Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson hopes owners show patience for long-term plan

“You aren't wrong Rod, it won't be long before those in the top few will look to be opening up a bit of daylight on those in the bottom half, and it's vital we are one of them.”

“the main thing in my eyes chappy is the amount of confidence the two strikers will get from scoring , this could be the catalyst that starts us off , and just in the nick of time , cus hull are playing out of their skin and will take some beating.”

“Pinching myself in disbelief,

Thought it was going to be one of those nights as the Woodwork got in the way, and we lost our clean sheets at home claim.

But not only did we get one back, we got 2 back. We are now 10th.
It's still only a 50 percent record, and some bookings.

If we beat Hull - not only will we shake off the hoodoo of 2 in a row, but it will make the KP a bit of a fortress - (at last), If we can beat boro and finally get some points on the road, then I will stand corrected and say that things are looking up. Even a point away will do.

But finally we showed a bit of Character.”

“acullingham: 5 year plans are fine so long as we all can see a steady improvement. The problem is all I can see is stagnation which is now showing signs if anything of a decline.

No owners will buy into that.”

“Chappy. You seem a reasonable man judging by your posts. I agree with your point. Pearson is working against the brief. My point is the brief is ABSURD. The Thais are putting unnecessary pressure on NP. What we need is a 5 year plan. We need to develop a team that can get promotion with consistency and a view to coping with at least two years in the Premiership. That aint going to happen in one season and with the players NP is signing, who are largely work in progress.
I don't care how much cash the Thais put into the club, owners can have a destabilising influence . NP is being realistic. The Thais are not. I think we'll get promotion when we deserve it and I for one don't care how long that takes.”

“If we win tonight, then 'disaster : sack-the-manager' LCFC will be ONE POINT behind 'clicked : haven't-they-done-well' NFFC.

Their 3 away games have been against Bolton, Huddersfield and Palace. I would argue that our 3 away games have been tougher.

I don't think the Thais are insisting on promotion this season are they? They are saying that they are here for the long-term and aren't putting deadlines on promotion any more...”

“The Thais said promotion this year was their aim, they were prepared to give NP time last season. It's hardly unnecessary pressure.

Forest have pretty much built a team in one closed season, and funnily enough, it's clicked.

So why A Cullingham if NP knew the promotion expectations, is he signing youngsters for the future in 2 or 3 years time, instead of sticking to the brief.

These people are businessmen, they didn't get where they are missing deadlines, sooner or later they'll run out of patience.”

“I would be more worried if I was Owen Coyle. At least we are winning at home mostly!
He must be feeling pressure with just coming down from the prem and having more money.
NP just has to fix the away day issues and we should be on track!”

“@Hann75
Yes indeed Nige was in charge when we finished 5th and got to the play offs during 09-10 season. Congratulations to him. Yet both Norwich and Southampton were able to continue their Leauge 1 momentum in getting themselves promoted again the following season. Whereas big Nige managed 5th. Not a bad record of course, i'm sure we would take that if offered this season, but not good enough is it?”

“Is acullingham an acronym for "clown" ???”