Hutty1986
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The thing about Merritt for me is this:
you look at all the good wingers, they come in field looking to make some metres and get in on the play to give their forwards a rest, when the game is there to be won, Merritt is seemingly lost in the midst of a bermuda triangle of some sort, you only see him on the end of a back line play strolling over untouched
To be a winger at SOO level you need to be able to create, when I say create I don't mean throwing a cut out ball after brushing 2 defenders, I mean players like Hayne can kick and chase, that sort of thing. I wouldn't back Merritt to be doing that for as many tries as he's scored a lot of them have been walk in tries that would make Scott Minto look like an immortal
fact is this, he's never in the play when the game is on the line
That's exactly what I mean re. Merritt. I don't mean the bloke should play f*cking halfback and put team mates in for tries. A quality winger provides a lot more than just flopping over the line-it's obviously a part of his job but good wingers can give their sides good starts to get-out sets with runs from dummy half. They actually run the footy in their own half, as opposed to Merritt only being within coo-ee of the ball whne his side is 20m out. As for Bunniesmong saying Merritt should get a gig because he doesn't make many errors... well FMD, he's me thinking that was a basic and expected skill of any decent winger.
Merritt is a peaheart and should never, ever play Origin.