He hasn't developed in the last two years how is he suddenly going to get any better?

Your right he won't, not at his age.

All half backs peak at 22/23.

I honestly don't know why you bother watching the NRL.

lol, I see mr happy is at it again.

One wonders if his girlfriend or mum ran away with an Aussie some time in the past.

They'll stick with Pearce and Soward again for next year but Pearce is terrible, he looked good last year for the Roosters but that's because Todd Carney was making him look good. Origin 2 people said he was good but Soward was kicking well and set up the match sealer. Pearce needs a quality 6 alongside him and that's not good enough at Origin, imagine Thurston not being any good unless he had a great 6 with him? He got a poor 6 at the Cowboys in Ray Thompson but still wins games for the Cowboys on his own and was well on his way to another Dally M.
I really hope Mullen gets a good run under Bennett at the Knights where he's injury free, look what Bennett has done to Soward so hopefully he can do the same with Mullen.
Ennis isn't the right man for the job at hooker either, he's had about 7 games now and he never looks great, always does dumb stuff every game and always puts some poor kicks in when he should be giving to Soward to kick. I dont think Farah took his chance in his 2 Origin's but surely he's got to get another crack next year, Cam Smith is getting his forwards steamrolling the Blues pack, a great hooker can make an average pack look great. Gidley is a tryer and does his best but he had an absolute shocker and will lose his utility spot in the Test side to Cronk or someone.
The FB will be Dugan but he's injured too much, i'd keep Hayne on the wing with Uate and play Brett Stewart if he keeps fit as he's one of the only ones who can rival Slater for being great and gamebreakers over the past 5 years, just a shame he got injured for 2 years or Slater might not even have been Test FB all this time as K Hunt knocked him out of the side at times.
QLD are a great side but it always seems like NSW gift them the series with dumb errors, game one Yow Yeh scored when B Moz left it, NSW lost by 4. Game 3 they lost by 10, a Mini error when it hit his kness, 3 men couldn't rap Inglis up over the line, Slater scoring off the same play as he does every Origin. Cam Smith scoring from DH is a joke, kids learn to watch for that but Watmough moans as he'd gone the wrong side of the PTB and missed it.

Are you for real ?

In over 30 years of watching the game the first half hour from Qld was the most intense and skilful period of rugby league I have ever seen. Their kicking was outstanding, the intensity of their tackling was frightening, the ball movement was superb. The fact that NSW kept it to 24 points was credit to their organisation and defence. Tell you what if GB or any SL team had been under that sort of pressure they would have gone into half time 60 points behind. Only the Smith try for me was soft. The others were from skill and yes even Inglis's try. Pure brute strength and skill, the man is an animal and many forget just how good he is because of an average time since he went to Souths. As for the rest of the game, sure there were too many errors from NSW, but that first 30 was always going to tell on them.

The Origin series this year has been the best in my 6 years in Aus and tickets for next year will be like rocking horse ...you just wont be able to get them. Roll on Origin 2012

Seems I am not the only person who think Pearce isn't that good - pity you Aussies are incapable of seeing what goes on in front of your eyes - must be the massive chip on your shoulder that prevents you seeing!!!

Now run along to your first game of the season - make sure you have someone with you who can explain what is going on

Where did I say all half back reach their peak at 22/23? What I said was Pearce hasn't improved in the last two years - are you saying he has?

How/why is suddenly going to develop into a better player?

Suggest you read the post from LS14 regarding him

A host of players look fantastic when they are young yet fail to develop further - Tim Smith is a half back that hit his peak at 22/23 - Pearce is another

I dispare when I read the stuff you Aussies post - do you actually what games?

Are you serious - you didn't think the Yoh Yeh was a soft try? Queensland were really good for 30 minutes because that is all that was required to win the game - NSW were clueless ball in hand, their first try was a comedy of errors, the second was a walk in when the Qld defence went walk about. At any level of the game conceeding 24 points in half is very poor - never mind for these "Super humans"

I enjoyed the game but only the miopic could say it was high quality.

Halfs backs always look better in good sides, hes in a terrible one now,I aren't saying he'll defianatley become one of the greats but he has years of devolpment in him.

He's more advanced now than some of the current greats were at his age.

And I do go to games, but I'm not a Aussie.

It could be argued that top half backs turn average sides into good ones?

The point I have raised twice and still you haven't answered - if his development has ceased, how is it going to suddenly kick start again?

He is being coached by one of the best technical coaches in the NRL so I am not sure that is an issue?

Some players never fulfil their early promise - maybe Pearce is one such player, maybe he is another Peter Wallace?

How can I answer something I don't believe to be true?

In next years Origin series will two games be played at ANZ as this year Brisbane got games I and III ?
I thought they used to do a game in each state and then one in Melbourne, what happened to that?

Last happened in 2009, nsw had games 1 and 3 last year.

Melbourne got the Anzac day test last year but haven't received a rep game this year.

Eh?

I agree mr happy, he is shiiiit.

And who says it's my first game of the season?

So mr happy, do I need to let you know each and every time I go to a match huh?

Wanna know what I had for brekky too?

Blooodyhell.

Also mr happy, is it ok if I buy a membership next year?

Will you be ok with that?

I don't care what you do - just stop post crap on here, get your act together and accept your view is not the definitive.

You are getting as bad as Dally - as soon as somebody has a view that is different to yours you get all defensive and your insecurity emerges. We are all union trolls its pathetic.

This normally takes the form a personal comment e.g. "His mother must have screwed an Aussie"

The NRL is in a different world to any other RL comp in the world, that doesn't mean that everything in the garden is rosy. The game on Wednesday was good entertainment but no one who watched could honestly say it was high quality - far too many basic errors. As for the regular competition the majority of the games are pretty basic safe stuff - the fear of losing is greater than the anticipation of winning.

Only two games have really stood out for me Bulldogs v Dragons and Warriors v Tigers but very different but both absolutely captivating.

What do you see that justifys your view other than he will get better because he will?

Ha!!!

You are not a Union troll, you're just a pathetic ANTI Australian troll



I bet your fav colour is green




AUSTRALIA

Grow up you are simply an insecure Aussie with a massive chip on your shoulder who needs to behave like an adult - as I said before pathetic would be an understatement for the diatribe you post on here

Two words come up a lot in your posts Sal, 'myopic' and 'chip'. Reading your posts I would say its you who suffers more than most from both of these conditions.

Focusing purely on the 24 points in SO 3 tells me your ability to see skill and endeavour in a game is sadly lacking. NSW defence for much of the game was excellent, but under that sort of pressure no team (and I include Qld in that) would have been able to prevail. Even as a NSW fan I can hand on heart pay credit to the skill of the Qld side on the night.

The only thing you got right was that Pearce is pants. Somebody said to me the other day bring back Wallace. Had to think hard about that one as im not his biggest fan, but under the circumstances I think he would make a good partner for Soward