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Decent player, but rocked? Hardly.

Definately wouldn't break the bank to keep him. Hope we give our youngsters a go and sign some BEEF up front.

I've always liked Smith, always looks like he's giving 100%, shows some spirit on the pitch, and on his day, can be a very good scrum half.

BUT, if Salford are to achieve anything, with the limited budget we have, then we can't afford to pay over the odds for anyone. It's obvious we need to spend in the forwards, so if Widnes are offering more than the considerable deal Salford have offered, then let him go. I'd hope the club force the decision now though, so we're not shopping in the left over bin come the end of the year.

That's all we do every season,get who ever is left over,that's why we are at the bottom,or near the bottom,every year.

because we haven't got any money, the crowds we get don't pay the wages, and our fans will not dig any deeper to improve this situation, so it is catch 22 , then again we could do a Bradford but would the RFL bail Salford out, I doubt it, So until one of us drops over £100m on the Euro we are stuck where we are.

Don't worry Pev, it's mine on Friday, we'll be sorted!!

If Smith does leave I really hope we look to Sneyd rather than a journeyman. There's no point having rules in place regarding home grown players only for them to be overlooked at every opportunity. If we replace him with quality then i'll obviously have no issue but I really don't want to see an ageing or unproven overseas player for instance come in and play ahead of a youngster.

I kind of agree with what everyone is saying here about Sneyd etc but the one sinking feeling I have is that [iif[/i young Sneyd turns out to be a good un, what are our chances of keeping hold of him?

It's all well and good producing great young players but slightly depressing if you've no chance of keeping the ones who make the grade.

However if he never plays enough first team rugby we'll never find out. Unfortunately if he is good enough having him move on is just the problem we will always have whilst we are a small team who can't compete.

Far better to have him (Sneyd) play well for us and earn a move than him have his path blocked by a mediocre older/more australian player and leave anyway due to frustration.

Wonder what the likes of Sneyd feel about 5 year contracts being banded about to players that yet to play SL whilst while he played he impressed! I seem to remember Owen impressing towards the end of a season then being forgotten about until this season? Or maybe that should be forgotten about when Godwin is fit because he still prefers to play Howarth out of position at 9.

Totally agree with you but it's still depressing. The better he is, the less likely it is we can keep him.

Until we get to a point where we can operate a full cap it will always be so.

Heres me thinking it's only Widnes who are interested.