Review Tayte Pears or Cale Hooker

[Phone]

it's probably really lucky that the great switch over effectively wiped the results

 

[Duckworth]

it's probably really lucky that the great switch over effectively wiped the results

FYI Pears polled 70.83% as the better defender than Hooker at 29.17%.

 

[Phone]

i was part of the 29% and i stand by it.

 

[Seb78]

In full flight and injury free I would take Pears. Hooker just makes me nervous when he has ball in hand and is quite slow off the mark when chasing a lead.

Having said all that I still think Pears isn't quite big enough to be the solid rock we need down there but would still take him before Hooker

 

[Duckworth]

On this years form it has to be Hooker. Pears was looking good a few years ago but seems a long way off that now.

 

[Ambrosia]

Its sad that both have lost their pace.

 

[Rack Watts]

Pears will get his pace back, then his confidence then BAM!

 

[Childish Gambino]

I noticed that a lot of opposition supporters would laugh at us about how highly we rated Pears early on. Obviously he had his stand out games, the one of Fevola probably being his best but I can't really remember his bad games pre injuries.

Were the opposition supporters right and we were too blind to see that maybe Pears isn't that good of a footballer?

I voted for Pears in the poll for what it's worth.

 

[adamj13au]

pears if he ever gets his body right. hooker gets beaten 1 on 1 to often, out muscled, out smarted & is slow off the mark. runs like a *******.

hooker might be worth something as trade bait?

 

[Duckworth]

pears if he ever gets his body right. hooker gets beaten 1 on 1 to often, out muscled, out smarted & is slow off the mark. runs like a *******.

hooker might be worth something as trade bait?

That's a strange conclusion to draw based on what you said.

 

[ZAAHAARAKIS!!!!!]

Pears' best beats Hooker's best.
hell pears' best would beat most fullbacks in the comp

 

[Duckworth]

Pears' best beats Hooker's best.
hell pears' best would beat most fullbacks in the comp

Agree. The question is will we see it again?

 

[Synth]

Pears' best beats Hooker's best.
hell pears' best would beat most fullbacks in the comp

Potential is a strange thing.

 

[ZAAHAARAKIS!!!!!]

Agree. The question is will we see it again?

He's had a shocking run with injuries. I'd expect to see a much better year next year with a full pre-season.

 

[ZAAHAARAKIS!!!!!]

Potential is a strange thing.

Unseen potential is. the difference is we've seen how good he can be

 

[Phone]

we've seen how good hooker can be too. and he's done this year. not 09. which is basically another lifetime.

 

[Phone]

basically i'm still pissed at pears for almost costing us the game against north in r1 through his stupidity

 

[Yoda_]

Didn't Fev kick 3.7 (or something like it) in the said game Pears 'killed him' in?

 

[Phone]

no that was darcy. i do remember a section of essendon fans claiming he was in aa form (at say r10) and then a section of fans of other clubs claiming he was leading the reverse coleman and me being confused as to who to believe because at the time i was only getting to see about 1/3 of our games.

 

[Hencho]

Carlisle is better than Hooker and will improve. I think Pears offers a something different so for me its Hooker vs Carlisle and Carlisle wins!

 

[yaco55]

I noticed that a lot of opposition supporters would laugh at us about how highly we rated Pears early on. Obviously he had his stand out games, the one of Fevola probably being his best but I can't really remember his bad games pre injuries.

Were the opposition supporters right and we were too blind to see that maybe Pears isn't that good of a footballer?

I voted for Pears in the poll for what it's worth.

Don't laugh - Fairly certain that Pears won the reverse Coleman.

 

[Oh Tayteridge]

Carlisle is better than Hooker and will improve. I think Pears offers a something different so for me its Hooker vs Carlisle and Carlisle wins!

Actually agree with this; think Carlisle and Hooker are far more apt comparisons. Similar size, similar strengths, similar deficiencies in counterattack. Carlisle much better.

 

[yaco55]

Actually agree with this; think Carlisle and Hooker are far more apt comparisons. Similar size, similar strengths, similar deficiencies in counterattack. Carlisle much better.

Do your two key defenders have to be different ?

Couple of examples

Geelong; Taylor/Lonergan
Adelaide; Rutten/Talia

 

[Oh Tayteridge]

No they don't, but it's a more adequate comparison. Try Geelong Taylor (Carlisle) Lonergan (Hooker) Scarlett (Pears).

 

[Kong]

Hooker's clearly better than Carlisle right now.

Carlisle will be better though, as soon as next year, you'd think.