Roosters star Brandon Smith has issued a strongly-worded response after it emerged he had angered followers after his aspect’s heavy loss to the Storm.
After taking place 30-16, Smith was noticed laughing and catching up along with his former Melbourne teammates after taking part in his first recreation after a nine-week sideline stint attributable to a damaged finger.
According to The Daily Telegraph’s Paul Crawley, Smith’s jovial post-match method enraged some rusted on Roosters followers after one other disappointing efficiency.
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To make issues worse, Trent Robinson’s aspect now sits in 14th with solely seven wins to their names and their possibilities of making the finals slim to none.
Speaking on the Jam and Cheese podcast, Smith defined he was merely glad to be again on the sector and was additionally excited to meet up with a few of his closest buddies.
“I guess it is not ideal to be happy after a loss like that, especially with the season on the line,” Smith stated.
“But those guys I am talking to, I have genuine love for those guys. I’ve just got through a footy game, I haven’t played in nine weeks and I get to see my best mates.
“I’m having a laugh, at the end of the day footy is your job and my life, I would like to be happy with my life.
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“If I can’t enjoy moments with my mates after a game you can pretty much go and get f****d.”
Crawley, who wrote the article Smith was responding to, defined why having amusing after a poor efficiency wasn’t a “good look”.
“I watched it on Saturday night… it caught my eye that he was sitting out there and their season had just crashed and burned,” Crawley stated.
“Having a good old chinwag with his former mates from Melbourne, and to be honest it didn’t bother me… but I know some Roosters fans who it did bother.
“I guess what I took out of what Brandon just said is the fact he said ‘footy is my job’.
“I think sometimes the players need to read the room and understand the majority of the fans that follow this club through thick and thin, after what had happened in that game.
“To be on the field joking around is just not a good look. I know the players have changed… times have changed, but in this instance even save it for the room after the game.”
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“I think next time in hindsight, Smithy would just go in the dressing rooms, he can go and have a beer and sit in there for 20 minutes,” league legend Gorden Tallis added.
“But it is sort of rubbing salt in the wounds.”
Meanwhile The Daily Telegraph’s David Riccio was of a unique opinion and pointed to the footage of the Roosters within the dressing room.
He defined the imaginative and prescient proved that Smith alongside his teammates have been visibly shattered with their possibilities of making the highest eight slipping via their grasp.
“I think we have come to learn that Brandon Smith is a little bit of a different character, and so I don’t have a massive problem with it,” Riccio stated.
“I’ll tell you why, because I have got the image in my head of the dressing room of which Fox Sports were able to capture, it looked like a morgue.
“There I saw Brandon Smith, he was shattered there. Catching up with ex-teammates, I don’t have a big problem with it.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
