See ya Brandon

[ism22]

Sounds like he'll be training with Souffs from tomorrow. Commonsense solution IMO.

Unfortunate that he didn't work out at our club. Guessing he'll fire up under Wayne and show us a heap of stuff that he never did in the RWB.

Sigh... dunno how to feel about this one. Robbo's summary was that he s*cked in his first year and was building a good combo with Watson until he got injured. Now Robson's coming and that's that.

Not gonna hate on him but it's disappointing that we offloaded Verrills to sign this bloke!!! I say this as somebody who was really excited about the signing and has had to change his mind due to a lack of form (and TBH I find it kinda unprofessional how he makes cash on the side doing James Graham's poddies).

I get that Robson's the NSW hooker but is he THAT good?!? I see him as being sorta the guy who plays Origin when Cook, McInnes and a few others are out. Maybe it's a weird hangup but it kinda bothers me that he's no silver bullet solution and may well be inferior to Verrills/Watson who are both from our systems.

[Eggspert]

Let's not bag or have doubts on a guy who hasn't even pulled a chooks jersey on yet.

How about giving the guy a chance.

I doubt.he'll end up as a Dom Young & Brandon Smith signing.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

I wish we'd kept Verrills as well. for a guy on $850k, Smith has been an abject failure.

Bad attitude as well, too many podcasts, never ever looked fit. Looked overweight every game he played.

Robbo a little annoyed today when asked about Smith, incl about Smith saying on a podcast DCE deal is already done and confirmed. He thinks he's a comedian Smith, but the bloke has no idea. Getting $850k a year, but still gotta be a smart ass podcast dickhead and disrespect the club. And talk about stuff not released by the club. And think he's a funny guy for doing it. Prob a similar reason as to why they all of a sudden got rid of May. Too much dickhead.

Smith is at least another reason to hope Souths lose.

[dice]

We are getting Robson because he is the closest thing to Jake Friend. No frills. Just a reliable defender with decent service from dummy half.

Verrills was part of a bigger problem where we have/had too many small players which all needed defensive protection. That is also why we were never going to keep both Sandon Smith and Sam Walker. Ignore the noise about DCE pushing Sandon Smith out the door. He was never staying as the long-term partner for Walker.

[Roosterfarian]

If Verrills is that good, he’d at least be spoken about as an option for Origin. I haven’t heard it even whispered amongst the media who generally have their ear to the ground with these things.

As dice said, we are going back to the tried and true. No frills defensive hookers like Friend and Bonetti.

[SamKerrSimp]

Godd riddence to rubbish. The guy is a giant wanker of a personality and has been a monumental flop of a signing. The club needs to stop signing these high profile flops