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Mitchell Pearce

mrpwnd

mrpwnd

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Can i just say, i am still in utter disbelief that Mitchell Pearce was given the no. 7 over Luke Walsh.
Someone explain what points could have caused Pearce to be seen as better other than the fact that hes 2-3 years younger.
Anyone watching the season so far would see that Walsh in his current form really outdoes Pearce, heck i'm neither a Panthers nor a Roosters fan.
Someone please prove me wrong in regards to Walsh and Pearce.
 
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chrisD

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No-one needs to prove you wrong, it's obvious to anyone who has watched Roosters and Panthers games this season and it's why you're alone on this.
 
Noname36

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Walsh would get absolutely destroyed in origin.

He's going well now at Penrith because he's getting a really good forward platform to work off. I understand that Walsh and Soward are both skillful players, but they would get absolutely murdered in origin if the forwards don't lay a fantastic platform.

Pearce may not be as skillful at this stage, but he's 10 times tougher.
 
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chrisD

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Walsh is not comparable to Soward in skill. In fact Pearce is not comparable to Soward in skill. Soward would be about the same liability in Origin as Thurston and should be there based on his attacking play.
 
Doomednow

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Keep Pearce, put Soward in. I'm not sold that Walsh is ready for origin.

However the argument that both Soward and Walsh only shine because of their forward pack is moot. Just give them a solid forward pack - problem solved. Ok not exactly as easy as it sounds maybe, nut definitely not unachieveable. We already had some excellent achievement from some of the guys in game III
 
Frailty

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Pearce has not performed in any origin game, and he has gone missing in every single game he has played.

If only they gifted Wallace that many games... Too bad his dad didn't play Football.
 
RHCP

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Wallace has played 4 Origin games which he was mediocre in, Pearce has played 3.

So, using simple mathematics, we can deduce Peter Wallace has had more chances to perform at Origin than Mitchell Pearce.

If you're going to try and make a stupid argument, at least don't use false facts.
 
Frailty

Frailty

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RHCP said:
Wallace has played 4 Origin games which he was mediocre in, Pearce has played 3.

So, using simple mathematics, we can deduce Peter Wallace has had more chances to perform at Origin than Mitchell Pearce.

If you're going to try and make a stupid argument, at least don't use false facts.
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Based on performance at Origin, Wallace was a lot better than Pearce.. At least Wallace got involved.
 
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Frailty said:
Based on performance at Origin, Wallace was a lot better than Pearce.. At least Wallace got involved.
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He had plenty of chances to stamp his name on that number 7 jersey and couldn't do it.

Barrett totally dominated Pearce in Games 2 & 3 this year. Mitchell deserves at least one more shot to show he's up to it without a five-eighth calling the shots.
 
mrpwnd

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Frailty said:
Based on performance at Origin, Wallace was a lot better than Pearce.. At least Wallace got involved.
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Wallace got involved
And he just sucked.
You wanna know what he did for NSW in origin?
Heres a hint, zero, zilch, 0 w/e you wanna call it.
He plays good at the broncos because he's continually sucking Lockyers left nut.
 
mongoose

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Hmm not sure about Pearce. Potentially he is probably the best halfback nsw have but he didnt show anything in his 2 games this year. Atleast he's a strong defender.

I still think Soward should get a run.
 
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Pearce is too slow for my taste. I'd love to see a lightning quick halfback to really worry QLD, but if we're not going to see that (who is there fast and good enough?) I wouldn't mind seeing Carney get a run. He might bring out something in Pearce that we've not seen for NSW. Throw in Farah, with Pearce and Carney combining like they do for the Roosters and we'd have some good kickers, some pace and some genuine creativity.
 
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