He did Daddycool. Sounded like sour grapes at the time. I thought he was the perfect match for the club at the time but it would seem his methods didn't make that happen. We did however seem very fit but the early starts didn't go down well.

IIRC Smith’s last game was the win at Hull KR which ironically was Chester’s last game in charge of them.

Funny how sides always look a lot fitter when they are winning and Trinity's problems with ball retention and the fatigue that comes directly form defending additional sets, is the main reason why they sometimes appear unfit. Not to mention having to play busted players from the start in some games, which necessarily increases the work load on the rest.

I hardly think Smith had poor attacking tactics.
He beat Chester for one thing...... And thank God he did.

That wasn't hard at the time though was it, I remember Hull KR having something ridiculous like 14 out of the first choice 17 missing through injury. The fact Chester was sacked on the back of a few poor results with injuries like that is baffling, especially when you look at what he did the season previous with them.

That said, I am glad they did sack him in the end!

I think their injuries led to their downfall in 2016, which ended up with relegation.

When they had their decent players to pick from, they weren't a bad side. During that season they put 50 on us at our place, and about as many at Cas, but in both of these games, Campese, Blair and Kelly all played, and that was part of their problem that year. It was very rarely that the 3 played in the same side together.

Albert Kelly was unplayable in that game at ours. Could only applaud him that night

That’s the problem with putting all your eggs in one basket. Certain posters on here (mainly Belly) bang on about the quality players other teams supposedly have. That’s great if you can keep them on the pitch, something that’s even harder as most of the name players arrive injured or wrecked, that’s why most are here and not in the NRL.

Since the Wigan game we have played some dull RL at times but we still had enough quality to win a couple and it will be those two wins that will ultimately save our season.

If we’d have blown it all on a couple of big names who got injured and didn’t have the OK players in reserve we could be bottom now. Added to that we probably wouldn’t have been able to ship in Tangles and MCB.

Say what you like about some of our performances, why not it’s a free country. But you have to admire our team planning.

He was a strange character (Smith that is)

He may have had a point a wife and kids tend to be demanding and distracting to the detriment of the hubby

Single then?

Brian wasn't around to share his wisdom so in the 'demanding and distracting' category and I wouldn't have it any other way - she tells me