All three players involved in that incident have league clubs, if we hadn’t taken Smith I’m sure someone else would have.
Ranger has done one dumb thing, after another, after another. His record in the lower leagues has been ok but way off being good enough to surely think about taking a risk on him.
The, at that time Manager's son, had his contract terminated, and then spent 8 months clubless before signing Non-Contract with high-flying Barnet. He made just a handful of league appearances in the next 3 years before being snapped-up by ambitious Macclesfield this pre-season. He has now nearly trebled his league appearance totals. Either he was deeply affected by the incident, or, no-one would touch him with a barge-pole, or, he was useless.
Strangely, his father's Managerial career has been less than mercurial since that incident.
The other of the trio had already been playing on loan at Sc***horpe, so, was, not surprisingly, signed by them when he was released by Leicester. Sc***horpe accepted offers for him at various time during his 3 year stay there, but, he consistently refused to move. Eventually, he went when they didn't renew his contract. Now out long-term injured..... (nothing sinister about the dot-dot-dot).
Smiffy, though, is a bench-warmer at Bristol, and may well be about to move to the North-East to get regular football (all-be-it by dropping into non-League).
So, maybe you are right, maybe I'm right, maybe we are both right.
Who can tell what happens when a club signs a "bad-'un". What is a "bad-'un"? We all need a "Robin Friday" to brighten up our dismal lives. But, do we need a
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/man-utd-memphis-depay-rooney-15158492 ?
It takes a special kind of manager to get the best out of those wrong-'uns. Wilder did it. And, I trust Curle to do the same. Curle will not allow a "<expletive-deleted>" to upset the dressing room. But, there are some extremely talented players out there who just need the right kind of guidance.