Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:36 pm  

I know I started the Smith out ASAP thing but I would love to be proved wrong. I am desperate to see the the club I have followed since the mid 70s get back to competing for silver wear again . But I can't see this man doing it . Please Rohan prove me wrong.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:05 pm  

Smithout wrote:

I know I started the Smith out ASAP thing but I would love to be proved wrong. I am desperate to see the the club I have followed since the mid 70s get back to competing for silver wear again . But I can't see this man doing it . Please Rohan prove me wrong.

No signs of that at all I’m afraid. Hence the meltdown!

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:30 pm  

Swoggy Loiner wrote:

Apart from maybe Martin, Bentley was Leeds’s best player again last night. I think some people just get on his back for no reason other than jumping on the bandwagon. Shame the rest of the pack didn’t share his enthusiasm or work rate.

Too true if Sangare had heart like Bentley he'd be an absolute brute unfortunately like some others he has a heart the size of a pea.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:44 pm  

MrPotatoHead wrote:

You can't rebuild an entire team in two years in a salary capped sport, it will take years to sort out the mess we're in. The only way to be at the top is through academy players (as proved by Leeds formerly, and Saints + Wigan now) and then the purchased players are the icing on the cake. Sangare, McDonnell, Holdroyd, Gannon, Hudson & TNW could be a great pack, but only if they live up to their potential in 3 years time. Can't have everything now, just doesn't work like that.

Whatever you say Rohan!

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:01 pm  

Shabino wrote:

They wouldn’t mate. Saint’s fans wouldn’t want that either. Their centres and wingers are better. Not physically what Saints would be looking for. They have higher standards…..

Not very nice that Shaba!

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:02 pm  

Leeds_Luke wrote:

If the chopping block isn't currently being prepared for Smiths head, there is something wrong.

The club have thrown a considerable amount of money and faith in recruiting the players that Smith wanted to bring in, but we do not look any better for it. Baring the big name signings, our recruitment this year is flawed. We lack any decent cover for a winger that is plagued with injuries, and are still way too lightweight in the pack. I got criticised on here last year for saying the pack was too lightweight, and I still see this to be true. Even the heavier forwards don't seem to play to their size.

The onfield tactics are still subpar, too. We are losing more yards than we gain every set, meaning we are constantly in the wrong end of the pitch, and when we do get in the oppositions half we fail to turn that possession into points time and time again. We seem to only be able to score from deep. Leeds have a backline that should be feared, but we can't seem to finish, and the forwards seem incapable of being able to consistently get us into a position to pile on pressure.

The team selection last night was doomed to fail. We are already back to forcing square pegs into round holes. When I saw the team sheet, I knew the odds were against us. If Momirovski was being picked, why not keep Roberts on the wing, drop Martin back into SR, and play Mom in the centres where he has proven to be a good link between Newman and Handley? Then we release a bench spot for Goudemand, too. I don't even think Roberts was utilised from the bench, was he?

Everything points to Rohan Smith being at fault to me. Poor recruitment, poor selection, inefficient tactics, daft plays forcing errors, yardage lost through passive defence, yardage not gained from talented players looking clueless.... the list goes on.

If GH isn't already keeping an eye out for other coaching options, then he has wasted his money bringing in the likes of Croft and Ackers. They are proving to be wasted under Rohan Smiths coaching. I can't see things improving drastically when the better weather comes like some are hoping.

Great post

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:16 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

I can agree that if we are bottom half still at the season half way point, if we haven’t had a massive injury crisis of biblical proportions again to account for it (which isn’t the fault of the coach)…. Then I will willingly join the Voodoo Club.

With the money he's spent the squad should be big enough to ride the "Biblical " Lol injury list or whatever excuse you want to trot out for the bloke.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:21 pm  

Smithout wrote:

I know I started the Smith out ASAP thing but I would love to be proved wrong.

Will you change your username to "Smithin" then? Or just create a new one?

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:44 pm  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

Will you change your username to "Smithin" then? Or just create a new one?

Arrrr you will have wait and see old lad

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:54 pm  

I may be in the minority on here but I still think RS is some way off being sacked, unless he wants to leave.

His fate will largely rest on the recruitment done under his watch. Miller looks very good but has errors in him. Mom isn’t fit. Frawley has question marks over his quality for a top SL side.

Smith does have some good talent coming through but if his new signings don’t work out he will be under serious pressure.

I’m still saying we’re a top 6 side if we stay reasonably fit, on paper.