Why does Stuart Pearce hate City so much?

[blue62]

Pearce hates City. Anyone who saw that miserable face when Rodri scored in Istanbul would know how much.
In 1990 we sang 'You lost the world cup, Stuart Pearce' after his missed penalty in Italy. He was furious. I remember when he signed he said 'never thought I'd sign for a club like that'
Then remember he brought in his best mate Steve Wigley? I went to school with him, huge Utd fan.
Shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the club

 

[Master-Lotus]

Who tf cares about him

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Then remember he brought in his best mate Steve Wigley? I went to school with him, huge Utd fan.
Shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the club

Just like Mancini brought in David Platt as his assistant manager ,utd fan who hated City ....and we won the league ,beating utd to the title ...And your point is ?
Fact is he kept us up after a relegation battle ( have you forgotten that ?) and we have remained top league ever since, making the club attractive to overseas investment ...Did u .forget that also ?

As our former manager recovers from a heart attack ,all u can think of is he brought Steve wigley to our club ?
FFS.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Think he has been sacked from every job he has had , most boring pundit in the game.

Most managers get the sack.its inevitable.
Apart from Pep name the last City manager not to get the sack .....what's your point ?

 

[its grim up north]

Most managers get the sack.its inevitable.
Apart from Pep name the last City manager not to get the sack .....what's your point ?

Always thought that Manuel Pellegrini saw his contract out.

 

[Tbilisi]

Pearce did a good job considering how much money he had.

Despite everything ( Istanbul reaction poor) I wish him well and was pleased to hear City fans applauded with Forest fans at the recent game.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Always thought that Manuel Pellegrini saw his contract out.

Can't remember now tbh,..I know it all ended a bit shitty..,

 

[edinburgh123]

I can never get why supporters of clubs think that players who played for the team they support should love or at least like the club when their tenure is done, It’s work, and yes for most on this platform they’d love to do it, but in the end it really is just work, they’re professional sports men and when they leave they’re profession commentators. Certain players will definitely have a connection, but my the most no.

One of the lads in our pool team used to be a pro footballer. We were in a competition the other week and we played Motherwell. He won his frame and he was genuinely apologetic/ slightly gutted for winning cos he played for them 20 years ago. Made me laugh - wasn’t even in the same sport!!

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Just like Mancini brought in David Platt as his assistant manager ,utd fan who hated City ....and we won the league ,beating utd to the title ...And your point is ?
Fact is he kept us up after a relegation battle ( have you forgotten that ?) and we have remained top league ever since, making the club attractive to overseas investment ...Did u .forget that also ?

As our former manager recovers from a heart attack ,all u can think of is he brought Steve wigley to our club ?
FFS.

The fact is he was responsible for getting us in that relegation battle. We certainly didn't have a title winning team but it was one probably good enough for mid-table.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

The fact is he was responsible for getting us in that relegation battle. We certainly didn't have a title winning team but it was one probably good enough for mid-table.

Probably.....
I'm genuinely not so sure about that.
Tbf I'd never looked at it that way, ie he was responsible for us getting into the relegation battle

He was a very inexperienced manager,taking over from an experienced manager who iirc walked away from us. Inexperienced manager picking up the pieces in the top league of English football....a pretty tall order ,imo.

If Pearce had played a more expansive game,maybe we'd have been relegated ?

The defensive mindset,was.of course offset by the counter attacking away from home the 5-2win at Charlton should not be forgotten......

Pearce was a defender, took his " footballing intelligence" off Brian Clough....didn't have his charisma, obviously;)
But the sit deep and counter is a style of football City fans had not been used to, this was after Kevin Keegan ?
Chalk and cheese in outlooks on the game.

I do remember silly facts from the. Pearce era like not conceding a goal for 6 games.......I do like defensive football when it's done correctly Kendall,early Mancini...it is an art.
Pearce was just thrown in to a top job after the kk circus had left town.....of course he was gonna batton down the hatches.thats his instinct.
I was always proud when City kept a clean sheet,and as I didn't rate any of our forward players in that era
I was secretly pleased we shut up shop.

As I say defensive football is an art.
I was at Arsenal,away ,under Mancini,..when Roberto decided the game would be nil nil in classic Italian game management.style....it was nil nil. We'd not won at arsenal away for over 30 years...
They were a better team than us at the time,Mancini knew this and produced a masterclass in how to shut a team down.i learnt a lot that evening....Zabbaleta was outstanding.

Next time we went to arsenal we won.......The brilliance of Mancini was coming to fruition

But he knew ,on his first trip to Arsenal he didn't have the team to take them on in their own back yard.

I digress.