Dragons eye Pearce treaty

[Guest]

the premise this article is written on bemuses me. to suggest we are going to offload pearce to get SBW is ridiculous. firstly because we have room under the cap from ryles, myles, carney and secondly because pearce since debuting at 17 was our long-term choice at half

[Chooky Chookerson]

A mate of mine who is a saints supporter told me of this about a month ago... I just dismissed it cos i didnt want to believe it lol. I hope it is not true, ive always been a huge fan of his! Would hate to see him leave and personally i dont see it happening

[Guest]

The club didn't buy Mortimer to rot at Newton. He must have been bought for a reason.

Reason being, he was cheap & versatile off the bench. He was playing for Wenty FFS, he's not the superstar alot seem to think he is!

[SConcierge]

Yeh we bought mortimer because we knew pearce is leaving in 2years time,,,,,come on mate thats a joke and will never happen pearce will retire a roosters capt & legend

LOL muppets

[Guest]

If we lose Pearce, who has been groomed from the age of 17 as our long term halfback, who qualifies for salary cap exemptions when he hits 27 and is just starting to show his potential and replace him with a slow, soft, one season wonder "halfback" in Mortimer, I will seriously question the mental health of the people making the decisions at our club.

There I said it.

[morley101]

The club didn't buy Mortimer to rot at Newton. He must have been bought for a reason.

Yeah the reason was we needed some experienced backup for Pearce and Anasta in case of injury and rep duty.

[Guest]

If we lose Pearce, who has been groomed from the age of 17 as our long term halfback, who qualifies for salary cap exemptions when he hits 27 and is just starting to show his potential and replace him with a slow, soft, one season wonder "halfback" in Mortimer, I will seriously question the mental health of the people making the decisions at our club.

There I said it.

One question, why does an Easts fan have a Bulldogs logo as their avatar??

[Guest]

Quite simply - Pearce is not A priority - he needs to be THE priority.

I don't believe there is any other player on our roster who would leave a bigger dent in the club if he left.

Weight for age he is up there with any halfback in the comp.

[Guest]

One question, why does an Easts fan have a Bulldogs logo as their avatar??

Look closer. Although its a little old now, it should have every clubs logo

[Chris]

He is the most important player moving forward, for this team. I don't really care how much it costs to keep him. They had better make sure they don't lose him.

[stephenj]

i tend to think pearce will stay here, its not as if hell be underpaid here?

[Guest]

I think he will stay but I imagine there will be 5-6 clubs after him.

Saints, Dogs (if Foran stays) and Souffs all have shit halves and I can see them throwing the kitchen sink at him.

[Danish]

Why would the Dragons want Pearce, he's crap isn't he? That's what the self appointed experts on this forum have been saying forever, Pearce is crap. So either these experts know more than the Dragons coaching and recruitment staff about identifying talent or they know sweet fark all about it? I wonder which it is...

Chook.

The same recruitment and coaching staff that tried to sign Tim Moltzen last year...

So yeah, I think their judge of footballing talent is probably pretty iffy

[mightyrooster]

He is the most important player moving forward, for this team. I don't really care how much it costs to keep him. They had better make sure they don't lose him.

Absolutely!

[mightyrooster]

Why not, Manly were after him for years, apparently he hates Smith. He hates the Roosters so it all makes sense. Well thats what all the rumors say.

Huh. Smith won't be here in 2013 right? I thought he loved the Roosters and that's why he wanted JWH to stay?