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Re: Sam Williams : Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:12 am  
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Was he not the only one to kick a 40/20 for us last year?


It was Williams with 2 and Grix with 1 (surprised with that)
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Re: Sam Williams : Fri Apr 06, 2018 11:19 am  
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I'm not sure really.
Chesters quote at the time was "Sam will bring a wealth of experience and a good kicking game,"
"He is a great signing for the club, a big coup and a number of Super League clubs were chasing his signature."

And for the fans, this makes him the next Wally Lewis, which he was never going to be.

He certainly had some great games for us and went under the radar with numbers of assists but he did little for Catalan in his short spell there and when expectations are so high, the player is on a hiding to nothing.

The real issue here is the scarcity of decent halves and the top #6 & #7 just dont come over here or, they cost more that clubs like Trinity can afford.


I get all that but my point was he went home because of either his or our coaching staffs decision not the opinion of fans.
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Re: Sam Williams : Fri Apr 06, 2018 4:33 pm  
Sam is a great HB in the NRL, he was good for us but we play the game differently, I expect both parties came to the same conclusion.
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Re: Sam Williams : Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:10 pm  
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I get all that but my point was he went home because of either his or our coaching staffs decision not the opinion of fans.


Agreed, it's a good job the fans dont decide who stays and who goes, it would be an interesting experiment and there are some "great" coaches on here, so it wouldnt be too hard to find one :D
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Re: Sam Williams : Sat Apr 07, 2018 3:37 am  
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Played well for Canberra until he was injured

I liked Sam when he was here, a little too much expectation on his shoulders from some fans but he played well, really well in some games.

Tbh though against the Bulldogs I thought he was pretty average, Aidan Sezer on the other had run the show with his passing and pinpoint kicking. When you watch Canberra play there is so much less onus for him to be the man like there is in SL because he's surrounded by other quality players who can kick, pass and put players through gaps. In the games I've seen him play this season, which is 3, never once have I thought, he looks a better player than he was for us, still got the same game and that's no bad thing.
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Re: Sam Williams : Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:12 am  
Thought he was a good player for us, but never really got too much of a chance.

It has been said many times that new partnerships take time to gel, and sometimes more so if one of those players is an overseas player.

Considering he probably played less games than Miller and Finn, to lead the way on try assists and 40/20s is a testimony to his talents.

I mentioned prior to the Cas game about a team who were defending against him last year and how every time he had the ball, he was surrounded by opposing shirts. They obviously realised the threat he posed.

At the time I was sorry to see him go but hopefully Hampshire can shine in the halves with Miller for a long time to come, and who knows maybe on a lower contract
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Re: Sam Williams : Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:15 am  
I agree. I think with another year under his belt he could have really taken us somewhere this year.
But sometimes it just doesn't work out.
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