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    Can we all agree Brian Smith didn't do a very good job with the rebuilding

    Well this thread got boring. Anyway my point was basically from 16 signing i would say about 5 or 6 have been modest successes the rest range from disappointing to disasters. compare that to Melbourne who have close to a 100% success rate. Thats why they are at the top and we are at the...
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    Can we all agree Brian Smith didn't do a very good job with the rebuilding

    I'm not knocking those 5 players! if you read my first post i said those 5 were our best signings. Apparently calling a player "ok" is a grave insult around here. You guys might think Cooper Vuna is outstanding i say hes just alright. Considering he hasn't won any Dally m medals and rival clubs...
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    Can we all agree Brian Smith didn't do a very good job with the rebuilding

    What finishing 9th? The great team on paper that has been tipped by most experts to come last this year? And Hanscholo under Hagan we finished 3rd 2nd 7th 10th 15th 4th Under Smith we finished 15th and 9th. We didn't play a single finals game under Smith, all we did was equal the very worst...
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    Can we all agree Brian Smith didn't do a very good job with the rebuilding

    1. Those players were not cheap i don't know why you would say that, they would of made up close to half our salary cap. 2. So what if x player was a reserve grade before he came here and now hes in first grade, why were we signing reserve graders again? Thats my point. Why not go after guys...
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    Can we all agree Brian Smith didn't do a very good job with the rebuilding

    So after 3 years of hearing Brian Smith is "rebuilding" and "we are a young team" and "next year we will be premiership contenders" etc. Brian Smiths "rebuilt" team is now one of the oldest in the NRL and favourites for the spoon. Lets take a look at all his signings back in 2007. Luke...
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    This year in perspective

    Season ended pretty much how i expected it to all year. The Broncos showed last night that big name players win you big games. There is a reason Brian Smiths strategy of using a team of no name robots has never won him any premierships, its not bad luck its a bad strategy. And whos idea was it...
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    Major Announcement at 12pm Today

    How is it managements fault that Brian Smith decided to walk out on his contract?
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    Michael Hill; Smith Got It Wrong.

    Because being entrenched in the bottom half of the comp and paying a team full of imports way too much is so much better? Why do people keep throwing up names like Houston and Taia as if that proves the mass recruitment was a success? When you have 2.5 - 3 million to spend on new players of...
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    Michael Hill; Smith Got It Wrong.

    I agree with the article. I don't know why people here are so sensitive to criticism of Brian Smith, all you have to do is look at the results across all grades since he has been at the club. His record here is terrible.
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    Team v Storm

    No the sad thing is we are almost at full strength. Dureau Tolar Patterson and Uate are all fringe first grade players and its debatable whether they would even make the full strength team. Comparing them to Orford Perry Williams and Kite is kind of ridiculous. The only quality players we have...
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    Knight admits players feeling short-changed

    To be honest as long as Gidley and Mullen stay i wouldn't really care if any other player wanted to leave. Though i don't think anyone will leave.
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    Disgusted, Appalled....Good Bye Mr Smith

    So do you want to tell me a team that has had worse results then us in the last three years? I can think of one. Penrith, and thats debatable because they are currently above us on the ladder and look like making the 8 and we don't.
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    Disgusted, Appalled....Good Bye Mr Smith

    Get rid of Smith and put Stone in charge for the rest of the year. If things improve keep him for next year if not then sign a different coach for next year. This idea that Brian Smith has come along and rebuild us into a great team is a load of crap. If you actually look at the results we have...
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    will we make the 8?

    There is a thing called a salary cap you know. The bulldogs aren't spending anymore on players then we are. The difference is, all their signings have been fantastic and half of ours have been duds and the other half are good not great. The Bulldogs have made a mockery of Smith and his...
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    will we make the 8?

    Here is a simple question for you guys. If the team Brian Smith has put together is so good why did it finish 9th last year? and why is it only 7th this year? Oh and a few more questions for you. 1. Why have the bulldogs been able to go from last to second in one year but we have to "rebuild"...
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    will we make the 8?

    Wes Naiqama Ben Cross and Danny Wicks were meant to be our Marquee signings how can you say we recruited well? lol Taia and Houston. yeah thats nice, thats two players out of what 15? When you have 3 million to spend on new players and Chris Houston is your best signing i would say thats pretty...
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    will we make the 8?

    Maybe we lose half our games because Brian Smith has put together a so so middle of the road team that is only capable of winning half the games they play. Maybe every person in the media doesn't have a personal grudge against Smith maybe they just criticize him because he is not a very...
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    Knights V Sea Eagles :: Match Thread

    We are gone.
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    Brian Smith -> Roosters?

    Smith has put together a team here that suits his style of coaching. But what happens if we sign a new coach who comes along and decides he doesn't rate half our squad and wants them to play a different style of football, so then we have another player clean out. Wouldn't that just undo all of...
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    New coach?

    Tim Sheens? The club wanted him back in 2006 but he stayed at the tigers. Judging by the Tigers recent results he might be looking for a new club soon.

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