Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:22 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Either way,i'm sure Tony is more than pleased for the advice offered on this forum.

He'll sure be happier with that than the league position he finds himself in.

Seriously if Matty Blythe becomes a 3/4 option then it's all gone to pot.

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 12:51 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

He'll sure be happier with that than the league position he finds himself in.

Seriously if Matty Blythe becomes a 3/4 option then it's all gone to pot.

Matty Blythe is a slower version of Rhys Evans, they don't have half a rugby brain between them.

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:17 pm  

Gordon Bennett - the guy hasn't even played for us since he returned and he's getting stick.

That's forums I suppose.....

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:26 pm  

fez1 wrote:

Gordon Bennett - the guy hasn't even played for us since he returned and he's getting stick.

That's forums I suppose.....

I found myself at Rochdale v Halifax on Sunday afternoon; Blythe had an absolute shocker. Last year, Bradford fans had very few good words to say about him. So unless you are aware of something which I am missing, forgive me for struggling to understand where or how he will fit into a squad which has to be winning Super League this year!

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:34 pm  

Ganson's Optician wrote:

I found myself at Rochdale v Halifax on Sunday afternoon; Blythe had an absolute shocker. Last year, Bradford fans had very few good words to say about him. So unless you are aware of something which I am missing, forgive me for struggling to understand where or how he will fit into a squad which has to be winning Super League this year!

At the time of his signing my immediate assumption was that he had been signed to form part of the reserve squad. By all accounts he is a good trainer and has a good attitude, the right sort of guy we need in that set up.

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 3:13 pm  

Ganson's Optician wrote:

I found myself at Rochdale v Halifax on Sunday afternoon; Blythe had an absolute shocker. Last year, Bradford fans had very few good words to say about him. So unless you are aware of something which I am missing, forgive me for struggling to understand where or how he will fit into a squad which has to be winning Super League this year!

He's clearly not in Tony Smith's plans when it comes to our starting 17, is he? He's nothing more than a squad player who will fill in when or if needed. He's a step up from Laithwaite and Wheeler, so what's the big deal? Matty Blythe being a versatile squad option, on peanuts, is hardly going to dictate whether we win the Grand Final or not I wouldn't have thought.

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:10 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Why has this debate conflated the issue of "When is Smiths time up" and the relative merits of Daryl Powell?

Because when one coach goes out you have to get another coach in so the relative merits are important. And Powell would be very likely to be at or near the top of our list.

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Thu Mar 02, 2017 11:53 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Because when one coach goes out you have to get another coach in so the relative merits are important. And Powell would be very likely to be at or near the top of our list.

Ah I see, succession planning? We don't usually bother with that

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:47 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Ah I see, succession planning? We don't usually bother with that

Unless Agar quit being a head coach at Wakefield to come to us under the understanding that he was being prepared for the succession at Warrington.

The question would be at what time do you make the move. If Smith doesn't win the GF this year would it be time to give Agar a go, or do we make him keep waiting in the wings like Gordon Brown stewing on Blair's departure.

Re: 2017 and Tony Smith : Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:57 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Unless Agar quit being a head coach at Wakefield to come to us under the understanding that he was being prepared for the succession at Warrington.

The question would be at what time do you make the move. If Smith doesn't win the GF this year would it be time to give Agar a go, or do we make him keep waiting in the wings like Gordon Brown stewing on Blair's departure.

Ha ha. Personally I would be preparing a short list of candidates for 2018 now and doing the ground work. So we have options. They could come in as director of rugby at any time.