I said the same on Thursday, after watching this. I don't really care whether players are "good people" or not. When you look back, in almost any sport, those at the pinnacle of their era tend to be horrible bar stewards.

If he thought the game was getting sterile then why didn't he do something about it in his role as director of rugby/coach/god almighty? No, he'd rather play squash with his mate, make facile comments in post match interviews and watch wire fans get fleeced out of a seaons worth of admission charges. Bye Tony......

The worst bit is the shrug shoulders answer as to why we have been playing horrible rugby for two seasons. He says he's not sure then blames the calibre of player we have....er you signed em Tony. All this social worker nonsense makes me feel like he wouldve been better served being an academy coach or assistant himself. A head coach job (particularly of us over the past ten years) is to deliver trophies...he got some but not enough imo. I, and society, am glad chris bridge is no longer scuffling with bouncers but he should be on the straight and narrow with at least two GF rings.

Do you seriously think that's what he did? That he was content for the team to play the way they did and has not an iota of professional pride?

He played Jack Hughes every game this season. There's your answer

Dunno, but who else was in a prime position to change the way that we played the game? Daryl Powell did it with a lot less money at Cas....

Let's see what happens to Shaun Wane if he misses out on the playoffs. He has been superb at bringing youth through but it means squat if you don't win the prizes (which is after all why you bring the youth through). I bet he doesn't get 4 years without a pot.

I think Tony would be better talking about the/his failings at Warrington, which are under his control, rather than the game as a whole which is not.

This interview has shown how low someone will sink to avert blame on their own failings. The game has provided TS with a very good living and now he intimates that it is the fault of the game he is leaving his post. He has without saying it, blamed his players all year as the things he does all week go very well!

He along with his colleagues have/are allowing the game to sink as a spectacle. Castleford the exception with great play, Wigan as ever are different and not everyone's cup of tea, the rest are boring, mundane and/or garbage.

The board are 50% to blame here as they should like many supporters spotted the problems months ago, if they did they are culpable as they did nowt and if they didn't they are culpable because they are clearly in the wrong jobs.

Possibly the agenda by club and coach was to recruit British rather than foreign for the long term good of the game, a laudable aim but clearly there is insufficient quality to be competitive. I suspect the next round of recruitment may well show a different emphasis.

I have to agree with all of this. We are as a club are in a total mess.

If Smith was so disillusioned with the game, he should have left months ago when we had a chance to save the season. Clearly it's filtered down into the team.

Board should have seen Smith was disillusioned and made the break with Smith more than two games before end of season.

We've got half the squad leaving at end of season (9?), a part time head coach to replace, all to be done in a short post season, what with the world cup taking place and an inexperienced CEO racing to the bottom with Toronto to sign as many players as possible, to prevent a huge drop in season tickets.