jimharri
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Or a visitor to the match threads!You not a matchday goer then? ;)
Or a visitor to the match threads!You not a matchday goer then? ;)
Because of that, I'll keep my counsel on him.The blokes just had a heart attack ,FFS
If you read my posts I rarely read or watch the news so I was unaware.The blokes just had a heart attack ,FFS
Wasn't aware he had suffered a heart attack.Fuckin ell heres me thinking this thread had resurfaced to wish him well
The blokes just had a heart
Not seen any reports to say it’s a heart attack,just that he was taken illThe blokes just had a heart attack ,FFS
He wasn't the worst & did a reasonable job but it was his dull toothless football that many can't forgive & the FA quarter final game at Blackburn where we didn't have a shot on target all game hurt the most.Anyone who believes Stuart Pearce was our worst "recent history" manager, is an idiot
I wasn't his biggest fan but let's hope he's OK.Fuckin ell heres me thinking this thread had resurfaced to wish him well
He was such a good manager that his wife told a story about his first match in charge. He supposedly wrote down his first team 11 and showed it to her for approval. She looked at it and handed it back suggesting it may do better with a goalkeeper !From comments he made not so long after we fired him, I think he was a bit bitter that his predecessor and successor had money to spend, while he only got about a third of the fee Chelsea paid for SWP. I believe he also had a strop when the board at the time tried to prevent him from taking the England under-21 role alongside his duties at City, which led to bad feelings on both sides.
I guess it's easier for him to project his own failings onto our club than accept he was just a poor manager. Watching the team he eventually put together at our club almost put me off football for life. That said, if he's now ill, I wish him a swift recovery.
Well not surprising as he thought goalies were better as emergency forwards than an actual forward !He was such a good manager that his wife told a story about his first match in charge. He supposedly wrote down his first team 11 and showed it to her for approval. She looked at it and handed it back suggesting it may do better with a goalkeeper !
Don’t wish any ill well towards him healthwise but that’s as far as my pity stretches.So you wish him well?
Not every transfer is a success & we've made some huge mistakes in our history, look at Steve Daley, but the £6m that we paid for Samaras under Pearce has to be pretty close especially at a time when we're skint after Keegan had overspent on the likes of Fowler & Mcmanaman, & the millstone that was around our necks when we were paying towards the EtihadFrom comments he made not so long after we fired him, I think he was a bit bitter that his predecessor and successor had money to spend, while he only got about a third of the fee Chelsea paid for SWP. I believe he also had a strop when the board at the time tried to prevent him from taking the England under-21 role alongside his duties at City, which led to bad feelings on both sides.
I guess it's easier for him to project his own failings onto our club than accept he was just a poor manager. Watching the team he eventually put together at our club almost put me off football for life. That said, if he's now ill, I wish him a swift recovery.
Is it a surprise that funds were withheld (if we actually had anything) when he blew our entire transfer budget on Sam Harris!From comments he made not so long after we fired him, I think he was a bit bitter that his predecessor and successor had money to spend, while he only got about a third of the fee Chelsea paid for SWP. I believe he also had a strop when the board at the time tried to prevent him from taking the England under-21 role alongside his duties at City, which led to bad feelings on both sides.
I guess it's easier for him to project his own failings onto our club than accept he was just a poor manager. Watching the team he eventually put together at our club almost put me off football for life. That said, if he's now ill, I wish him a swift recovery.
No, your the reason you didn't renew your season ticket!Stuart Pearce is the reason I didn't renew my season ticket after 20+ years of not missing any home games. I will never listen to that twat's opinion on football.
The thing was, I was sat on the harbour wall utterly gutted, when a fellow blue who was also on holiday who I didn't know, sat next to me, he'd also heard the same shit news that Ball was our new manager and was as pissed off as I was.I remember travelling to the game when they announced Brian Horton and all
4 of us said Brian who ? And feared the worst but it ended up being a brilliant appointment and we played some fantastic football and had some cult heroes to admire. By far the worst appointment in my opinion was Alan Ball - my best mate was on holiday in Malta or Cyprus and seriously considered chucking himself in the harbour when he heard he was the new manager. He’s on here as Mr Ed and will confirm the story I’m sure !
Must have made the same decision for half the coach I went with then. Proper influencer.No, your the reason you didn't renew your season ticket!
Not even anywhere near being the worst manager we've had. Same for Hughes. Repeat after me.....Anyone who believes Stuart Pearce was our worst "recent history" manager, is an idiot