It isn't a long season though is it? We now have 19 games left and need to win 10 of those to avoid middle8s based on last season. Can you see that happening? Every club gets injuries and Smith will never has his first team out possibly. By the time he does (which won't happen) it will be too late.

tony smith couldnt put together a flatpack unit from ikea never mind build a rugby team, shambles always next year though as this one has gone already

Injuries are certainly not exclusive to Warrington. As Shaun Wane said, he wrote down his first choice 17 last year and never actually got to see it. That's sport! When you are aiming to win the thing, you should be able to cope with having players out.

Regardless, I'm struggling to see who would have come in and changed things last night.

So hanging Dec Patton out to dry in the post-match is good man management

'He was dropped. He's done OK but we need better than OK'

Yes Patton may not be the answer, may not have the quality needed, and may be struggling. However he's been no better or worse than lots around him, with lots more experience.

Could easily have said 'We gave Dec a break, or we wanted to try something different' but no

The major factor in this debacle is staring you in the mirror Mr Smith, and is alongside you on the training pitch in Agar

waiting for Tony's best 17 to actually take the field is a bad judgement........too many eggs in one basket... Rugby league is one of the hardest and most physical sports played, there will always be injuries7and great coaches know this and have a squad of decent players outside the top 17 to call upon. It's not your best 17 that matter it's the next 6-7 players that will replace them what is important as Wigan found out last year. We never had the top 17 take the field once last year and over the 36 games played they appeared only 383 times out of a total of 612 times. That's over 6 of the starting 17 missing every game, If Tony is waiting for his "Luck" to change he could be waiting for a very long time.

Hang on biscuit, you know the rules.

No one is allowed to say these things unless they can offer a credible alternative.

It certainly make the St Helens v Wire game interesting coming up in the next couple of weeks...Both coaches coming out with strange comments,,the similairities between the two regarding the season so far.....Might be a game that whoever loses will be out of a job...

theres an obvious replacement for hi but he has not won a grand final or nrl final so obviously not qualified for the Job !!!!!!

Who?

Powell i would imagine.

If i was Moran i would be trying to get him NOW before Leeds or Saints pounce.

Wishful thinking, sadly. Just like with Briers, there is clearly no succession planning in place. My biggest fear is the inevitable disaster that is Briers taking over.

Briers or Agar....which is the bigger nightmare...???

MD "rules" "no one is allowed to say these things"? There is plenty of stuff debated on here and I wasn't aware that opinion was being stifled by "rules". I think that it's a fairly open arena people are allowed to disagree no one has been shouted down as far as I can see

While you've started the season poorly, some of the abuse Smith is coming in for is well over the top.

Calling him a 'cretin', plus other insulting stuff, sums up just how classless Dire fans really are.

You're not a Big Club, but look at the success TS has brought to Warrington over the last 8 years. You were nowhere near this before he took over, last winning anything way back in 1991 (the hugely 'prestigious' Regal Trophy).

You may not rate him as a coach anymore, but some of the stuff being dished out to him is bang out of order.

We won 3 CCs. 2 with Paul Cullen's team the last being 5 years ago with half of Cullen's team.