Re: Morgan Smith : Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:40 pm  

Pat Bateman wrote:

He’s definitely talented, but for me he is a project player who needs the time to adapt better to running a team at SL level. We didn’t have the time or resources this year to have project players unfortunately, we needed him to hit the ground running.

He’s 26 next birthday!

Re: Morgan Smith : Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:25 pm  

For a player that’s hovered between disappointing and ineffective (when he’s pulled on the trinity shirt) I can’t say I’m heartbroken by this.

Re: Morgan Smith : Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:22 pm  

Joined a low quality, poorly coached team and didn't stand out.Think he had one promising game,but if we've new money to spend would hope to find better.Good look to the lad.

Re: Morgan Smith : Wed Sep 13, 2023 4:46 am  

imwakefieldtillidie wrote:

He's nowhere near as good as Dwyer.

Dywer is terrible, ask any fan of a team, that he has played for, those who have had the misfortune to watch his full games, other fans mainly see highlights and he odd good run, but they don't see the rest of his game, the fact his passing is awful, often makes the wrong decision and cannot defend.

Smith will be a backup playing 7 and 9, it's a gamble., but Tony Smith has a good habit of improving players and he has coached him before at Warrington.

He is more a replacement from Ben McNamara, who is no way near SL standard.

Re: Morgan Smith : Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:56 am  

Looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights most times he took the field.

Good luck to the lad and could have done a job in the Championship but at the end of the day he won’t be missed at Trinity.

Strange signing by us and expecting him to step up and boss the team was very optimistic.

Re: Morgan Smith : Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:24 am  

The Avenger wrote:

He’s 26 next birthday!

Exactly! Think this was a money ball type signing that just didn’t work out for us at all. Lads obviously got something otherwise Hull FC wouldn’t be signing him, but at 26 he should of been hitting his straps.

Re: Morgan Smith : Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:32 am  

Pat Bateman wrote:

Exactly! Think this was a money ball type signing that just didn’t work out for us at all. Lads obviously got something otherwise Hull FC wouldn’t be signing him, but at 26 he should of been hitting his straps.

Could Smith be the type of signings clubs have to make. Plenty of talk of the lack of quality and young talent comming into the game as our sport continues to decline. I am not saying it's my view, but plenty in the media and around the game see it that way.

Re: Morgan Smith : Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:15 am  

He’ll be backup surely. Even Penrith panthers have jack cogger as back up to Cleary and Luai and he didn’t tear up trees at Huddersfield. Our downfall was we had Gaskell who is championship Standard and Lino who couldn’t organise a pee up in a brewery.

Re: Morgan Smith : Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:16 am  

We took a punt and for whatever reason it didn't work out, it seems Hull are having a punt now.

Re: Morgan Smith : Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:50 am  

Pat Bateman wrote:

He’ll be backup surely. Even Penrith panthers have jack cogger as back up to Cleary and Luai and he didn’t tear up trees at Huddersfield. Our downfall was we had Gaskell who is championship Standard and Lino who couldn’t organise a pee up in a brewery.

Unbelievable Hood never gets mentioned along with Gaskell both should have been no were near the club Think Lino as gone a lot better than fans give him credit for .Last year when Miller was here Lino had some good games less pressure on him because Miller was good enough and fast enough to create gaps and go through gaps,. The problem this year is we have had no pace in the most important places on the field 6 and 9 starting with Gaskell and Hood and finishing with Gale and Hood, it is like most of the back 7 i very slow for pace .Can not get my head round the fact that we have got a Coaching staff that does not think pace was important in S L . From what we have signed for next year looks like we are going down the same path in the Championship .Hope I am wrong but Hood, Gale got contracts and that is just for starters