All of our current overseas players were signed before Smith arrived. Furner pushed the club to sign some big name players when he joined, which caused us real problems because they were mostly disappointing (or unfit, or both) but chewed up a lot of cap, especially then having to take emergency measures to fix things (like Lui for Lolohea).
Sadly neither GH, Sinfield or Agar seem to have had much of a clue since then, although the problem wasn't just the signings themselves but the length of deals - Thompson was probably relatively cheap, but why so long? Why was Prior given two years at his age? Why sign a winger when we have issues in more influential positions?
Hopefully Smith has a far better idea of who to go for. He has relationships with a lot of players and clearly watches a lot of games. I don't know what other Leeds coach in recent times would have even thought of McDonnell or Sangare? While unproven at least he's not locking in huge swathes of cap for long periods with them.
I'm not sure who else we'll see join, but I have more faith already in Smith's ability to spot a player, mainly because I can't see an error with any of the players leaving.
