Tony Smith wrote:
We had a good win in reserve grade today and that's a positive for us.There will certainly be some boys from that reserve grade game that will feature for us next week. There's no doubt about that.
Sorry Tony but its just not working for you here
Your interviews are becoming boring and dont reflect what we are seeing on the field and maybe this laid back approach that you have is also sending the players to sleep so they dont wake up until the second half.
You had an opportunity today to try something different at half back as we all can see Lovodua at six just doesnt work.Hoy is a huge disappointment at full back and maybe a few weeks at six would give him more opportunity to run with the ball and increase his confidence.Litten then would been available to have played in his best position at full back as he is not a winger.
You could then have played Mitch on the wing which at least would have bolstered that right edge defence but looks like his face doesnt fit as he was relegated to playing in the reserves today after also missing out last week.
For some reason you keep faith by playing Houghton and Taylor Why? These two are way past their best and should be top of the get rid list followed by Evans,Lovodua,Griffin and Shaul.
Satae has gone backwards this season and could be unsettled due to Sao leaving.
As fans we all know this season would be difficult with a major re build for 2024 but since Smith has arrived the defence is a shambles.If there is one thing we know a coach can do is produce a hard to beat defensive team out of average players and this is where Smith should have started.Make us hard to beat then start to improve the attack.
Had high hopes for Smith then started to have doubts when Gene was announced as his assistant.
Now i dont think he will see out the season