Yes he may have put on weight and lost a smidgin of pace but its his enthusiasm that he brings to the team, as well as his ability to come up with the big play that endears him to me and the rest of the fans and dare i say the rest of the playing squad.

He seems to have being carrying a knock / injury for a few weeks now but is still prepared to do a job for us and for that you cant fault him.

Smith remains the 2nd best winger at the club (possibly third if BJB were here).

Smith remains the third best winger at the club.

Smith remains the third best centre at the club.

That said, his utility value is priceless and he does have a knack of coming up with big plays in big games.

Pace was never his asset. It's a fallacy that the lad ever had blinding pace. He didn't.

Not that's ever accuse you of contradicting yourself, but thats up there with Gotcha.



He never had brilliant pace, but always had great feet and could beat a man

Nice to see that you now agree with me that Jones-Bishop could play on the wing, although I'm not sure I'd place him above Hall and Donald in the position let alone Smith..... (just in case)

he's been injured for about a month. Not put weight on and is just as quick. Think a good rl pre season is what he needs. Smiths strongest part of his game as G1 pointed out is that he is a big game player and has the big plays in him.

Did anyone see what happened when Gilmour knocked on just in front of the line when he should have easily scored early on?

Smith was the first person over to him, he picked him up and give him a pat on the back, Gilmour did the same and they had a little cuddle

Well done to both of them, obviously no hard feelings and they just like a bit of biff when required on the field just like Barrie & Fielden.