Quote: Saddened! "Has he played with anyone in the Saints camp?'" played under your New coach at the Bulldogs: www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... -st-helens

Quote: Saddened! "Has he played with anyone in the Saints camp?'" played under your New coach at the Bulldogs: www.skysports.com/rugby-league/n ... -st-helens

Let's look at the evidence.

We sign him. We'll STILL play Smith/Agar's formulaic dross.
He'll try and play "off the cuff" stuff. He'll get reigned in by Smith/Agar
He'll go"off the rails" (he does have a history)
He'll "bugger off"

Now. Where have I heard this before?


If this deal goes through, Smith needs locking up, and Moran needs certifying

There is a risk with him but he's one hell of a player. Check out his showreel on the 'video sharing website'- I'm certain he would put bums back on seats.

What could possibly go wrong eh.

There is one alternate scenario, that he reforms himself and has a stellar season with us, becomes a Wire cult hero for a year, then NRL clubs get interested again, his agent starts leaking stories to the press that he's homesick, and he gets in an ugly dispute with the club about wanting to leave.

We've said the same, 2 years ago.
How did that work out?
As great a player he may be., he'''s still "an accident waiting to happen".


Unless we win something pdq, I'd stick a transfer embargo on Smith, and saunter through the next few years, until his contract expires.

There'll be a NEW Barba, then.

This would seem to cast doubt on things unless I'm missing something https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh ... u2upb.html

This would seem to cast doubt on things unless I'm missing something https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.smh ... u2upb.html

I am starting to read rubber duckie's posts in Donald Trump's voice.

Top of the league and in two Grand Finals.

Although if we had gone for Kevin Brown instead of Sandow back then who knows we could have got over the line in one of the finals at least.

OK fair play

That's more like it SC, back on form

Love the suggestion that Smith would stifle Barba. Like he did with Sandow you mean? Or when we had a load of ball players 2009-2013? You go with what you've got-when we needed a half in an emergency to fill the gap Sandow left, we got the best available it would seem: a current international half-back, but not one necessarily blessed with the ball skills most of us would like. But I'm sure Mr Brown would be a much better player if Smith said: "free reign lad, just play off the cuff and do whatever you fancy". We'd be top of the league in no time, eh? Or maybe Westwood would be getting hit in the face with his passes instead of the shoulder??

Perhaps he did go to the Saints changing room, it seems he wants to be the first to tell Rush his decision to reject Saints for the Wire in person first before they get second hand rumours.
Very decent of him.

You must be very confident ....

if you're wrong on this you'll be like Matty Russell at a world class wingers convention........mercilessly ridiculed....

It makes more sense to me BB going to pass on his reject decision than to be joining them for greasing Wilkins hair and a celebratory sing song.