Alex Pearce..........

[PEARCEY]

Pearce is not as bad as you lot are saying. Jeez he's not brilliant and he is slow but so is Ingi....he is still young particularly for a centre-half and needs persevering with.

As for Karacan I can't understand why he displaced Tabb in he side. Tabb was superb when played in his proper position in central midfield and is a much bettr passer than Karacan.

You can't mention Pearce in the same breath as Ingimarsson. It's okay for him to be slow he is now in his mid 30s after being a cornerstone for the club's most successful period ever.

Pearce is what 21/22? He should be improving week in week out, not settling for being as slow as someone 10 years his senior with fcuked knees

Ingi's been slow for a few years and has still been good enough at this level. Pearce cannot become quicker. He will always be slow but needs to cover up for it by improving his positional nous. If he does that he can still have a decent career. Just look at Nicky Shorey. He's not exactly lightning but is forging a career of sorts as a Premiership full-back. I don't see why Pearce can't do that at this level at centre-half.
I think there has been a lot of flak towards Pearce and its only the first game of the season.

[Northern Git]

Not seen anything over the last season, or the first game this season, to alter my view on Pearce.

Physically slow and, to make matters worse, mentally slow as well.

A liability at this level of profesional football.

[Terminal Boardom]

Not seen anything over the last season, or the first game this season, to alter my view on Pearce.

Physically slow and, to make matters worse, mentally slow as well.

A liability at any level of profesional football.

Corrected for you

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Pearce is not as bad as you lot are saying. Jeez he's not brilliant and he is slow but so is Ingi....he is still young particularly for a centre-half and needs persevering with.

As for Karacan I can't understand why he displaced Tabb in he side. Tabb was superb when played in his proper position in central midfield and is a much bettr passer than Karacan.

You can't mention Pearce in the same breath as Ingimarsson. It's okay for him to be slow he is now in his mid 30s after being a cornerstone for the club's most successful period ever.

Pearce is what 21/22? He should be improving week in week out, not settling for being as slow as someone 10 years his senior with fcuked knees

Ingi's been slow for a few years and has still been good enough at this level. Pearce cannot become quicker. He will always be slow but needs to cover up for it by improving his positional nous. If he does that he can still have a decent career. Just look at Nicky Shorey. He's not exactly lightning but is forging a career of sorts as a Premiership full-back. I don't see why Pearce can't do that at this level at centre-half.
I think there has been a lot of flak towards Pearce and its only the first game of the season.

Blinkered Pearcy. Pearce has 3 seasons under his belt, hes not improving at all. The guy is a league 2 player and nothing better. If you persevere with playres like that at CB you are fckd.

[The whole year inn]

Have any players ever accepted they are just not up to it, and said so to the manager who is showing blind faith?

Pearce is a fan of RFC, he should just demand to stop being picked IMO.

[Northern Git]

Not seen anything over the last season, or the first game this season, to alter my view on Pearce.

Physically slow and, to make matters worse, mentally slow as well.

A liability at any level of profesional football.

Corrected for you

My mistake, thanks for that.

[Big Foot]

Pearce is not as bad as you lot are saying. Jeez he's not brilliant and he is slow but so is Ingi....he is still young particularly for a centre-half and needs persevering with.

As for Karacan I can't understand why he displaced Tabb in he side. Tabb was superb when played in his proper position in central midfield and is a much bettr passer than Karacan.

You can't mention Pearce in the same breath as Ingimarsson. It's okay for him to be slow he is now in his mid 30s after being a cornerstone for the club's most successful period ever.

Pearce is what 21/22? He should be improving week in week out, not settling for being as slow as someone 10 years his senior with fcuked knees

Ingi's been slow for a few years and has still been good enough at this level. Pearce cannot become quicker. He will always be slow but needs to cover up for it by improving his positional nous. If he does that he can still have a decent career. Just look at Nicky Shorey. He's not exactly lightning but is forging a career of sorts as a Premiership full-back. I don't see why Pearce can't do that at this level at centre-half.
I think there has been a lot of flak towards Pearce and its only the first game of the season.

He's had 3 years to improve his positioning but it's not happened once.

