Ilsan_Boro
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You can't deny he's had a number of decent achievements as a manager, but I'm a lot less impressed with him as a manager than some people are.
The one he's always credited with is Leicester's great escape a few seasons ago. Impressive turnaround though that was, he didn't, as is often misremembered, come in and rescue them - it was him that had led them into that predicament in the first place.
I'd actually say keeping Watford up would be more of an achievement for him than Leicester as he has only joined them when they were adrift at the bottom. There again, as someone mentioned above, they have a squad of players who really ought not to be down at that end of the table. And is he going to keep them up? If I had to place bets on it, I'd go for neither Bournemouth nor Villa getting the points to overtake Watford. Whatever happens, Pearson has certainly lost that initial new manager bounce that got them out of the bottom 3.
As a firefighter type manager, he may have some virtues but looking at his whole managerial career there's a lot more I wouldn't fancy if I was looking for a manager.
The one he's always credited with is Leicester's great escape a few seasons ago. Impressive turnaround though that was, he didn't, as is often misremembered, come in and rescue them - it was him that had led them into that predicament in the first place.
I'd actually say keeping Watford up would be more of an achievement for him than Leicester as he has only joined them when they were adrift at the bottom. There again, as someone mentioned above, they have a squad of players who really ought not to be down at that end of the table. And is he going to keep them up? If I had to place bets on it, I'd go for neither Bournemouth nor Villa getting the points to overtake Watford. Whatever happens, Pearson has certainly lost that initial new manager bounce that got them out of the bottom 3.
As a firefighter type manager, he may have some virtues but looking at his whole managerial career there's a lot more I wouldn't fancy if I was looking for a manager.