Re: Matty Smith : Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:58 pm  

Singing Warrior wrote:

You were saying?

Eh? Check the date of my post! As smith confirmed today, he signed for us one month ago. So at the time of my post we hadn't signed him and were looking at other options. So what I was "saying" at the time was correct.

Re: Matty Smith : Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:01 pm  

Matty Smith played the most exciting rugby in the league when he was at salford. They played great off the cuff rugby.

Im not happy with the length of deal but id take him over Soward and Carney any day of the week.

Re: Matty Smith : Tue Oct 11, 2016 9:03 pm  

LFC Saint wrote:

Matty Smith played the most exciting rugby in the league when he was at salford. They played great off the cuff rugby.

Im not happy with the length of deal but id take him over Soward and Carney any day of the week.

Agreed. He looked really good at Salford and I'm clinging to the hope that working with Long again can get the best out of him.

Re: Matty Smith : Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:43 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Eh? Check the date of my post! As smith confirmed today, he signed for us one month ago. So at the time of my post we hadn't signed him and were looking at other options. So what I was "saying" at the time was correct.

Agreed. Brown was over the line until Widnes moved the goalposts last minute. Smith was never on the cards at that time.

Re: Matty Smith : Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:12 pm  

I'm still puzzled why KC said Smith was 'not on the club's radar' when the cat was let out the bag in August?!

Re: Matty Smith : Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:23 pm  

Crackador wrote:

I'm still puzzled why KC said Smith was 'not on the club's radar' when the cat was let out the bag in August?!

I'm puzzled how you're puzzled.

Can you imagine a few months ago, one of our key players confirming that they had signed for Wigan next season? Saints fans would have gone ballistic, likewise, Wigan fans would have done about Smith and questioned his commitment.

KC did what he had to do to try and put the media off the scent.

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:43 am  

Twentyman wrote:

I'm puzzled how you're puzzled.

Can you imagine a few months ago, one of our key players confirming that they had signed for Wigan next season? Saints fans would have gone ballistic, likewise, Wigan fans would have done about Smith and questioned his commitment.

KC did what he had to do to try and put the media off the scent.

Exactly, the naivety of people "outraged" at KC lying about this astounds me

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:54 am  

St pete wrote:

Not very impressed if I'm being honest. He's very basic as a player and no flair at all that good 7s need.

His kicking is pretty Avg which is a big part of a 7s game.

The fact Wigan have let him go to us while he's still under contract shows what they think of him. You don't let good players go to local rivals for nothing.

He got the chairman's award at the annual dinner last night so he was respected at Wigan

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Oct 12, 2016 8:11 am  

He will bring stability, reliability and experience to the Saints side. There isn't an endless supply of quality halfbacks kicking around at the moment, so just be grateful you won't have to rely on Wilkin playing 7 next season.

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:15 am  

Kelvin's Ferret wrote:

He will bring stability, reliability and experience to the Saints side. There isn't an endless supply of quality halfbacks kicking around at the moment, so just be grateful you won't have to rely on Wilkin playing 7 next season.

What he said

Regards

King James