Re: Iain Thornley signs : Wed May 09, 2012 7:29 pm  

Johnny Drama wrote:

Smith's attitude problems may have something to do with his deterioration. He went to Wasps expecting to rip it up and couldn't last more than 6 weeks. I know the anti-union brigade will point to him seeing sense or whatever but he obviously went in with the wrong attitude and ended up looking a complete tool IMO.

Hopefully Thornley's inclusion in the Championship dream team shows he is prepared to knuckle down and do the hard yards to succeed, something Smith failed to do.

I think it's how crap Smith is in RL now, rather than during his six-week holiday in RU, that has raised the eyebrows.

How could a player who was so effective previously have lost so much physically in so brief a time? Not sure what they did to him in RU, but it sure wasn't good.

Re: Iain Thornley signs : Wed May 09, 2012 7:35 pm  

it was clear after the GF Smith was regretting his decision about signing for wasps.

Re: Iain Thornley signs : Wed May 09, 2012 8:22 pm  

Just saw this quote from Madge from when he left http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 842387.stm There's a lot of rugby league players going across to rugby union teams at some stage but they tend to come back - Wigan coach Michael Maguire

Just saw this quote from Madge from when he left http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 842387.stm There's a lot of rugby league players going across to rugby union teams at some stage but they tend to come back - Wigan coach Michael Maguire

Re: Iain Thornley signs : Thu May 10, 2012 6:07 am  

Famous wrote:

Correct. He was always greedy and never a wingers centre. As I said earlier he had the size and power but didnt have the centre skills to go with it and this probably explains his greed. This was also why he was pushed into the second row.

I get the impression that many of you are confusing Ian with his older brother Andy. Andy moved into 2nd row from centre while Ian stayed predominantly in the centres, and was generally considered to have the greater potential when he left for union at 18.