LIVE! Match discussion 2014/15

[Freddeno]

good second half from chelsea and more positive football..they should play like that more often

 

[Alan]

3 more points needed

Technically they could pick up zero points the rest of the way and still win, so long as Arsenal drop 3 points over that time.

 

[Kenny]

I see Pearson had another little meltdown during the press conference!

After speaking about how his players had been criticised all season a Journo asked him to be a bit more specific........Pearson then started to call him an Ostrich, even asked if he was flexible enough to put his head in the sand. After calling him stupid he walked out.

 

[Lord Knows]

I see Pearson had another little meltdown during the press conference!

After speaking about how his players had been criticised all season a Journo asked him to be a bit more specific........Pearson then started to call him an Ostrich, even asked if he was flexible enough to put his head in the sand. After calling him stupid he walked out.

So Pearson loses and becomes a twat again, it seems nothing changes.

 

[Mixu]

I like Pearson, and I hope Leicester stay up. It would be a good endorsement for finding the right manager, and sticking by him. There were plenty of times when it would have been easy to sack him, both in the Championship and earlier this season, but the Leicester board have been rather pig-headed and stayed with him. I hope it pays off for them.

 

[Lord Knows]

I like Pearson, and I hope Leicester stay up. It would be a good endorsement for finding the right manager, and sticking by him. There were plenty of times when it would have been easy to sack him, both in the Championship and earlier this season, but the Leicester board have been rather pig-headed and stayed with him. I hope it pays off for them.

I like Leicesters scouting team, were they sacked around Christmas time but find Pearson an arrogant so and so who has gained results through his players individual quality rather than tactical acumen.
His team selections during the most part of this season have shown a lack of patience and he changes players far to often which prevents a team unit development. I hope they stay up because of the club and the fans who deserve a few seasons in the sun.

 

[Mrs Tisi]

Nigel Pearson being a bit snide to media people again after last nights game. Accused them of having their heads in the sand.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Just seen Pearson's press conference. Its mild tbh, Mick -lite.

I think he wants to come across the way Mick did in press conferences, but Pearson doesn't have the sense of humour. He just ends up being a prick for no reason, the question hardly warranted the response

 

[Kenny]

Nash currently talking about Managers that have insulted him (I guess he might be doing this for a while...)

"McCarthy came up with the 'shitman' anagram
Dave Jones singled me out for being negative during his promotion season. As for Joe Kinnear, it's too long to tweet!"

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Boston United drew 0 - 0 at Chorley last night in the first leg of the Conference north play off semi final. The second leg is at Boston on Saturday. I might just go along. I will of course be supporting Boston.

 

[Sniffer]

Just seen Pearson's press conference. Its mild tbh, Mick -lite.

I think he wants to come across the way Mick did in press conferences, but Pearson doesn't have the sense of humour. He just ends up being a prick for no reason, the question hardly warranted the response

I said exactly the same this morning. What we haven't seen though is the run up to the question as to whether or not Pearson was commenting on how the press had been negative and critical of Leicester but were now receiving a good deal of praise. If the journalist then asks "what criticism" then you can understand him going off on one to a degree.

 

[Kenny]

I said exactly the same this morning. What we haven't seen though is the run up to the question as to whether or not Pearson was commenting on how the press had been negative and critical of Leicester but were now receiving a good deal of praise. If the journalist then asks "what criticism" then you can understand him going off on one to a degree.

Leading up to it, he was saying it is difficult to win 4 games in a row in any League but especially in the Premier League and with certain criticism the players have got this season it makes it more impressive. The Journo then asked which criticism didn't you like? Which was him trying to find out if it was just "Leicester lost again and were poor" stuff or if there was specific comments he didn't like. Then the Ostrich bomb was dropped

 

[FrankMunro-371]

The owners at Leicester City are quite fed up with Pearson, but if he keeps them up, they will find it difficult to sack him.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Jonathan Wilson on why Chelsea aren't boring. He's right as well you know.

http://www.theguardian.com/football...inho-chelsea-maradona-boring-immoral-football

Everybody else should probably just accept that defending is part of football and football, despite what people keep saying, isn’t an entertainment – or rather, it’s a specific form of entertainment in which the struggle of one side against the other is paramount. If it weren’t, tens of thousands would turn out on street corners to watch freestylers; Mourinho’s satirical proposal to play without goals and measure possession wouldn’t go far enough: football would be played by one team only, doing tricks around cones and being marked, like ice dancing or diving by a panel of judges.

Teams who don't treat defending with the respect it deserves win very little. Teams who can't tough it out and pick up points without playing well don't win anything.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Seems like he's trying to say the only entertainment value comes from individual ability with his nonsense freestylers metaphor, can't agree with that at all.

Success and entertainment are completely seperate entities, Stoke under Pulis were as successful as they'd ever been, likewise Chelsea under Mourinho, doesn't mean that's been their most entertaining period though. Mourinho is just doing what he's paid to do, win games and subsequently trophies for Chelsea, a job he does extremely effectively, that doesn't mean he can't be criticised on other aspects though, such as entertainment value which has been very low since Christmas, even if he does frequently roll out a tactical masterclass, again it's interesting but not always entertaining.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Seems like he's trying to say the only entertainment value comes from individual ability with his nonsense freestylers metaphor, can't agree with that at all.

I'm not sure how you've come to that conclusion. He is saying good defensive play is of equal virtue to good attacking play.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

I'm not sure how you've come to that conclusion. He is saying good defensive play is of equal virtue to good attacking play.

Reading it again I do think i've got him a bit wrong.

I still don't agree though, his talk of a struggle making for entertainment isn't always the case. Arsenal v Chelsea last weekend was awful, close game between two pretty well matched teams but that counted for nothing in entertainment value as Chelsea shut the game down and Arsenal had no answer, top marks for Mourinho tactically but zero entertainment from the 'struggle'.

Entertainment comes in a myriad of forms, often it's at odds with success, Arsenal have have probably been the most entertaining English side for most of the last decade but often had no backbone and they won little, didn't make them bad to watch though. I watched Wolfsburg play someone earlier this season, can't think who now but both sides were garbage defensively, think it was already 2-2 by half time and one of the goals Wolfsburg conceded was even on target! Vierinha was so shit at defending he stepped outside the post to block a shot following a corner, it deflected in off him. That made for a very entertaining game as both teams gave up on defending and just went for it, top stuff.

I personally found Barcelona's dominant years under Pep to be excruciatingly dull, they were winning but their games just became a tactical/technical show case largely devoid of entertainment until Messi got arsed to do something special.

They're just completely seperate things for me, success and entertainment, some favour one over the other for differing reasons, sometimes you can both, or neither, they're completely independent. Entertainment is purely in the eyes of the beholder, success is indisputable.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Nigel Pearson has apologised for calling a reporter stupid last night.

 

[Freddeno]

I agree with mark apart from the barca stuff..i enjoyed to watch them every game..

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Napoli are getting well and truly dicked by Empoli, 3-0 down at half time, look completely impotent going forwards and being cut to ribbons on the counter despite not really throwing too many players forward. Good ol' Massimo Maccarone is looking good.