Quote sally cinnamon="sally cinnamon"I don't see anything special in Matty Smith. He's ok that's it. It's a shame a club like Wigan doesn't have any halfbacks coming through its junior ranks like we do with Gareth O'Brien.
Matty Smith's not even been as good for Salford as Myler and Ratchford were - he's the type of signing that I would associate with a club like Huddersfield or Warrington maybe but Wigan? Seems a bit like Man United trying to sign Stewart Downing or something.'"
I know you're simply trying to get a reaction, but for what it's worth Wigan have Sam Powell who partnered O'Brien in the halves for the England Academy side and was last years under 20's player of the year. However, players generally do struggle to break into the first team when they have a broken leg.
And as Rogues said, we have two academy international halfbacks and had another one last year who's unfortunately been out injured for around a year.
Then there's Mellor at Widnes, who isn't as good as O'Brien admittedly, but then serious injuries do funny things to players.
When it comes to halfbacks, it's fair to say we aren't too jealous of Warrington at this moment in time.
