Original Dub wrote:Again I will state that you're being very unfair to Pearce whilst holding Sven in an extremely high regard.
It's extremely unfair to even talk about the two managers, well one manager and one with furry toy, in the same sentence.
First of all, you can't say it was only half Pearce's doing because Keegan was in charge to begin with. That is completely unfair on the man. When a manager takes over a team on a serious slide that look to have completely lost their way and guides to them to a kick away from European qualification he has to be given FULL credit.
Absolutely not. Keegan did the ground work. Pearce sparked them up for few games for sure, that's the kind of character he is but was completely found out when he really got his own way.
He then had to endure selling our best players and being handed fuck all of a budget to work with. He said it himself, he was there to balance the books and make sure we didn't get relegated, which he did successfully.
SWP was sold but Pearce DID also get to spend money. Result? Corradi, Samaras, Vassell etc.
Would Sven have been up for the fight? How many goals would we have scored under Sven with the same team? How much more attractive would the football have been with the same team?
Would Sven had joined us at that situation? Absolutely not? Why would he?
So whatever your feelings on Pearce, it is way out of order to call him a complete joke whilst hailing Sven.[/quote]