Trouble in the Chook pen - Rothfield

[Headless Chook]

When was the last time Smith attracted a top class player?

Tahu? Ryles? Carney?

[Guest]

Probably the last time the Roosters attracted a decent one - Fittler in the mid 1990s.

Consider that perhaps its not Smith that's the problem, but the Roosters club themselves that some decent players don't want to be involved with. The headline players the Roosters have attracted in the last 10 years were overrated duds who were at the club for the wrong reasons. Smith cannot be blamed for that.

NC

Morley????

and of course your fav Big Willy

[Vasco]

Probably the last time the Roosters attracted a decent one - Fittler in the mid 1990s.

Consider that perhaps its not Smith that's the problem, but the Roosters club themselves that some decent players don't want to be involved with. The headline players the Roosters have attracted in the last 10 years were overrated duds who were at the club for the wrong reasons. Smith cannot be blamed for that.

NC

We all know about the Roosters board and the duds they have lured over the past decade.

The question was about Smith and the last time he lured a top class player.

I'm struggling to come up with one.

Maybe The Mack can help with this one.

[Vasco]

Tahu? Ryles? Carney?

Carney was already signed. Ryles was a has-been.

Tahu, top class?

I'll let you get away with that one!

[Headless Chook]

Carney was already signed. Ryles was a has-been.

Tahu, top class?

I'll let you get away with that one!

Dymock, Pay, McCracken and Smith, but thats going back a long way.

Probably a more interesting question is when was the last time Smith tried to sign a top class player?

[melon....]

Dymock, Pay, McCracken and Smith, but thats going back a long way.

Probably a more interesting question is when was the last time Smith tried to sign a top class player?

That was more to do with Super League and the 9 million Hilditch threw at those blokes for zero premierships.

[mightyrooster]

Dymock, Pay, McCracken and Smith, but thats going back a long way.

Probably a more interesting question is when was the last time Smith tried to sign a top class player?

I think this is true. Smith is not the kind of coach who has generally gone after top class players. He prefers to work with young up and coming players, and good quality players looking for opportunities. Note that Nathan Hindmarsh has stated that Smithy is the coach who has taught him the most out of all the coaches he has played under over the years.

[Guest]

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I think this is true. Smith is not the kind of coach who has generally gone after top class players. He prefers to work with young up and coming players, and good quality players looking for opportunities. Note that Nathan Hindmarsh has stated that Smithy is the coach who has taught him the most out of all the coaches he has played under over the years.

Not a glowing endorsement...Hindmarsh's biggest attribute is his motor and that can't be taught. And I think the preference thing would go the other way as well with younger guys more likely to respond positively to Smith's "schoolteacher" style of coaching rather than more established players.

Chook.

[mightyrooster]

Not a glowing endorsement...Hindmarsh's biggest attribute is his motor and that can't be taught. And I think the preference thing would go the other way as well with younger guys more likely to respond positively to Smith's "schoolteacher" style of coaching rather than more established players.

Chook.

That was my point. Smith works better with younger players and it goes both ways, in that he prefers to coach younger players and younger players respond more positively to his style of coaching than star players. Also, Hindmarsh WAS a young player when he first started under Smith. Everyone is asking when was the last time Smith recruited a star player and my answer is rarely because of.....what I just said. And personally I believe it's a good thing the club is trying the youth approach as the 'lets go out and buy as many start players as we can' approach sure hasn't been working in the past 10 years.
And when I say 'star players' I mean so-called star players. Which generally means players who WERE stars at their previous clubs but are probably past their prime now - ie Mason, O'Meley

[Guest]

Smith cant attrack a class player because I highly doubt that any of them would want to play under him nowadays.

Which begs the next question. IF we are really after sbw (thats a big if I guess), then what role would smith be playing in that I wonder. My guess is NONE.

What would all that mean going forward I wonder...

[Guest]

Lets remember Smith came here to do a job. The job most clubs employ him to do. I think he is doing that job, and doing it well.

I don't think he was employed to attract big name players.

The jury is out on him for sure. This year is a big year for him. However he must have scored atleast a pass mark so for on what we have seen.

[novice chook]

Morley????

and of course your fav Big Willy

Morley was not a high profile player NRL when be bought him - he was an English firebrand everyone thought we were made to bring to Aust because of his poor discipline.

As for the Wanka - I did mention the word 'decent' which the Wanka wasn't at the Roosters - he was a dud. One of many.

Face it, the Roosters have struggled to attract any top liners for years, no matter who the coach is. They get them when they're on the slippery slope to mediocrity and below and just hasten the journey down.

NC

[Vasco]

Dymock, Pay, McCracken and Smith, but thats going back a long way.

Probably a more interesting question is when was the last time Smith tried to sign a top class player?

You don't think the ARL pushed them in that direction.

I think they did.

[The Brain]

You don't think the ARL pushed them in that direction.

I think they did.

We probably would never of got Fittler if it wasnt for superleague.
I wish we didnt Lockyer was better

[Guest]

Smith cant attrack a class player because I highly doubt that any of them would want to play under him nowadays.

Which begs the next question. IF we are really after sbw (thats a big if I guess), then what role would smith be playing in that I wonder. My guess is NONE.

What would all that mean going forward I wonder...

Fred you have no credibility on this subject, only blind hatred, and seeing this is the only subject you post about I'm not sure where that leaves you.