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Even mitchell himself has admitted that this has been an average year in terms of the team and his own personal performance. He is offcontract end of next year and the fact he will attract a lot of interest from elsewhere is no secret. That said, we must keep him. Not only because we have been investing in him since we thrust him into first grade as a 17 year old and he is now an established origin player and has over 100 first grade games which is pretty impressive for a 23 year old.
Even for his detractors, having a quick look through the stats for the year makes for pretty good reading in particular for a guy like pearce playing in a bottom 4 side who has had a pretty average year personally as well. Here are the numbers:
- Only Cronk and marshall have produced more try assists than pearce this year
- Only marshall and thurston have produced more line break assists than pearce this year
- No half has scored more tries than pearce himself this year
- He is in the top 5 halves for line breaks and tackle busts for a half
We jump up and down about the likes of cherry-evans and co and of course the stats dont show the whole story but in these KPIs for a half, he is well and truly a standout. Imagine what he could be capable of when he actually performs at his best, performs and plays in a team that is performing consistently with a competent halves partner and good consistent mentoring from a coach.
He may not end up being as good as johns and the others he seems to be constantly compared to (although he is still only at the start of his career so writing him off is a bit premautre imo) but i think we need a bit of a reality check and realise that the grass is not always greener on the otherside and even if pearce is average or rubbish as some on here say, obviously there arent really many (if any) other halves going around much better
Even for his detractors, having a quick look through the stats for the year makes for pretty good reading in particular for a guy like pearce playing in a bottom 4 side who has had a pretty average year personally as well. Here are the numbers:
- Only Cronk and marshall have produced more try assists than pearce this year
- Only marshall and thurston have produced more line break assists than pearce this year
- No half has scored more tries than pearce himself this year
- He is in the top 5 halves for line breaks and tackle busts for a half
We jump up and down about the likes of cherry-evans and co and of course the stats dont show the whole story but in these KPIs for a half, he is well and truly a standout. Imagine what he could be capable of when he actually performs at his best, performs and plays in a team that is performing consistently with a competent halves partner and good consistent mentoring from a coach.
He may not end up being as good as johns and the others he seems to be constantly compared to (although he is still only at the start of his career so writing him off is a bit premautre imo) but i think we need a bit of a reality check and realise that the grass is not always greener on the otherside and even if pearce is average or rubbish as some on here say, obviously there arent really many (if any) other halves going around much better
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