Smith retiring from football..

Sad news. He was a good player, and put in plenty of decent performances for us before that nasty injury.
 
It is sad news. He always gave his all as a pro - and obviously tried so hard to battle back to plkay.
I think we can all better appreciate now why the manager doesn't pile extra pressure and expectation on players that are longterm injured. Tommy Smith must have worked so hard for so long.
I wonder if he will now go into the media having been a really interesting and insightful pundit on 5Live this season.
Am sure we all wish him the very best wishes for the season and thank him so much for his commitment on the pitch and through his attempts to regain full fitness.
 
Good luck Tommy with the next stage of your life and thank you for helping the Boro.
 
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PramRamp said:
I think that's a big part of why Carrick liked him, his undoubted influence on others around him.

His influence on the team was greater than the sum of his parts physically and technically, I'd say we have have the opposite problem with most of our players currently, especially in defence. Fry and Dijksteel have everything physically and technically to be mainstays and highly influential members of the squad but rarely lead, lift or galvanise those around them, and are prone to the odd lapse or screw up in themselves.

We really lack that extra bit of experience, nastiness, nous, organisation etc that you expect the senior pros to bring, both bedding in youngsters and new signings, or an arm round the shoulder / boIIocking on field if the in game management situation demands it.
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I think you nailed it there, his leadership skills and constant talking to others made him an integral part of the team. We have missed this since his injury.

It must be hard for any pro to call time on your career due to injury. I hope he goes on to bigger and better things.
 
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