What players did Smith bring to Leeds? : Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:46 pm  

Anybody know?

Might give us an idea of what type of players to expect at Wire and how the players he signed transformed Leeds.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:54 pm  

If your on about foriegners then off the top of my head i would say the likes of:

Ali Lauitiiti
Clinton Toopi
Scott Donald
Brent Webb
Kylie Leuluai

I think it was Smith that signed Gareth Ellis ffrom Wakefield and Jamie Peacock from the Bulls.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:56 pm  

Marcus Bai?

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:00 pm  

Rob Wire wrote:

If your on about foriegners then off the top of my head i would say the likes of:

Ali Lauitiiti
Clinton Toopi
Scott Donald
Brent Webb

Just with Donald and Webb, if Smith can bring players in of that caliber then there's a lot to look forward to.

Take away the players Smith signed for Leeds and they wouldn't be the same team. I'm very optimistic for the future and what players he'll bring in.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:03 pm  

Also if you compared the players Smith signed to Cullen there's a big difference. So to the people saying it's the board that is the problem, maybe it's just the quality players. It's like the saying 'a team of stars' or 'a star team'.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:03 pm  

JBrown832 wrote:

Just with Donald and Webb, if Smith can bring players in of that caliber then there's a lot to look forward to.

To be honest, with these new tax laws that have come into place which have closed certain offshore loopholes then i don`t expect to see the same amount of top NRL players playing in SL during their prime in the future, it could go back to the over 30`s club of old where foriegners come over here for one last decent pay cheque.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:23 am  

Rob Wire wrote:

To be honest, with these new tax laws that have come into place which have closed certain offshore loopholes then i don`t expect to see the same amount of top NRL players playing in SL during their prime in the future, it could go back to the over 30`s club of old where foriegners come over here for one last decent pay cheque.

is that a bad thing though Rob?

if it means Wires get a Nat wood instead of a Matt King then thats fine by me.

who would Leeds fans rather have Andrew Dunneman or Danny Buderus Willie Poching or Brett Mullins ...best (only) examples I could think of...!!


I think thats half the trouble with the bigger names I'm convinced people like Monaghan see players like your Dunnemans and Chris mckennas winning finals and even Brad Drew and Jason Croker still going strong and they must think this league is a piece of piish...

and its not.....

so if it means only the Journeymen (i.e. those willing to work to earn a crust) make it over here then thats fine by me

as long as we dont throw ridiculous money at them like Michael Sullivan

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:52 am  

Smith signings:

Huddersfield -

Steve McNamara
Andrew Frew
Brandon Costin
Graham Appo
Paul Rowley
David Atkins
Ben Kusto
Hefin O'Hare
Paul Langley
Troy Stone
Stanley Gene
Paul March
Graham Holroyd
Marcus St Hilaire
Alex Wilkinson
Anthony Colella
Julian Bailey
Jarrod O'Doherty
Jim Gannon
Jamie Bloem
Matt Calland
Darren Fleary
Ben Roarty

Leeds -

Ali Lauititi
Gareth Ellis
Scott Donald
Mark O'Neill
Jamie Thackray
Clinton Toopi
Brent Webb
Kylie Leuluai
Shane Millard
Ian Kirke

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:15 am  

I'd be interested to see what young players came through at Huddersfield and Leeds whilst he was there, maybe not directly through, but could have been on the verge of the first team, featured a bit, and Smith turned them into first teamers. You get my point, like.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:41 am  

Didn't Smith sign Dunnemann