Cameron Smith is the greatest rugby league player ever.

[taxidriver]

As much as I think he would be a great coach.

I see administration, perhaps NRL chairman one day.

He has ruled out coaching, correctly identified the 24x7, 7 day commintment it plays in a mans life, which he does not want, well now anyway.

Management and administration requires less commitment, but much smarts, which he has.

Just IMHO.

The stench of his involvement in the cap scandal will prevent him ever being part of the admin that runs the game

 

[damoocow]

He's a fair way off being the best ever. To be honest I think he really has had a dream run from admin and the refs over the years. Offsides, not square at marker, wrestling and associated cheating and plenty of back chatting. He should have spent close to half his career in the sin bin.

 

[soc123_au]

Arguably the smartest player to play the game. Pretty damn durable too. Still, f**k him & the horse he rode in on.

 

[Rhino_NQ]

Be interesting to see how many career points he should have without having an extra few million bucks of talent to kick conversions off the back.of for so long

 

[taxidriver]

I love how his fan boys consistently tell us how smart he is but then swear blind he didn’t have a clue why he signed two contracts or had his Reno paid for

 

[_Johnsy]

He'll be remembered as the bloke who was arguing over a penalty and a team mate possibly being put on report, while a bloke (obvious to the rest of the world) lay prone on the ground with a broken neck. Sums him up to a tee.

 

[Zadar]

Has a greatest ever player been involved in so many losing/revoked grand final teams?
2006,07,08,09,16,18?

can he win a grand final without Cronk and slater?

he will not beat Cooper’s 4 grand final
wins, that will forever hurt him.

 

[Mr Parramatta]

I will never forget how that

 

[_Johnsy]

..

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

When the bloke who’s played more games of the toughest sport on the planet than anyone in history, who’s led his club state and country to more victories than anyone else, and won more awards than anyone else..

Is told anonymous people on keyboards don’t like him.

 

[_Johnsy]

When the bloke who’s played more games of the toughest sport on the planet than anyone in history, who’s led his club state and country to more victories than anyone else, and won more awards than anyone else..

Is told anonymous people on keyboards don’t like him.

You do realise that this is a public forum & the very purpose of such a forum is for people to share their thoughts & views on varying topics. I don't think there are many contributors (if any at all) that are denying his brilliant footballing ability.

I'll play along with your moronic game of adding ridiculous comments to a random Cameron Smith picture because your jimmies are rustled that others dare criticise him.

Cam Smiths reaction to the news that Alex McKinnon broke his neck due to one of their tackles,directly after arguing with the referee about said tackle, when the referee agreed to a penalty and only placing the player on report.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I hope the ARLC sign Smith up as a development officer and send him to schools across Melbourne to run RL clinics and deliver promotional speeches about RL. He's a good talker and has been uber successful, so he would be someone who could get kids interested in the game. The fact he enjoyed success at Test football is a point of difference that AwFuL cannot counter.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

COAT, most consistent of all time.

But I can't remember a game where he pulled off a play that won a big game.

Thurston did it.
Inglis did
Cronk did.
Slater did.
Lockyer did.
Fittler did.
Johns did.
Lewis did.
Stuart did.
Meninga did.

But Cameron? Can't recall one.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

You do realise that this is a public forum & the very purpose of such a forum is for people to share their thoughts & views on varying topics. I don't think there are many contributors (if any at all) that are denying his brilliant footballing ability.

I'll play along with your moronic game of adding ridiculous comments to a random Cameron Smith picture because your jimmies are rustled that others dare criticise him.

Cam Smiths reaction to the news that Alex McKinnon broke his neck due to one of their tackles,directly after arguing with the referee about said tackle, when the referee agreed to a penalty and only placing the player on report.

Ha. Touchy ...

No need to educate me in the purpose of the forums. I’m an anonymous person just like you. I’m just saying that a bloke who’s regarded amongst so many as the best player in the history of the sport would laugh at what’s been written in here...

As for your reply - says it all really. About you, not smith.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

COAT, most consistent of all time.

But I can't remember a game where he pulled off a play that one a big game.

Thurston did it.
Inglis did
Cronk did.
Slater did.
Lockyer did.
Fittler did.
Johns did.
Lewis did.
Stuart did.
Meninga did.

But Cameron? Can't recall one.

“Won”.

Those guys are all amazing players who did indeed do what you suggest on multiple occasions. And I think are greats of the game. But I still think Smith is by far the best because of all the stuff he does in a game that you don’t notice..eg none of those guys touch the ball or make more tackles in a game than smith.

That said, Smith isn’t one of my favourite players. To me, favourite and best are completely different.

Ricky Stuart, Mal Meninga and Greg Inglis on that list are 3 of my all time favourites for the reasons you mentioned. Others are dragons and so I’m biased in that way.

Smith wouldn’t make my top ten all time favourites but doesn’t mean he’s not the best. Just my opinion.

 

[_Johnsy]

Ha. Touchy ...

No need to educate me in the purpose of the forums. I’m an anonymous person just like you. I’m just saying that a bloke who’s regarded amongst so many as the best player in the history of the sport would laugh at what’s been written in here...

As for your reply - says it all really. About you, not smith.

Not at all, just pointing out the futility of your comments that accompany the photo. As I had stated, next to no one on here is doubting his football ability.

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

Not at all, just pointing out the futility of your comments that accompany the photo. As I had stated, next to no one on here is doubting his football ability.

You think that a bloke who's achieved all that he has would react differently if he was told some forummers dont like him? If so, how?

If different, feel free to add a picture of him from the internet to explain your view.

It's not futile at all. I'm saying that he couldn't give a flying fig and would laugh.

Agreed with your last sentence.

 

[_Johnsy]

You think that a bloke who's achieved all that he has would react differently if he was told some forummers dont like him? If so, how?

If different, feel free to add a picture of him from the internet to explain your view.

It's not futile at all. I'm saying that he couldn't give a flying fig and would laugh.

Agreed with your last sentence.

How he reacts is absolutely of no concern to me, I doubt anyone on here (except you) gives a rats how he may or may not react. The fact you felt the need to represent how you think he would react is pretty funny.

 

[Bazal]

How he reacts is absolutely of no concern to me, I doubt anyone on here (except you) gives a rats how he may or may not react. The fact you felt the need to represent how you think he would react is pretty funny.

He's right though.

Complete f**kwits are usually oblivious to, or revel in, other people thinking they're complete f**kwits.

He's objectively a f**kwit and will be remembered as such, despite his greatness in the field. People want to make themselves feel better by calling it whinging or salt or whatever, that's fine by me

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

COAT, most consistent of all time.

But I can't remember a game where he pulled off a play that won a big game.

Thurston did it.
Inglis did
Cronk did.
Slater did.
Lockyer did.
Fittler did.
Johns did.
Lewis did.
Stuart did.
Meninga did.

But Cameron? Can't recall one.

You can add Langer and the Walters brothers to that list. Mark Coyne scored that "miracle" try for Queensland in 1994.

Cronk's kicking game and game management was perfect. He's everything you want from a halfback in the modern game.