I think he meant the fans push him to go, but he didn't make his point very well. And also it doesn't happen, how many years of protests did it take for the Allan's to leave City!

So Pearson walks away. Then what. This guy has made mistakes but without him well I honestly don't know. He's put his time and money into this club. Certainly on some things has been guilty of making the wrong decisions. But I dread to think what would happen if he just walks away.

Maybe that '[inew bird[/i' Seb was telling us about at the start of the season?

Indeed, also absolutely no investors are going to invest in SL without the TV deal, the other looming threat is SKY reduce the money even further and half the league are forced to go part time.

how can you fire someone who holds all the shares?

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so where's the investment that so called in the know keep claiming gonna happen ?

Well exactly - who would do it?

Thats a big accusation! And you'd need facts to back that up.

I also don't think anyone goes into RL to make money, its more of a personal enjoyment project for him, and possibly at the start a way of sticking two fingers up to the Allams (everyone was taken by surprise that morning when the takeover was announced)

I personally I feel his heart is in the right place, in particular he spent big in 2013, again in 2016 and then again for 2020 to try and bring sucess, most of of that outlay has been wasted such as Fonua and Reynolds being paid off.

McRae, Radford and Hodgson all have made mistakes on contracts and signings. Only Motu can hold his head up high recruitment in the Pearson era.

Pearson should have backed Gentle rather than let the players down tools, that just led to two more dead seasons while we rebuilt. Radford should have gone after that long spell of defeats in 2018. I'll excuse hiring and firing Last as it was just a weird season, and due to Covid an Aussie coach couldent have flown in anyway.

We needed a Tony Smith type experienced head coach years ago, that has been Pearsons biggest mistake in my eyes.

So you don't think he pays himself a wage?

Course he does, he has to earn a living and its been a while since he had a consultancy job in Football, not sure how well Tribal is going (and he is of course co owner with Hudgell) the Fruit Market one shutdown but that area only seems to do well in nice weather, and without becoming Billy/Keith the stalker I dont know if he has any other businesses right now.

You know that do you

Pearson looks a broken individual. The finances are a mess , the club is a mess.He needs to do the right thing and walk away.
James Clark also needs to go he has damaged the club beyond repair.

Do you know any different?

I think you maybe right if I’m being honest. I don’t doubt he has made mistakes and some big ones however he has always been prepared to put his money in.
I think he is frustrated, annoyed and disappointed much like us all. I think he knows he’s made the mistakes too and wasted time and money with those mistakes. Above all I think he’s needed help and support at the top as it’s an awful lot to take on and handle on your own.
In regards the comment about his last coaching appointment I would imagine it’s more to do with looking at taking a back seat in these matters rather than being the one solely responsible as I imagine the pressure is immense on his shoulders.

I think it would help if he communicated a little more with the fan base rather than the emotional outbursts we have seen.
The fact is there are very few people/investors that would want to take on a SL club due to the way the sport is run and it takes money rather than makes money.

What is a concern is if we are genuinely spending up to 2.1M on the squad then that really is/has been wasted on the players over the past 3-4yrs. I hope some of the players actually read his statement and their consciences give them a kick up the ar5e.

Just think AP needs to be honest and open with the clubs fan base without any sales pitch thrown in.