worst kept secret ever. When Cullen went it was rife that Smith would take over from 2010. I hope he does well but Warrington are a far different team than what Leeds was when Smith took over. He has a big job on his hands thats for sure. I mean he didnt do all that well at Hudds with a load of Aussies, came to Leeds and had a nucleus of local talent and did well. Now are Wire its yet again a load of over paid cr4p Aussies

We'll still win damo even Tony Smith can't polish a turd!!
I think he'll turn it around evenyually but it will take at least 18mths to 2 years.
During this period the likes of ourselves and saints won't stop what we are doing either so it still won't be an easy job for him afterall noble was meant to be the messiah at wigan after his success with the bulls and they still haven't won anything.

What price the barmy army sing a song about Tony Smith?

Clever Move by Smith. If it goes well and Wolves improve and come close, its all his doing. If they don't improve and continue to lose, it all Lowes fault...Win Win for Smith isn't it...

Moves like this rearly work.

Warrington didnt spend as much with Steve anderson and David Plange in charge and Cullen and Lowes we're and are new into First Team coaching.

I think with the players and coaching of Tony Smith we should be watching over our shoulders IMO

Warrington don't have the squad or club structure we had when T.S took over.
He will need to re-build there whereas when he joined us he and big ali were the final pieces in our championship jigsaw.
I think it will take at least 18mths to 2 yrs to make them genuine contenders and like i said the likes of us and saints will continue to improve.

Hey, its better than what we have at the moment, and a damn sight better than what we've had for many a year, so whilst I dont think he can work miracles immediately, we should at least have some hope now!

To come into a team that has Monaghan, Mozza, Briers, both Andersons, Higham, King and Gleeson isnt a bad job to walk into.

they can beat Leeds they have shown last year they can.

He takes a much better squad here then he did at Huddersfield and he over achieved with them

Tony Smith did very well at Leeds. He deserves to be recognised for that.

If the barmy army wish to recognise his acheivements ONCE and ONCE only then fair enough.

However, any further recognition beyond this Sunday re-enforces my belief that they are, and always will be, FEKWITS!

Do they work from the front though?

Equally it'd be a f*c*ing nightmare should they decide collectively that the nightlife in warrington had much more appeal than actually winning something

www.warringtonwolves.org/news/Wolves38582.ink Lets hope he does as well with them as he did England ..............

www.warringtonwolves.org/news/Wolves38582.ink Lets hope he does as well with them as he did England ..............

It's a good first step for Warrington, but I'm of the opinion that at least 1 player in that list needs moving on before they'll ever achieve anything.

The whole culture of the club needs changing, very similar to what happened to us in the past few years, and putting a broom through the playing staff is most definitely the right start.

They have done that a few times before and it proved nothing.
Oh and so did quinns and cas!!

I'd disagree slightly with that comment as the number of young players we have coming through now is one of the best in SL - albeit as a result of injuries in previous seasons. Penny, Mitchell, Cooper, Blythe ..... and there are a few more. On top of that, John Bastian (remember him - responsible for your youth set-up in recent seasons) and Peter Farrell (Andy's dad) are currently signing some top youngsters (15-17 year olds) from both the local area and further afield - Yorkshire, Cumbria & South Wales.

Most fans will be happy to give Smith the time if he achieves what he did at your place - it's much better than carrying on with Lowes on his own, who was obviously out of his depth.

Staying on at England part-time

Thought the whole point of getting rid of Noble was to have a full-time coach

Turned out he was ----ing in the wind

That was then this is now. No coach needed by England at all is the next logical step.

I agree that, given time, he might do well. But you have to ask yourself if whole Warrington club is set up correctly? you now have youth coming through but you still ahve to catch up with Leeds and Saints on that score and it WILL take time!!! Sinfield played his first senior game in 98 and it took us until 2004 to win a trophy!! Plus I have heard rumblings from your own supporters that your chief exec doesn't know what he's doing?

He is a great coach but you need more than just that nowadays. I also wouldn't be suprised if he doesn't see eye to eye with some of your "Superstars" either

That's the best thing that could happen to Warrington

only one Tony Smith?

I wonder if Tony is thinking of encouraging some Leeds players to join him at Warrington. Hopefully this won't happen.

FWIW I reckon Briers and a few other weak links could be forced out at the end of the season, if not sooner.

If I were a Leeds player I would need some serious wonga to persuade me to drop down a level. I doubt they have much room on the cap either

I thought all our players hated TS and his coaching methods?