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Smith was good this season. He plays sensibly with the ball at his feet. I get frustrated he isn't playing more contributing forward passes out of the back, but he doesn't give the ball away very often which is a far worse sin. Legge has taken on the mantle of ball playing centre half; he is a bit too Hollywood. Smith is slightly small for a centre half but many much smaller have been successful. Frank McLintock comes quickly to mind. He has found a way to tussle with bigger forwards more effectively. He can be outpaced but he isn't slow and shows reasonable positioning depending on who he is up against. I think he can play at League 1 and might attract an offer, but remembering past centre halves PV had at Championship level he isn't as good. But has an eye for goal and could seek to score even more. Perhaps he would be great at Sheffield United.

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I like Smith but I can't agree that he's improved in his distribution. He's still fairly inadequate in that regard.

Only example I can remember is him winning the ball in the quagmire away at Mansfield, stumbling, laying it off, and then tapping in from an Amoo cross. He also had a couple of alright dribbles in his brief stint at RB.

Fundamentally though he has never broken a line of pressing in his career. He passes it to Joyce or launches it, which is fine; he more than makes up for it.

 

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40 minutes ago, Iron Curtain said:

Rumours on Twitter gathering pace that Smith could sign for Stoke.

 

They must be preparing for L1 football then?

I rate Smith, and would LOVE it if he stayed - but after watching him regularly for 4 years, I don't see anything other than a solid L2/lower L1 centre half.

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The gimp on twitter who made this up (and was rabbiting on about it back in February too) will be laughing his head off.

In a fantasy world where this did happen, I'd end up getting banned off here. Omertà. 

 

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Askey basically confirms he expects him to leave. "Looking at other options".

Seems to be stringing us along now. He's had his time. Tell us no and off you go.

Cheers Nath. Solid defender. Replaceable and we move on. 

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