Premeditated Pearce

[stsae]

Your not seriously comparing mini to GI are you? GI is human and every player including brad fittler (praise be upon him) dropped the ball every now and then but Mini is a bumbling fool who constantly stuffs up and deserves to be maligned.

Assyrian_Newman why are all pimps angered???

Mini has been in first grade for 15 seasons this year.

Played in 6 GFs and won 2. 1 as captain.

Played for his state and country. Won all the awards and accolades.

Do you realise IF, and yes it's a massive IF, but IF we win the GF again this season he will be probably the most successful Rooster ever???

EVER.

Over 300 games for our club, 3 GF wins, 2 as captain.

And you will have the pleasure of telling your grand kids you witnessed the great Mini live.

Where will you be in 50 years???

Smile it won't hurt you this I promise.

[morley101]

The Roosters attack is very structured as it suits Pearce and Maloney's games. Melbourne's attack is very structured because it suits
Cronk's game. The Cowboys and Manly's games are less structured because it suits Thurston and DCE. The question is how effective
the attack is. Thurston and DCE are more exciting to watch. At the end of the season we will see which halves have the most try assists.

[Johnny.]

I like predestined Pearce. He has done, and will continue to put egg on the faces of tall-poppy doubters.

The man is a premiership winning halfback. He has players around him that cover for his inadequacies. We both know that when Maloney fires, Pearce can play to his strengths.

[Guest]

Assyrian_Newman why are all pimps angered???

Mini has been in first grade for 15 seasons this year.

Played in 6 GFs and won 2. 1 as captain.

Played for his state and country. Won all the awards and accolades.

Do you realise IF, and yes it's a massive IF, but IF we win the GF again this season he will be probably the most successful Rooster ever???

EVER.

Over 300 games for our club, 3 GF wins, 2 as captain.

And you will have the pleasure of telling your grand kids you witnessed the great Mini live.

Where will you be in 50 years???

Smile it won't hurt you this I promise.

This is his 15th yr in fg. Well in 00-02 he is avg/ok winger whos hands let him down. 03-05 he came into his own and was a freak of a fb. Since then be it due to injury or what ever, he has been useless. Of his 15 yrs in fg he has been good for 4 yrs, that means for nearly 75% of his career he has been avg at best....and pimpin aint easy!

[stsae]

This is his 15th yr in fg. Well in 00-02 he is avg/ok winger whos hands let him down. 03-05 he came into his own and was a freak of a fb. Since then be it due to injury or what ever, he has been useless. Of his 15 yrs in fg he has been good for 4 yrs, that means for nearly 75% of his career he has been avg at best....and pimpin aint easy!

Shit you're angered lol.

I guess Minis just been lucky then???

6 GFs, 2 wins, in 14 years, that's some sorta luck.

So back to your last post mate. Am I correct in thinking GI can make mistakes but Mini can't???

And in no way was I comparing the two. Both totally different players at totally different points of their distinguished carrers.

What I don't get is why are humans like GI allowed to make errors but humans like Mini aren't???

And what do you have against the man??? I mean angers fine, criticism of forms fine, but I sense more with you.

[Tommy Smith]

Average/ok winger?

You crazy?!

He was a brilliant winger, then became one of the greatest fullbacks of all-time imo. Then injury struck and since then he's been a very reliable fullback who played a crucial role in our success last year.

His defence and organisation of the line has been immense. We looked rudderless in his absence late last year.

[TheLoneRooster]

My one and only criticism of Pearce is his short kicking game. That aside, I think he's a very good 7.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Assyriandump?
Definitely talks it..

[Darkone]

Teams with the legendary super star half backs, star studded teams, Cowboys, Manly, Storm, Souths, Bulldogs

We beat them all,

I would have Pearce over them anytime, he's a tradesman, he turns up & gives his best & most importantly gives his team every chance to win the way he see's it...

if he makes mistakes, I forgive him, he will be there for us again that day in September.

[stephenj]

your getting him mixed up the premedicated one is his mate todd carney!

[rwbfl]

Your not seriously comparing mini to GI are you? GI is human and every player including brad fittler (praise be upon him) dropped the ball every now and then but Mini is a bumbling fool who constantly stuffs up and deserves to be maligned.

That may be the most laughable post I have ever read on this forum. If you believe that Anthony "Mini" Minichiello is a constant stuff up and deserves to be maligned, you must not understand the game of rugby league.

[Rooster_6]

Of course the majority of Pearce's footy is pre-meditated he's the halfback, he's the ograniser, he's the game manager & the game plan executioner.

