| Matt Smith (the big lad) 13:50 - Aug 12 with 3976 views | Myke |
With Moore having a medical at Cardiff and Smith surplus to requirements at Millwall, maybe we should bring him back for a year. People may forget he contributed 20 goals/assists in his final season and proved pretty adept at clearing away corners too - we could do worse. Knows the championship, knows the club, low wages, free or nominal transfer |  | | |  |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 02:33 - Aug 13 with 852 views | timcocking |
If we could afford him as an option on the bench i'd be delighted to have him, but he's just too slow and ponderous. Sorry Matt, no offence i like you, but...well look at all that beautiful, attacking play we had going last year. Not sure it's possible to play total football with Matt Smith up front.
And i don't think we should be looking at how our striker defends corners as the basis of why we sign him, even though i hear you, he'd have probably saved more goals than Joe Lumley did last year (that's a joke, calm down).
Hang on, can he play defence? |  | | |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 07:15 - Aug 13 with 810 views | distortR |
a big 'no' for me. Way too slow, another year older, and ties you in to a certain style of play. | | | |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 09:37 - Aug 13 with 751 views | terryb |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 17:16 - Aug 12 by sexton |
Gerry Francis
Martyn Busby
Ron Springett |
I don't think these three were anywhere near as good second time round.
Springett in particular was not up to thr job IMO & made Richardson & Roberts look superb in comparison. | | | |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 10:21 - Aug 13 with 716 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 22:33 - Aug 12 by kensalriser |
‘Loans excepted’. |
I say f..k the loans excepted rule!
It’s just another way FIFA seek to fleece and make mugs of fans who all too willing to bend over and take it up the wazoo! |  |
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| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 18:32 - Aug 13 with 629 views | stainrods_elbow |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 23:12 - Aug 12 by Myke |
Firstly, somewhat disingenuous to describe Smith as a 10 minute battering ram. A lot more to his game than that, actually a pretty decent 1st touch for a big guy. Secondly, to suggest Warburton has no interest in defending corners is (hopefully) tongue in cheek. We had one of the worst defensive records in the division and would have been comfortably relegated if we hadn't scored so many goals. A huge chunk of those goals (Wells/Hugill) have already being removed and the likelihood that Eze's will be too. Unless we find a way to stem the tide at the other end we will be in trouble. Thirdly, not suggesting that Smith is a better option than Moore, but Moore is NOT coming here. Fourthly, I don't lament the loss of Smith over Freeman or vice versa. We reality is we didn't miss either of them last season We did miss Smithies and Furlong, but can't see either of those possibly rejoining us next season Fifthly, I don't have any great desire to bring back any ex -players, but we are in a unique set of circumstances, with the season restarting in a few weeks and the window extending well beyond its beginning. We could find ourselves in the same situation with Eze as when Remy left after the season began, which would be a huge blow. So Smith knows the club, the division and would be a safe addition to the squad. Finally, Smith's desire to be first choice, stemmed from the appalling way both he and Sylla were treated by McClaren after the 7-1 defeat to WBA. They started as 1st choice strikers and then were bombed out with the kids after the arrival of Wells and Hemed ( can anyone honestly say Smith would have contributed less than Hemed over a whole season?) Sylla left in January, but Smith was kept on for cover and ending up scoring a few goals including that beauty with his final kick (hardly the goal of a 'battering ram' or 'lump'. ) But he was so embittered with the way he was treated he was determined to leave. A year later who knows? I learned that anything is possible in football when Warnock signed the 'sewer rat' for Leeds |
I'm sure you're right on all points but am spending my time counting how many dozen paragraphs I can find in your paragraph! |  |
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| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 03:34 - Aug 14 with 571 views | timcocking |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 18:32 - Aug 13 by stainrods_elbow |
I'm sure you're right on all points but am spending my time counting how many dozen paragraphs I can find in your paragraph! |
It is indeed a large paragraph. | | | |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 11:13 - Aug 14 with 506 views | plasmahoop |
Probably not, but he did score a rather good hat trick at forest last year. Saw a bit of that game and he didn't look limited that day. But we know he is really, and Millwall have let hm go, so probably not | | | |
| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 14:42 - Aug 14 with 429 views | Boston |
I look at Smith as our hammer. Not the support he used to be more of a bridge until a younger replacement. | |
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| Matt Smith (the big lad) on 14:35 - Aug 15 with 317 views | gazza1 |
No issues with Matt Smith, always put a shift in and scored some decent goals, but we would be going backwards if he signed.....but he wont be anyway. | | | |
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