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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 915635" data-attributes="member: 59968">I take it &#039;Patisserie&#039; is Parisse? Haha.Personally I&#039;ve never said Mercer was too small and in fact, I wouldn&#039;t want him to get too much bigger as I think his agility is an asset that I would prefer he didn&#039;t compromise.Mercer and Simmonds are completely different types of 8 but unfortunately, what they both have in common is being misaligned with Eddie&#039;s preferred gameplan at 8.I&#039;ve said this loads of times before, but Eddie has really failed by refusing to develop another option at 8 that isn&#039;t focused on being a heavy carrier. Billy is a world class option but without him, all of our other 8s (apart from Morgan who Eddie doesn&#039;t like) are better suited to playing more like Read or Parisse. Even Hughes is better when used this way rather than trying - and failing - to be Billy.If everyone is fit, I&#039;m in favour of having Billy as the starter with Mercer or Simmonds on the bench. Hughes has had his chance and hasn&#039;t ever convinced and Mercer and Simmonds ability to cover the flanks make them more valuable options IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BPM, post: 915635, member: 59968"] I take it ‘Patisserie’ is Parisse? Haha. Personally I’ve never said Mercer was too small and in fact, I wouldn’t want him to get too much bigger as I think his agility is an asset that I would prefer he didn’t compromise. Mercer and Simmonds are completely different types of 8 but unfortunately, what they both have in common is being misaligned with Eddie’s preferred gameplan at 8. I’ve said this loads of times before, but Eddie has really failed by refusing to develop another option at 8 that isn’t focused on being a heavy carrier. Billy is a world class option but without him, all of our other 8s (apart from Morgan who Eddie doesn’t like) are better suited to playing more like Read or Parisse. Even Hughes is better when used this way rather than trying - and failing - to be Billy. If everyone is fit, I’m in favour of having Billy as the starter with Mercer or Simmonds on the bench. Hughes has had his chance and hasn’t ever convinced and Mercer and Simmonds ability to cover the flanks make them more valuable options IMO. [/QUOTE]

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