Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:58 pm  

He's probably first or second in line to be England's half-back, so a bit better than run-of-the-mill. I'd say.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:16 pm  

moto748 wrote:

He's probably first or second in line to be England's half-back, so a bit better than run-of-the-mill. I'd say.

I agree. Class act, Wire have done good business.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:17 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

Who cares? I'm glad we haven't spunked most of our salary cap on him though. Run of the mill half back with a bit of pace. Tonnes of them about.

What £75k!!!

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:26 pm  

Sweaty Betty's wrote:

What £75k!!!

Does he get the extra 300k for free or do the club still have to pay it out of their budget?

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:28 pm  

Sweaty Betty's wrote:

I agree. Class act, Wire have done good business.

I must have slept through all these world class game changing games he had for us. All i remember is him being slated for not being good enough. All of a sudden he has morphed into Darren Lockyer.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:32 pm  

Good player but not a great one (certainly not one to spend 300k plus on) I would’ve been happy to have him but it’s not to be. The game needs stories sometimes and to have a pantomime villain to get stuck in to will add to the narrative of Wire/Wigan games next year and won’t do the fixture any harm.

I just hope there are funds available to say ‘we move on’ and strengthen the areas that need it urgently. If there are then those Wigan v Wire games could have some real spark next season.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:35 pm  

moto748 wrote:

He's probably first or second in line to be England's half-back, so a bit better than run-of-the-mill. I'd say.

Probably because the English halves are mostly god awful and England have a coach who would pick a side from the WN postcode if he wouldn't get any abuse for it.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:37 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

I must have slept through all these world class game changing games he had for us. All i remember is him being slated for not being good enough. All of a sudden he has morphed into Darren Lockyer.

He did have some top games and sometimes people wanted far too much from him but what I would say is that he’s a bit of a flat track player. I can recall some big performances in run of the mill games from him but not too many in big games. I always felt he was very cautious in semi finals, cup finals, grand finals etc.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 4:52 pm  

Let me put it another way. what does he do so much better as a half that lads like Richardson, Drinkwater and Lolohea can't do to warrant being paid so much more than them? I would genuinely like to know.

On another note, the lads that come over from Australia with their big reputations and even bigger ego's ALWAYS fail. It's the hidden gems like Carmont and Richards we need to be seeking out. What the hell happened to our scouting set up. I will do it Mr. Lenegan, give me a grand a week and i will find you a top player from one of the feeder leagues.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:03 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

Let me put it another way. what does he do so much better as a half that lads like Richardson, Drinkwater and Lolohea can't do to warrant being paid so much more than them? I would genuinely like to know.

On another note, the lads that come over from Australia with their big reputations and even bigger ego's ALWAYS fail. It's the hidden gems like Carmont and Richards we need to be seeking out. What the hell happened to our scouting set up. I will do it Mr. Lenegan, give me a grand a week and i will find you a top player from one of the feeder leagues.

Not that simple as players have to have played a certain number of NRL games or International games to qualify for a visa.