Stop trying to justify a ridiculous decision!

Smith didnt do much wrong today but the MOTM decision was ridiculous.

i thought his kicking game was the key today in smiths performance, he found touch on several occasions and kept turning celtic around and in them conditions he executed his kicks perfectly.

some of his passes, i made a comment to my mate that when smith is on our attack seems to flow more, and he dummied me at one point where amos scored, i didnt have a clue where the ball was until roberts got it because smithy confused me!

Same. I actually groaned at that, because I thought he'd done a typical Wigan thing, got his speed up and then offloaded to someone standing still. Turns out he didn't.

Seems like Tim Smith can do nothing right with some people - his range of passing today offered Wigan a different dimension in attack actually guiding players through gaps (I'd forgotten what that was like since Barrett left) and his kicking game wasn't half bad either.

If he can repeat the performance against a better side and leave the turnstile defence at home then I will be more than happy.

Same here. Lets just hope that he is not just a flat track bully.

Theres no doubt in my mind that Smith with ball in hand is the best in the league

We just need his mind on the job and his defence sorted

I thought Smith looked like a much improved player. His defence on his own looked a bit better but I thought that him being between Gleeson and OLoughlin helped him greatly.

Even though he played next to Bailey when he was at centre previously, Gleeson has the advantage of being able to position himself very well from lots of experience at Centre and very rarely left Smith stranded.

If that style of protecting continues Smith can be a very good attacking threat along side Tomkins (Who I noticed seemed to impose himself more on the game today, maybe more freedom alongside Smith??).

That way we have Smith and Tomkins as very creative Halfbacks and Leuluai and Piggy (who looks to be settling more now) in Dummy Half.

He can't make a break. Of course his hands are good but he needs another dimension in his game to keep the opposition guessing. Add to that he is Wigan's worst tackler. He is very good at pointing, though.

What do people think about the team next week? Do you think Nobby can drop Smith?

I think if he is picking players on their last game, he has to remain in the team. The only change i would make is drop Phelps, with Richards to full back and Ainscough coming back in on the wing.