You mean the cant who grabs opposing teams players by the neck, nah no I do not.

FFS a good well considered post unlike a lot of mine. As you can imagine i don't feel to sorry for him because he is well paid and does a job which short of playing for my club i would die for. He wants someone i know fired for being an idiot a crime a lot of us including me are culpable of. I don't object to anyone feeling sorry for him he has done a lot for the club and i understand those sentiments and no one likes to see anyone fail. But the higher you rise the further there is to fall or some such bullocks

Great article. I too have been grateful for what Nigel has done for our club since he first joined us for that League 1 campaign. I also admired many of his principles, methods and approach to football management. However, the way he has conducted himself this season has changed my view greatly. His egotistical and stubborn attitude coupled with the 3 incidents mentioned have made me change my view. I accept that journalists can be annoying and frustrating, but dealing with the media is a key part of the job that he gets paid handsomely to do. He needs to remember who he's representing and conduct himself in a professional way. Even if you think somebody is a pr!ck you don't have to say it. Bite your tongue and move on. His treatment of certain players like Albrighton has really angered me. I don't care whether the two of them get on or not. Personal feelings should be put aside for the benefit of the team. Strange analogy but a squad of players is like a box of tools, each has a specific use. The skill is knowing which tools to select for a specific job. I get the feeling that if Pearson wanted to bang some nails into a block of wood and Albrighton was a hammer, his downright stubbornness would see him pick up the pencil every time, instead of swallowing his pride and selecting the correct tool. I'm not saying that Albrighton is the answer to our survival but I'd like to at least give him a good go. Personally I would have preferred our owners to have made the change last November when the bad run was in full flow. Success for Leicester City must come before any individual and that includes Nigel. So I'm sorry to say that I don't feel sorry for him. His recent behaviour doesn't warrant my sympathy! UTF!

Firstly- this is excellent FFS

Im in the strange position of being quite anti Pearson originally and now coming round to warming to the guy...

I feel this seasons biggest problem is that apart from the early stages of the campaign every single game has been about how to hinder and stop the opposition firstly and using our own strengths and threats has become almost a second thought.

Look at Burnley. Poorer than us last season and yet they are ahead of us this season and with a real chance of survival. The thing with Burnley is even if they go down- at least they have given it a go. Theres no regrets there.

We really had a good chance of pushing on and becoming a top 10 team given the stadium, potential for development and money of both the owners and the Prem TV money. It really is frustrating that we will be back in the promotion dog fight next season after taking so long to get back here.

However I do feel for Pearson. He seems one of the more measured manager but you can tell the pressure is getting to him. At the start of the season many fans thought we would have enough to survive without wholesale changes. I think most of us are fairly shocked by how far away we are considering how good the team looked last season. A number of talented players havent kicked on quite as much as we had hoped. This is equally frustrating given the promising performances we have seen when up against the bigger teams in the division.

We haven't spent particularly well nor can he say he has given all of the players a fair chance (see Morgan and Allbrighton for instance- though Allbrighton isnt the saviour many think him to be).

Football is an unforgiving game and im sure Nigel does wonder how it has gotten to this. Bottom line is tho there are no stand out replacements and I struggle to think of anyone better equipped to lead us next year and with his players. IF, and its a big IF, we get promoted again and are struggling to survive around the October/November mark then decisive action is needed and a more suitable replacement should be bought in.

