Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:44 am  

FIL wrote:

NOT TRUE !!!!....Quote from him in todays League Express...."I've spoken to him (Smith) about player movements..... and there is some money in the bank"

Think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. There is some money for a couple of players this year due to Paea leaving and probably Hall following him out of the door. It's that money can be reinvested into the squad. What Wildshot was i think talking about was the wider investment picture at the club, things like the academy, backroom staff, training and rehab aids and facilities etc. This takes a much larger and longer term investment and one that we are unlikely to be able to afford without taking money from elsewhere. That money could only come from the first team budget at present which given we already probably have the weakest overall squad isn't an option. In the short term there will be no infrastucture changes, it has to all be about being in superleague next year or the hit our income will take will be critical.

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:54 am  

Theboyem wrote:

Think you may have got the wrong end of the stick. There is some money for a couple of players this year due to Paea leaving and probably Hall following him out of the door. It's that money can be reinvested into the squad. What Wildshot was i think talking about was the wider investment picture at the club, things like the academy, backroom staff, training and rehab aids and facilities etc. This takes a much larger and longer term investment and one that we are unlikely to be able to afford without taking money from elsewhere. That money could only come from the first team budget at present which given we already probably have the weakest overall squad isn't an option. In the short term there will be no infrastucture changes, it has to all be about being in superleague next year or the hit our income will take will be critical.

I do appreciate that Boyem, and don't for one minute believe that we have suddenly become the richest club in Superleague overnight, but we all know that MC isn't exactly skint (have you seen his new Porsche ??), and that being a bean-counter he chooses to spend his money wisely, but I think he may have finally realised that without further investment, we are doomed.
I am seeing this as a positive for the club (not had too may of those this season, have we !!)...the fact that Smith is being brought in to save the club, and the fact that MC is making funds available to help him

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:02 am  

Welcome to the Trinity family Brian I have long admired your work...

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:20 am  

FIL wrote:

I do appreciate that Boyem, and don't for one minute believe that we have suddenly become the richest club in Superleague overnight, but we all know that MC isn't exactly skint (have you seen his new Porsche ??), and that being a bean-counter he chooses to spend his money wisely, but I think he may have finally realised that without further investment, we are doomed.
I am seeing this as a positive for the club (not had too may of those this season, have we !!)...the fact that Smith is being brought in to save the club, and the fact that MC is making funds available to help him

Don't think he has much choice but to spend the departed players money on new guys, our squad is shallow enough on quality and depth as it is. But i've not seen anything to say Carter himself is investing any NEW money in, just what was already budgeted for this season that is now being saved by the wages coming off the books. Maybe if we stay up then he can look at the distribution of our cash throughout the club and how best to direct it but he will never spend more than we earn. Don't get me wrong i'd love him to throw a fortune at the club but i seriously can't see it and quite frankly i don't blame him either.

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:42 am  

FIL wrote:

NOT TRUE !!!!....Quote from him in todays League Express...."I've spoken to him (Smith) about player movements..... and there is some money in the bank"

That's great news, I've not seen the League Express.

I hope there is more money than there is in my bank account!

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:21 am  

OK
I know future circumstances will dictate whether Smith stays longer than the end of the season and we could well keep him for the foreseable future which would be great.

Having fielded around 14+ applications for the job from far and wide, if we were to part company with Smith after just 3 months we would then find ourselves advertising the Head Coach position all over again. If Smith leaves after 3 months it will likely be because we got relegated so I doubt we'd get the same level of interest or calibre of Coach applying then, I doubt it.

Let's hope it all works out!

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:25 pm  

Not my choice cant see why we appoint a 60 year old Aussie when there are good out of work British coaches its a panic appointment

Having said that the appointment is made soo good luck to the fella I would start with a top conditioning appointment and a total booze ban from now until after the last game of the season

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:33 pm  

GET EM ON SIDE REF wrote:

Not my choice cant see why we appoint a 60 year old Aussie when there are good out of work British coaches its a panic appointment

Having said that the appointment is made soo good luck to the fella I would start with a top conditioning appointment and a total booze ban from now until after the last game of the season

I would also like to see a ban on players giving interviews, because they are becoming embarrassing as their actions certainly don't match their words.

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 5:37 pm  

GET EM ON SIDE REF wrote:

Not my choice cant see why we appoint a 60 year old Aussie when there are good out of work British coaches its a panic appointment

Having said that the appointment is made soo good luck to the fella I would start with a top conditioning appointment and a total booze ban from now until after the last game of the season

I have sympathy with this view as he hs been out of the game a while and it ended badly for him in his last job. He also has famously never won anything in his career despite some hefty salary cap spend. But given the way the season is going, topped off with yesterdays shambles, Smith can't do much worse than what has already gone. I just hope he is fully focused on the challenge and not just coming to top up his pension.

Re: BRIAN Smith : Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:16 pm  

GET EM ON SIDE REF wrote:

Not my choice cant see why we appoint a 60 year old Aussie when there are good out of work British coaches its a panic appointment

Give us a list then and then quantify their goodness.