Yet my statement still stands even with you added,your logic trying to justify that Smith is "way above" in terms of quality of anyplayer we currently have is wide of the mark.Smith is a competent utility back,but to suggest he is "way above the quality" than say Paul Aiton is quite frankly absurd.

You dont have a clue what you are talking about, have you ever seen Aiton play? The guy is quality and i would`nt be suprised to see a couple of top clubs showing interest in him.

Lets not kid ourselves.

He has been all those things in the past, but in the last 2 seasons at best he's been average. The reason he has found himself in the reserves is because he hasn't performed good enough and BJB, Hardaker, and Watkins have all overtaken him.

The ball is in his court. This is a good opportunity for him, and if he takes it and regains some form he might have a future at Leeds. If not, I think McDermott will have finally lost patience with him, he put his confidence in him at the start of the year and for a period in the middle by playing him ahead of BJB, but put simply, Smith was awfull.

He had an offer on the table from Cronulla, And if you go by what the aussies were saying on the NRL board many of them belive he was up to scratch to play NRL rugby. The guy captains his country - Lee smith can`t get into a mid league superleague side? Based on that you dont have a clue what you are talking about. Your argument makes no sense what so ever anyway

Better than Aiton, Smith, Ali (remember him) and a few more - give your thick head a shake. However he is a very good player and still fairly young.

Gotcha obviously hasnt seen enough of Aiton and must have forgotten all about the Legend that is Big Ali .

If true , could be a shrewd signing.

Its true, see the Website

Is this the kind of toilet that makes you a celeb on the Leeds board, or are you just as unpopular there after 10,000 posts as you've made yourself here, in just one afternoon?

My personal observation is that Lee Smith is lacking fitness and appears to have a poor attitude; I guess being loaned to lowly Wakefield will either make or break him - it's certainly within his gift to be a great player, but he has some work to do - I hope he does it.

Nice to hear from the level headed Rhino's fans.

Sorrt Mrs Smith, but you said that he was better than ALL of our current players and yet he is apparently not good enough to fill in accross any of the Rhinos back line.
I still maintain that you shoul be happy with your front row.
FWIW Smith is ok, but he is not at presnt a stand out player or, even the Mighty, Mighty, Rhinos, would not allow him out on loan.
This has been done to give the lad some first team rugby, nothing more.
We're glad to take him but, you do seem to over-rate your player and you were a little short on factual back up about Aiton.

If you wish to argue with your fellow Leeds fans please return back to your own board.

my thoughts too

it would only beneficial if we had something to aim for in winning

Think Aiton scored in the England v PNG game and they nearly upset the odds against in this game containing several Leeds stars at the time. Score was 32-22 so PNG not as bad as you think.