Smith obviously has to front up for that loss, but we need to look beyond him at some of the individual 'efforts' by senior players. We had no halfbacks again, so to have a chance of even competing the forwards have to have a big crack. None of them did, and our quite experienced threequarter line looked like an amateur team as well.
The scale of the defeat says a lot about the way the squad has fallen apart. There are still a fair few in that team who won't be here next season, and a bunch more who won't be first choice if they stay. I'd imagine team spirit is almost non-existent now, and the season just can't end fast enough.
I'd hope we get some kind of response next week, but the senior players gave up a week ago. Unfortunately we have no depth at all to make changes. Smith could pick Edgell etc but unless the senior pros stand up the 'experience' will be pointless aside from getting battered in front of a crowd. His choices boil down to just playing as close to the same 17 and hope some sort of pride in performance kicks in, or picking a bunch of kids who'll at least try. Either way another big defeat looks likely.
