Just that my logic is different to others. Smith is 30 something, but he appears to be an orginisor , which Doueihi and Laurie are not. We are in bandaid mode in the halves, with all 3 not having contracts after 2023. That as sure as shit tells you that the coaches are marching time, until we buy one or two halves. Smith is on a train and trial,at the moment !Does the back-up matter ? We have two guys in the halves who are completely unproven and they are costing us a fortune. They've been in the league for a while and they are not rookies.
Laurie or Smith aren't going to be far off the pace our starters have been playing at.
I don't think Brooks is that bad but at the same time he isn't that good.
Doueihi has moments of brilliance but his average game was well below Brooks last season.
I'm not convinced they bought a 30yr old, just to lead the cup side around. After pre-season, and trials, then i think they will know which way to go!