FFS
If there was a 10 star button I would be pressing it repeatedly.
This is one of the most thought out articles I have read on here and for that I applaud you.
Before the season started I thought there would be 2 sides that would disapear through the trap door into the Championship and then a group of us trying to avoid the unwanted tag of third relegated team.
People bang on about it being a poor Premier League as though that means we are more entitled to stay up!!
It doesnt matter how good or bad a league is you still have to earn your place next season, and I for one had faith that NP was the man to succeed.
Now we all know that things this season have gone pear shape and we have under performed BUT all of this years experiences will make our club and NP himself better for it.
But the main question was " Any one feel sorry for Pearson?"
NO
He is a Professional Football Manager, he knows what comes with the territory and is paid accordingly.
So I don't feel sorry for him, BUT I do feel sorry that his successful tenure may be tarnished by certain individuals who just keep banging on about things that are long gone and most of us are trying to forget or don't give a flying $£&^ about.
" Bringing our club into disrepute" "Making us a laughing stock" were 2 favourite quotes. Well funnily enough they became the following days chip wrapper, but it made good copy for people to batter the club and NP again and again.
He is who he is, we have accepted him and all his baggage when he was getting us promoted and we accept him now.
He is a principled man, so we are all led to believe, so will his principles mean that he walks away feeling he has let us down or will they mean that he wants to right the wrong of relegation and get our great club promoted again?
Whichever I for one Thank You Nigel for the fantastic memories/games/debates on JA606 that you have created for us all.

Sorry to intrude on the group grieving session that is going on here, but has anyone bothered to wonder if the club is getting value for it's £1m+ wage it pays to NP? I take it you'd be happy to pay a failed PL manager £1m+ next season in the Championship?

Some managers have failed at City and I have felt sorry for them. Micky Adams being one.

Maybe someone could launch a petition for a statue of NP to be placed outside the KP? Might help with the mourning process....

I think you find its more than one miliion. Hes on the same wages as Sven and there's that well earned (not sarcastic ) promotion bonus my guess thats another million out of the nine million bonus fund.

I feel a bit sorry for him, but not greatly. I suite simply don't believe all the bullying accusations around - I don't see it and I think that's an unfair label. So I feel a bit sorry for him for that, plus some sympathy simply because he's someone who's tried his best and failed.

That said, he can't have too much sympathy because he's the one that's been in charge, and the setup around the club has given him every opportunity to succeed. And besides, he's being paid well and would surely land on his feet and get another job, probably in the Championship, very soon. So I doubt he requires or desires anyone's sympathy.

He's come across as a bit of a pr!ck in all honesty and his attitude is unflattering to your club. It's a wonder he's not been sacked when the likes of Poyet have been, given your position and his almost untenable behaviour at times (strangle-gate). But you're in a position now where I suppose you realise relegation is practically inevitable and therefore he'd be again a decent manager for the Championship. Some managers simply aren't cut out for the league above though.

Foxello: if we are grieving it is for our poor season. As I stated in the OP ultimately NP has failed and that is worth 'grieving' for.

As for his value at £1m a year plus, I reckon the Board will judge his wages over the last 3 years as good value against the £60m increase in turnover they will have enjoyed this year. Yes I know that turnover will be lost next year but there is more than one way of viewing stats and finances.

Great article!

The fact I desperately wanted him to succeed after the previous success makes the fact I now feel he should have been sacked all the more painful. This season is one of the most frustrating I've ever experienced, mainly due to the errors he's made being so obvious and avoidable.

Excellent article.

I hate Pearson, never liked the man and never will. His boring tactics, bullying ways and his refusal to manage good players with egos drives me mad.

Of course I jest.

I don't feel sorry for him but the nail was hit on the head with the comment that it's a shame that his tenure has now become tarnished.

If he does go, I personally remember him for the success he's brought to our club. Sadly, I think others will remember his media profile and spats.

It's all a shame really. He deserved his chance this year and it's disappointing for everyone that he's not managed to make it work.

FFS - a really good and balanced post that echoes my own feelings on NP. He has largely been a success at Leicester and should be remembered for dismantling the overpaid dross assembled under Sven while building a young, hungry, promotion winning side on limited resources.

Just because he has shown himself not up to it at this level, it doesnt mean he hasn't been a very good manager for us in many ways. I think it would have been better for him had the club made the change back in November - his reputation would have largely been intact.

Who knows what the future holds, but I strongly suspect it will be without him at the helm