The Dentist Wilf wrote:
Possibly because he was a player who was on final warning for his behaviour and attitude, disruptive in the group and now seen to taking the p@ss over this wedding fiasco. In such a case our coach has to decide whether his ability as a winger outweighs his liability as a person.
Smith has spent a lot of time and invested a lot of money in a new look squad that is based on attitude, passion and integrity as much as skill and playing ability. He would have to weigh up the risks and whether the whole ethos of his new look squad would be unbalanced and disrupted by such an addition. Good players only leave clubs in such situations if they are disruptive, and there is a real problem for them going forward with their colleagues. In any case he isn't the winger he was for me and it all looks a bit too much like Salford have taken the opportunity to act and set an example and make a statement to their other players, (just as we did with Griffin) whilst the Salford Board could see an opportunity to cut back on spending again as well. Lets live it to the coach to decided.
Fans only care about what happens on the pitch
I didn't hear one person say about likes of Jordan Lane and say oh but he's a good boy .....it doesn't happen!
Players like Ben Barba, Albert Kelly, Michael jennings, sam burgess, Gareth hock, Israel folau off top of my head had off field problems but are great players and always walk in most clubs
Likes of burgess, jennings were world class
