Keary retiring?

[eddie]

Keary has yet to reproduce his form since the knee reconstruction, so I hope he sticks around for at least another season.

[rented tracksuit]

Ha ha, Pearce! Love it. Imagine him, Rads & The Cheese out on the drink together. I'm sure Pearce would take young Suaalii & Walker under his wing.

Seems like MP has passed that role over to Rads.

[Steakface]

Makes you wonder why they let Volkman go to the Warriors.

Because Volkman is a highlights reel merchant.

Additionally, it's impossible to keep all your players. Sacrifices have to be made, as we've already got 4-5 other halves on the books.

[Rooster1908]

Unpopular opinion I bet but I would welcome Mitchell Pierce back with open arms for one year send off . Never understood the hate .

[Inflictor]

If Keary had ongoing issues after that collision with Manu then its a real worry- because it wasn't a massive collision. Im hoping he was fine and the club took the extra precautions because of his history.

Fact is in a game of league there's always going to be head knocks. If its a case of a player being " one head knock away from retirement" then that player should retire before that head knock happens. You're either 100% good to go....or you don't play.

Keary has at least 2-3 years of top line footy left in him if fit. However if there's any doubt in his mind about copping a hit to the head and the ramifications then do the right thing by yourself and your family and call it quits-lifes too short to take that risk

The selfish part of me says he hasn't copped a knock for 3 years and this one was an accident from his own team mate. OK if he cops another bad knock it is probably all over so play on and hope he doesn't. Then retire at season's end.

On the other hand he has a couple of kids and if he retires now he will still get paid his full salary until the end of 2024 in which time he will probably retire anyway.

It seems an easy decision for him but I hope he decides to play on.

[Mickie Lane]

What other club has ever had 3 players retire early because of head knocks. It doesn’t look good.
I prefer him to look after himself for the future then risk his future playing on.
I just know Keary & Walker will not be the halves next year whether he retires or not.

[Mickie Lane]

Unpopular opinion I bet but I would welcome Mitchell Pierce back with open arms for one year send off . Never understood the hate .

I always liked Pearcy he truly loved the Chooks & it hurt him big time when the Roosters bought Cronk.

[DP1990]

I hope he doesn't exit early and he gets to walk away on his terms but sometimes in footy, players aren't given the fairy tale ending and this was the case with Cordner, Friend and Bmoz unfortunately.


We need to think about the best tactical options and also what is available for us in our roster or on the market.


Do we promote Manu to five-eighth and look to tweak our backline ? Suallii to centre ? look for a new winger or centre ? or do we go after a new 5/8 ? Burton for example ?


Anyways, as I've said before ... I hope Keary doesn't retire early but regardless of his/the club's decision, we need to look at the future and moving forward !

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Unpopular opinion I bet but I would welcome Mitchell Pierce back with open arms for one year send off . Never understood the hate .

damn I would almost prefer your girlfriend/stalker than Pearce

[Rooster1908]

damn I would almost prefer your girlfriend/stalker than Pearce

Dont tell my wife

[Rooster1908]

What other club has ever had 3 players retire early because of head knocks. It doesn’t look good.
I prefer him to look after himself for the future then risk his future playing on.
I just know Keary & Walker will not be the halves next year whether he retires or not.

Mick if Luke doesn't retire who will be the halves if not him and Walker

[Mickie Lane]

Mick if Luke doesn't retire who will be the halves if not him and Walker

Good question.
I posted 7 weeks ago that if the Chooks didn’t win at least 4 of their last 7 games (we won 2) that there will be changes in the halves for 2023. I stand by that.

[Roosterfarian]

Even before this latest knock, I thought Keary's on field demeanour had changed. He looked like he was no longer enjoying the game as much. Might have been the pressure, I suppose (my demeanour has changed too, especially after the Bulldogs loss).

You’re dead right there mun. Hasnt really looked happy on the field all year.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Heard somewhere he's been getting headaches since the last head knock. If that's true I'd be very surprised if he plays again.

[Eggspert]

Unpopular opinion I bet but I would welcome Mitchell Pierce back with open arms for one year send off . Never understood the hate .

Absolutely not! I thank him for his Rooster service but he did not cut it as a player or a role model. More worried about where to have a piss up then getting the job done for the Roosters.

I remember it took him something like 60 attempts at a FG in front of the posts to finally nail one. He was taking us for a ride for too long....funny once Cronk came we automatically go B2B.