Smith is a great coach but he has some very strange ideas about player management.

When he was at Leeds the players had to ask his permission to take their wives out for dinner!!

When Smith was going out with Verity the players were given a week end off and Tony Smith had taken his wife to some expensive/exclusive retreat only to find Lee and Verity at the very same place!! Didn't go down too well

Smith controlling attitude is OK with young players to try and get them to adopt the correct path but you can't treat senior players in the same way they simple will not allow it and by end of 2006 early 2007 it began to creak and that is probably what is happening at Warrington.

Having said all that the first half of the 2005 season was IMO the finest this side played in the whole of golden generation.

Latest on Hull is that Albert Kelly has flown home to Australia on compassionate leave. Will definitely miss this weeks game vs Salford, let's see if he's back in time for the following week vs Leeds.

He will apparently

HKR expected him back last year aswell just saying!!

Missing Houghton massively, had he played we would have both game easily.

Kelly is a big loss and we have two tough home games coming up against Salford and you.

Good to see your club putting on free coaches for our game which with it not being on TV and a big following from you, should see a big crowd.

Weirdly it was one if our strengths last year.

Missing Houghton massively, had he played we would have both game easily.

Kelly is a big loss and we have two tough home games coming up against Salford and you.

Good to see your club putting on free coaches for our game which with it not being on TV and a big following from you, should see a big crowd.