it would make sense to keep sykes over platt due to the homegrown status. Smith has hardly set the world alight after coming back from union. Has he had any injuries since coming back?

Every Leeds fan I speak to (and I work with one and another is a supplier and the latest three-way "banter" was as recently as yesterday) is mortified at what has been happening at Leeds, and pretty well to a man they blame the coach. (My suggestions that they might be getting a bit short of wonga cos of the Union side and other commitments are met with derision...

). They point to a number of players, including Smith, who they believe have gone backwards under the present coach.



May be relevant to the various threads dismissing specified Leeds players?

I'd take Smith in a breath. Especially now that Royston is going, he can cover Wing, Centre and Full-back and assuming either Platt or Sykes will be finding another club we will need this cover.

Its not just the fans, i was talking yesterday to a person very well connected to the Rhino's and the players are very unsettled at the club under Mr McDermott.

I wouldn't imagine Smith would fancy joining a club who want him as backup. He'd definitely see himself as a starting player.



Smith's ok but I don't think he would add much more than we already have and I certainly don't think that its the kind if signing that will turn the clubs fortunes around.



I thought that this years campaign might have indicated that signing a load of players unwanted by other clubs, players coming back from injury or players with a point to prove doesn't worked. Foolishly, I had hoped that the clubs management would have spent the year lining up real quality players rather than having another panic buying spree similar to last year. If this rumour is true then it looks like we're in for pretty much more of the same.

That's interesting seeing as he was held under high regard (or so I thought) when he was there as a coach last time round.

Yes i agree, but thats what i was informed, maybe its certain players not all.

Agents McDermott and Lowes are doing a fine job. Knighthoods will surely follow...

His FB positioning for me is woeful my good man. Hence why Royston seemed to play FB when we were defending earlier in the season and Kearney played it when we were attacking.



It is all about opinions but the fact that Kearney generally IS believed to be one of our top players says more about the state of our team rather than the quality of the player. IMO.

Aye. What relationship does Hetherington have with the players? It would only take 2 or 3 of the senior players to arrange a meeting and get McDermott the push?

Lets think about this maturely. I personally don't want Lee Smith to come to Bradford because he is poo and wee.

Smith was poor under McClennan last season too, although he's deteriorated since. Hasn't been the same since a brief spell at Wasps. I suspect his current decline is down to attitude.



If he can recapture his pre-Wasps form he will be a good signing, but going on your recent list of Leeds rejects (Feather, Scruton, Diskin, Walker etc) I doubt he's going to suddenly come good again at Bradford.



IMO had Leeds not re-signed Webb and instead given Smith the FB position in 2009 he would have been a cert for England at FB (before Tomkins made the switch). He was never a centre and at present isn't good enough to nail down the wing position at Leeds.