tribalfooball.com - September 21,
2006
Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce could be just three games away
from the sack.
The Sun says his full-strength side were embarrassingly dumped out
of the Carling Cup at League One Chesterfield on Wednesday.
That made it 13 defeats in City's last 16 games as callers to a
local radio station began to call for Psycho's head.
City now face West Ham at home tomorrow, then Everton away and
rock-bottom Sheffield United at home.
Failure to get at least four points from those three games could
spell the end for Pearce, with the club hovering above the drop
zone.
Man City boss Pearce questions own
methods
tribalfooball.com - September 21, 2006
Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce admits he's looking at
everything, including his own coaching methods, to arrest the slide
of his team.
His full-strength side were embarrassingly dumped out of the
Carling Cup at League One Chesterfield on Wednesday.
That made it 13 defeats in City's last 16 games as callers to a
local radio station began to call for Psycho's head.
Pearce said: "I am bitterly disappointed by the result - it just
wasn't good enough.
"We will just have to work hard on the training pitch to get
through this. I feel like I work hard as it is but I will just have
to work harder.
"And I am not going to blame others. I will take the stick."
Pearce has even admitted that he may have to have a quick rethink
at how he approaches his whole preparation for games.
He said: "I am going to have to look at the coaching methods,
everything. When you have bad results you have to analyse what you
are doing."
Chesterfield had won only one game in seven before meeting
City.
Yet Spireites' match-winner Derek Niven, who hit a stunning volley
in the 2-1 victory, said he could sense City's nerves.
He even admitted surprise that Pearce's side surrendered so
meekly.
Niven said: "You expect more aggression from a team managed by
Stuart Pearce.
"He is the sort of person who looks for his team to close down and
pressurise sides - yet that is what we did to them.
"We knew they had been struggling and we sensed their nervousness
and took advantage. We got on top of them and got our just
rewards.
"When a team is not playing well you can pressure them into making
mistakes."
Chesterfield boss Roy McFarland added: "I have been in football 40
years and, at the final whistle, the first person I felt for was
the opposing manager.
"There is a lot of pressure on Stuart at the moment.
"I wish him well but he has got a lot of work to do."
please don't sack him he a very enthusiastic and hardworking
manager
