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Says in the Western Daily Pressthat Grant Smith has been told he can leave Brizzle Shitty.....

Also says that Iffy will NOT rule out a move for him........

I think a lot has been said negatively about him (money grabbing etc...) but I also think he had bad advice from his Dad and that OUR board (as usual) were too slow !

I would like to see him back - but I don't think it will be a popular suggestion...........

no!

i'd much rather see him rot at city. don't think he's the solution to our problems, however much we do lack goals. we need a strong combative midfielder not a flair player.

Come back Smithy all is forgiven, you only went there for the money, but wouldn't anyone???  If someone offered me three times the salary and three times the length of contract I'd go!!

If Grant Smith re-signs for Swindon I cannot wait to hear his first interview back at the club.

Sonic - bit shortsighted perhaps ?

As I remember he won a lot of balls in the middle of midfield - can also play out wide AND scored 10 goals from midfield in half a season.....

Sounds like just the sort of player we need.......

Although that first interview would be fucking funny !!

Not entirely convinced by Grunt's attitude.  

He shot himself somewhat in the foot with all the ‘I want to stay comments’ and the protracted negotiations.  Alright the board didn’t exactly excel themselves in the whole affair but if he’d have been as straight-up as say Heywood I could have given him some leeway.

He also looked like he’d been piling on the pork against City and without a defensively minded Duke alongside him I’m not convinced he would be half as effective as he was towards the end of last season.

One to miss I think.

Yeah I wouldn't necessarily call him a flair player.  Quite a grinder and a class free kick on him, save us from watching Gurney's feeble attempts!!

Can't him him wanting to come back though, he'd be back on peanuts.

I'd have him back, but only on a short term/loan deal. He seemed to be good when he was looking for a new contract.

It was the manner in which he left.  Him and Heywood were both right to leave, but only one of them showed any respect for the club and its fans in doing so.  It wasn't Smith.

as per usual sonic is correct, smith can fuck right off.

"gurneys feeble attempts"

GURNS ACTUALLY GIVES A FUCK FOR GODS SAKE! HE'S PASSIONATE AND TBH I'D RATHER SEE US GO DOWN WITH 10 GURNS ON THE FIELD THAN WATCH THAT SCOTCH CUNT WALTZ BACK INTO TOWN

I'm in two minds over this.  If he does come back they should at least put him in the stocks.

He would do a good job for us and would get us a few much needed goals. FACT!

He only started playing when after a new contract

He said he wanted to stay, he didnt
He said he wanted 2 years, we got rid of players so we could offer him 2 years, he didnt sign it

He's a cunt of the highest order, I'd personally like to see him rot at City.

Should have stayed with first team football, you money grabbing scabby cunt, now fuck to somewhere really shit like Halifax

Just remember that this came from the WDP............

If you're happy watching Gurney fair play to you.  I'd much rather watch a footballer like Smith play for us than a thug like Gurney.  The bloke was a disgrace against Swansea, just glad he mistimed his shit tackle after his shit corner during his utterly shit performance.  Could even win a midfield header against himself at one stage.

Fuck off, Gurns can be a decent player, wasnt THAT bad vs swansea least he shows a bit of fight in the midfield, whats wrong with a crunching tackle ffs!!

As for Smith, not completely sure but would prob welcome him back due to the fact we need bodies and goals!!

If smith came back I would be half and half. He was a back stabber with the whole move to city thing, but footballers come and go don't they and he was thinking about his career just like any other footballer does.

He's not a bad player and he may come back and really help us, especially now quite a few of our loanees have gone. If iffy decides to bring him back- give the guy a chance. We are at the bottom of the table, we need to take chances and see what happens.

Another option...pinch half decent players from Peterboro on the cheap? Della Bona?

he won a lot of balls in midfield, but that was in comparison to hewlett.

i'm not convinced that he'd reproduce the sort of form he showed last season, you have to remember that he was fairly indifferent on the rare occasions he was picked until his contract was due for renewal and he got a run in the side.

if he sacked his old man as agent i might reconsider.

Id  have him back.

Iffys is going to sign Brian Howard next week as well and install Kingy as his assistant manager 8)

Sonic "if he sacked his old man as agent i might reconsider"

I like that idea.

And Gurney was that bad against Swansea, he was completely anonymous in the second half.

id have him back for sure

No way total cunt. I'd rather have Igoe, howard, Mooney, Heywood, Duke or Hewlett back easy. Serves the prick right that he's not playing.

No way total cunt. I'd rather have Igoe, howard, Mooney, Heywood, Duke or Hewlett back easy. Serves the prick right that he's not playing.

i'd be very VERY surprised if he came back! typical WDP bullshit.

smith wasn't that good anyway, like others have said he only played well when he knew his contract was running out. he's shown at all his other clubs he's not very consistant. he had a lucky 6 months with us thats all.

i'd rather see the likes of nicolau & stroud given a game before he came back.

I'm in two minds but would not mind seeing him come back. Somebody mentioned that he can play on the wing. They were wrong. But he can take free-kicks and did score goals for us and in our position we can't pick and choose. If he does sign I will not be as fond of him as I was before but he would be welcome if he brought something to the team.

No not after the abuse i gave him at the CG this season.

On reflection i think i agree with this comment from DV :) I have no sympathy for the bloke, i know he's a football player and has to think about his future, but his leaving for shitty smarted a bit at the time and i enjoy the fact that he's spent most of his time on shittys bench.

Yeah lets get Igoe,Hewlett and Duke back as well!!NO-Fuck the lot of'em!

Not too keen, high expectations coupled with resentment form many would make it a bad idea in my book.

