Smith needs to be given the time to mold his team which we all know isn't going to happen over night .
Theres also the financial side that is restricting us making any quality additions .

Other clubs werent in the situation of having to pay expensive rent on a stadium despite not being able to play and then later play with crowd restrictions. Wigan and Hudds rent a stadium but have rich owners.

The only other club that was in a similar situation was Salford and look at their finances.

I appreciate this but he's now two off seasons in, and not sure if I've seen much improvement compared to the Hodgson era

In Smith's defence, he hasn't been given the resources, no marquee signings, no mid season signings. Alot less cap than Hodgson, plus he inherited the mess both Radford and Hodgson did.

Saying all that, I'd expect by the end of yhe season to see some improvements.

I'd honestly be happy at the moment if he could sort out our awful discipline.

He talked about it last season, he spoke about it in preseason but yet our discipline has not improved.
It's schoolboy stuff why can't he sort it?
Getting pinged for not square at marker, laying on, offsides.
All basics that haven't been corrected or eradicated.

When you change a manager you do it to look for improvement and to change things that aren't working.

We have seen none of that and things have steadily got worse. We are no further on than when Radford left, anyone can see that.

Good coaches get the best out of their players.. ie Brian Smith, with a bog standard team.. just my opinion.. last night was just unaccepable.

100%.. Nowhere near cap. 500k under is the figure i've heard.

Agree, I don't mind them giving the odd offside penalty away if the line speed and intensity is there but it wasn't it was through being gassed because we gave away so much ball and so many repeat sets they couldn't frontload any energy for strong defence.

I know we are running with no halfbacks but to have a backline of McIntosh,Scott,litten and Martin must surely make us the laughing stock of S/L
Tuimavave and Sutcliffe on paper sounds a bit better but in reality they are no worldbeaters
I also have to say im not convinced with Smith.he is too laid back.We need passion that drives the players and he seems unable to stop the on field indiscipline.
Smith was in his past years a top coach but are we seeing any improvement on the field since he arrived and you have to say no.
Think the game has passed him by

He took a club to the top six and eighty minutes from a Grand Final three seasons ago.

Well that might go halfway towards our last year loss

doesnt matter as the buck stops at Smith

same as Tuimavave