Highly rated defender Jason Pearce became Neil Warnock's first long-term signing in May 2012 when he joined the club from Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee.Jason, who started his career at Fratton Park as a trainee before moving along the coast to Bournemouth, was named Portsmouth's Player of the Year in 2011/12 and won seven of the nine supporters awards up for grabs.The player had forged his reputation at Bournemouth, where he spent four years and skippered the side, before returning to Pompey at the start of the 2011/12 season in a £500,000 deal.He had over 250 career appearances under his belt prior to joining Leeds with 44 coming in the Championship for Portsmouth in 2011/12.