I honestly like Cleary but these people have their blinkers on when they watch him play, a few people are now starting to have the balls to call him out, he's a good young player but at this stage in his career he's very limited and is struggling with his game. Some credit must be given to him for the fact he's still competing hard and playing ok compared to other young playmakers the same age as him like Taylor and Croft who have fallen off a cliff, but he shouldn't be anywhere near this NSW side at this point in his career, especially in the current form he is in.
The people who support Cleary blame everyone else around him and want to change everyone else in the side before they'd lay any blame on him or even think about dropping him. It's the Penrith forwards fault that Cleary is playing crap or it's Maloney's fault or it's Walker's fault that Cleary's kicking game was off in game I, we should drop Walker to and bring back Maloney to help Cleary, honestly I reckon these people would have Tedesco or Cook dropped before they drop Cleary.
It's either Pearce or Cleary not both IMO, as you blokes have pointed out if we lose it will be Pearce's fault not Cleary's and personally I don't think Nathan will complement Mitch at all. I honestly don't know what people think Cleary brings to the side apart from good goal kicking.
As a Knights' fan I hope they don't pick him, but as a Blues fan I think they have to pick him, but not with Cleary.