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| I think it's harsh to make smith the scapegoat. Granted he's not a world class player but he is a decent scrum half who at the moment is obviously suffering from a lack of confidence the effect of which shouldn't be underestimated. I applaud him for having a go at the goal kicking, as it did last year for some reason it seems to be affecting his game. It's time to give the kicking to Charnley and hope for the best, let Smith concentrate on what he can do well. If in the future a top scrum half becomes available then I'd say thank you and good luck else where but at the moment he is the best option we've got. We are also missing our 1, 6 and 9 which puts huge pressure on Smith to compensate for their absence, we also lost SOL and has a kid who was playing second row for the 19's at stand off.
What cost us tonight was poor discipline and poor defence in the first half. The only player I would single out was Farrell, he was dumb tonight. The sin bin was the most blatant I've seen in a long time, he was lucky not to go to the bin again for the 8 point try and he was dumb for the obstruction, if he had carried on through the line regardless of making contact with the defender it would probably have been given, the fact he stopped and turned his back made it an easy decision for the VR.
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| I thought Smith played well tonight. He was far busier and involved himself far more. He easily outplayed Luke Gale who I thought had an absolute shocker (especially his kicking).
I heard some people bag Mossop after his first spell which was off the mark also because I thought he was our best forward early doors.
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| Put some pretty good grubbers in tonight. Was decent in a tough game.
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| Can't agree on Smith. His passing accuracy is shocking with runners having to either reach behind or check their runs to take a pass. He put a couple of decent kicks in and even if he was slightly better this week, overall he's not good enough, consistently enough.
I thought Mossop went ok but I think Crosby deserves a mention. After 6 months out that was a cracking 1st game back. Bateman is just a freak! Love watching him play.
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| A lot of the service to Smith tonight was shocking, hard to do much with the ball when you've got to reach below your ankles for it.
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| To be fair to Smith, according to the radio commentary he received a lot of pretty terrible passes, which doesn't help when you're trying to put your team on the front foot. And he did kick the goals!
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