Rumours and Stuff

[hineyrulz]

There’s a reason why he gets knocked. Very average player towards the end of his career

I’ve never seen a half over play his hand more, Mann outplayed him by plenty this year and Mann is a serviceable plodder.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

I’ve never seen a half over play his hand more, Mann outplayed him by plenty this year and Mann is a serviceable plodder.

f**k off, he's the Mann!

 

[hindy111]

Arthur can get the best out of Pearce, just like he does with the rest of the players.

Like Jnr Paulo and Gutherson??

 

[Glenneel]

Some big changes in the playing roster and some even bigger changes in the front office.
Something is going on.!

What changes?

 

[Gronk]

 

[eel01s]

Please no. Pearce is getting to old and slow to be effective anymore.

 

[eels_fan]

So a nothing story as you can see from the actual video.
Internal conversation at knights about Moses, eels Contacted and said they were backing Moses.

 

[TheRam]

Digressing slightly, I seem to remember us talking to Api K at some point... but thinking he was average at best. I was wrong this year.

I mentioned here on these forums when Api was 17 years old that he was going to be a good one and that we should grab him off Souths at the time.

The kid has been all class since his junior days. We have no eye for talent. I can't remember who our 9 was at the time, but I think it might have still been Keating.

They should be begging me to stock our lower grades. We would be a super power that never loses when it matters. The Dragons 11 straight would look amateurish in comparison.

 

[84 Baby]

I mentioned here on these forums when Api was 17 years old that he was going to be a good one and that we should grab him off Souths at the time.

And I bet those gooseheads on here at the time laughed at you. I’ll have a search for when you mentioned Korisau 10 years ago and see who laughed at you

 

[84 Baby]

And I bet those gooseheads on here at the time laughed at you. I’ll have a search for when you mentioned Korisau 10 years ago and see who laughed at you

Actually @TheRam I'll pay that one. No mention from when he was 17, but you did bring him up before he made his NRL debut (after playing for Fiji in the WC).
Couldn’t see anyone laughing at you but.

 

[TheRam]

Injuries aside, I actually think that Pearce would be a much better fit with D Brown than the Moses we saw in the 2nd half of the season. But I know it's very trendy to knock Pearce.

Did you watch pearce's games this year? I mean all his games? He was very, very average this year. He had about 3-4 decent games at best. The reason the Knights were so inept for most of the season was mainly due to him not performing like he normally does. His bad performances led to the whole team losing the energy that teams get when their playmaker is on song and the whole team plays off of that. He virtually gave them nothing at all this year.

If that is his normal game now then he is on the decline big time and any club with Premiership aspirations would be insane to even consider him as a potential replacement of the number 7. Sure Moses has let us down on many occasions but Pearce is not the solution.

 

[TheRam]

Actually @TheRam I'll pay that one. No mention from when he was 17, but you did bring him up before he made his NRL debut (after playing for Fiji in the WC).
Couldn’t see anyone laughing at you but.

Has to be there somewhere. I was very impressed with him and even grabbed a mate of mine that I worked with at the time that was also a Parra fan and showed him some highlights and said watch this kid in the lower grades he is the best dummy half and we should pounce now while Souths have Issac Luke. He hadn't played any top grade footy at the time including internationals.

Hey can we still do a search on all our posts from back then since the forum upgrade?

 

[TheRam]

From way back in 2013

On Apisai Koroisau, I think this guy is an absolute star.

If anything Kaysa Pritchard is at best in my opinion maybe 20-25 % chance of making it long term in the NRL, due to his lack of size and strength. But for people that haven't seen what Apisai can do he has SIZE, STRENGTH and SKILLS, behind him that we can only dream we had from our dummy half.

Ram, I think the 20 to 25% chance rate of success is a little low given the sort of investment we've made on the kid, he's 12 to 18 months ahead of his development and is at an age where the improvement will be noticeable by march next year with the experience of same game time this year and another off season with the full time squad under his belt, I think you said it yourself, he's got some qualities in his game that the coaching staff can build on.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Did you watch pearce's games this year? I mean all his games? He was very, very average this year. He had about 3-4 decent games at best. The reason the Knights were so inept for most of the season was mainly due to him not performing like he normally does. His bad performances led to the whole team losing the energy that teams get when their playmaker is on song and the whole team plays off of that. He virtually gave them nothing at all this year.

If that is his normal game now then he is on the decline big time and any club with Premiership aspirations would be insane to even consider him as a potential replacement of the number 7. Sure Moses has let us down on many occasions but Pearce is not the solution.

Well I didn't watch every single game of the Knights season. But I did watch quite a few. For a guy who gave them nothing, his try assists and LBAs are surprisingly superior to those of Moses, and he actually takes on the defensive line. But I do think he's showing the signs of his body having had enough.

 

[Avenger]

Well I didn't watch every single game of the Knights season. But I did watch quite a few. For a guy who gave them nothing, his try assists and LBAs are surprisingly superior to those of Moses, and he actually takes on the defensive line. But I do think he's showing the signs of his body having had enough.

Massive risk.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Api is nearly 28.......let’s see how Mahoney is going over next 2 years where he will only be 24.....

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Not a Pearce fan (and don’t think he is the answer).....but some of his form this could probably be contributed to playing with what 6 hookers and 8 halves partners ..........he didn’t have much consistently with his spine partners....

 

[TheRam]

Well I didn't watch every single game of the Knights season. But I did watch quite a few. For a guy who gave them nothing, his try assists and LBAs are surprisingly superior to those of Moses, and he actually takes on the defensive line. But I do think he's showing the signs of his body having had enough.

Yes but you are comparing him to a player(Moses) that had a very bad second half season but not on the decline due to age and or injury like Pearce.

Moses probably isn't the answer but neither is Pearce. In fact Pearce would be a backward step. Do you think that the Roosters would ditch Flanagan for Pearce? Or would you have swapped them last year when Moses was playing well?

 

[emjaycee]

FFS, Wielder made mention of a Moses/Pearce swap for all of 5 seconds and immediately said both clubs had said "not happening" and yet it gets more panicky airtime on here than it got when he brushed over it. Talk about being sucked in by Click Bait.

 

[Soren Lorenson]

On non Parra players I am looking forward to see how Lachlan Lewis plays this season. He excites me(not in a gay way) and I think he will be a better player then Moses will eventually turn out.

I would rather him and Brown long term then volatile Moses to be honest. But we will see.

You're not always right Rammy.