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Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "Nobody has. HTH
After 2 minutes in the job? That's worrying

I would say in his first full season, all Smith can do is to make a start. New coach, new settled squad need maybe 3 seasons to gel and reach some consistent level. It's time we don't have, of course, and the reason for that is our first strategy failed miserably, so we have to start again, but that's the Catch22 isn't it.'"


Go back Ferocious and check your own posts after the Oldham game, added to your comment on today's.

You really do talk some forceful twaddle. Did Brian Smith need 3 years to improve the Bulls? Did Chris Chester need 3 seasons to improve Wakefield? Lee Radford took Hull to the top of SL within one and a half seasons and a Challenge Cup and possible Grand Final within two.

I cannot conceive that any Bradford fan will agree with you that Rohan Smith needs 3 seasons to make a marked improvement to the team and if the Bulls had slumped so far under Lowes (as you claim in your Oldham post) then it is not unreasonable that we should have seen some improvement in the last 4 months. We haven't.

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Quote: Bullseye "Positives – He can kick 40-20s, pass superbly, back up very well, occasionally hit hard in defence and boot conversions from the touchline under extreme pressure. He will put his hand up when others go missing. He’ll give 100%.

Negatives – He is infuriatingly inconsistent, often within the same 80mins. For every killer pass he can throw one into touch. For every 40-20 one can go directly out. For every big tackle there is a feeble shoulder grab. For every touchline conversion under pressure he’ll miss a sitter.

He’s be criminally misused at Bradford. He’s a backrow forward who’s been forced to play as a playmaker. As a result none of his skills have been fully formed because he’s trying to do too much. He’s sacrificed a lot of his career by trying to do everything and filling holes made thanks to our awful recruitment and off field mismanagement. It’s testament to the bloke that he’s been with us this long.

I said he needs a move. Wherever he goes he needs to be in a side where he can concentrate on playing in the backrow and not be the “go to guy” for everything.'"


I don't disagree with any of that, but his inconsistency is what makes him a liability. He ain't the first and won't be the last. You can only get away with being badly inconsistent if you'r as good as, say, Shaun Johnson. Unfortunately for Addy, the good stuff to bad stuff ratio has tipped in a negative favour this year - albeit it might be because of several mitigating factors.

And his defence has always been terrible.

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Quote: Bets'y Bulls "I fear him at HKR. They have half backs who are always unlucky with injury, you can see him filling in at 6 or 7 for most of the year!'"

You could be right we signed Blair to play second row and he's played stand off for two years

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Quote: Bullseye "Positives – He can kick 40-20s, pass superbly, back up very well, occasionally hit hard in defence and boot conversions from the touchline under extreme pressure. He will put his hand up when others go missing. He’ll give 100%.

Negatives – He is infuriatingly inconsistent, often within the same 80mins. For every killer pass he can throw one into touch. For every 40-20 one can go directly out. For every big tackle there is a feeble shoulder grab. For every touchline conversion under pressure he’ll miss a sitter.

He’s be criminally misused at Bradford. He’s a backrow forward who’s been forced to play as a playmaker. As a result none of his skills have been fully formed because he’s trying to do too much. He’s sacrificed a lot of his career by trying to do everything and filling holes made thanks to our awful recruitment and off field mismanagement. It’s testament to the bloke that he’s been with us this long.

I said he needs a move. Wherever he goes he needs to be in a side where he can concentrate on playing in the backrow and not be the “go to guy” for everything.'"


Agree with everything here, for me he isnt a 13 either. Personally I thought he looked his most dangerous playing left edge second row for Scotland in the world cup ability with ball and strong running. Would have loved to see him play there for us

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He’s be criminally misused at Bradford. He’s a backrow forward who’s been forced to play as a playmaker. As a result none of his skills have been fully formed because he’s trying to do too much. He’s sacrificed a lot of his career by trying to do everything and filling holes made thanks to our awful recruitment and off field mismanagement. It’s testament to the bloke that he’s been with us this long.
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Quote: Bullseye "Positives – He can kick 40-20s, pass superbly, back up very well, occasionally hit hard in defence and boot conversions from the touchline under extreme pressure. He will put his hand up when others go missing. He’ll give 100%.

Negatives – He is infuriatingly inconsistent, often within the same 80mins. For every killer pass he can throw one into touch. For every 40-20 one can go directly out. For every big tackle there is a feeble shoulder grab. For every touchline conversion under pressure he’ll miss a sitter.

He’s be criminally misused at Bradford. He’s a backrow forward who’s been forced to play as a playmaker. As a result none of his skills have been fully formed because he’s trying to do too much. He’s sacrificed a lot of his career by trying to do everything and filling holes made thanks to our awful recruitment and off field mismanagement. It’s testament to the bloke that he’s been with us this long.

I said he needs a move. Wherever he goes he needs to be in a side where he can concentrate on playing in the backrow and not be the “go to guy” for everything.'"

Spot on Bullseye.

To quote Jimmy Lowes, Danny is a, "really good rugby player". He's [inot[/i a half though and he's wasted the last three years [almost] proving it. I say 'almost' because he has had his moments, even in that position. Criminally misused doesn't tell the half of it. New club, new regime and a new Danny Addy - just what he needs imo.

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