To compare him with Nicky Shorey is just nonsense

[PEARCEY]

^ I'm comparing him to Shorey in regard to lack of pace only...nothing else. Shorey is slow. Pearce is slow. Just because your slow it doesn't mean you cannot play at a decent level in professional football.
Too many nobbers like you write off players too quickly. I've defended Kebe and Church on here many times over. Kebe would have been sold ages ago had the hobnob masses had their way. Church was apparently only good enough for League 2.
Fortunately McD will not discard Pearce and he will continue to see how he develops. Personally I see Pearce as a back-up centre-half to Mills and Khiz (if we could sign him). If we don't get Khiz or another decent centre-half you lot will have to get used to Pearce remaining in the side.

[brendywendy]

pearce has already showed he can cope at this level with decent games at the end of last season.
just needs to up the consistency.
players dont have to keep reproving themselves just cos they have a bad game.

[Tony Le Mesmer]

Pearce has gone from being our 4th choice CB to the only fit one.

Alarm Bells.

[PEARCEY]

Pearce has gone from being our 4th choice CB to the only fit one.

Alarm Bells.

Yep. We certainly need to get someone in on loan sharpish. I will agree with that.

[Hoop Blah]

pearce has already showed he can cope at this level with decent games at the end of last season.
just needs to up the consistency.
players dont have to keep reproving themselves just cos they have a bad game.

Part of improving is playing more games at your higher end of performance though. Any League 2 defender could have a handful of good games at Championship level given enough games. But if they have say 4 or 5 below average games between the good ones then they're just not good enough for the standard.

For my money Pearce is an ok Championship centre back. He had his worst game in a Reading shirt on Saturday but he still does the basics of his game well enough to get by at this level. His positioning isn't usually as bad as it was on Saturday but with his total lack of pace and slowness on the turn he can't afford to be caught out because he can't recover in the same way as a Sonko or Primus could.

The biggest problem he now faces is that the the players around him aren't best suited to cover his deficiences. He and Mills are too similar, and Williams doesn't seem (from the evidence of Saturday alone so plenty of room to be proved wrong) to read the game or cover his centre back well enough. Last season Pearce had Bertrand, with his pace, to help him out. I'm not sure if Williams will be able to do the same.

Ivar, if he can ever get himself fit, is also a bit too similar to Pearce and Mills but at least has that extra nouse to help both himself and them out. We need a partner for Mills and Pearce who has that extra yard of pace either on the floor or in their head to get the best out of either of them.

We can't wait forever for Pearce to come good, but if that's what we have to do then I can't see us being too successful this season.

[PEARCEY]

^ Fair analysis HB....and on the money.

[Scarface]

We defended poorly last season with Pearce in the side and whilst he continues to play, we'll leak goals and not win games. He is clearly way way out of his depth in the Championship and should only ever be 4th choice at best. Lets face it Scunthorpe WILL struggle this season and we conceeded 2 at home to them.

We'll get beat tonight and stuffed on Saturday, that should be enough to convince Sir John to cough up some cash...or even worse convince McDermott to sell McAnuff or Sigurdsson to raise some funds.

[Upper West Ginger]

We'll get beat tonight and stuffed on Saturday,

Torquay match is tomorrow, not tonight.

[brendywendy]

We defended poorly last season with Pearce in the side and whilst he continues to play, we'll leak goals and not win games. .

he also had good games.

[rob the royal]

We defended poorly last season with Pearce in the side and whilst he continues to play, we'll leak goals and not win games. .

he also had good games.

I'm not being funny but I actually don't remember any.

Also if Shorey was a tortoise then Pearce can only be described as a snail. He was honestly busting a gut to get back for the 4v1 and he wasn't the furthest up the pitch and yet he was the last back... the guy actually only has two speeds - walking and jogging.

[brendywendy]

from cardiff away to near the last game i thought he had a spell where he was looking very good.

agree he is slow, and maybe too slow for us.but i dont think its as clear cut as people are saying

[Forty]

He looked nervous on Saturday, but wasn't at fault for either goal.

[brendywendy]

and mills was at fault, who is a good player.


it just goes to show