Cannot defend to save his life.

Smith's attempted tackle on Ferres for the try was nothing short of (and I hate to use this word) cowardly, at one point it looked like a clip from 'Strictly Come Dancing'.

He just stayed down for ages after that try while everyone walked off under the posts. Not a good sign.

I know stand offs aren't known for being the best defenders but Smith is just taking the p"ss.

Neither can Lee Briers or Sean Long but they won't get the same amount of stick that Tim Smith gets.

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Doesn't make it anymore acceptable though does it?

But TBH Sean Long and Lee Briers are better than Tim Smith in defense.

The difference being Long and Briers create things for their clubs. Last night Tim Smith just ponced about waving his arms everywhere, missing tackles and doing nothing going forward aside from a few poor kicks.

Before we signed Tim Smith, there were always potential issues with him defending outwide. He used to defend much further in at Parra. Also, our defence is extremely slow to slide out and our opposition are getting outside us with alarming regularity, this isn't helping us out wide. Things didn't change on that right side when he switched with Leuluai.

He does a cracking impersonation of a windmill!

They both kick better , organise better, are quicker and show more commitment to their team and teamates than Smith.

To quote Bilko:



Second this.

Thirded

His defence is awful

Has the guy been taking lessons of Mathers

Is it down to poor technique, no bottle or both

The last tackle options last night were perhaps the worst I've ever seen from a Wigan team (and I remember Wendy Whitfield being our playmaker). DUMB plays - kicking out on the full, hoofing it more or less straight over the dead ball line and when they actually decided to run it they did so when aboslutely nothing was on and there was no support. The halves look absolutely lost at the moment and why the holy feck Tomkins can't be given a run with Tommy going to hooker I have no idea at all.