Stuart Pearce on making his England Debut & What Clough said...

"I'll show you I'm good enough"

[dutch]

I woukd suggest that Clough knew Pearce was good enough to play for England, he made him his captain at Forest! He knew his player and knew how to get the best out of those players and how they would respond to different approaches. He is also known for antics for keeping players feet on the ground. He was in my opinion a genius

[jch]

Man management is a work of art. Some know how to do it others will never know or can't be taught.
RIP Brian you are truly a legend.

[NH-bzjv]

Not only was Pearce good enough to play for England but I’d absolutely love to have him in our back four these days. Absolute beast of a defender👍

[leehambleton]

I enjoyed listening to what stuert had to say about Brian clough he was a great manager and stuert was the ultimate professional he gave 100% in every match he played in Lee Hambleton from Sheffield
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[shanekelley]

Cloughie, Clever insult to get Pearcy up for England duty!

[pauljarvis]

Stuart gave 100% who ever he played for and i think it rubbed off to the players around him to. They don't seem to have the same commitment when playing like they did in 80's/90's.
Clough was a great manager too.

[englishjona]

He’s not sure that he liked him, even now 👌🏾 Great man, not too bad yourself Piercy

[iaincathro]

A real modest guy who was an absolutely brilliant player.

[pjc]

Two giants of English football. Respect.

[mauriceedwards]

This would be typical Brain he'd be like with this with everyone he'd be knocking them down to keep their head in the right place no compromise no exceptions.

[RichardM-kvuu]

I guarantee if BRian Clough had been England manager at the time, he would have had Stuart Pearce down as first name on the team sheet.

[buildabonfire]

Not the best left back in his time but certainly in the top one 🤔

[andrewstratford]

😆😆wonder if this would work today with todays players try it out on them and they would cry and ask for a transfer.

[garsm]

Clough knew very well he was good enough !

[ocns]

I have to say that if I had been the player in that situation I would have taken it to heart and it would have destroyed my confidence but on the other hand you have to be tough to survive in that game so it would have proved I wouldn't have been good enough mentally

[aaropajari]

Imagine how many modern players would not respond like that.

[dannymurphy]

Wonder if Nigel and Teddy Sheringham got the same speech???!!!

[gerthie]

Miss a penalty cry on the shirt your a england hero 😳

[Inconvenientx]

This obviously worked on someone like Pearce. Did Cloughy know how to handle people who needed a pat on the back? You'd imagine so, but given his character, you'd imagine it came less easily. He certainly fucked up the Justin Fashanu situation.

[andyhello]

Yep, you can never know what he really meant, but to be who he was, he had to understand humans really well.

Just glad clough never became english manager.