"I'm still getting to know the players. I'm still getting to know their traits and their culture and I'm giving them every chance.
That's the key. No knee-jerk reaction. Smith will sort out the wheat from the chaff and better days are around the corner - just don't expect too much too soon.
"phil ford, he's a bit of a stepper
replacing hugh wardell, in jumper no. 15 it's brian case
oooh and he does a bit of a boogie
gregory and gregory, sounds like a firm of solicitors
I like what he has to say, I can't help but agree with him really. I'm delighted we have him, and I think given time he'll tackle every difficult decision head on and will get this club into far better shape than it's ever been in, certainly in the SL era.
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JWP wrote:I like what he has to say, I can't help but agree with him really. I'm delighted we have him, and I think given time he'll tackle every difficult decision head on and will get this club into far better shape than it's ever been in, certainly in the SL era.
I agree, though I just worry 2 and a half years isn't enough time for him to do a thorough job.
The rest of this season (the half I presume?), is going to be spent trying to fix the massive mess we are in....next year will probably be a 'bedding in' year for Smith's own signings, so in reality he has 1 year (2011) to bring us some silverware.
Quote:"He was almost in tears with me walking across the field because he knew he had let himself down. He cracked under a barrage of abuse but I understand that people have breaking points.
Makes a mockery of the state of origin intense, intimidating rivalry and athmosphere that we're led to believe is nasty, when you think that a couple of n00bs in a 3k crowd upset him.
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The Angry Pirate wrote:I agree, though I just worry 2 and a half years isn't enough time for him to do a thorough job.
The rest of this season (the half I presume?), is going to be spent trying to fix the massive mess we are in....next year will probably be a 'bedding in' year for Smith's own signings, so in reality he has 1 year (2011) to bring us some silverware.
I know where your coming from. I guess after this year, the nucleus of the squad that stays will be used to his methods etc. It may also be an environment that new players find easier to bed into than previously.
There's no saying he won't stay beyond 2011 neither, I guess if we were mighty close to trophies, buty they eluded him, he'd be tempted to stay on a little longer etc. Worry about that in two and a half years though.
Tony Catsmith wrote:Makes a mockery of the state of origin intense, intimidating rivalry and athmosphere that we're led to believe is nasty, when you think that a couple of n00bs in a 3k crowd upset him.
You'd struggle to make out individual heckles in an Origin crowd, though. And, if you could, they'd probably be "Hey, Number Five. Yeah, you with the hair. You can't drink for Swear Filter."
Whereas, he probably heard something along the lines of "King, I hope your wife's nipples fall off when you're in bed tonight", with no other real noise to drown it out.
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die The first ones in line for that pie-in-the-sky And we're always the last when the cream is shared out For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
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'Hitman' Norvern Soul wrote:You'd struggle to make out individual heckles in an Origin crowd, though. And, if you could, they'd probably be "Hey, Number Five. Yeah, you with the hair. You can't drink for Swear Filter."
Whereas, he probably heard something along the lines of "King, I hope your wife's nipples fall off when you're in bed tonight", with no other real noise to drown it out.
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