It's refreshing that his appointment has brought on a mood of optimism on here.

New era. Massive challenge.

Really looking forward to next season and confident Smith can turn things around.

i wonder how many fans who were deciding not to renew next season have had a change of heart?

just hope we dont employ the rovers best tactic.....waving arms for penalties at every ptb haha

Notice how it tends to be the overseas players that do that? SKD, Coote and Parcell.

Seems like a Danny Maguire tactic though because he used to do it a lot

Fanny Maguire

The YouTube link posted by MW was a great watch. Made me even more enthusiastic for the appointment!

Happy to help

Litten seems to have picked up on it pretty quick though

Just watched it.

Very interesting and a fascinating insight into how he works and how much relationships with players and staff are what drives him on.

Makes it all the more surprising that he appears to have had a fall out with Maguire?

We are and we have a coach who knows how to use two nines

Fall out with Lakin, McGuire's boss, you mean? Remember that McGuire gushed that any club would be lucky to have Smith and how much he owed him on and off the field in the days after his leaving Rovers. The pivot of narrative to sour taste/never liked him anyway now he's headed West is as contrived as it is predictable.

He’s certainly talking and behaving like a true red and white.
Must have been that way out anyway.

He’ll be okay. Just don’t go out drinking with his new head coach.

Be interesting to see who the Assistants are. Sounds like he likes to employ people who he knows and trusts.

Heard Thorman, Gene and even Cooke mentioned.

Think Thorman is heading to Newcastle according to Matt Shaw.

No way will Cooke come back. Radders wanted him as assistant but he didn't think it would be a good idea.

Think it could be Gene tbh.

Danny Orr is still without a club for next season, but Smith hasn't worked with him as far as I know

No I’m talking about the things McGuire said, allegedly, at their end of season awards.

I quote from Hull live.

“At the end of season awards night on Wednesday, when speaking to the audience, McGuire admitted he "Didn't have as much influence on the team in 2022 as he wanted to have, and I wasn't getting along with one person", which was, of course, aimed at former Hull KR boss Tony Smith after rumours had been circulated regarding the sour relationship between the pair weeks before Smith departed from Craven Park.”

Don’t you just hate those predictable contrivances?

Does Smith have previous for falling out with club owners/CEOs? Or is it just Lakin?

Rovers fans keep saying he'll have a bust up with Pearson, but he seemed to get on OK with Moran and Hetherington

Pearson can show his emotions, but he backs his coaches. Sometimes too loyal.

I think he’ll be happy for TS to get a grip of the rugby side of the club.

You've got a good coach there fellas. He'll always get a good welcome at Wire.

The only coach he got rid of fairly quickly was Parkinson back in his City days. Think he only lasted a couple of months.

Or that I can remember anyway

Not a chance mate as he does read this forum.
Besides that I gave him my word, Although he did give me permission to post what he told me, but he also told me not to mention him by name under any circumstances as he's still in and around the club and also knows Tony pretty well too.
We've exchanged numbers and are having a get together in the near future too, so I don't want him chinning me

Fair enough.

Although you have dangled a little carrot there which will get many peoples old grey matter working overtime



As I said earlier the rumour was doing the rounds as soon as Smith left Rovers so whether it was just a rumour or there was more to it is fairly irrelevant now.

Onwards and upwards.

Really pleased with the signing of Tony Smith and we have finally broken the cycle of appointing assistants .

I just don’t buy the narrative that’s coming across from the other side of the river in regards to Smith and so called fallings out etc. you don’t have a successful career as a Head Coach by falling out with CEO’s and chairman of clubs especially a club like Leeds with Hetherington.

As for their fans saying him and Pearson will fall out as Smith will spit his dummy out if he doesn’t get his own way etc just smells like panic and bull . Pearsons shown with Radford & Hodgson he gives the coaches he’s appointed every opportunity possible to succeed and has been more than patient.

makes you laugh deluded dobbins saying it wont last long with Pearson, since 2013 when Radford took over we have had 4 coaches now (including last), yet they are now on their 7th with Peters in the same timescale......think i'd know who my money is on to bite the bullet first and it aint Smith!

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