Wigan_forever1985 wrote:Matty smith did not carry the team when the injury crisis hit he went missing in several matches I've never seen as many forwards kick a ball in my life as when williams was out.
He still has all the faults he had before tomkins and williams return the difference is they are doing a lot more of the work and making him look better
however TL is not the answer either too old and too many hard matches under his belt. He was better for us at hooker than he was at scrum half.
I agree with this 100%. Perhaps (and this is hard to type as it suggests Wane knows a bit about coaching
...) Wane is also aware of his limitations and so is giving the other players the responsibility.
So for me a player (as someone else said) who has a bit of pace and a step in addition to what attributes Smith has would be a huge improvement.
It wouldn't be TL though even if you wound the clock back 5 years because I think people forget he was criticised for having no kicking game and wasn't considered the perfect 7 either.
I suppose if you could wind the clock back it would be interesting to see which of Smith or TL was better for Wigan despite neither being perfect. I suspect it might be TL.
I loved watching TL run at defences (could be unstoppable) and tackle players like Micky Mac but I'd be wary of signing him again at this stage of his career.