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Why does Soward not get consideration? I'd probably play him and Moylan, NSW definitely needs more creativity in their halves.
Pearce was okay, it says a lot about how bad he's been in the past that his game last night is being described as 'good' though. I'd say it was excellent... by his standards. As everyone else has pointed out, Hodkinson was a much bigger problem, and well our forwards got completely dominated in the second half. All you can really blame the brain's trust for in the second half is when they collectively shit the bed with the game on the line and forgot about a field goal.
Yeah, that's it, he finally brought his club form to Origin- he's never been one of the best halves in the comp but at club level he's at least been dependable and reliable to be just above average as a half, defend strongly and provide good support play. That's what he was supposed to do for the Blues and last night he finally delivered a decent, average game of his.
That's what he's there for?
To kick straight to slater without any pressure, letting qld get a rolling start?
To get no repeat sets so we can't build pressure?
To throw hospital balls to the edge players and give them no chance to run?
To completely botch an easy field goal situation?
Chuck in a few errors
If that's the best we can hope to get from pearce then we have huge problems
Yeah, he's bad, but he's been downright pathetic in the past. That performance last night was more in line with his club performances- some good, some bad, mostly middle of the road play. I'm not saying he should be there, but that last night was basically what he's been picked for in the past, to just be consistently average and defend well. The problem is that he's never delivered on the promise of even being average in the past before.
He isolated Slater centimeters out from his own line..
Pearce was the second best half on the ground, only Cronk who was arguably the MOTM was better. He was great in the first half for NSW, had a try assist, threatening runs and some good kicks. I have to laugh at the morons who think because the kicks didn't find the grass it's a bad kick. He isolated Slater centimeters out from his own line.
In the second half he wasn't as dominant because his forwards were complete shit. He had to play the entire game in his own half. Coupled with the fact he had an injured Farah and a MIA Hodkinson to work with it's a surprise he did as well as he did. The botched field goal attempts were on Hodkinson and Farah more then Pearce. Mitchell is not a FG kicker and he set Hodkinson up for an attempt at one nicely but he passed instead, Farah also made some poor decisions when in the dying stages.
I know Daley has said they'll both keep their spot but as a QLDer an Adam Reynolds and Pearce combo would scare me the most.
I have to laugh at the morons who think because the kicks didn't find the grass it's a bad kick. He isolated Slater centimeters out from his own line.
The comments that it's his best game yet, and that it'll be soon that he'll develop into the match winner is a real worry
Andrew Johns- 23 origin games
Ricky Stuart- 14 origin games
Mitchell Pearce- 13 origin games
Peter Sterling- 13 origin games
Brett Kimmorley- 10 origin games
Steve Mortimer- 9 origin games
We can't keep waiting for him to come good
Cooper Cronk has only played 14 and a half games in comparison
2010- Pearce and Barrett. Barrett has the experience to help pearce through the game. Result=blues lose
2011- Pearce and Soward. Sowards kicking game and creativity will help out pearce. Result= blues lose
2012- Pearce and Carney. Carneys combination with roosters from a few years back will help take pressure of pearce. Result= blues lose
2013- Pearce and Maloney. Maloney is bringing a maturity and calmness to Pearce's game and we'll finally see the best from him. Result= blues lose
2014- No Pearce. Result= blues win
2015- Pearce and hodkinson. Hodkinson will steer the team around and mitchell can just focus on his own game and show us the real mitchell and lead us to glory. Result= doesn't look bloody good from here
Did anyone else see Pearce hugging Cam Smith on the way into the sheds at halftime? Thought it was pretty weird.
Any idea wtf that was about?
Did anyone else see Pearce hugging Cam Smith on the way into the sheds at halftime? Thought it was pretty weird.
Any idea wtf that was about?