Never again......

[Intercept]

Credit to Pearce, in my opinion. He wanted to take the responsibility of booting us home so nobody else had to. You can argue that so he should and you would probably be right. However, it's not his strength and in previous years, he wouldn't have even had a go at it. I think it is evidence of him evolving into the leader we need and perhaps the influence that Andrew Johns is having on him. I read it as a positive.

[Johnny Tobin]

I'd even give the duty to SKD or Napa before Pearce tbh.

Imagine an SKD field goal attempt... he'd some how drop punt it 80 yards over his head and into our own in goal.

Pretty sure I saw Finch do that.

[Thirteen]

Gordon's attempt at goal was pathetic. Not even close.

[PeeGee]

I say it a lot but when you play 80 minutes of footy it's a cop out if you blame 1 player or 1 move. That's like blaming a soccer goalie for letting a goal in, it's always more complex than that...

Yes Pearce messed up the field goals. BUT! Gordon messed up 2 free points from in front. Also, Guerra lost the bloody ball with about a minute to go. Latrell made Walker look like a hero by running off his line. Not blaming him but Napa got injured against a physical team leaving us short on the bench. It's nobody's fault, we just didn't play well enough!!!

I'm still dumbfounded as to Gordons attempt at 2 pts from a penaltly. He was almost right in front, but he ball seemed flat on the tee. He took an absolute age to kick the ball. I don't know what was wrong, but he wasn't comfortable and the kick was a shocker. BUT MANWEE were aloud to run out at him and put him of even further. It should have been another penalty. But in any case, he should have smashed that ball over the black dot. He's obviously got issues with his kicking. The conversion from the sideline was low all the way and almost wend under the cross bar. It was like a soccer free kick

[Guest]

Guerra should never have been on the field, and a tonne of other players made school boy errors as well.... but Pearce to me is still the biggest worry out of this game.

Yet again, our star player collecting the biggest pay cheque proves he cannot win us a game. Yet again, in a clutch moment. Pearce couldn't get it done.

These are the types of games that any good half lives for. A grinding affair that needs someone to step up and take control. Pearce is not that player. He is the last man in our team that I would want with the ball in hand and the game on the line, as he has proven time and time again that he can't handle the responsibility.

If Robbo ever runs a field goal play again in training with Pearce as the man taking the shot, he should be fired.

Pearce got us level and we lost by 6 points a field goal makes no difference you flog

[milanja]

I'm still dumbfounded as to Gordons attempt at 2 pts from a penaltly. He was almost right in front, but he ball seemed flat on the tee. He took an absolute age to kick the ball. I don't know what was wrong, but he wasn't comfortable and the kick was a shocker. BUT MANWEE were aloud to run out at him and put him of even further. It should have been another penalty. But in any case, he should have smashed that ball over the black dot. He's obviously got issues with his kicking. The conversion from the sideline was low all the way and almost wend under the cross bar. It was like a soccer free kick

Poor attempt and probably wouldn't have made a difference if he got it anyway, my bigger concern was why go for it? Everybody seems to be taking the wayne Bennett approach of taking the two when it's on offer, we should of attacked from there.

[ROC181]

Pearce was good but he is limited. If he sticks to the basics of his skillset, then he probably would be very successful. Anything else he comes unstuck. A Cronk or JT can see 1-2 plays ahead which makes them successful...Pearce will never have that ability but it doesn't mean he can't be successful. Perhaps Keary is still trying to adapt to the club and his personality seems like he is not very forthright in as long as taking charge of being the main playmaker. From the little I've seen about Keary, he has some good touches with hands and feet. With a few more games under his belt and some guidance from Robbo and Fitzy, I can see him taking the role of the major playmaker and both he and Peace being probably the best combo in the comp. Well I'm hoping.

[Danish]

Pearce got us level and we lost by 6 points a field goal makes no difference you flog

If he kicks that easy as piss field goal from right in front we defend the lead. It changes the whole game.

It's not just this game either. Pearce goes to water every time the scores are level going into the final 10 mins. He's never created a clutch play to win a game, ever.

The closest he came was backing up wing on a runaway try against the panthers.... when he was 19

[Rooster_6]

Yeh Pearce was the one who turned to water when the game was on the line.

You know running over the top of Jake Trbojevic & Martin Tapau to get us back in the game not to mention the diving charge down on DCE's field goal attempt. He really struggled.

**** me if neither of those plays weren't clutch then I don't know what the word means.

He's hopeless at field goals that much we know is fact but he almost single handedly won us that game last night. Some people just continue to see what they want to.

[Guest]

If he kicks that easy as piss field goal from right in front we defend the lead. It changes the whole game.

It's not just this game either. Pearce goes to water every time the scores are level going into the final 10 mins. He's never created a clutch play to win a game, ever.

The closest he came was backing up wing on a runaway try against the panthers.... when he was 19

Pearce's pass to Cordner in the dying minutes of the 2014 game against the Broncos in round 3 or 4 2014. I am pretty sure your missus who has a memory like middo can help you recall it ya flog!

[Danish]

Pearce's pass to Cordner in the dying minutes of the 2014 game against the Broncos in round 3 or 4 2014. I am pretty sure your missus who has a memory like middo can help you recall it ya flog!

I stand corrected. Once in 11 seasons

[Spirit of 66]

In summary:

Pearce played well. He can't kick field goals and he probably shouldn't try (Remember the 2010 semi against the Tigers? He missed about 18 attempts.) Who can?

Guerra also played well - did a lot of hard grunt work. But dropped the ball in a crucial situation. (As did JWH, Toops, and Latrell).

We can't win the comp without a dead-eye goal-kicker. Gordon is no longer such a kicker.

We can't win a comp if we can't overcome Ben Cummins' idiosyncratic interpretation of the ruck. (I laughed when Cherry-Evans had a personal audience with Cummins complaining about the lack of room given to his team by the Roosters.)

[Johnny Tobin]

Yeh Pearce was the one who turned to water when the game was on the line.

You know running over the top of Jake Trbojevic & Martin Tapau to get us back in the game not to mention the diving charge down on DCE's field goal attempt. He really struggled.

**** me if neither of those plays weren't clutch then I don't know what the word means.

He's hopeless at field goals that much we know is fact but he almost single handedly won us that game last night. Some people just continue to see what they want to.

Robbo has to take some blame for persisting with Pearce on field goals. He's hopeless it at.

[chopstiks]

Shortly after the miss we would have had another chance, except that Gumby Guerra couldn't play the ball properly. I don't care if you have 10 defenders on top of you, at that stage of the game you gotta do everything you can do to play it properly. That was the turning point.
He was not on his own though. Same old players making the same old mistakes dropping the ball. Toups, Guerra, SKD, Liu are all good for at least one or two a game. And don't forget butter fingers Matterson. His handling is terrible.

Yep. All their classic calamities on display during the game. Minutes left, in (some sort of) control, and Guerra does that. There's honestly nothing left to say, but shake your head, what other Rep is that unreliable, It would have been far more surprising had he played it smoothly.

Pearce FG was no guarantee of a win either. For getting us back in the game i don't see why blame him. Fergo up in the line too soon for their first try, Tupou more intent on the volleyball pass, or holding off, I'd have to watch it back but there seemed like one chance he just had to catch it rather than knock it back to Latrell. The big Keary hole at the end letting Walker sail through, again, FG no guarantee with shite defence like that.

Roosters never looked in it anyway, from minute dot. Wakey wakey Boys.

[Guest]

I would replace Pearce with Nikorima.

That is due to the fact that you are a ****ing idiot Lamester.