A very valid opinion Prince Buster and you may be right. However, Kear is I believe, the same age as smith. One has has been an ever present coach, keeping up with changes and trends in the English game. The other was plucked from "semi" retirement on an "I'll give it a go, there's nothing to lose" basis.

Kear certainly had his detractors, but I would feel much better about his prospects of getting the best out of a bunch of squad players and journeymen than Brian Smith's chances.

This isn't defeatism, let's be realistic, we are two games into the new season for god's sake. However, I am very aware that we left it far too late last season to make any appreciable difference.

Mr Carter needs to mentally draw a line in the sand. Decide in his head where we need to be at a certain point. If we are there, great, we plough on. If not though, he needs to take firm action.

Smith just probably thought that it's not worth subjecting the lad to another 80 mins trying to deal with Solomona, Bet Johnson still wakes up in cold sweats thinking about that friendly game!

I've a feeling that Solomona is going to make a lot of wingers have sleepless nights never mind a rookie.

I know he scored two tries but one was from a loose ball and one was a wonder try where Lyne did a pretty good job really.
I thought the move was the right move.