Re: Harry Smith : Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:48 am  

NSW wrote:

Great kicks
Great support play
Great vision
Pace
Takes the line on well
Goal kicking

Obviously terrible opposition today but he’s got the skills and needs to do it on a more consistent basis.

Stick with him.

Was worried what I would have posted but glad I came away unscathed.

Nobody dig up any posts where I thought Josh Woods would be a great Wigan half back though

Re: Harry Smith : Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:27 pm  

It looks like my post was the last one on the subject before it gathered dust and it looks to be one of the few things I post that works out well- ‘Patience, a better pack and a new coach will see him gain confidence and will help him get there’ and he’s got there! He is a shining example of not writing young players off too soon, without taking in to account numerous factors. I must admit I probably didn’t think then that he’d end up playing this well, this soon, but it’s fantastic to see.

Re: Harry Smith : Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:11 pm  

[Gareth] wrote:

Simply not.good enough

Another proved wrong and happy to admit it

Re: Harry Smith : Wed Dec 06, 2023 2:45 pm  

Yep, interesting reading this back.

Happily proven wrong.

Re: Harry Smith : Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:29 pm  

Had a quick look, don't think I commented at the time
I'll tell you honestly what I thought/said to mates at the time

I would have said :-

I'm not sure on him, he does lots of good things, but does a lot of awful things at terrible times is games
But I'm not going to judge him at this point under this coach and at the club the way it is at this time with a young beaten pack, and older pack members who are either rubbish or not playing for various reasons

Now
From early 2022 he's been very good 8 or 9/10 90% of the time and his last 4/5 months from around mid July to the end of the regular season and the internationals he's been 9/10 virtually every week
As I said on another thread previously when he was getting pelters at times, Field/French may be better players, but Harry Smith is without a doubt our most important and influential

Re: Harry Smith : Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:38 pm  

Don't think I posted much on this thread but if anyone was having a moan about anything in 2021 I wouldn't blame them - that season drained the life out of everything Wigan RL.