: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:33 am  

LS16_Rhino wrote:

I liked this one the best:

Made me smile.

I agree.

Two weeks later he changed the course of the game

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:13 am  

G1 wrote:

If anyone has the time/inclination to dig up any threads on here from the time Smith dropped him from the team in 07 they would make very, very interesting reading.

I'll hold my hand up and admit that at the time I couldn't understand why he'd been dropped. He was playing well and always willing to take the ball up... yes he had problems keeping hold of the ball but I don't remember it being as bad as it seems to be now (but that could be down to my poor memory).

I spoke to him a few times in the Long Bar after matches and always seemed a nice enough bloke.

But after a few matches I realised that Smith had dropped him for a reason and it had to be down to something in training or dressing room problems. Just the same that I accepted why coaches persisted with Cummins over Calderwood, with an early JJB, Toopi and Donald. The coach sees these players day in day out and knows how to work with them... we see them for 80 minutes once a week.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:09 am  

Acorn Torn wrote:

we see them for 80 minutes once a week.

That's the long and short of it. We dont know what goes on behind the scenes so arent really qualified to judge.

: Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:31 pm  

G1 wrote:

:lol:

Anyone remember the stick many of the posters on here gave Tony Smith for dropping this trouble causing waste of oxygen in the build up to the 2007 playoffs and GF?

Some posters should have red faces.

That'll (almost) be me then.
I never gave Smiff any stick for it but I did stick up for Thackray.
Reason being that I loved his enthusiasm and go-forward attitude ... despite his propensity for dropping the bloody ball.

I have changed my mind now though with that little insight he has given us into his personality.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 11:17 am  

No reason, just 'cos.

: Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:30 pm  

His ar$e fell out on Saturday