Who cares because when we see him in the first team, he is often our best forward.

I agree with 99% of that, But, if Tim picks up the form he showed in his Parramatta days then i say offer him a new contract, if he rejects then we go for someone like Dobson, who has a quality kicking game, which IMO we are lacking this season. IF, and it's a big IF, we have the cap room I would go after Moi Moi, imagine Feka, Hock, Riddell and Moi Moi on the bench, that would scare the life out of any team.

Moi Moi won't get a visa.

We need more of a leader as well otherwise we might as well just get Lynch. Petro is one of the more viable options imo.

Lynch is a good call, don't think we'll get Petro, he'll want a huge chunk of the cap

Just feel Smith (But who knows) won't want to be at Wigan for another season.

If Prescott is ready maybe he deserves a call up, but doesn't Pryce? Only 17 spots..

Moi Moi on the interchange with Feka would be awesome. But where does this leave the likes of Prescott and O Carroll with Feka and Fielden already in the team? I would love Moi Moi, but maybe the buck would be better spent on a good HB to play with Sam and a top quality centre.

when smith learns to tackle properly he will be a valuable asset to this wigan team

Fielden will leave next season anyway if he doesnt start performing.

so sam tomkins dont go out does he, amos roberts was out last week maybe we should drop him aswell ey, stupid

We could interchange O'Carrol and Prescott on the bench, if they are performing on the pitch we could give them a perminent place in the starting line-up

Thought Fielden was here till late 2010?

Would keep him on a much reduced contract or sell him. Would be interesting to see what we could get with the cap freed up by

Fielden
Mathers
Phelps
Coley
Smith
Bailey
dare I say Goulding?

I reckon keep the same as last week - There's no point in throwing Sam T in straight away against Bradford - Bradford are a big pack, they will tire after the second half... Thats when he should put Sam in, maybe even 5-10 minutes later than he did against Quins.

Smiths defence is terrible - In London, I watched him prepare for a tackle and then back out at the last minute - It's a shame because he can be a quality player & can produce an awsome pass - But his defence is shocking, that's gonna be his downfall

I am staggered how some people can defend having Tim Smith in the side. He is a shadow of his former self, I do not care what he has won in the past so far at Wigan he has not produced the goods. He has looked absolutely awful in defense his positioning is out of place, his tackling technique is ridiculous for a halfback and his general fitness does not look up to scratch. He is a big weak link in our defense and teams will continue to exploit this all season. It infuriates me when I see him shouting and screaming at the rest of the team when he is the one who is letting players get passed him!

I appreciate people do not want to rush Sam Tomkins but I do not think we are rushing him at all in fact I think the opposite we have been far too slow to bring him into the first team. He needs more game time and seems to thrive on the expectation put on him. He is also very solid in defense as was evident against Harlequins. We looked a far better team with Smith off the field and Sam Tomkins on it. I don't care what age he is, if we're a better team with Sam Tomkins on the field then he should start next week against Bradford. He's ready.

As for Smith IMO he needs a few extra sessions with Mike Forshaw as he does not look fit enough to play consistently for 80 minutes. He needs a lot more work on his tackling technique and we'll see how it goes from there. I'm sure there is a good player in Tim Smith somewhere but so far there has been little evidence of this and it's something we need to address to benefit both Wigan and Tim Smith. He's had a long time out of the game so I'm willing to accept to a certain extent but some of the tackles he's made this season have been shocking and he seems very rusty in that department and unfit. Something which can be fixed and IMO we should give him a couple of weeks out to address these issues, Sam Tomkins is more than capable of filling in for him until Tim Smith is ready for first team action again but until then he should not be playing next week.