I think it's just dawning on some of the Smith diehards that maybe, just maybe, he wasn't the messiah after all.

Club is in a mess. Top to bottom. Smith walks away with hands in his pockets telling us he wasn't really bothered with coaching any more. Did he hit a wall. Did he do all he could last year and was jaded from being two stretched arms away from the double. Or is there more? A pretty brutual book could be coming out of this. Who would be writing it though?!

again, how is the club in a mess from top to bottom?

The club has an excellent structure and amazing facilities... We have a fantastic owner, who supports the club and backs us all the way. he made a mistake showing too much loyalty to Smith and sticking with him, granted... But he is doing eveything he can to make sure we get the best replacement possible.

yes the team is awful.. But thats Smiths fault. All of this mess is Smiths fault.

It’s not the ‘failing coach’ that’s offered a 36 year old, recently retired player a new deal for starters is it?

Are you offering up an internet rumour, started by one person, as evidence that the club has deeply routed problems?... or do you have anything else?

and if it is true and the new coach feels he needs to keep Gidley on another year..... its just another indication of what a pathetic mess Smith has left for him.

You would think if players are being signed or re-signed that a member of the future coaching staff is on hand to oversee matters & ensure a smooth handover & is probably in close touch with the new head coach.

Maybe the new super coach Ricardo Agarelli Who has been to Oz for a hair transplant & fake tan.

Well considering that this is a thread regarding said internet rumour, which has caused mass hysteria over the possibly of offering a recently retired 36 year old a new contract, I’d say it’s a pretty good place to start.

Have you got anything to back up the fact that there’s nothing else to be concerned about with our club and that all is good with the world now Tony Smith has gone? Or are you just speculating just like the rest of us?

im not sure that's how it works.. but carry on if you want to.

waisting money

I have got the first few chapters sorted and I'm close to signing a deal with the publishers.

My book is entitled 'Eternal Bridesmaids'. You'll find it in Waterstones this Xmas in the 'Painful Life' section, next to 'A child called It' and those sort of depressing texts.

My version is in the uplifting self help section, its called "I told you it was our year!"

Is the self-help section next to the Medical section? You'd love my self-help medical book - "Choking - How to Prevent It at the Big Dinner'"

let e get this straight...the guy who is fronting the club in Aus...leading a serious, heavy duty recruitment drive, our CEO...was as second rate fullback who played for Salford. makes perfect sense.

I clicked on this thread, expecting it to be a "Gids" (that makes me vomit) love in. How wrong I was.

If there's any mileage in this, there may be a goldblatt forehead sized dint in my gable-end wall.

......but hang on, hang on. WIZZARD IDEA, you chaps.

Sack the atrocious Russell. Re-sign Joel Monaghan.

Re-sign "Gids"

We've just re-signed "Super Ben" (vomits, again)

Buy a tin bath on wheels, and take it up to Hill Cliffe...

...Hey-ho, we can remake "Last of the Summer Wine"

Think of the possibilities.
Fitzpatrick can be Nora Batty.



.....seriously, is this what we've become. If so, last one out, turn the lights off.