Alex Pearce

[brendywendy]

i feel i have achieved a fair ammount in my short life yes


or instancei was the youngest scout to be awarded the chief scouts challenge


i also nearly cured cancer

[juanpablo]

Pearce out, we have a young centre back learning his trade with the best in the league on the bench...

yes Dubes was beaten at the far post but Pearce was completely mugged off for the freekick


one of them has to make way for Bikey

[Millsy]

Alex Pearce - Player of the season favourite IMHO.

Just asking: why is he being hailed as such a great defender?

Our defence is a joke at the mo, leaking in goals like crazy. Our poor performances have been blamed on a midfield and starting line up that have been awesome right up util the point we've had to get Feds/Doobs/Pearce in and then we're unable to score without leaking like crazy. Yet we change the only constants in the team but keep in the rubbish defensive unit.

I'm not certain - just a theory - but I'd say the defence is the source of our woes and whilst pearce is doing well as a youngster and is coming on in leaps and bounds I'd be hesitant to call him my season favourite given our awful defence.

West Ham got relegated with David James in goal, does that mean he's not good enough to play in the Premiership?

No. Relevance to my post - that it's possible a good player can be caught up in a bad system. I totally accept that, good point. But it's more the exception than the rule to be fair.

Also possible that he's not quite up to being a CB for a promotion pushing Champ side (just yet) and as one of the defensive four, where before his arrival we were doing ok but now are horrendous in defence, it's arguably more possible that the blatant is more possible, than the exception to the rule.

Just raising this for discussio btw. I genuinely don't know and don't have a strong opinion either way and very much value your opinions to help mould mine.

[Millsy]

Pearce out, we have a young centre back learning his trade with the best in the league on the bench...

yes Dubes was beaten at the far post but Pearce was completely mugged off for the freekick


one of them has to make way for Bikey

Agreed.

Now is not the time for charity or for bleeding a young player in.

The defence has been awful. It needs sorting.

[FiNeRaIn]

LMAO, have a laugh. He is average at best and his passing and timing going forward is absolutely shocking.
He would be first on the list to be replaced if ( big if) we were promoted to the prem.
He's decent against average champ players, been skinned consistently by the better players in the league, mcgoldrick southampton and routledge in recent memory.

Nothing else to say but
Muppet.

No constructive comments then? Ok.

He's been at fault for more goals then any other of our defenders. Fact. He is our week spot. On top of that, how many assists or goals has he scored this season?

[Royalee]

Pearce out, we have a young centre back learning his trade with the best in the league on the bench...

yes Dubes was beaten at the far post but Pearce was completely mugged off for the freekick


one of them has to make way for Bikey

He gave away one free kick whereas Duberry gave away countless fouls last night. Next time someone gives away a corner I'll blame them when Duberry leaves his man to score from it.

[SteveRoyal]

The defence has been awful. It needs sorting.

I don't know where you've been getting this from. It's not like we've been leaking multiple poor goals - a fair few have been unstoppable.

[Millsy]

The defence has been awful. It needs sorting.

I don't know where you've been getting this from. It's not like we've been leaking multiple poor goals - a fair few have been unstoppable.

Fair enough. Do others agree with this?

It could just be our set pieces play I suppose.

But when rubbish teams chuck goals past us for fun - unstoppable or not - its not unreasonable to question the defence. I dunno.

[Woodcote Royal]

Pearce out, we have a young centre back learning his trade with the best in the league on the bench...

yes Dubes was beaten at the far post but Pearce was completely mugged off for the freekick


one of them has to make way for Bikey

Agreed.

Now is not the time for charity or for bleeding a young player in.

The defence has been awful. It needs sorting.

+1

But, even if Bikey starts on Saturday, how many points have we lost whilst Coppell has been barking up the wrong tree YET AGAIN!!!

[Vision]

Alex Pearce needed six stitches after a clash of heads at Plymouth last weekend yet Coppell selected Pearce to play at home against Charlton resulting in the cut opening up and a need to change the shirt three times in the game.

Why play a player with a head wound whose job is to defend and head the ball throughout the game, surely it is better to wait let the injury heal and use your squad as we have Bikey who is a more than capable player.

Didn't seem to affect him at all last night, he was outstanding. Duberry is far less than a capable player, Bikey should be brought in to replace him.

Agreed.

[loyalroyal4life]

Pearce out, we have a young centre back learning his trade with the best in the league on the bench...

yes Dubes was beaten at the far post but Pearce was completely mugged off for the freekick


one of them has to make way for Bikey

Agreed.

Now is not the time for charity or for bleeding a young player in.

The defence has been awful. It needs sorting.

get rid of wally downes then