Article: Rothfield on Pearce

[Guest]

Dirt bag is back but could be right this time.....

.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226327172801


Thoughts??

[Rooster_6]

Where do I start?

Look at the improvement in other young halves such as Daly Cherry-Evans at Manly and Shaun Johnson at the Warriors over the last 18 months. It's more than a coincidence that team-of-the-century halfback Andrew Johns does regular one-on-one sessions with both players.

Both have played 20-30 games max and have been in the game for just over a year, in what way are they the bench mark in this instance? Take a look at Wallace, Mullen, Walsh & Sandow's development as a fair comparison. 20-30 games isn't development ffs, Tim Smith had a great first 20-30 games.

Blues coach Ricky Stuart has shown the young Roosters halfback remarkable loyalty over the last couple of years.

Ricky Stuart has been in charge of the Blues for 1 year, need more be said?

In Darwin on Saturday night, Pearce was hardly sighted against the Cowboys.

No shit, the game was already over before any of our play makers got a chance to do anything, that's as far as his in depth analysis of Pearce's season to date in the article btw...

The young Broncos could have struggled this year without Lockyer's guidance and direction but Wallace

The young Broncos..... lol

Hodges, Hannant, Parker, Glenn, Civoncieva & Thaiday for starters have a wealth of First Grade and representative experience beyond anything in the Roosters side... this article is nothing but another agenda driven piece of crap that fails to deliver an indepth analysis of why Pearce has struggled to take the next step and how more coaching would help him.

The only half decent point made (and it's not even really made it's just inadvertently suggested) is that Pearce would benefit from having Matty Johns as his halves coach. Even then it fails to deliver on the reasons why or how he made Cronk one of if not the best halfback in the game from one who was a pretty ordinary player for a number of years and whether it would actually be of benefit to Pearce.

It's been known for a long time that analysis and research aren't a trait of the Daily Telegraph or Rothfield but geez it'd be nice to actually read a well written article discussing the reasons why rather than just sensationalised assertions with no proof or argument to back it up.

[Guest]

perhaps Smithy needs to treat Mitch like a human being?

[melon....]

Dirt bag is back but could be right this time.....

.http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...-1226327172801


Thoughts??

Simple. He wants him at Cronulla. Like he did with Carney.

[Guest]

Simple...We need a new coach,and not because Rothfield said so!

[elo]

When Smith, Anasta and Mini are moved on you'll see a better Pearce, until then expect his only good stuff to come when he's running the ball near Maubs and SKD.

[roosterproud]

WHO GIVE A FLYING FARK WHAT ROTHBEETROOTHEAD SAYS.

I THINK WE SHOULD BAN ANYONE FOR STARTING A THREAD WITH THIS OVER RATED SELF OPIONATED TRY HARD JOURNO DYK. WE WHO DONT READ CRAP NOR WANT TO PAY MONEY FOR THIS SHOUDNT HAVE TO SEE IT ON HERE.. IM HAVING A SOOK LIKE "YOU TOLD ME A RESULT OF A GAME boooohoooo'"
WE ALL KNOW HE HATES US NEARLY AS MUCH AS US , HIM. SOPLEASE NO MORE BEETROOT ON A MONDAY

[Guest]

My friend PWN hates this bloke with a passion like no other, however i doubt he would disagree with any of that article, only a devoted follower from the church of Pearce could i guess.

[BUDDY]

Simple. He wants him at Cronulla. Like he did with Carney.

Bingo.
Only two weeks ago he claimed JJ wanted out of the club. The most predictible journo in the game.

[Guest]

Phil Rothfield is a journalist.

[Guest]

he is right

[stephenj]

so why havnt we got johns coaching pearce?

[melon....]

so why havnt we got johns coaching pearce?

We had Matt Johns coaching our halves. We wouldnt listen to him, so he left.

[Guest]

There is no stand-out 7 for NSW. Wallace is a very similar type of half to Pearce and has done nothing that I can recall at Origin level. His importance to Brisbane was pretty clear on Friday night, the machine rolled on without him

More one-dimensional bollocks from Rothfield.

[Guest]

so why havnt we got johns coaching pearce?

Because Pearce doesn't like to go sloppy seconds at Artarmon.