Como Dog
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I agree with Blocker.Blocker roach is saying that it's insulting to Pearce to say he could learn off cronk.
Let's not kid ourselves here.. every time it's the big time Pearce chokes. He hasn't won an origin, a premiership pretty much fell into his lap.. what else has he done? I'd relish the opportunity to work along side someone like cronk, no matter how old I am.
That's the attitude that keeps nsw down. I can't believe blocker said that.
It's not like Pearce is a rookie with 12 years in the NRL ahead of him. Pearce is moving towards his latter years. Let's call a spade a spade. Cronk is being brought in to replace Pearce, not develop Pearce, it's as simple as that.
Pearce was coached by Johns and I'm sure he learnt plenty from him as well as many others. I'm on record as someone who doesn't rate Pearce. You can teach him lots of new things which he will understand and retain, but in the end he does not seem to have the ability to execute those ideas well when under pressure, which create the failings you mention. Cronk won't change that at all.
Replace Pearce if you want to - and if you have no salary cap that applies - but don't humiliate him by then saying Cronk is there to develop him into a better player.