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Tony Smith is magic
He's got a magic CV
And when he saw the job at Warrington
He said that'll do me nicely...
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Tony Smith is magic, He wears a magic hat, but he wont turn the Wire round, no f***er can do that!
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| Quote ="Kallum Watkins' Left Boot"Tony Smith is magic, He wears a magic hat, but he wont turn the Wire round, no f***er can do that!'" eusa_clap.gif |
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| Quote ="Kallum Watkins' Left Boot"Tony Smith is magic, He wears a magic hat, but he wont turn the Wire round, no f***er can do that!'"
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| Quote ="Canary_Wire"icon_lol.gif'"
hey, even the wire fans are joining in on the joke |
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| Quote ="Kallum Watkins' Left Boot"hey, even the wire fans are joining in on the joke
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| Now i know why William Hills's wouldn't take my bet last year 
My scource proved to be credible, and Biff will be keeping in touch for any future developments! |
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| Quote ="The Biffs Back"Now i know why William Hills's wouldn't take my bet last year
My scource proved to be credible, and Biff will be keeping in touch for any future developments!'"
Your source was nearly right but I reckon that if Billy Hills had taken your bet they wouldn’t have paid out on a technicality. |
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Smith is our coach from here on in, Lowes is his second (the title the club has given him is first team coach but he is Tony's assistant)
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[i"But Tony .... WHY Warrington ?"[/i |
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| Quote ="The Biffs Back"I heard that TS had been initially lined up as Wire coach whilst he was still currently employed by the Rhinos, which was well before Lowes took over at the club!
I'm not saying it is fact, just that someone involved in RL told me'"
TS has just confirmed this here
[urlhttp://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/articles/4869/1/Smith-tempted-by-second-chance/Page1.html[/url |
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| Tony Smith is magic, he wears a magic hat, but then i spent a lot of money watching an England side in the World cup and now Im not such a big fan of him anymore
Catchy eh?  |
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Tony Smith is average, someone gave him a magic hat.
He made a mess of England
And f*cked off fast as that.
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| Quote ="Rogues Gallery"Tony Smith is average, someone gave him a magic hat.
He made a mess of England
And f*cked off fast as that.'"
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| Quote ="Kallum Watkins' Left Boot"thats it... Warrington by 12 this weekend.'"
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| Quote [i:2a6o648f"But Tony .... WHY Warrington ?"[/i
The answer is what all others fans have been stating categorically for years: Wire are the great underachievers with a business set-up, fan base, stadium and playing squad as good as anything in SL BUT lacking a top-class coach. After such a long wait not many Wire fans will expect overnight miracles, but then, such are not really needed: this squad was good enough to beat Leeds once last season even under Lowes.
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| Quote ="Asgardian13":22ail90uQuote [i:22ail90u"But Tony .... WHY Warrington ?"[/i:22ail90u'" :22ail90u
The answer is what all others fans have been stating categorically for years: Wire are the great underachievers with a business set-up, fan base, stadium and playing squad as good as anything in SL BUT lacking a top-class coach. After such a long wait not many Wire fans will expect overnight miracles, but then, such are not really needed
Warringtons problems would seem to come from overall football management rather than just a poor coach. For Leeds it's GH that made the difference. We were there or there abouts with Powell as head coach, Tony Smith just finished the job as coach. It's the same with Stains, the head coach is a small part of the puzzle. When Wigan ruled they could have had Tinkywinky as head coach and won everything (I think they did have one of the teletubbies with John Dorahy one year). Darth Millward and Nobby Noble prove that the coach has limited influence when the club in general is in bad shape recruitment and youth development wise with their efforts at Wigan.
Most clubs just don't have the right management but when they fail they sack the coach rather than themselves.
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| Quote ="rhinoms"
Results and performance say otherwise.
Oh and you beat us under cullen aswell it meant jacksh#t then as it did last year.'"
But they do have a cracking playing squad as good as anything in SL.
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| Quote ="King Monkey"But they do have a cracking playing squad as good as anything in SL.
Look at Leeds in the early 90s. They had a cracking playing squad but it only takes a couple with a poor attitude to upset things.'"
Thats the one thing that those who will draw up their lists of desireable players and/or prepare their own ratings of new signings completely fail to take account of time and again.
The reverse of your statement is also true - a player who is rated as poor by the amateur pundits (and all pundits are amatuer, even the ex-players who prostitute themselves in the media as "experts"icon_wink.gif can be an outstanding team member, even in a team that is rated as "poor", in a way that no-one outside of the team will ever understand.
Opinions are like assholes - everyone has one - you just wouldn't want to spent your whole life listening to them. |
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| Quote ="King Monkey"But they do have a cracking playing squad as good as anything in SL.
Look at Leeds in the early 90s. They had a cracking playing squad but it only takes a couple with a poor attitude to upset things.'"
I slightly disagree KM i think they bought some cracking players but overall i don't think the balance of their squad is as good as anything in SL.
Plus 90% of the time they haven't performed as well as their C.V suggests they should.
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| Quote ="McLaren_Field"
The reverse of your statement is also true - a player who is rated as poor by the amateur pundits (and all pundits are amatuer, even the ex-players who prostitute themselves in the media as "experts"icon_wink.gif can be an outstanding team member, even in a team that is rated as "poor", in a way that no-one outside of the team will ever understand.'"
Yup
Graham Murray got the best out of some players who were deemed average.
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| Quote ="King Monkey"Yup
Graham Murray got the best out of some players who were deemed average.
John Kear did the same.'"
Brilliant coach!!
John kear has done that for years though and is very under-rated imo!! |
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Brilliant coach!!
John kear has done that for years though and is very under-rated imo!!'"
Yeah John Kear's impressed me, especially this year. His ability to motivate and get results, from what on paper doesn't look alot, speaks volumes. Value for money wise, he has to be one of the best.
It almost seems that he 'gets off' on things going against them, so he can develop a 'backs against the walls', gang, mentallity. Whatever he's doing, it's working.
However I just wonder how he would cope with a top line team, where his motivational skills aren't required. Could he be successful at Leeds or St Helens for example? I just get the feeling he wouldn't, and he better off with prospects similar to the 300 Spartans against the entire Persian empire. They may lose, but generally, they go down swinging. |
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[i:2ptbp3un"But Tony .... WHY Warrington ?"[/i
I assume he's doing it for the same reason we all go to work, it was the best job available and £££.
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