Take the question in the opening post for example, why does he hit the lead runner so often when Maloney/Jenko are out the back with a half opportunity? It's all about working over the opposition half who defends 3 in, if Pearce hits that lead runner 4 times I bet you on the 5th time the defending half (a little fatigued at this point in the game) gets a little lazy and pushes in to make a tackle on the lead runner and then all of a sudden the ball goes out the back and the opposition have got buckley's of stopping it. Or visa-versa, keep playing out the back, out the back, out the back & then hit the lead runner.

That is true patience & that's called not over-playing your hand, sure it's also pre-meditated & repetitive but it's effective & it's the role of a good halfback. He's expected to think 3-4 plays ahead, he's expected to think about where the last tackle kick is going to be put in, what tempo the game should be played at given the current situation of the game, which players he needs to direct traffic at to tire in defence so they're not as effective in attack, which players to run set moves at based on signs of fatigue or poor defence etc etc etc. The list goes on & on.

Sure it's not as exciting for the fans as a creative half like Shaun Johnson, Jonathan Thurstson, Todd Carney etc etc whose play often comes off the cuff but I guarantee you it's just as important. Without a good organising half a team just doesn't function properly and we've got one of the best in the game, at club level I don't think there's a better organising halfback. Cam Smith is the undisputed king.

Criticising a halfback for being pre-meditated is like criticising a secretary for being organised.

[Guest]

Of course the majority of Pearce's footy is pre-meditated he's the halfback, he's the ograniser, he's the game manager & the game plan executioner.

Take the question in the opening post for example, why does he hit the lead runner so often when Maloney/Jenko are out the back with a half opportunity? It's all about working over the opposition half who defends 3 in, if Pearce hits that lead runner 4 times I bet you on the 5th time the defending half (a little fatigued at this point in the game) gets a little lazy and pushes in to make a tackle on the lead runner and then all of a sudden the ball goes out the back and the opposition have got buckley's of stopping it. Or visa-versa, keep playing out the back, out the back, out the back & then hit the lead runner.

That is true patience & that's called not over-playing your hand, sure it's also pre-meditated & repetitive but it's effective & it's the role of a good halfback. He's expected to think 3-4 plays ahead, he's expected to think about where the last tackle kick is going to be put in, what tempo the game should be played at given the current situation of the game, which players he needs to direct traffic at to tire in defence so they're not as effective in attack, which players to run set moves at based on signs of fatigue or poor defence etc etc etc. The list goes on & on.

Sure it's not as exciting for the fans as a creative half like Shaun Johnson, Jonathan Thurstson, Todd Carney etc etc whose play often comes off the cuff but I guarantee you it's just as important. Without a good organising half a team just doesn't function properly and we've got one of the best in the game, at club level I don't think there's a better organising halfback. Cam Smith is the undisputed king.

Criticising a halfback for being pre-meditated is like criticising a secretary for being organised.

dont agree with all of this statement. When we are 10 out from the opposition line Pearce does not need to repetitively hit the lead runner because the other half defends 3 in. he does that outside the attacking zone. In the 10 he has 3 or 4 options and he is suppose to hit the option that will lead to a try! At the moment he is hitting the lead runner too often in this instance and needs to start picking other options. The right options.

Outside of this Pearce has been outstanding. Even kicked a 40/20 which im hoping to see more of along with his grubbers for himself> Mark my words the pearce we know and love is about to take his game to an all new level!! He better stay a rooster for life and win us a few more premierships.

[player 1]

Shit you're angered lol.

I guess Minis just been lucky then???

6 GFs, 2 wins, in 14 years, that's some sorta luck.

So back to your last post mate. Am I correct in thinking GI can make mistakes but Mini can't???

And in no way was I comparing the two. Both totally different players at totally different points of their distinguished carrers.

What I don't get is why are humans like GI allowed to make errors but humans like Mini aren't???

And what do you have against the man??? I mean angers fine, criticism of forms fine, but I sense more with you.

Maate, if you try to be this guy's shrink you're gonna get a headache.

[The Rooster Oracle]

My one and only criticism of Pearce is his short kicking game. That aside, I think he's a very good 7.

That is pretty much it TLR. I would love to see him position himself better when setting himself up to kick to make it easier for himself, and then be able to get those grubbers into the ingoal and force line drop outs or the odd try.

One other little one which has already been mentioned, when it is on go the man out the back with his passes, as he has missed some real opportunities for tries at times this year, mainly when going on the attack down our left side.

Other than those few things, he is very consistent and I am more than happy for him to be our halfback! He is in the top 4 halfbacks in the game, along with DCE, Cronk and Johnson. Johnson is inconsistent because he has had shit coaching. Cronk is now on the decline at the age of 30, having played so much footy including finals and rep footy over so many years is starting to take its toll on him. DCE is the best halfback in the game these days.