No Smith out banner here as yet I very very rarely if ever bag a player and have backed Smith over the last two years, but as time goes on Smith seems to be losing his touch he has the best facilities he's had the backing of the chairman but at present he seems to be hesitant, not as in control as in the past yes we are better than ten years ago but the graph is heading down again and I would be concerned about giving him a new contract, I agree with all the not on sentiment posts.

That would be acceptable to a lot of fans but it's the between now and then after the two mediocre years this is the year Smith has to show he's turning it around, he may well do it but having to change horses mid stream re the new training routine doesn't fill me with confidence, I've backed him right up to now and hope he comes good.

He's talking about giving some of the youth a chance at half Morgan Smith and Harvey Livett that could be a start.

How many reserve team and U19s games have you watched this year?

None I'm just repeating Smiths quote have I missed any other available halves from within our teams.

If you had you wouldn't be saying they are at this stage they are capable of taking the step up. Smith didn't even play for the reserves yesterday and if you had seen the game you would have seen Travis Burns who can't get into the Saints first team completely dominate before he limped off the pitch.


Anyone suggesting there are better options than Gidley or Sandow (or Patton if fit) at half-back is naive.

Not arguing or suggesting anything your knowledge of the reserves and U19s is far greater than mine Gidley and Ratchford are struggling with Patton out 6/8 weeks, rather than Currie or Westerman at six Smith was looking at promoting from within, maybe that's the only option he has.