Re: Smith out ASAP : Sat May 18, 2024 1:57 pm  

Once were Loiners wrote:

That's nonsense. Under Furner we lost eight of our first ten games. He brought over the hopelessly unfit Lolohea and kept picking him, amongst other bad decisions. If Lolohea had been a world beater and we hadn't been playing terribly then even if JJB or others were muttering behind the scenes they wouldn't have been listened to.

Before us Furner's tenure of the Raiders was a chaotic mess. He was only appointed there because of his links with the club (sounds familiar?) and his dad. If he had been anyone else he would have been gone more than a year before he was eventually kicked out, with a 43% win rate over five generally dire seasons.

Once he was hooked at the Raiders he didn't get a look-in as a first team coach anywhere else for SIX years until Leeds brought him in. Lots of NRL jobs came and went in that time. Nobody else was interested.

Not defending Furner, but pretty sure Lolohea was a McDermott signing before the axe finally fell. Either that or he was a Sinfield signing before Furner arrived.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sat May 18, 2024 2:50 pm  

RAPIDO wrote:

The Momster you're having a laugh I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil copy and paste the earth shattering wrecking ball Fusitua un interested journey men living of performances playing in quality teams, their not now and have been found out like it or not the proof is reality former Dudd latter looking the former!

That’s f’king painful to read.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun May 19, 2024 1:22 pm  

Arthur - you may be right as Lolohea signed a month or so before Furner was announced as coach, but both he and Hurrell played for Tonga when Furner was assistant coach, and I think he probably had a lot to do with them both joining Leeds. Utter mare of a coach regardless.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Sun May 19, 2024 5:50 pm  

Someone on here said as soon as Souths come calling Sam Burgess will be gone....... im calling them out!! Because anyone who knows the lad would not have said it even as a school boy he was clever and honest give him some credit he's ten fold what we have.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Mon May 20, 2024 8:52 am  

Brad Arthur is now available

Re: Smith out ASAP : Mon May 20, 2024 2:27 pm  

Can't work out whether you're serious or not - by that benchmark RS has still another 7 years to prove himself.....

"The 49-year-old Arthur had been Eels coach since 2014 and took the club to the grand final in 2022 where they lost to Penrith. But he failed to win a premiership in a decade at the helm and the Eels are languishing in 14th on the ladder with three wins from 10 games in 2024"

Re: Smith out ASAP : Mon May 20, 2024 2:49 pm  

that's a far tougher comp.
Arthur's twice the coach smith is.

lois Forsells a better coach than smith is!!!

Re: Smith out ASAP : Mon May 20, 2024 3:05 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

that's a far tougher comp.
Arthur's twice the coach smith is.

With a bigger pool of better quality players and a bigger salary cap and yet he's still won nothing in 12 seasons
Career games 264, wins 137, losses 127 a win percentage of 52%

Have a word with yourself.

Re: Smith out ASAP : Mon May 20, 2024 5:29 pm  

you stick with the bald fraud.
enjoy dumbass rugby

Re: Smith out ASAP : Mon May 20, 2024 5:36 pm  

He hasn't got much support left.

Come 10pm Friday it will be even less.

I can quite easily see him gone after Saints.