parra pete said:
He's not the worst, not by a long shot, but he is NOT as GOOD as the wraps would have you believe.
He is in the bottom rung of half backs in the NRL....But, that is only MY OPINION...I am not infallible, and probably not a good judge. I have seen a lot come and go, some excite me some don't. I'm afraid Tim Smith is one who doesn't excite me.
He has a good kicking game, occasionally, his defence leaves a lot to be desired and he rarely makes a break. Not nippy enough in general play. I hope I'm wrong, and I hope he proves me wrong. But as I said it is just MY opinion....
I just think sometimes you are a little hard on him, he took the team to the minor premiership last year, Rookie of the year, Most try assists and he did all that behind a forward pack that wasn't that great IMO. Hindy, Fui and Morrsion were great but i think the rest were solid at best.
This year we have been even worse and it is taking its toll on all our backs.......our forwards need to learn to run straight and hit harder in defence!!!!
Last week was Timmy's poorest game since he started, i also think that coincided with our forward packs worst game for 2 years......as you would know Pete, no halfback can operate without decent go forward.......if you watched the second half of the cows/knights game today you would have seen that not even Johns was effective with forwards who were not making metres.........do you expect a 21 year old to be better?
You are entitled to your opinion of course and i respect that, it is just my opinion that you are a little critical of him that's all.......is it that you may have been supporting the Eels for so long that you do not want to have your hopes pinned on someone who may get us that premiership we have been waiting on so long?
Cause if that is a reason i wouldn't blame you one little bit. Or you may just really not like him, which is fair enough, no offence though, i hope he wins you over cause if he doesn't then that means that we are in for more heartache
