Mitchell Pearce vs fat, naked bald guy

When did NSW start to mean "Not Safe Watching"? 'P

Sorry Renegade,, I watched it again and you are 100% correct, now I suppose Storm will be named as the team that developed falling over security guards to get a penalty,, wonder what they will name this tactic?.. maybe the 'Three man nut squasher', I bet someone can beat that though...

Either that, or we don't have a half back any better than Pearce, born out of NSW at this time ! They all come from QLD !

Imagine the uproar occurring right now in Sydney if the play had been at the other end of the field and it was Tamou who was denied a try due to FNBG.

I actually thought the The King had gone out there because he was getting worked up over Merrin' "knock-on."

I heard something about him once being in a male exotic dance revue.

is this comment available in paperback?

Sorry , could you run that by me again.

change the w and and h to r's.. over and out

woah

http://www.theroar.com.au/2013/07/09/the-mystery-of-mitchell-pearce/comment-page-2/#comment-1573700 followed on from this post about mitchell pearce pre last nights game - more relevant to today though Great article very relevant given NSW have lost game III now. I had the same thoughts about his "alright plays" way of thinking recently as well - Why didn't we persist with Merrit or wallace wolfman, soward for 5 years and develop them? Or or carney most of all - who is a genuine talent and natural footballer in the half / five eighth role, What I have found in RL communities is how much sociological influence can distort the fabric of a team and decision making - sometimes this can be for good such as confidence support etc but sometimes its detrimental to natural dynamics, therefore can be bad. To persist for 5 years with the same bloke without a series win is unheard of especially regarding the position he holds in the team. My opinion is that if pearce didn't play - NSW win. And thats not pearces fault but a consequence of the influence sociology has in decision making in rugby league. The praise that pearce gets from other champions is more a testament to his father. And mitchell pearce may have some of those traits. But his father was a superfit clean living hardworking backrower / lock forward who built his game on this knowing he did not have some of the natural attributes of other footballers (and thats in his own words if you read his book "local hero") Mitchell pearce is a halfback, a position given to the more natural gifted players to create opportunities and capitalise on the work that people like his father used to do in a team - so why would we consider him a natural or genetic champion in the role he plays considering it so different from the role his fathered played. I never saw wayne pearce as a champion in the halfback role (should have I?) - If you are looking at it from a royalty perspective then maybe look at his mother’s background as well and her sporting or organisational instincts to get a better assessment of his right of passage in that position. Or maybe we should have just look at his performances for what it is - the same treatment or condition as every other player gets - to prove yourself as a big match player by game 1 (or at the most game 2). The option he took to kick the ball was the result of someone not knowing what to do when the moment arrived. In the lead up though he did all the things right that come from experience, coaching and development ie where he stood to receive the ball - playing direct to the line to commit defenders - all the things that come from the multitude of coaching and development - that maybe his right of passage ensured he received - but these are the same things any useless or brilliant player could be given. After this though, his vision, decision making and execution were not average but poor, which result was probably compounded by going into the game mentally thinking it was him to be the saviour to prove it to himself and others which ended up with an atrocious result. In this case as it seemed he didn’t know exactly what to do at all so he chose to invent an option where the result could justify and bathe him in glory at this level. He probably would have been better opting to play within himself and choose an average option passing immediately to support, - passing flat to bird to be tackled, - a cut out to the centre to give them a one on one chance on his opposite - even a chip kick between centre and winger as a 50/50. The tape will show the winning play would have been to take the ball to the line as he did, feign the kick and run bird as decoy with a second phase pass out the back with to dugan to score near the posts. The tape will show thurston had started to come in to cover the grubber kick that Pearce’s body language had initiated and that would have given dugan a saloon passage to the line - its easy in hindsight but they seem to be the options that the thurstons, johns and lockyers choose 99/100 times particularly when the stakes are high - (see game II for thurston) Only when there is no option and the game is on the line do they invent one and execute it perfectly to change the game usually having an understanding with other players around them. In this case pearce had 3 options each one better than the next yet he chose to invent a low percentage poorly executed ego (its not a dirty word, but thats what it was) play ended up as the worst option possible giving QLD safe possession. The players around him didn’t show confidence by positioning themselves for him either as they were not sure how to best support him with the ball. So my conclusion is that Pearce’s selection is more a reflection of true believer syndrome from a community of champions that is heavily reliant on social influence in making its beliefs acted upon. That is not to say this sociological value system is totally or even at all bad - but just a consequence of perception that some of the champions have put out there for the wrong reasons. - Even champions have distorted belief systems sometimes if it serves the sociology of a their community enough.

Does anyone else feel that George Burgess is at least partially responsible for inspiring the streak?

Oh theres plenty of loyalty,just ask Bob Fulton , Laurie Daley and the rest of the selectors/advisers who are still at the helm after 8 long years.

Yes.

Well heres a suggestion,get rid of the selectors/advisers who have enabled QLD to stretch their dominance over 8 long years.

FNBG showed a lot of toe! Sadly, that's not all he showed...

BUWAHAHAHA nothing like a good laugh to lift the spirits again!

I think I'm gonna pass on taking a closer look

I can't believe FNBG made it 90m - he certainly showed a lot of toe! If only that was all he had shown...