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Message: [QUOTE="McHunt, post: 3631161, member: 9853"] The hooker discussion wouldn't be the slightest bit contentious if it weren't for Billy's surname. Some folk take any suggestion of demoting him as a personal attack on the coach. Which is the paradox. You can't have it both ways. It's either a level playing field in selection or it isn't. Moving on, I don't think it should be contentious to have the opinion that Smoothy is the superior of our two regular hookers. He can play more minutes, and he seems to bring more momentum. Billy, on the other hand, has utility value as a half. If you were to run up a highlight reel, Billy probably has more. But it would be somewhat misleading. Neither hooker screams out to be dropped. They don't generally blunder, kick out on the full, miss tackles or generally look slow in service. Neither cost us the Grand Final. They can do the job. But blowing an interchange to play Billy twice can go **** itself. Tyson should start, Billy should play 20 minutes tops at the end. In terms relative to other teams: fans of other clubs all know Billy (because of his surname) but few would be able to name Smoothy. Absolutely no one rates him. He is certainly not in the class of say Jeremy Marshall King, Reece Robson or Brandon Smith, who aren't exactly headed towards immortality. So if Smoothy is the better of the two, where does that rank Billy? Which brings me back to why this subject is only contentious because of Billy's father. Not because either of these hookers are so precious we can't do without them. That Mozer isn't ready, or Paix is [your opinion goes here]. As for Mozer: he's stuck behind these two until one is injured. We've already seen how quickly Billy was rushed back, so it's safe to say he won't get a proper chance unless it's Smoothy who's out. If I were Blake, I'd be making myself more versatile. He's already clearly the most proficient hooker we have on our books, but he can't replace Billy's utility value. I would be begging Karmichael to rotate me into another position, rather than drop me to the bench. If he's up to that, he can replace Billy. If that's even possible. I doubt that Mozer has the speed to play in the outside backs, but if he could cover any of those positions, he would be an immediate bench selection. [/QUOTE]

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