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Ben Pearson.

Ben Pearson.

Should have been booked twice and sent off for the two fouls on Browne. Certainly would have happened if he had still been playing for us.
 
Staffordwhite said:
He’s not even the best player for us in the past five years; McGeady, Gally, Iversen and several others ahead of him in that queue.

Go back 15 years and we’re in 2006. McKenna in his pomp, BoN, Nugent Mk1, Grezza, etc.

So, yep, short memories… 😉
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It depends what someone means by "best", I suppose. Pearson was good. The man from Tivoli Gardens was the best (if you mean ability wise) I've seen in roughly that period of time, but he was a couple of years outside of the 15 year bracket that was mentioned. At times he was marvellous. It would have been so good to have gone up and played in the premiership with him turning out for us. A combination of an exciting new Jamaican player, allied with the history of Preston North End, one of the football league founders.
 
Libertine said:
Not at all, you do things like that at an away game (home as well). Anything that might give your team an edge and winding Ben up is something that might help if it takes his mind off his game. At the end of the day that's why supporters give players stick at a game, as it's one of the few things they can do to help their team. Granted it doesn't always work, how often do strikers get pelters from the crowd only to score in the same game, Mcgeady anyone?
I'm sure he'll get a tremendous reception in the reverse fixture. He will from me anyway.
Having said all that, if he'd be playing for us last night he'd have been booked for at least one of his "tackles."
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Fair enough to an extent, but we know from experience Pearson performed even better when he was getting stick. He struggled to make an impact on the ball last night because of our defensive set up, but he still dominated Maguire in the first half. Candy off a baby etc


Paul Weller said:
Do you mean those fans who made a 500+ mile round-trip?
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Yes
 
Doyler said:
Fair enough to an extent, but we know from experience Pearson performed even better when he was getting stick. He struggled to make an impact on the ball last night because of our defensive set up, but he still dominated Maguire in the first half. Candy off a baby etc



Yes
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For me him getting hooked on 60-odd minutes says job done by players and booing supporters alike.
 
Realistic said:
It depends what someone means by "best", I suppose. Pearson was good. The man from Tivoli Gardens was the best (if you mean ability wise) I've seen in roughly that period of time, but he was a couple of years outside of the 15 year bracket that was mentioned. At times he was marvellous. It would have been so good to have gone up and played in the premiership with him turning out for us. A combination of an exciting new Jamaican player, allied with the history of Preston North End, one of the football league founders.
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When you refer to 'the man from Tivoli Gardens ', I do hope, that you don't mean, Keamar Daley.
 
Best as in peak levels or best as in number of great games for us are both relevant and respectable metrics. Pearson, like it or not, definitely is right up there in the latter.
 
BPIG - GBNF said:
The short memories of North End fans always amazes me. Booing him last night was absolutely pathetic. He’s still the best player for us in the last 15 years. Signs look good that McCann could surpass him but there’s a long way to go for that.
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Pearo was a great player for us and I had a moan at a few around me last night for booing him, I didn't think it was at all necessary. So what if he kicked Browne a couple of times, that's his game and I'm sure Browne expected nothing less and had a laugh with him about it afterwards.

He's not the best player of the last 15 years though. That's Aiden McGeady by a distance. Pearson would be top 10.
 
NG White said:
Pearo was a great player for us and I had a moan at a few around me last night for booing him, I didn't think it was at all necessary. So what if he kicked Browne a couple of times, that's his game and I'm sure Browne expected nothing less and had a laugh with him about it afterwards.

He's not the best player of the last 15 years though. That's Aiden McGeady by a distance. Pearson would be top 10.
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I gave him a few boos here and there last night. Nothing close to the level we gave Tony Ellis.
Trouble I have with Pearson was how he ended his time here, not playing, either unwilling or just not picked depending on who you believe. It also took him a while to thank the fans . Obama his dig st the club, which wasn't the best bit or PR towards your previous employer.
So for me he was a quality player in what he was asked to do for us, no where near my top 10 of players, but we have missed him and what he did, that was until last night.
I thank him for his service to the club, but some of his tackles last night warranted booing. I would cheered if he had still being wearing a PNE shirt.
Or do we just now applaud all our past players when they are in they are the opposition. I save that credit to those that leave in style .
 
I enjoyed watching him play for us, that naughty rebellious streak was hugely frustrating but was also a big part of his game.
Opposition fans hated him, as they did with Gregan, it showed he was having an effect.
Now that he has calmed down a bit sure he’s a decent player, but he’s an ordinary player at Bournemouth, no cult status there, and to me he’s not as good as he was without his nasty streak.
 
Pearson, like Hugill, fit in perfectly playing for an underdog team set up to hustle and frustrate better teams. They were both superb at it…

They do, however, lack genuine quality on the ball to contribute to the top teams in the championship.

Pearson’s main attribute is reading the game and breaking up play - not always required for a team dominating possession and the very good defensive midfielders can contribute more on the ball than Pearo can.

Decent Championship player(s) and nothing more.

Robbo had obvious and genuine quality yet the town end disliked him for wearing gloves 😂
 
BPIG - GBNF said:
The short memories of North End fans always amazes me. Booing him last night was absolutely pathetic. He’s still the best player for us in the last 15 years. Signs look good that McCann could surpass him but there’s a long way to go for that.
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Excellent player for us no doubt - booing him? Completely pointless & not for me. Probably had the opposite affect & geed him up a bit.

Not even close to being the best player for us in the last 15 years though.
 
pne1881 said:
Excellent player for us no doubt - booing him? Completely pointless & not for me. Probably had the opposite affect & geed him up a bit.

Not even close to being the best player for us in the last 15 years though.
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I'd have hated to see him if he wasn't geed up. He was poor on the night.

I agree about the booing tho
 
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