Brandon Smith or bust

[Dogna88]

Cook. Belmore come back

Over rated. His game has been picked apart

 

[Phalangist]

I heard a beach sprinter might be on the market for next year..

he has been terrible last year and round 1 this year he is a player on the way down

 

[CrittaMagic69]

Over rated. His game has been picked apart

He had like 1 run last week..not sure why Wayne is trying to turn him into a ballplayer when he just needs to run and feed the forwards/halves.

 

[2144superman]

Munster absolutely tore shreds of Brandon Smith for his poor service most of that first half just before half time. LOLLLL that’s what happens when you have back rower playing 9

 

[J_B]

Brandon Smith is overated !

 

[S.B.W_Jnr]

I'd get James Roby for this year and next year and get an up comer off the bench who's young and willing to learn off skilled hooker. Amen

 

[2144superman]

21 minutes remaining on the clock and he is down on his haunches sucking in the big ones next to the sideline while play continues on ...

 

[dogwhisperer]

Munster abolsutely tore shreds of Brandon Smith for his poor service most of that first half just before half time. LOLLLL that’s what happens when you have back rower playing 9

Not sure why many on here were stressing for his signature. Read things like he’s a bulldogs type player blah blah just LOL. He’s a back rower who can play nine. It’s also very deceiving when a player wears a storm jersey. Automatically people want to start paying him $900k plus

 

[2144superman]

Andddddd that’s him done LOLLLLL

 

[boggie23]

I remember the game cam smith played halfback last year. Storm were not doing well. They were losing the ruck. Couldn’t get any momentum. Smith goes to hooker for the last 10 mins. He was throwing rockets from the ground. Hitting players on the fly. Directing the attack and picking out the opposition defensive line. Storm made a come back and won.

And the starting hooker was one B Smith.

 

[2144superman]

Not sure why many on here were stressing for his signature. Read things like he’s a bulldogs type player blah blah just LOL. He’s a back rower who can play nine. It’s also very deceiving when a player wears a storm jersey. Automatically people want to start paying him $900k plus

LOLLLL that’s what made me laugh bro, there was people saying give him $800k and the rest ...

 

[boggie23]

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Andddddd that’s him done LOLLLLL

Atleast JMK just stop running in the second half. This guy stops walking too

 

[boggie23]

LOLLLL that’s what made me laugh bro, there was people saying give him $800k and the rest ...

I think hooker is such a specialist position, that if you don’t work on your game consistently you will never be elite.

B Smith spent the last 2-3 years playing utility/back row. His passing from the ground isn’t great, his fitness isn’t great, his lateral speed isn’t great.

Grant is the only hooker at the storm worth chasing. And he’d be worth every cent of 1.1 million.

Kid did the right thing going to the tigers too. Spent the year developing his game at 9, instead of being used as a bulldozer and bulking up to be a back rower.

B Smith might need a season or 2 to get back into hooker shape and get the rhythm of the game again. Not worth the punt and I always said it.

 

[oldman]

Smith has never been the answer ..... I’m perplexed why people persist with suggesting he is the answer to our missing 9

 

[Moedogg]

B Smith better off staying at the Storm.

 

[zappa]

Can we have Welch instead

 

[D.O.W.]

I’d say that game made up Melbourne’s mind if there was any doubt he may stay on. Melbourne and B Smith are to blame for where he’s at right now... Melbourne were selfish in wanting to keep him whilst Cam Smith was firing, turned him into a backrower impacting his weight and fitness and B Smith equally took Bellamy’s bait on the “one more year” promise tagging him along and it backfired deluxe because in parallel, Cam Smith kept playing on and Melbourne allowed Harry Grant to play for Tigers in his preferred #9 gaining invaluable experience and he’s leapfrogged B Smith.
The game is getting faster and if you want to be a 700k+ hooker, you need to be able to push out 80mins, have a kicking game, get your forwards on the front foot and lead your defensive line.

 

[Headmix]

Our attack was a problem, Jake and Allan had 0 involvement. We aren't winning any footy games playing like that.

Bit early to judge

 

[doggieaaron]

Hes a lock ,i reckon dietz is worth working with

 

[GoTheDoggies]

If Smith leaves the storm he will balloon out like Stimson the megaflop signing. His fitness will get worse outside of their system.