Saxons commentary - Ollie Smith to Montpellier

adamv6 · Post by **adamv6** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:20 pm

Just been watching Saxons game and the commentator has said.

"Ollie Smith the Leicester centre, who will plying his trade in Montpellier next season".

Slip of the tongue, or it is fairly well known in the press circles?

boondock · Post by **boondock** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:26 pm

this has been widely mentioned in many circles now.

why, just yesterday my 8 old year looked up at me and said that sunbeam (her imaginary unicorn friend) had told her ollie smith the tiger would playing at montpellier nexyt year.

still nothing official of course, but sunbeam does sometimes throw light onto things.

Nic · Post by **Nic** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:35 pm

Smith has not had the best deal under ML played out of position on wing or left out. Good solid player I will be sorry to see him leave but rumours have been around for a while and maybe he wants more game time.

WhitecapTiger · Post by **WhitecapTiger** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:40 pm

I for one will be sorry to see him go, but can't really blame him after the lack of chances given to him last season.

Maybe if it's unconfirmed it's not true

Trout 63 · Post by **Trout 63** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:41 pm

IMHO

Ollie's not really fulfilled his potential and is nowhere near the player he was 5 or 6 years back.

He'll be 26 this summer. For reasons well publicised, he's been having problems for a while and I don't believe this is something that can be layed at ML's door.

Change of scenery will hopefully be the catalyst that he and his career needs.

I've now got my hard hat on ...

Former Prop · Post by **Former Prop** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:44 pm

I thought this had been confirmed some time back.

Ollie was talking about it openly at the players awards night, so it didn't seem like a big secret.

WhitecapTiger · Post by **WhitecapTiger** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:46 pm

I for one will be sorry to see him go, but can't really blame him after the lack of chances given to him last season.

Maybe if it's unconfirmed it's not true

dailywaffle · Post by **dailywaffle** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 4:08 pm

Former Prop wrote:I thought this had been confirmed some time back.

Ollie was talking about it openly at the players awards night, so it didn't seem like a big secret.

Yes, old and confirmed news.

eales92 · Post by **eales92** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:02 pm

I never rated him too be fair. He wasn't particularly impressive for the Saxons, and hasn't been for the Tigers.

Erinle should be in the Saxons over Smith

Ben the Tiger · Post by **Ben the Tiger** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:05 pm

WhitecapTiger wrote:I for one will be sorry to see him go, but can't really blame him after the lack of chances given to him last season.

Maybe if it's unconfirmed it's not true

It's true trust me. He could pull out of it but he won't.

dailywaffle · Post by **dailywaffle** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:30 pm

eales92 wrote:I never rated him too be fair. He wasn't particularly impressive for the Saxons, and hasn't been for the Tigers.

Erinle should be in the Saxons over Smith

I must say that he really was all over the shop against the USA. A shame, but clearly needs a fresh start somewhere.

chandler262827 · Post by **chandler262827** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:33 pm

WhitecapTiger wrote:I for one will be sorry to see him go, but can't really blame him after the lack of chances given to him last season.

13 starts at 13,
2 starts at 12,
4 matches on the bench,
12 matches not playing.

Is that really a lack of chances?

Agreed Trout, I think Ollie should have gone last year when he was thinking about it. He looks stale and disinterested, and I'd love to see him rejuvenated and back to his best - for this he needs to move on. I wish him all the best.

Capricorn · Post by **Capricorn** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:33 pm

Saxons game
Ollie Smith mentioned 5 times
3 missed tackles
1 superb pass
1 awful pass ,intercepted by oppositoion.
No, he is not top class.