Smid looked excellent when he first arrived from Mulletville. He added much-needed grit to a defense corps that looked very weak (Butler – nuff said). He made Shane O'Brien redundant which was a massive positive in the long run. Picking up Smid looked like a very shrewd move.
Then last season he look gawdawful. He seemed a step behind & made a lot of blunders. The grit was gone. It looked like he wanted to use his strength, but it just wasn't available to him.
Any ideas why this might have been the case? It seemed like he lost a gear, but he's only 29 years old. Was it injury, illness, personal stuff?
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