue that Chris Powell was doing the same on at least two occasions when found guilty of being abusive to officials and receiving touchline bans as a result.

I didn't see too many people calling Peeters psychotic when he stood up to Rossler either. Equally, Parkinson never once came out and lambasted McCleod for assaulting the Northwich player shortly after half time in the Cup. And that was psychotic. Far worse than than a little "throttle" in my opinion which was laughed off by both the player and Pearson after the game.

nth london addick said:

An egotistical prick, a bully and above all he is a real life NIGEL

Well, you saved me from typing that, so thanks...........

Who are the owners + where did the incident with his son occur= You're sacked Nige.

Bet the dinner table at the Pearson house has been awkward recently

Nigel: So James... How was Thailand?
James: So Dad... How was work today?

Covered End said:

It was to do with his son.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33339566

I'm sure that, had Mourinho been Manager at Leicester, the owners would have taken exactly the same course of action. Or, had one of the players involved been worth £10 million, they would have sacked him too!

covered end junior said:

Sacked.

probably his son saying "Chew on it, you slanty eyed c***" didn't help the situation...

...and just to add, just when you think footballers can't get any thicker, they pull a stunt like those 3 arsewits. I mean, acting like a disgusting specimen of humanity is one thing, but posting it online to advertise the fact....man alive!

Well, if you get yourself filmed making racist comments about Thai people when the clubs' owners are also Thai... you're on a hiding to nothing right there. I mean, that's just stupid, doesn't matter how well placed your old man is or how much he fights your corner, you're in deep s**t. And sure, Pearson is well within his rights to stand in his son's corner. But said son racially abused someone from the owners' homeland, they're going to take that kind of personally and if you stand together, then you do it knowing you might well end up falling together too. Which is what happened.

And the point with Pearson grabbing a dude by the throat wasn't simply that he'd decided to do it - there's been touchline handbags before and punch-ups on the pitch. It ain't gratifying but it happens. But for him to then come out with crap about how 'he can look after himself' like he was attacked and was defending himself is just bizarre. The dude fell over/was fouled and Pearson then just decides to grab him by the throat. That's not the kind of person I'd want managing Charlton, ever.

If it was JUST about results then yes, Pearson getting the heave ho is bloody harsh. But I really don't think it is a results thing at all, and until Mourinho's son is filmed racially abusing Russians then we have no idea how the situations would compare. Maybe Abramovic would laugh it off. Maybe Mourinho would spontaneously develop radiation sickness for some totally coincidental and totally unrelated reason. We just don't know.

I'm really surprised to find so many people up in arms over this, let alone comparing him to Fergie, and pondering what would've happened had it been Mourinho in charge at Leicester!!

No single thing Pearson did was worthy of sacking, but all together it added up to enough to put him on shaky ground, and as others have said, nobody here knows how he dealt with the case of his son. He might've been defending him, which wouldve been a terrible idea.

I think Leicester handled it really well. They didn't make a snap decision, they took their time and quietly ousted him in the close seasonable have themselves time to start the season with a new guy. Someone who might not require 7 straight wins to survive come April. Someone who won't make the club look so stupid so regularly.

JiMMy 85 said:

I'm really surprised to find so many people up in arms over this, let alone comparing him to Fergie, and pondering what would've happened had it been Mourinho in charge at Leicester!!

No single thing Pearson did was worthy of sacking, but all together it added up to enough to put him on shaky ground, and as others have said, nobody here knows how he dealt with the case of his son. He might've been defending him, which wouldve been a terrible idea.

I think Leicester handled it really well. They didn't make a snap decision, they took their time and quietly ousted him in the close seasonable have themselves time to start the season with a new guy. Someone who might not require 7 straight wins to survive come April. Someone who won't make the club look so stupid so regularly.

Well it was their second attempt at doing so. The first was a complete and utter balls up.

SantaClaus said:

The owners probably didn't give a toss about the orgy but used it as an excuse to sack a guy who they didn't rate. If they believed Pearson was the best person to keep Leicester up next season or that any of the players were half decent the decision would be different. All they care about is staying up and pocketing another £100m+.

I doubt £100m means much to the owner he is worth around 2.5bn.

To_Be_Franck said:

One thing that's always bothered me is why it's pronounced 'peer son' and not 'pear son'

Fair point but its pronounced pear as rhyming with hear.

To_Be_Franck said:

Bryan_Kynsie said:

To_Be_Franck said:

One thing that's always bothered me is why it's pronounced 'peer son' and not 'pear son'

Fair point but its pronounced pear as rhyming with hear.

So why is a pear pronounced 'pair'. I give up.

It's obviously to differentiate the two i.e. you wouldn't have a "pear" of blue tits or a "pair" shaped bottom would you?