I do hope that we now move away from ever making a signing like Pele again. Quota spots are precious in this league and to use one on a project like Pele was always a huge risk.

I wanted it to work out, I think his size alone meant there was always potential. However its clear that his heart has never being in it. Probably the most unfit player I have seen at the club in recent times, he was painful to watch in the London heat a few weeks back, was as if they had dragged someone out the stand for a 20 minute stint.

I can't help but think this means that a signing (most likely Satae) is all but done.

I think whilst some of what Smith said had a modicum of merit I think it also showed more so that during his tenure at the club it was very lax in just about every aspect, with the recruitment being lazy and half d at best with little in the way of genuine desire and effort put in.

Just Okunbor to get rid of now and hopefully wipe from memory Tony Smith's utterly embarrassing recruitment. Joe Biden could have used our salary cap and quota spots more effectively!

no chance.He is on a three year contract at Wigan

sadly fitness not the criteria for Tinkering Tony
That guy has a lot to answer for and a major part of the clubs demise

What makes it even worse was they had time to plan. High earners such as Clifford, Taylor and Satae all announced they were going months before the end of the season. It wasn't like that time Mick Crocker had his visa rejected in the off season so plans had to be ripped up.

Add in Radders giving long deals to his mates (finally at the end of that now at last) and Hodgson chipping in with some overseas dross and it's no wonder we are where are

With Pete gone, I think we do need one more middle, but not worth a quota for me.

Centre, fullback, Chan on season loan, prop & Ben Reynolds (only if free).

I imagine that would finish up our recruitment. Unless Okunbor or Sao do leave

Okunbor won't be here next season

I'm not sure how much I buy the location line from Smith, Rovers have recruited JWH, Tom Davies, May, Kenny Dowell, Hiku,.Opaic amongst other quality signings in recent years, if a club is ambitious enough and pays enough I'd say location isn't a massive factor in deciding where to sign. Catalan aside, the clubs aren't too geographically dispersed.

There was a rackful of Pele 10 t-shirts in the stadium shop on Saturday so I guess they'll be going to landfill.

Looked an interesting signing at the time but he's proved to be another dud right from the start.

Fair play to Myler who is certainly shaking things up in getting rid of poor performers. Whether the incoming players are an improvement remains to be seen of course.

Club overhyped him giving him the no.10 shirt and all the Pele marketing, if he was to be a project player, build him up as that , not as Taylor/Sataes replacement, as the pressure is immediately on when he doesn't perform

It's true that domestic players (and coaches) do seem to get homesick crossing the pennines and that's a challenge but for overseas players I fail to see how it's an issue, Britain is tiny compared to Australia driving the M62 would seem a short trip to them.

Tony also contradicted himself in the interview by saying SKD joined Rovers for lower salary than he was worth..so wages were low, location poor, club in the Championship a couple of years earlier but he still convinced him to join?? What was the problem convincing people to come to FC then?

Spot on Dave. Been told that Sao tried to take him under his wing early on and get him in for extras on days off etc but he would never turn up.

Spot on Dave. Been told that Sao tried to take him under his wing early on and get him in for extras on days off etc but he would never turn up.

Spot on Dave. Been told that Sao tried to take him under his wing early on and get him in for extras on days off etc but he would never turn up.