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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 1015396" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>Always a tricky one in that scenario. Finn Smith is very highly rated. They won't want to block his development and they might be looking at how Marcus Smith came through and thinking 'if you're good enough, you're old enough'.</p><p></p><p>IMO, we didn't really get it right at Quins. Smith's breakthrough was amazing, but I think there's definitely an argument to say he's got way too much responsibility at this stage in his career. He's not yet 21 and has already made 93 first team appearances. Joe Simmonds is a full three years older and has less senior appearances (90). Marcus Smith has had Nick Evans tutoring him but as there was no cross over between them as players, Smith was in at the deep end rather than being slowly integrated in to the team over time as Simmonds was with Steenson.</p><p></p><p>Ideally Weir could have played the Steenson role with Finn Smith. As it is, I still think Searle is good enough to be a reasonable stop gap solution in the Premiership. I think sticking with him is a better option than signing someone expensive for a short period. The only exception I'd make is Cipriani. Having him to learn from could be massive for Finn Smith.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 1015396, member: 59968"] Always a tricky one in that scenario. Finn Smith is very highly rated. They won’t want to block his development and they might be looking at how Marcus Smith came through and thinking ‘if you’re good enough, you’re old enough’. IMO, we didn’t really get it right at Quins. Smith’s breakthrough was amazing, but I think there’s definitely an argument to say he’s got way too much responsibility at this stage in his career. He’s not yet 21 and has already made 93 first team appearances. Joe Simmonds is a full three years older and has less senior appearances (90). Marcus Smith has had Nick Evans tutoring him but as there was no cross over between them as players, Smith was in at the deep end rather than being slowly integrated in to the team over time as Simmonds was with Steenson. Ideally Weir could have played the Steenson role with Finn Smith. As it is, I still think Searle is good enough to be a reasonable stop gap solution in the Premiership. I think sticking with him is a better option than signing someone expensive for a short period. The only exception I’d make is Cipriani. Having him to learn from could be massive for Finn Smith. [/QUOTE]
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