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Message: [QUOTE="Kooly87, post: 3019049, member: 9326"] Would it be a fair assessment at this stage to say that IF they were going to move Niko into a Utility role that O'Sullivan would have his nose slightly in front just being a little older and slightly more experienced and probably a little more physically ready than Dearden? If he can defend competently (which it sounds like you seem to think he could) and he can provide some structure and a kicking game to support Milford, I honestly think we could do worse than to give him a shot. The reason i'm warming to the idea actually isn't entirely to do with promoting O'Sullivan and dumping Niko, it's actually because I'm becoming more and more convinced that we really lack some dynamic Dummy Half running and energy and that I think Niko could in this sense potentially be a huge asset, perhaps more so than he is at Halfback. It just seems like the modern blueprint these days is for your Halfback to be a competent Organiser who kicks well (none of which are Niko's strong suits) with a ball running 5/8 and that the stronger sides are using their Dummy Half's to run the ball and probe around the ruck more and more every year and this isn't really McCullough's strength either so with him and Niko sharing the Dummy Half role he could really ignite us around the ruck as the game wears on. [/QUOTE]

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