Did anyone else notice in the post-game press conference that whenever the journos brought up Pezet, both Ryles and Moses seemed pretty reluctant to lean into the praise?
Their body language was interesting. The vibe was basically, “he’s still a work in progress.” Almost like they weren’t totally thrilled with a few things he did.
Either that, or they were deliberately downplaying it so his head doesn’t get too big and to keep him grounded. Which, to be fair, I don’t mind.
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He had great vision to catch Walsh out twice, but man his execution on kicks were woeful, yet fluked a try and try assist. You cannot ever win without some form of luck.
He was bad in defence and was not fully focused in attack sometimes. But he will get a lot of confidence from what worked for him.
Use your own eyes on how Pezet played you'll come up with the same stuff.
Pezet is still in his infancy.He's just a stop gap fill in here so it doesn't matter too much what he looks like.Remember this Parra is doing him a favour not the other way round.We are basically doing this guy a favour by seasoning him for the real team he wants to be with and that isn't us.
So if he fell over and broke his leg to tomorrow I wouldn't much care because we have to go through this same rebuild in this position next year.Bottom line with him if he gets isolated and targeted he's vulnerable he's not dropping hard running back rowers like DB used to so if isolated quick play the balls are coming inside the 20 that's his biggest weakness.Teams no this Melbourne knew this and exploited it.
I'm not worried about what JR or all the rest think of him and how guarded thay are with the media we aren't winning the comp with him so it's what it is just move on and hope for better.
Either way, it's nice to have a short kicking option in our attacking threats. Feels like we've been missing this option for years.
They are spot on. He did more wrong than right. The bounce of the ball goes the other way on Smith try and his own, and his performance would be crucified. They were very lucky bounces on somewhat selfish 3rd tackle plays. He was also at fault for a number of broncos tries and line breaks.
They need to keep him grounded. The media love affair following this game has been way over the top. Some rating his performance as 9.5/10 completely overlooks the things the Ryles eludes to.
Well said
Yep Talking Parra had Tuilagi and Pezet at 9.5 and felt that was too high considering both had issues during the game, particularly the first 25 mins.
This is his first year in fg plsying week to week. He's still raw atm but will get better as the season rolls on
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