Rumours.. Cronk agreed to terms a few months back. Pearce to 14 or shipped to Souths

[Horry]

Finally some common sense !

Billy Gunn Rocks - good to have you back!!

[Billy Gunn]

Billy Gunn Rocks - good to have you back!!

cheers brother

[Steakface]

I think most are missing the big picture.

Whenever our forwards demolish their opposition, go forward with quick play the balls, Pearce and Keary have a field day. Like most halves.

With the addition of Teddy, all we need do is strengthen our front row. That's who let us down.

I've never gotten the Pearce hate. He is no superstar. He is conservative in his play. He is steady. Defensively sound. He is a good first grader and a good enough halfback to win a Premiership for us, as long as we have a consistently dominant pack.
He proved it 4 years ago.

No point destroying morale for a guy who could only be here for a year.

Farkin ditto.

And 100% correct IMO.

[Monaco's Fan Club]

Farkin ditto.

And 100% correct IMO.

No one is expecting Pearce to be a superstar, but he surely isn't a consistent half back. That is all we need.

[milanja]

I have also been a big supporter of pearce over many years.

But if cronk is available for say 2 years, then its a no brainer.

Having said that, I would get rid of friend and fergo first and foremost. Weilder said that fergo is on $500k next year, that is $500k for dropping the ball regularly in tackles.

Pretty sure fergo took a significant pay cut for one more year, was reported that he would most likely be on 250-300k

[dice]

Pearce's attempted tackle for their first try should have seen him sacked by the club immediately.

You can't have a halback who is a toiler. It's time for him to go.

The nitpicking of Pearce becoming silly. It was a forward (JWH?) who ran out of the defensive line and creating the gap, even the commentators said it. Pearce did not let in the two tries due to Matterson playing out of position and being too slow, Pearce did not waste a bench spot with an injured winger despite the availability of Manu, Pearce did not let Cows dominate possession in warm conditions by dropping the ball a dozen times.

Having said that, if we did get Cronk then I reckon shifting Friend to the bench and Pearce too hooker (Teddy/Keary/Cronk/Pearce) would send chills up the spines of every other team and supporter.

[Bondicigar]

Pretty sure fergo took a significant pay cut for one more year, was reported that he would most likely be on 250-300k

fergo cops a bit of flak on the chook pen . I think he had a more than solid season. He is second behind cordner for avg mtrs gained. To put the spot light on our forward pack the roosters only have 2 players in the top 50 total mtrs gained for 2017 season. That being fergo and JWH , toops comes in at 53

[top_joe]

Having said that, if we did get Cronk then I reckon shifting Friend to the bench and Pearce too hooker (Teddy/Keary/Cronk/Pearce) would send chills up the spines of every other team and supporter.

The thought of that spine makes me ol fella all tingly and stuff.

[novice chook]

The nitpicking of Pearce becoming silly. It was a forward (JWH?) who ran out of the defensive line and creating the gap, even the commentators said it. Pearce did not let in the two tries due to Matterson playing out of position and being too slow, Pearce did not waste a bench spot with an injured winger despite the availability of Manu, Pearce did not let Cows dominate possession in warm conditions by dropping the ball a dozen times.

Having said that, if we did get Cronk then I reckon shifting Friend to the bench and Pearce too hooker (Teddy/Keary/Cronk/Pearce) would send chills up the spines of every other team and supporter.

Haven't you realised by now it's always Pearce's fault. The bloke can win MOM and some Chooks supporters will still criticise the bloke, while other non-performing members of the team consistently get a free ride.

After all, it's his fault he's not Fitter, Johns, Thurston, Lockyer and Cronk combined - as craved by the Penners.

[PeeGee]

The thought of that spine makes me ol fella all tingly and stuff.

Hey people, what happens to Friend in all this. He hasn’t even been mentioned.

[Johnny Tobin]

Haven't you realised by now it's always Pearce's fault. The bloke can win MOM and some Chooks supporters will still criticise the bloke, while other non-performing members of the team consistently get a free ride.

After all, it's his fault he's not Fitter, Johns, Thurston, Lockyer and Cronk combined - as craved by the Penners.

It wasn't Finch's fault either. That didn't mean we wanted him at the club.

[ism22]

Where can we return our rented tracksuits BTW?

[stringaz]

Haven't you realised by now it's always Pearce's fault. The bloke can win MOM and some Chooks supporters will still criticise the bloke, while other non-performing members of the team consistently get a free ride.

After all, it's his fault he's not Fitter, Johns, Thurston, Lockyer and Cronk combined - as craved by the Penners.

This, but don't let common sense stop a good witch hunt. SKD must be laughing, no more whipping boy for him.

[Guest]

No one is expecting Pearce to be a superstar, but he surely isn't a consistent half back. That is all we need.

I don't agree. I think there are huge expectations on Pearce. He is expected to be good enough to defeat superstars such as Thurston and Cronk. He consistently comes up short and this seems to be the basis of a lot of ill feeling towards him. Halfbacks are meant to be smart and wily. Pearce is just not that guy.

[rented tracksuit]

Pearcey s solid enough to get us respectably through the season but struggles to grab a game and influence the result in our favor when he's needed. For me, that's not something that can be fixed but something that just comes naturally to some.