I would welcome him back with open arms, quality player, quality at set pieces and scores

yes, but he's a total cunt as well. i'm on two minds over this. i dont think it'd work tho, and i doubt it'd be a good signing for the boy Iffy...

met him a quite a few times, he a nice bloke, but scottish  :( , oh well cant have it all!!

Thats what made his leaving worse,i liked the bloke, particulary the column he had in the matchday programme.Then he fucked off to shitty,cheers smith :-))( He can stay on the shitty bench as far as i'm concerned .

yea, and also the slight matter of him stitching over this football club good and proper. but other than that, he's a nice guy  :-))(

The thing is i can understand why he wanted to leave,more money longer contract,bit of a no brainer really.But to shitty our nearest rivals :x  [in this league anyway-he he the pox ]. It hurt me when he left so i couldn't care less where he goes, so long as he doesn't come to us.
He's dead to me now :wink:  :)

no thanks.

also its the WDP, there the local sun.

I think this was on thisis, a few days ago......its much snappier over there  :wink:

 I'd deffo have Snif back like a shot....last season we won a handful of games in the second half of the season due to his goals scored from midfield...that's the very thing we miss.....total contribution this season after 26 games from all our midfield .....a big zilch.

 Could be the difference between winning those 8 or 9 from 20 we're going to need, and relegation.

Im also in two minds. But think of it this way... if he does come back he will ahve to work twice as hard to win the fans back over, which could be a good thing ie improved performances, commitment etc.

But then again I could be wrong!!!! :soapy tit wank:

Spot on Reg!

All you have to do now is agree that Gurney is gash and I'll be a happy man!

great, let's sign him because he's a nice bloke.

I think i would have him back for def!yer he was a twat by leaving but hes the sort of player we need!The one person i dont want in the team is gurney!i think hes useless.

I was thinking that too!

If we judged whether the whole team was nice or not to decide whether to keep them on etc. Im pretty sure that we would have a significantly smaller team.

If hes prepared to come back, work damn hard and take the grief hes bound to get from a lot of fans then what have we got to lose?

Reg is spot on to be fair.

although stef is a lovely bloke (:fag:) and also one of our best players.

if smith did come back, worked hard and was apologetic for being a total cunt then i might be able to accept him back. however i don't believe he has the attitude to do that so it'd be a waste of time to try.

would city want a fee? wouldn't pay for him.

No. They have released him.

Yes but one of the main reasons for him going to city was the fact (as someone pointed out earlier) his dad is his agent and Im pretty sure from the information we got that it was a major factor.

At the end of the day if he comes back and doesnt do what he should be then hes an idiot because he would have blown his chances (IMO) of league one football.

 :oops: sorry didn't see that. just saw the grant smith topic title and assumed we were just rumoured to sign him. should probably read the post first.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

He can fuck right off! :evil:

*Stands and applauds this post*

His goals last year will be like Fallon this year, a one-off.

ah, johno, you're almost as good as PHIL!!! sometimes :P

We want NEW blood-not comfort zone players like Gurney and Smith who feel they have nothing to prove

im way better. ask yeovil.  8)

Spot on that chief.

Gurney I can accept within reason not so much a step backwards more a necessary step to the right.

Duke love him or hate him gave Smith a hell of a lot of cover last season to roam forward and get forward and I really can’t see Brown (not that I’ve seen him for us yet) or young Nicolau providing that sort of cover.  

He looked well out of condition against Shitty at least a couple of stones on board and I don’t think we can afford to wait for him to get into condition in the hope he can replicate last seasons form.  

Plus I think this snippet from old Iffy says it all really…

So we dont want players that are going to battle for us!?. :roll:

There's a difference between battling and recklessness.What you get with Gurney is needless bookings and unnecessary free kicks.This seems to be a common misconception that running around like a headless twat kicking people is "battling".Scott Leitch was a"battler"with half the disciplinary record of Gurney.Thats my opinion anyway

I couldnt care if he picked up a booking here and there as he's the only player getting stuck in.

Adje, I know you dont like Gurney, but am I right in thinking you have seen very little of him since he has been back.

He is a new player, it sounds really ghey but he is so different from the previous Gurney its un-true

I just hope it isnt his effort to win a contract, then when he gets it its all down hill.

As for Cunt Smith, Id welcome him with open arms, then kick him really hard in the nuts. Fucking cunt.

We were the first club to give him a run of first team games, we offered him everything he wanted and he still fucked off.

Someone said he was thinking of his footballer career, he was thinking of his wallet the stupid jock cunt, he would have been better off here.

Oh well, the conference calls twat!

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: ace

...and anyone who knows me knows full well Id do it as well  :D

Yep spot on there. :nod:

Im very shocked you agree Ben!!
 :D

 :soapy tit wank:
I'd pay money to see that!

Sonic u twat i didnt say sign him cos hes a nice bloke, someone said he was a cunt as a bloke!! i just said i met him and he was a nice bloke

 :D

True DV,I've only seen him about half a dozen times-but that includes getting booked AND giving away a penalty within 20 mins of his first game V Yeovil a sending off against Bournemouth,subbed at half time v Barnsley and giving a totally anonymous performance against Swansea.However I appreciate that you've seen him more often than me and I trust your judgement,I just hope he has more good games than bad from now on.I still need to be convinced.2good performances against the hated (by me anyway)Pikeingham will go a long way towards his rehab.

Yeovil was an odd one, i thought he bombed forward really well, as for the penalty Ifil sold him well short with the pass.

The Sending off at Bournemouth was a complete joke. I missed the Barnsley game on holiday, wasnt he injured though?

I thought he played alright against Swansea, huffed and puffed in midfield, didnt let them play with the ball.