Pearson - Absolute liability
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IMO Not a chance!
Firstly, we're 3 games short of the amnesty - if he'd got to that then there'd have been almost nothing to worry about.
Secondly, the next two games are crucial - lose on Saturday and the end of season run in hardly matters so worthless 'saving himself' for that. Bristol City are 6pts ahead of us - and also have 2 games in hand. Boro are 10 points ahead of us and also have one game in hand on us.
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Really?! DJ? He’s not got the defensive ability to play that role.
DJ's defensive inadequacies are overplayed. He covers absolutely loads of ground and it's a myth that he doesn't track back.
He'll never fly into challenges or bully players but his reading and intercepting is pretty good.
If Neil wants someone to fly into tackles and sit in front of the back four then Ledson might get the nod but people seem to forget that we went to Nottingham Forest with a midfield of Gally, DJ and Browne and won 1-0.
He'll never fly into challenges or bully players but his reading and intercepting is pretty good.
If Neil wants someone to fly into tackles and sit in front of the back four then Ledson might get the nod but people seem to forget that we went to Nottingham Forest with a midfield of Gally, DJ and Browne and won 1-0.
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As far as I can see we have only won one away league game without Pearson starting (the Forest game) since Oct 2017
We haven't won a home league game without Pearson starting since sept 2017 (the only home league win without Pearson under ANs reign)
Would be a good time to break the above 2 stats.
We haven't won a home league game without Pearson starting since sept 2017 (the only home league win without Pearson under ANs reign)
Would be a good time to break the above 2 stats.
All football brain and no sense
Agree. Neil actually said after Forest that Johnson had an "incredible athletic capacity", he wouldn't be using those words if Johnson was lazy or didn't put in a shift for the team.
I'd go with Ledson as I just think it will maintain the balance we've had recently in midfield.
Johnson is experienced and trusted by the manager though so could be either, but as you say the whole lazy thing is just totally overstated, just like people used to accuse Robinson of it.
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Ramos is in a similar position to Pearson at PNE.
He knows he will always get back in the first team after any ban.
He probably wouldn't sign a new contract with big financial penalties for indiscipline.
Ramos will probably not learn until he moves to a bigger club.
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An interesting read I’ve just found on twitter - https://www.fromthefinney.co.uk/analysis/the-man-who-makes-preston-north-end-tick/
Just shows how important he is to us.
Just shows how important he is to us.
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Ramos is also in big bother at the moment for getting a yelloŵ card deliberately so he misses certain games and not others through suspension. There was a thread on here the other day suggesting Pearson might do the same but if he was judged to have done so he could be facing a much longer ban because it is effectively cheating.
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Only 2 wins 2 draws & 7 loses while pearsons not played very worrying for the next 2 matches..
Not sure Ledson ready yet. Neil must manage Pearson better. Any news how Calum Robinson is doing.
Not sure Ledson ready yet. Neil must manage Pearson better. Any news how Calum Robinson is doing.
Sheffield United
| 01.01.19 | CHA | Rotherham | Preston | 2 : 1 | suspended |
| 29.12.18 | CHA | Preston | Aston Villa | 1 : 1 | suspended |
| 26.12.18 | CHA | Preston | Hull | 1 : 2 | suspended |
| 20.10.18 | CHA | Hull | Preston | 1 : 1 | suspended |
| 22.09.18 | CHA | Sheff Utd | Preston | 3 : 2 | suspended |
| 18.09.18 | CHA | Leeds | Preston | 3 : 0 | suspended |
| 15.09.18 | CHA | Preston | Reading | 2 : 3 | suspended |
| 14.08.18 | EFL | Preston | Morecambe | 3 : 1 | not in the squad |
| 08.12.18 | CHA | Nottm Forest | Preston | 0 : 1 | not in the squad |
| 01.12.18 | CHA | Birmingham | Preston | 3 : 0 | not in the squad |
| 06.01.19 | FAC | Preston | Doncaster | 1 : 3 | not in the squad |
Pearson is our best player and it really is quite that simple. He dictates games for us and sniffs out danger better than any midfielder ive seen at Deepdale. He is however a tad stupid, but liability- not a chance. Of his cards this season im pretty sure not all have been warranted But his reputation goes before him.
For the game saturday I think id give Ledson the nod based solely on keeping the current shape in that we have a dedicated CDM who adds the bite to midfield.
For the game saturday I think id give Ledson the nod based solely on keeping the current shape in that we have a dedicated CDM who adds the bite to midfield.
Ramos will not learn till he moves to a bigger Club?
Which one would that be then? They don’t come much bigger than the one he is at
As for Ben, IF could stop getting those silly cards for dissent, there would be no question of a Liability or his name on the team sheet
But to miss ten matches in a season (with a third still to go)? as I said earlier, If Ledson can make a good impression then perhaps he should have a good run
Maybe the only way to get through to Ben is being on the bench when fully fit and available
The Manager seems to have tried everything else
Just have to accept it's part of Pearson's game.
Probably be a deterrent for potential suitors going forward.
Probably be a deterrent for potential suitors going forward.
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How many of those coincided with other injury and availability problems (e.g. the post Sheff W bans definitely did). At the start of the season we were shite, full stop, whether he played or not.
Panic ye not - we're bang in form and have more than one option to replace him. Lets focus on what we have rather than what we don't.