Completely agree mellers has been useless in defence and smith is quality IMO

Obsessed ?

Would hardly call him a wildman - but then again surely you have seen him more than I? I would suggest as with a lot of his peers he is very arrogant and thinks he is the dogs nuts

As with a lot of professional sports men and women invariably some of them let themselves down from time to time.... whether its narcissism, going out on the booze, having a scrap, illeagal business ventures, drugs.... or dare I say the worst of all - defecting to RU.

I have no idea what Lee Smiths gremlins / demons are (if any at all), however - he now has the opportunity to get his career (which lets face it was very promising indeed) back and moving in the right direction. He has the opportunity to get properly match fit, play regular SL in a decent if inconsistent team and get some form and confidence behind him. Its now up to him - we've backed him - it's up to him to knuckle down and work hard if he messes up or doesnt deliver what is expected by this time next year I have no doubt he'll be on his way and we will all complain about someone else.

I just hope his coming to us has no link/makeweight to the Amor situation

Excellent centre when fit we will get him fit we wouldn't have attracted this signing a few years ago ! We shouldn't moan.

To be fair to him he has acknowledged on Wildcats web site the need to increase his fitness.

I hope Smith gets his mojo back, but it must start with him getting to full fitness (he's played a part in over half of Leeds' games prior to moving to Wakey, so the lack of SL starts idea doesn't really wash). He's never been that quick and obviously isn't a big player (I passed him and Calderwood when England came to Brisbane under Tony Smith and couldn't believe how small they both were compared to the Broncos and Origin backs I've met), but prior to his union stint he was very good value wherever he played, with a real 'big game' mentality and he obviously has a rugby brain.

The other issue is he himself needs to work out where he wants to play. Personally, I think his lack of size and pace mean its either fullback or where Leeds seemed to be working towards this year, in the halfbacks. I wouldn't start him there this year, but I have a feeling he could make a very good stand off if given the chance.