Will Alan Smith ever score again?

It's not looking likely, im gonna opt for no.

it seems he has lost all confidence and ability he ever had after fergie's tactical masterstroke

Your manager finished the man's career lrd

This must make u happy

I want to say no, but he'll then definitely score in the next 45 of this "football" match.

COTR wrote:it seems he has lost all confidence and ability he ever had after fergie's tactical masterstroke

Your manager finished the man's career lrd

This must make u happy

Makes me very happy, but i would dispute that far fetched claim of him once having any ability.

Some stats i found.

England appearences. Played 19 Goals 1 Yellows 1 Red 1

Newcastle games Played 26 goals 0 assists 0 yellows 8 reds 1



Also he hasnt scored in over 7 months.

he is the English kuyt

The highest insult I can pay him

COTR wrote:he is the English kuyt

The highest insult I can pay him

Kuyt doesn't go around sycthing opponents down though.

A Tribe Called TS™ wrote:

COTR wrote:he is the English kuyt

The highest insult I can pay him

Kuyt doesn't go around sycthing opponents down though.

Everton match vs Neville. Or are you not justifiably counting Neville as a footballer.

Lrd mate...His stats are horrible ! i remember you liked him and his fighting spirit not so long ago though.I told you VN was bad for Mu style of play but the thing is that the dutch scored a lot of goals at least..Smith seems to have a lot of fans but his stats are really bad for a supposed big talent and for a forward.

Typical expensive english overated talent.

COTR wrote:it seems he has lost all confidence and ability he ever had after fergie's tactical masterstroke

Your manager finished the man's career lrd

But (and this is a masterstroke) still managed to sell him for actual proper money. Fergie must have some compromising photos of other managers, the dross he manages to offload on them.

Roger Hunt wrote:

COTR wrote:it seems he has lost all confidence and ability he ever had after fergie's tactical masterstroke

Your manager finished the man's career lrd

But (and this is a masterstroke) still managed to sell him for actual proper money. Fergie must have some compromising photos of other managers, the dross he manages to offload on them.

It's the same with most of the big clubs though. Arsenal got 5 million for Diarra FFS, a player who had been at the club less than six months, not broken into the first team and cost less than half that when they bought him.

Where does the extra 3 million come from? Wenger employs some very good coaches, sure, but not to that extent.

Smith was actually pretty useful when he was at Leeds. Scored some big game goals, such as the winner in Rome against Lazio in the Champions League. Never blesswed with pace, but he worked very effectively with Viduka at Leeds.
Showed flashes of ability in his early career at United, scored a couple of good goals. I remember one in the Charity Shield against Arsenal as being a beauty.

Clearly his injury was the final nail in the coffin,

after all, lets not forget that he did finish off a peach of a goal against Roma in that 7-1 hammering.

Never likely to be the same player again though

14 and 0 againist him, ouch!

Senor Woody wrote:Smith was actually pretty useful when he was at Leeds. Scored some big game goals, such as the winner in Rome against Lazio in the Champions League. Never blesswed with pace, but he worked very effectively with Viduka at Leeds.
Showed flashes of ability in his early career at United, scored a couple of good goals. I remember one in the Charity Shield against Arsenal as being a beauty.

Clearly his injury was the final nail in the coffin,

after all, lets not forget that he did finish off a peach of a goal against Roma in that 7-1 hammering.

Never likely to be the same player again though

Or the one againist Norwich at OT, I feel dirty typing this, but it was a brilliant goal

I think the answer is, who cares?

Senor Woody wrote:Smith was actually pretty useful when he was at Leeds.

Loads of players were better at Leeds than they were at their next club.

That's something that has me puzzled for a while now.

Even Rio was better for us than he has been for United

Kewell, Mills, Bowyer, Robinson also never reached their Leeds level again...

Not sure Rio was better at Leeds?!

Also how would you account for Robbie Keane and Robbie Fowler?

shazlx wrote:

A Tribe Called TS wrote:

COTR wrote:he is the English kuyt

The highest insult I can pay him

Kuyt doesn't go around sycthing opponents down though.

Everton match vs Neville. Or are you not justifiably counting Neville as a footballer.

Bit of Both.

And Kuyt doesn't do it with such regularity.

Parks lives wrote:Not sure Rio was better at Leeds?!

Also how would you account for Robbie Keane and Robbie Fowler?

Keane was okay for us (but the important players were already jumping ship at that time IIRC), Fowler was totally over the hill anyway.

I guess it was a matter of balance and being surrounded by likeminded players to bring out the best in those who peaked at Leeds.

I think this is the 1st poll to be unanimous and Rio better at Leeds than at UTD is rubbish.

£7m great signing Big Sam. I saw Big Sam moaningon TV the other day about lack of funds but when you consider he spent £19 on Smith, Enrique and Barton (you could pretty much have Corluka, Elano and Petrov for the same amount) then he cant complain.

And to think people questioned Sven buying from abroad.

Sgoater1 wrote:£7m great signing Big Sam. I saw Big Sam moaningon TV the other day about lack of funds but when you consider he spent £19 on Smith, Enrique and Barton (you could pretty much have Corluka, Elano and Petrov for the same amount) then he cant complain.

And to think people questioned Sven buying from abroad.

I'm the 1st peson to vote yes

It'll be through an own goal though

The only way he will score is with one of Wayne Rooney's mature ladies.

I hope the two people who voted yes walk into a lampost tomorrow

L r d wrote:I hope the two people who voted yes walk into a lampost tomorrow

A Tribe Called TS wrote:

It'll be through an own goal though

You're badmind.

It disgusts me to know that his last goal was against Roma. So Im gonna go for a yes.

BM wrote:It disgusts me to know that his last goal was against Roma. So Im gonna go for a yes.

So when you play Newcastle?

It appears he indeed may never score again

Has he retired from the game?

Nope, finally a manager has come along who is not picking him at all in any squads.

COTR wrote:he is the English kuyt

The highest insult I can pay him

Kuyt has scored 5 times for you recently in the UEFA CL, hasn't he...?