There is the difference...

[Rooster_6]

I think we should all remember last time Pearce was out.

Out biggest loss in years.

I'm still seeing my shrink about that one.

[Andrew Walker]

Going all the way vavk to 07 this would make it something like 12 out of 18 all up that is 66 percent QUOTE=Rooster_6;n607043]

2 from our last 5 without Pearce. 4 from our last 10.

Just to prove how useless those stats are though, did you know our record without SBW in 2013 was better than it was with him?

Given the circumstances that surround every game I personally think they're useless stats[/QUOTE]

[theGman]

They won that through sheers guts in the first half and SST and other forwards power running in the 2nd, i do not think Robbo would have coached them to play that way, the thing is the players who came in and moved into positions were forced by origin, not a decision to change things up. Lets face it in attack we were terrible for 40 mins, defence won the match

Let''s be frank. We won it because Jono Wright ****ed up big time!

Had we lost we could have still held our heads high based on a gallant team effort.

[Rocky Rhodes]

lol, talk about a total misdiagnosis of a Pearce problem. The problem is not his lack of breaks over a season, the problem is Pearce choking when the game is on the line. Here are the facts: When a game is on the line around the 60th min mark (Within 6 points or so) the myth is 0/6, this yr alone
Blues origin record when the myth plays 3 wins out of 13, that is relevant because origin game are almost always close and tight.

It is becoming obviously clear that the myth cannot make the correct decisions and is reduced to panicky plays when the heat is on.There are players who love a challenge when the game is there to be won, and then there is the myth who might as well be lying on the ground in the fetus position sucking his thumb.

It's time to face the cold hard, Pearce is a mental soft coq, he is mentally fragile. Put a sticker on him, fragile goods.

[Guest]

Mitchell Pearce did exceptionally well to set up a wonderful try in the 2013 grand final when our team was desperately in trouble which our team was able to use as a springboard to go on to win the game.

[Rocky Rhodes]

The same reason why Pearce is playing Origin and Maloney is watching.

People better qualified than you and i (Robbo, Daley) can see the value in Pearce.

The problem for Maloney is he doesn't have a famous dad in a high position.

These same qualifed peeps have also selected Hodginson lol, and keep selecting over the hill players like Gallen and bird (they would have selected if available). And then u will wonder why the blues will finish last.

Pearce is on or around $500,000 per season, poor value when the only good games was the cows this year. $500,000 for midfield bombs and choking lol.

[Rocky Rhodes]

Mitchell Pearce did exceptionally well to set up a wonderful try in the 2013 grand final when our team was desperately in trouble which our team was able to use as a springboard to go on to win the game.

It was a set play, the only time pearce goes ok. Let's face it, Pearce is a dumb programmed footballer. When i comes to making decisions he usually stuffs up.

Note, in the 60th minute when the grand final was on the line, it was Maloney who ran off SBW for the match turning try. Likewise against the storm it was Maloney to get us level. Pearce was sucking his thumb.

In 2013, the myth was carried by SBW, in 2010 it was Carney. This yr it is Maloney who is carrying pearce.

[milanja]

2 from our last 5 without Pearce. 4 from our last 10.

Just to prove how useless those stats are though, did you know our record without SBW in 2013 was better than it was with him?

Given the circumstances that surround every game I personally think they're useless stats

People use stats to manipulate an issue to their advantage, as you stated. The SBW stat could sound bad, but we only lost about 5 games in 2013 if i remember right, where we could pluck a stat on any of our players in 2009 to make one player worse than another, where we only won 5 games.

Stats or no stats, we are one of the worst exponents of the field goal that i have seen for quite some time, even that classic game v tigers in 2010 was a shamble until anasta kicked one from a most improbable situation.

[Rooster_6]

It was a set play, the only time pearce goes ok. Let's face it, Pearce is a dumb programmed footballer. When i comes to making decisions he usually stuffs up.

Note, in the 60th minute when the grand final was on the line, it was Maloney who ran off SBW for the match turning try. Likewise against the storm it was Maloney to get us level. Pearce was sucking his thumb.

In 2013, the myth was carried by SBW, in 2010 it was Carney. This yr it is Maloney who is carrying pearce.

Wasn't it Pearce who set up the first try in our comeback in the 2013 grand final.

Or did I just dream that...

Nothing like a story retold to suit the agenda

[Rocky Rhodes]

Wasn't it Pearce who set up the first try in our comeback in the 2013 grand final.

Or did I just dream that...

Nothing like a story retold to suit the agenda

One try off a set play. What else did he do in that grand final apart from going missing when the match was on the line? The match was won when Maloney ran off SBW. Or did i dream that? lol

No agenda, i just call it as i see it. All i'm seeing this yr is Pearce choking when the game is on the line. Them the facts..

[Rooster_6]

One try off a set play. What else did he do in that grand final apart from going missing when the match was on the line? The match was won when Maloney ran off SBW. Or did i dream that? lol

No agenda, i just call it as i see it. All i'm seeing this yr is Pearce choking when the game is on the line. Them the facts..

A set play? A player running a line off a half isn't a set play.

Yes SBW won us the game with his offload then linebreak. Maloney and Pearce and others played supporting roles in that.

You can't credit Maloney for supporting a ball runner but dismiss Pearce after putting Guerra into a hole.

Tell yourself whatever you want but calling it how you saw it seems to be the same as calling it how you wanted to see it.

[2026]

One try off a set play. What else did he do in that grand final apart from going missing when the match was on the line? The match was won when Maloney ran off SBW. Or did i dream that? lol

No agenda, i just call it as i see it. All i'm seeing this yr is Pearce choking when the game is on the line. Them the facts..

If NSW wins this years Origin series and the Roosters take out the premiership, all the credit will go to someone else.

If QLD wins and the Roosters are eliminated in the finals series then all the blame will go to Pearce.

The guy can't win either way with some people.

[roostersrule2]

And I thought the match day thread had some stupid comments.

[Rocky Rhodes]

A set play? A player running a line off a half isn't a set play.

Yes SBW won us the game with his offload then linebreak. Maloney and Pearce and others played supporting roles in that.

You can't credit Maloney for supporting a ball runner but dismiss Pearce after putting Guerra into a hole.

Tell yourself whatever you want but calling it how you saw it seems to be the same as calling it how you wanted to see it.

That was a set play, you cannot prove it wasn't. Yes they run off the halfback at training lol

Maloney cannot be put in the same category as pearce, actually maloney could have won the churchill if DCE didn't steal it. Maloney was twice the player as pearce in that GF, if u think otherwise u are deluding yourself or have no understanding of the game.

It's will be a travesty to lose genuine match winners like RTS and Maloney yet keep a choking myth like Pearce. $500,000 per yr to go missing in tight crunch games lol.

[Rocky Rhodes]

If NSW wins this years Origin series and the Roosters take out the premiership, all the credit will go to someone else.

If QLD wins and the Roosters are eliminated in the finals series then all the blame will go to Pearce.

The guy can't win either way with some people.

If if if if.......if Pearce was a genuine match winner and not a overrated choker and cap thief then i wouldn't be having this discussion.