Can't believe you couldn't get Tim firing over there, he's come back here in great form! He was a bit rusty vs London but since then he's been top drawer, including a motm performance today.

Salford have basically paid Wakey 100k to take Tim Smith, taught him how to defend and then given him back for nothing!

No doubt Dr Koukash will read what you have just said , note it and bring into calculations when he saves your club again.

Gloating is not the thing to do on opposition forums.

He's on loan isn't he? If so, you haven't got him back for nothing. At the end of this season, he becomes a Salford player again. Then you'll need to pay if you still want him.

Glad to hear. A mystery why he couldn't reproduce what he did at Wakefield for us this season, perhaps it's a pressure and expectation thing.

Happy for him though, he's a good guy.

Tim Smith was great in his first spell and looking good now. Ellis at Cas looks a lot better player now. Half back partnership for England didn't work. The problem is Rangi Chase, he is a great rugby player but not a team player and demands all the quality ball. Any team he plays for close him down and you have eliminated their threat. Look at the improvement in Cas how they are playing as a team now.

Nah. Can't agree with that. Firstly, Rangi's performances when he played alongside Danny Orr won him the Man Of Steel, so it's not a matter of no-one being able to play alongside him, just a matter of finding the right player. Secondly, he got injured 20 minutes into his first game for Salford and missed the next - what? - 6 games was it? If what you're saying is true, Tim Smith would have shone in those games. He didn't.

It Happens
Luke Dorn to Salford in 2007
Danny Orr to Wigan
Steve Blakeley to Wire
Brilliant at former clubs misfired then returned & played well for there former clubs again.


Some players just work better at one club , put him in another set up and they struggle , such was the case with Smith.
Firstly he was settled at Wakey and was basically sold to keep a cash flow , so the motivation wasn't there .
Secondly most of the key pivot players - Skyes - Kirmond Lauititi'are still there who know how Smith Plays , It was bound to happen .

It was inevitable. No hard feelings towards the guy and good luck to him in the future.

Do you think it's a case of big fish in little pond then when they become a little fish in a big pond they struggle to cope with the pressure? Mental condition of a player can make a huge difference!

Did he just say we're a big pond?

I must have missed that bit.

Well yeah, why wouldn't you be? A lot of pressure on players and a lot of money being spent. To me that's a bigger pond than the pond in Wakey...

I think Wigan, Saints and Leeds are the big ponds. We're more of a little puddle.

You can get medication for that