I’d say we actually look worse than we did under Hodgson.
Smith out for me. I’ve seen nothing in the last 16 months to suggest he is the man to take us forward.

If Pearson knows anything about R/L then he should sack Smith after this
If after all his time here he cant get a structure in both attack and defence,control the teams indiscipline and actually get something out of these players then he has to go.
To get rid of Gaz Ellis and keep Gene another big mistake

Question why isnt houghton sorting the recievers?

Just turns his head and sess whos there instead of barking orders

We needed Brian Smith not this fella. Who i am afraid to say appears to be out of depth.

Too many on here obsessed about age rather than ability

I think the whole point of a “transitional year” is you don’t let the players know that.

Good years under Radders, weren't they?

Maybe Pearson fell for Smiths spiel about a long term rebuild (Ie an easy 3 years of secure employment for Uncle Tony) any good club owner would want improvements in year 1 and 2, not waiting until year 3, how many of your bosses would let you get away with not delivering in the first two years of your job because you promised things would come good in year 3?

At least most on here now agree with me about Smith.
You can bet if Smith is sacked Balmforth will play next week

Pele's defence behind the ruck is garbage.

I’ve seen enough thats beyond embarrassing and quite honestly Smith & Gene should be out of job by the end of today.