I agree Tim Smith is not in the top half dozen half backs, but he has plenty of tries in him.
Its unbelievable that he is being pinpointed as the problem. Which other players were destroying the opposition and setting tries up at will. At least smith looked like doing something. Perhaps teach some of our lorded outside backs to come and look for an inside pass. There is more to life guys than standing outwide waiting for the ball, and when they do get the ball outwide they don't need to try and score off each play, something Feleti could have learned tonight.
You know what I thought Luke Burt would never get back in the side, but the more he is gone the more I see we miss him. He lacks the physical individual brilliance of the others, but you know what he has is a football brain. He gives options to Tim, at the moment the others just stand out wide. They are talented footballers our outside backs, but smart footballers no. Burt will support all day and will chase little grubbers.
Tim Smith is trying hard and comes up with the goods at times, but every halfback I have seen bar Joey needs his team to play well around him.
The silliest thing about the whole timmy argument is quite simply that there is no way he should be dropped because he isn't going that bad, and more importantly there is no one else in the club at his level. Premier league is going soooo well. Finch and Mateo in the halves the mind boggles.
Come on eels fans lets try this one on for a while. How about some rational thought and steady support for our team. We have lost 4 of our last 7 or 4 of our last 5, but we are in each game. Worst loss was 8 points, so we are not far away. Perhaps some postives might help our boys.
We just continue our tradition as the most fickle fans in the NRL.
