Howaythetoon 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 What is it that makes him so special in the eyes of so many? I can't see nowt at this stage of his career that says "good manager" - or - "bags of potential". He was left a pretty decent squad by KK that had in many ways overachieved, a team with a solid enough defence and a decent enough midfield - although with limited attacking options. Furthermore he has inherited arguably the best youth-setup in the country along with Middlesbrough's. And for me, City are a poor team and haven't performed well at all this season in the main, not when you consider what Bolton, Wigan and West Ham have achieved. Yet you would think Pearce was some kind of super-manager in the making. I don't want to knock the man because I like him and I do think he could go onto make a half decent manager, but howay, talk of England, Newcastle... If we were to appoint an "unknown quantity" like Pearce, I'd far rather have Pardew who has impressed me a great deal since he took over at West Ham, he's done an amazing job and is a much better manager than Pearce at this stage of their careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I don't think he`ll get the England managers job, but i do see him being offered the "McLaren" role within the set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Certainly Stuart shows great potential, but I'll reserve judgement until I've seen him over achieve, he hasn't made his own team, he hasn't won promotion against all odds, he's maintained Man City's success rather than created it himself, I'm a big fan of Pearce, he shows the spirit that all of us would want to see in a manager of both our club and nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Far too jumpy/too much nervous excitement etc etc to convince me he's got the potential everyone seems to think. Just makes me think a lot of it is a mix of boundless energy and pot luck. The blues love him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 (edited) Don't get it. It's not even as if he's had one tremendous season ala Moyes or Burley then fallen from grace. He's just done nowt. One average season. Whoo. One point above us and we've had a disaster. Edited March 30, 2006 by Wullie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 He gives honest, good value interviews, he's English and he hasn't fucked up yet at Citeh so the press love him. Just wait though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I`m not sure you can call it luck or good judgement/management but i do not think City would even be in the position they are if Pearce had not managed to sign Cole and Vassell for about 1.5 million during the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20198 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 the only reason he's being touted as england manager is because he's the antithesis of eriksson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythetoon 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 Far too jumpy/too much nervous excitement etc etc to convince me he's got the potential everyone seems to think. Just makes me think a lot of it is a mix of boundless energy and pot luck. The blues love him though. 112522[/snapback] That's kind of what I think, I think his passion and touchline excitement takes away focus from the more pertinent questions like is he tactically astute etc. I've not seen anything that suggests he's tactically switched on, West Ham don't pay too much attention to tactics but Pardew put one over on Pearce in the Cup in that sense. He has been very fortunate at City, taking over a club whose fans were wanting to see some passion and commitment from their team after the final months of KK's reign went a bit flat for them with players like Anelka pissing off and he did take over a fairly experienced Premiership side. Like Jimbo said, he hasn't exactly improved City, he's just maintained the course they were on under KK. Mind, I'm being harsh as this is his first real season as a manager so it's too early to judge I guess but whenever I see his name linked with England and more worryingly, our club, I despair. It's the kind of appointment you feel would actually go down well with some fans *cough Craig* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 HTT had these posts ready in advance like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 the only reason he's being touted as england manager is because he's the antithesis of eriksson. 112531[/snapback] I think labelling Pearce "fucking brilliant" is a tad generous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythetoon 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 HTT had these posts ready in advance like 112533[/snapback] I have a notepad with 4 weeks worth of threads for Toontastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythetoon 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 the only reason he's being touted as england manager is because he's the antithesis of eriksson. 112531[/snapback] I think labelling Pearce "fucking brilliant" is a tad generous. 112534[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 He gives honest, good value interviews, he's English and he hasn't fucked up yet at Citeh so the press love him. Just wait though. 112525[/snapback] Exactly. No-one would talk about him if he wasn't English. He's done nothing this season to justify the hype. Having said that, it's not Pearce's fault that he gets hyped up by the media. I've always liked him as a player and he seems like a good bloke, but the praise he receives is over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howaythetoon 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 Craig's deleting my account as I write... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 8951 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 The thing is that ManShitty started brightly into the season. Though as ever it was only early days and the performances quickly became mediocre again. But as Pearce is a canny bloke nobody wants to backpaddle and so the press insist with their early stance that Pearce is doing an incredible job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 20198 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 the only reason he's being touted as england manager is because he's the antithesis of eriksson. 112531[/snapback] I think labelling Pearce "fucking brilliant" is a tad generous. 112534[/snapback] touche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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