Anybody see his post match interview? Really surprised at how up tight he was. I recall the days when he was at Leeds and we'd get beaten sometimes unfairly and he'd take it in his stride and compliment the opposition regardless. Didn't see any of that tonight - which is a first for me. Don't get me wrong I'm not being critical, the guy is a legend in my opinion. I was just abit surprised to see him be so uncomfortable after a game which could of gone either why. Odd.... Or is it just me?! Probably the latter.... Thoughts?

Not just you, he looked very incomfortable and like he didn't want to be interviewed. It was really weird how he couldn't look at Eddie and he seemed almost angered by something. In contrast I thought our Brian gave a pretty good interview for a change!

He is just a lier. If you watch him, he never makes eye contact when been interviewed. Lies, lies, lies.

Fairly standard Smith interview.

Haven't seen the interview but your description of him matches several post-match interviews I've seen him give in the past. A severely embarrassing interview which springs to mind is after the World Cup Semi Final defeat against the Kiwis in 2008 where he completely lost the plot. Eye contact at a minimum as per usual. Never trust a twitchy bloke who can't look you in the eye unless they are autistic.

Yep. That's just what he was like tonight.

He's also appears to suffer from strangely contorted lip movements when he's interviewed as if he's desperate to hide his gnashers. Another sign of utter stress and weirdness like he's struggling with some kind of sociopathic disorder. Never trust a bloke with thin lips either.

very nice, funny, charismatic bloke in real life, just seems very guarded when there's a microphone in close proximity

Agreed but just can't ever remember him being like that for Leeds? Or have I a twisted memory? I recall he used to be superb pre and post match...

McDermott was good, of course easier if you win. I was expecting tony smith to take this result and perforamce in his stride but his body language wasnt pretty at all. Just didn't want to be there. His team were ok / good tonight, why be so uptight?! Strange.....

He wasn't, that was a very very strange few minutes of TV watching that.

Could it be that Tony is feeling the weight of expectation that surrounds Warrington? After falling short by such a narrow margin last year he must be under some pressure if only self generated.

I haven't seen the interview but from what's been described he was similar on occasions at Leeds particularly in later seasons.

Always though it and last night was especially poor. I remember going to a course he was leading and thought if he's anything like he conducts himself on camera this isn't going to be very enlightening, but as a previous poster mentioned, he was excellent, fascinating to listen to and very approachable.

I actually thought they were both awful and good. some great passing and excellent goal line defense. but so many mistakes. they never had a platform.