Quote: bren2k "It's obtuse in the extreme to pin our current woes on Tim Smith; he remains one of the best ball handlers in SL, but has a particular skill-set that requires the players around him to do their part. Paul Sykes was a superb foil for him - he was a runner with a good, mature head and an instinctive understanding of the game - and his extreme strength and physical fitness meant that if a play broke down, he could take the line on, absorb a tackle and reset the play. Smith can't do that, and Miller is like a headless chicken - he has none of the attributes of Sykes and doesn't free Smith up to do what he does best.
Couple that with our inability to field a proper pack for most of the year and the MIA status of Danny Kirmond, who scored a stack by running the right lines to exploit Smith's thread-needle passes, and he ends up looking like a fish out of water.'"
Seen so much Smith abuse this season but you've hit the nail on the head. Tim Smith is the most talented halfback we've had since Brough [he's not as flash as Brough though], Smith has proven his class over a lot of wakefield games over the past two seasons, it's already proven with the right players he can create and organise the plays that score us points. Shame the players he have around him this season are about as willing and organised as a bunch of fleas. Wait, that would be rude to fleas.
