I wouldn't imagine Smith would fancy joining a club who want him as backup. He'd definitely see himself as a starting player.

Smith's ok but I don't think he would add much more than we already have and I certainly don't think that its the kind if signing that will turn the clubs fortunes around.

I thought that this years campaign might have indicated that signing a load of players unwanted by other clubs, players coming back from injury or players with a point to prove doesn't worked. Foolishly, I had hoped that the clubs management would have spent the year lining up real quality players rather than having another panic buying spree similar to last year. If this rumour is true then it looks like we're in for pretty much more of the same.

That's interesting seeing as he was held under high regard (or so I thought) when he was there as a coach last time round.

Yes i agree, but thats what i was informed, maybe its certain players not all.

Agents McDermott and Lowes are doing a fine job. Knighthoods will surely follow...

His FB positioning for me is woeful my good man. Hence why Royston seemed to play FB when we were defending earlier in the season and Kearney played it when we were attacking.

It is all about opinions but the fact that Kearney generally IS believed to be one of our top players says more about the state of our team rather than the quality of the player. IMO.

Aye. What relationship does Hetherington have with the players? It would only take 2 or 3 of the senior players to arrange a meeting and get McDermott the push?

Lets think about this maturely. I personally don't want Lee Smith to come to Bradford because he is poo and wee.

Smith was poor under McClennan last season too, although he's deteriorated since. Hasn't been the same since a brief spell at Wasps. I suspect his current decline is down to attitude.

If he can recapture his pre-Wasps form he will be a good signing, but going on your recent list of Leeds rejects (Feather, Scruton, Diskin, Walker etc) I doubt he's going to suddenly come good again at Bradford.

IMO had Leeds not re-signed Webb and instead given Smith the FB position in 2009 he would have been a cert for England at FB (before Tomkins made the switch). He was never a centre and at present isn't good enough to nail down the wing position at Leeds.

I think Diskin has been outstanding. Far exceeded what I expected of him. The others....well yeah.

Lee Smith isn't going to want to come to us and play the sort of Paul Sykes type role of filling in anywhere he is needed in the backline.

I'm sure he would have a higher aspiration than that, and equally surely someone like Wakefield would be prepared to sign him and give him a regular Full Back or Wing starting slot.

Think you'll find that he signed a new 3 year deal at Leeds last year.

Leeds just forgot to announce it.

They can keep him.

Always thought Smith to be a player that would perform in a dominant team but in the mid table or lower team could dissapear