He won't stay on after the Four Nations.

Disgrace. Sack him.

Fancy that team beating NZ!!
Where are all the Job's comforters now?

Coaches two different teams to two finals in one year crap get rid.

Like I said. OUT!!

THE ORIGINAL SMITH OUT! 2009

i for one did`nt think we`d be in the final....what a great coach he is...thank god we`ve got him at the wolves...

Lets not judge until after the final next week. England's goal would have been to win the damn thing, so if we can achieve that it'll prove a lot of doubters wrong for the first time since last year's shambles.

Some people are never happy.

Tony Smith knows exactly what he is doing. With a team like that, that was a spectacular game of rugby. We dominated them. We earnt our place in the final and win or lose, we still beat the CURRENT Champions, making us at least second best in the world. We was 3rd last year, meaning Tony Smith has done something right.

As much as I hate Sam Tomkins on a Super League level (such a cocky player), on an international level he shon tonight, and fair play to him, he had a cracking game.

Bring on next week.

It was a very good England win but i won`t be getting carried away personally because i think the conditions were a decent leveller tonight, i thought Sinfield was excellent, it was good coaching from Tony Smith to play Sinfield at hooker with having 2 young, inexperienced half backs, Sinfield`s leadership and organisation was invaluable tonight.

Sam Tomkins certainly ruffled Benji Marshall`s feathers, he was fairly anonymous all game after that. If we get similar conditions next week it will be anyone`s game as wet conditions should blunt the speed at which the aussies move the ball and it will turn into a battle down the middle similar to most of tonights game, it will be who controls the ball better and makes the least mistakes.

In all honesty when the squad was announced did anyone actually think we were gonna make the final.. ???
My reaction was yeah wow brave move and it was obvious that this year was all about looking to the future with the likes of tomkins , eastmond Myler , Shenton Bridge , Briscoe and Fox .
So to me this is already a fantastic tournament , as thes young guys have really stepped up to the mark, and it all bodes well for the future imo.... And a lot of the credit for this should go to Smith ..
Next week i think the aussies will be too strong for us and which will give the wiganers and the rest of them the chance to get back to the Smith bashing, when in truth they know that he has done a superb job bringing these young guys through...

I think that would have been our goal, but I feel we've already exceeded most expectations by getting to the final. If we can show up and at least stick with the Aussie's for a half, we can take great pride in our performance in this tournament, if we win it, well, it would be pretty epic

Loved that game tonight. True English grit and intensity mixed with a little bit of flair for nearly all of the game.
Just a bit more of both next week could see the Aussies off. Ticket ordered tomorrow me thinks !