Agreed. Moran-HJ-Smith. Good things happen in 3s.

he is god !

God has a hotline to Che.

Where would we have been with Steve Folkes in charge?

Yeah we've had the first three..........now lets go for the next three......CC,CC & GF!..........that would be good!!!!

Who knows? Top?

Steve Folkes is a good coach with a proven record in the NRL. I remember reading a stat when it was announced he was leaving Canterbury that over the past 8-10 years or something, only Bennett had a better overall win/loss record than Folkes.

Having said this, if the reason we held off on getting Folkes in 2007 was because we informally had Smith lined up for 2009, hence the stop gap of Lowes when Cullen quit, then I would have rather had Smith than Folkes because there's always the unknown factor of how a good NRL coach will transfer to SL, and Smith was proven in SL.

Where would we have been with Cullen in charge? I reckon we would have finished higher in the table last year for starters. With last year's favourable Challenge Cup draw - could we have won the Cup under Cullen? not impossible! We would not however be the consistent unit we are now though.

I don't believe we would have won the Cup under Cullen last season. I don't think we would have handled the pressure of the HKR game sufficiently.

TBH I'm also not convinced Hull KR away and Wigan in the semis should necessarily be classed as a favourable draw!

Smith is a genius.

There isn't anything I dislike about him, he's awesome. I think if he came to my house, I'd just want him to read me a story, y'know. I reckon he'd be top at the voices.

Indeed.

We had to beat Hull KR, Wigan and Huddersfield. That cup took some winning.

I think i'd let him sleep with my wife, he'd probably improve her performance too.

It'd be dead subtle too, he wouldn't be throwing her about like. Just tweaks here & there that we'd struggle to notice (well, you). He'd get in her head too, tell her she's amazing like y'know.

He'd get the basics right first, then look to add some skill.

But all teams we used to beat under Cullen

We won a trophy without having to beat either of the top two teams in the league. When was the last time that happened, other than for a team who already was one of the top two teams in the league?

If you look at it that way then yes, it was a favourable draw by avoiding Leeds and St Helens.

We didn't have the best record against Hull KR in the cup.

I'm sorry but at 24-12 down at Hull KR, under Cull, we'd have been dead & buried. That "if they score again ..." and it would have just happened.

That's the fixture last year where the change in leadership showed for me. The semi & final, well, they went to plan really, but it's when the chips are down.

I can remember a game against Hull KR at home, not so long back that we had sewn up, somehow, and I mean somehow, they scored something daft like 18 pts in the last five minutes and won the game, we were cruising.

tony smith is genius in rugby without him here we wouldn't know how to win a cup so it is all down to him. thank you smith

this will be a silly question to most if not all of you but i have missed the beat somewhere.

why do people call him che? i know i have probably opened myself up to all sorts of ribbing and the like but i just want to know.

Che = Che Guevara, an Argentinian revolutionary who fought in the Cuban Revolution and helped Fidel Castro into power.

You may have seen this image on T shirts:




When Tony Smith took over people were saying its the Tony Smith revolution, he is the great revolutionary. Hence "Che"

i guessed it was something to do with che guevara just never twigged onto the revolution bit lol, silly me

I didn't know that either so don't worry

Its pretty obvious really.....not.

When he joined us I thought if he can't make us function properly not just as a team but as a club, no one can. We're lucky to have him but I would be really surprised if he stayed beyond his current contract.
Hope I'm wrong as he is without doubt the best coach in SL.

He just exstended it 2 years.. what do you want a 10 year contract?

Yeah ten would be great! TS obviously likes to test himself as a coach that's why he hasn't stayed in his jobs for more than 3/4 years. Hope that he decides that the HJ is where he wants to stay for longer.