As a Wakefield fan and a rugby fan I'm afraid your club is getting short changed from this half back he really is not good enough apart from an odd good kick .

Once again failing to take control on the last. Passing to the deck and blowing a massive overlap.

It's thus far a standard Smith half.

A club as big as yours should be getting better if you had a player like Danny brough Leeds would not of won the treble last year

I don't think he is anything more than a solid pro. Tonight though I think Powell is the problem. He looks tired and we need some bodies back to give him a rest. Powell's distribution has been poor often putting Smith in a difficult situation as he's not getting good ball.

Smith needs to step up and take control and not go missing Wigan need a leader not someone who is playing hide and seek. The only reason he has ever been an international is because he wears a Wigan shirt now it's time he started playing like a Wigan player

That bloomin' virus is cropping it's ugly head up again. I hope Wigan get shut of it at half-time.

Must be reading this lol

How big a bell end do you feel now?

Wigan fans know he hasn't been good enough but i would still take him over Finn any day of the week. You will see a different Smith when he has Williams and Tomkins running off him.

Never once have I compared him to Finn . How old are you what are you going to post next my dad's bigger than yours . Idiot . The only reason you won tonight was wane getting to the ref . Watch it back later if you don't need to be up for school lol

If you honestly believe that last statement you know very little about this sport.

Bateman was the reason we won tonight. Smith had a good last 15 but we should have had that game closed out long before that given the field position we had.

Batemans just incredible.

I have to hand it to Smith. I was fuming with his first half performance but he really got it together after the break. We still need far more from him and he can't control a game for his life at the moment without those pivots of Tomkins, Williams and Lockers round him but he showed plenty of guts to dig it out.

He's crying out to fade back in to the background when those lads are back and to get back to just doing the basics without any heat on him. I suppose a Wigan scrum half should produce more but he plays within his limits around better players and completes a solid job.

Matty Smith is currently the worst half back in the league. He is a player who has the experience to direct his players and put himself in positions that allow him to manage the game better however apart from 2 drop goals, 3 conversions and a try today he was terrible. I think Wigan need a new halfback for next year as he isn't quality enough for you IMO.
John Bateman however was the best player on the pitch and I am looking forward to seeing plenty more from him.

Why do Wakey fans think that we a rivals all of a sudden because they beat us? I respect your input on another teams players but to come on here in the middle of a match and ridicule somebody before the game has finished is ridiculous.

And my dad probably is bigger than yours. He is 6ft 6" although he is at the age now where he is wilting a little. And i don't 'lol' because i am 31. What does it even mean? i have heard a few different things. 'lot's of laughs' 'laugh out loud' ' lots of love' 'love off Leeds'

That sounds a bit like saying a striker in football had a stinker apart from his hatrick but I know what you mean.

Smith is drowning in expectation at points. He isn't good enough to run games when he's missing his halfback partner, his full back, his hooker and his ball playing loose forward but when he's alongside them he can just do the basics and tick us over.