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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 1096761" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>Re. Ford, no I don't think that at all. I actually think the fact he's is 'he best FH in the country' and 'able to step back in at a moment's notice' are the reasons we have an opportunity to give game time to Smith at relatively low risk. If Smith/Farrell doesn't gel in the next little while, the option to bring back Ford is a very good one to have.</p><p></p><p>Ford's injury is fairly long term though. IIRC, the prognosis is that he'll miss the majority of the season which will rule him out of the AIs and most likely the 6N too.</p><p></p><p>My post was intended to be a comment on what to do in the AIs, so with Ford out of the picture, the realistic options are: 1) persevere with Smith/Farrell or 2) drop one of them for a centre (probably a fit Tuilagi <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤞" title="Crossed fingers :fingers_crossed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f91e.png" data-shortname=":fingers_crossed:" />or Slade). We all know Farrell would not be the fall guy in that scenario.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 1096761, member: 59968"] Re. Ford, no I don’t think that at all. I actually think the fact he’s is ‘he best FH in the country’ and ‘able to step back in at a moment’s notice’ are the reasons we have an opportunity to give game time to Smith at relatively low risk. If Smith/Farrell doesn’t gel in the next little while, the option to bring back Ford is a very good one to have. Ford’s injury is fairly long term though. IIRC, the prognosis is that he’ll miss the majority of the season which will rule him out of the AIs and most likely the 6N too. My post was intended to be a comment on what to do in the AIs, so with Ford out of the picture, the realistic options are: 1) persevere with Smith/Farrell or 2) drop one of them for a centre (probably a fit Tuilagi 🤞or Slade). We all know Farrell would not be the fall guy in that scenario. [/QUOTE]
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