Who would you rather have at your club? eddie paea or mitchell pearce...

[philstorm]

Have you seen Paea play???

He is still young. But he masterminded the junior kiwi's ownership of the junior roo's. Impressive stuff

I thought Foran 'masterminded it'?

 

[tiger_nick]

id take pearce nearly becuase paea is from the rabbitohs. whens the last time a rabbitohs junior hailed as 'the next big thing' actually ended up producing for more then one season?

 

[Jobdog]

Pearce -----> Paea

 

[The Business]

Neither. Pearce isn't half as good as the two guys they let go and has a bit of an attitude problem.

Paea will never make it in rugby league. He prances around the field like a rugby no.10 who doesn't want to tackle. He may as well save time and go play for Randwick now because thats where he'll end up.

An attitude problem? You must be kidding.

As for his toughness, for a kid fresh out of school he looked pretty tenacious to me.

 

[Corbin]

I'm a roosters fan, yet i still see more in Paea than i do in Pearce.

Pearce just doesn't seem to cut it for me and wont be able to play on reputation for much longer.

there both young though so anything could happen.

 

[brooksy19]

I'd take Junior Junior in a heartbeat.

 

[haha]

id take pearce, paea looks alright but is too tiny to ever be a top first grade halfback.

Pearce 182cm 81kg from roosters site.

Paea 178cm 84kg from souths site.

pretty even in size at the time profiles were put up.

 

[aqua_duck]

Pearce 182cm 81kg from roosters site.

Paea 178cm 84kg from souths site.

pretty even in size at the time profiles were put up.

Just to show what a stupid comment that was, how big is jonathan thurston? He'd be 80kg at best, same with guys like stacey jones, brett kimmorley, matt orford (when he was younger), scott prince, and cooper Cronk. Most halfbacks are pretty small when you think about it. I'd say Paea is standard size for an NRL halfback

 

[Geohood]

What do people say at this point in time?

 

[Brycey]

Pearce, but I am biased...Paea isn't far behind him.

 

[JB]

I'd be happy with either. Both are better than Rovelli!

 

[Stagger eel]

Pearce - the kid is a footballer with the right packages.

 

[ozzie]

i wouldnt know about the roosters forum cause i dont go there...

we have the right to start chirping, we have copped endless sh*t for a couple of decades and now the tables have turned...

i dont doubt pearce is a good halfback i just wanna who people would rather have as they are both good halfbacks.

a couple of Decades big call?

 

[ozzie]

Pearce because of his ongoing improvement

 

[adamkungl]

Pearce imo looks alot better than last year so far. With the current halfback drought for NSW, thinking he might get an Origin spot this year isn't that much of a stretch if his form continues to improve.

 

[Billythekid]

I haven't seen all that much from either TBH. Topou has shown that he is far more capable of ball playing than pearce. As for Paea he has a fairly strong running game but i haven't been impressed by his kicking or ball playing.

Plus neither of them seem to do any organizing for the team.

If i had to choose one right now though i would take paea.

 

[Roosterphin1]

I am honestly baffled there is even a poll between these two. Pearce is streets ahead. Paea hasnt even cemented a first grade starting spot yet

 

[adamkungl]

I haven't seen all that much from either TBH. Topou has shown that he is far more capable of ball playing than pearce. As for Paea he has a fairly strong running game but i haven't been impressed by his kicking or ball playing.

Plus neither of them seem to do any organizing for the team.

If i had to choose one right now though i would take paea.

wtf....Tupou is a lock/second rower, how is that even relevant...

 

[Munky]

Peter Wallace

Oh wait...

 

[U-Boat]

Pearce easily.
He's a tough nut defensively.
And he has a pretty good all-round game. Kicking, passing, needs to run the ball a bit more.