: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:22 am  

Sam Tomkins replaced an uninjured Tim Smith. Did it work??? Did against Bradford but not against Leeds.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:57 am  

Red Devil 09 wrote:

Sam Tomkins replaced an uninjured Tim Smith. Did it work??? Did against Bradford but not against Leeds.

worked against quinns and bradford but not against a very good leeds team who i think will win everything this year apart from wcc what has smith done

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:21 am  

Parklanered wrote:

Tbh I,ve not been overly impressed with any of the new signings. Swain done ok but the rest don't seem to be settling in as of yet.

I would stick with Smith at the moment as we are only a month into the new season and see how he progresses.

As James has said the new players should be judged at the end of the season.

Agree completely with this post. Prior to the Saints game the majority of the team looked disinterested, and we can't drop all of them. I do wonder whether this debate and all of the negative feeling towards Smith is due to his lack of effort/ability or because it means Ratchford isn't getting a game or is being played on the wing? I'm not defending Smith as with the exception of Malc's defence I don't think anyone has done anything of note this season, but anyone who thinks we'd be more competitive with a rookie half back combination needs their head felt.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:26 am  

what has smith done[/quote]

Both Smiths at Wigan and Salford are underperforming, and Wigans Smith gets dropped as a result.

Perhaps give our Smith one more chance on Friday night to see if he is worth his pay.

Come on the Reds, lets do them Pie Eaters!

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:00 pm  

Red Devil 09 wrote:

if they have a bad game, then drop them to the bench

We'd need a MASSIVE bench?!

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:50 pm  

Smith did well against Celtic (two try assists) but since then he's been disappointing. Having watched him a few times he seems to drift in an out of games and has long spells where he goes very quiet. I wonder if this is down to match fitness and not playing much last year at Souths?

He certainly needs to 'up the anty' for me or he will lose his place to Ratchford!