Quote: bonaire "well lets hope his overseas signings for us are better than he did at HKR
Takairangi,Simms and Vete leave a lot to be desired
They are on a par with Hodgsons failures'"
To be fair on paper, the first two were very good signings, when they signed everyone thought they had done well to get them, BT should have been a stand out SL player, but sometimes overseas signing dint work out. He also brought in Coote , Parcell and SKD, along with some really good pick ups like Halton, King, Abdul, Storton, Litten, Wood, Hall and Minchella.
A few squad player that didn't quite make it, but overall his recruitment was spot on and the bulk on the current Rovess team doing so well where signed by Smith.