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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3450900, member: 9853"] He wasn't better than Danny Levi - who wasn't that great - but Kevvie let him go, knowing he didn't have a similar specialist hooker on the roster. Billy had his eye on Croft/Milford's spot as did Gamble, Kelly, Roberts and Mam. We only had Paix and Turpin to fill 9 and 14. So Billy was only competing with two other players - one roundly maligned, the other fringe - for three starting spots. What ensued was a rerun of the Croft/Milford/Dearden/Gamble/Kelly/Hunt debacle but at dummy half with only three contenders. But this time the coach relied on injuries to select Billy's partner, and never once paired the other two. Ultimately the universally maligned Turpin won out, and was booted from the club as a reward establishing Paix as lowest in the pecking order. So while Billy was hired as a potential half cover, he ended the season as the club's top hooker and the club has, as yet, not hired anyone to threaten his status. Meanwhile even his most loyal apologist [USER=1899]@Big Pete[/USER] ranks him as the 11th best hooker in the competition, which is more generous than most of us. [/QUOTE]

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