Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:05 pm  

apollosghost wrote:

This ^^
If we don't sort our front row out he's just going to be a luxury item that gets beaten up every week

And then gets slagged off for being crap

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:23 pm  

Apparently Williams has chosen to go to Warrington bloke on the other site in the know has posted this.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:25 pm  

jaws1 wrote:

Apparently Williams has chosen to go to Warrington bloke on the other site in the know has posted this.

yeah just seen this he seems to be quite in the know with what's going on. If it's true then so be we will move on

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 12:45 pm  

MattyB wrote:

It wouldn't be the end of the world if he didn't come back. We have bigger issues to sort first like our front row.

It would be disappointing but in reality we wouldn’t know any different given he’s been gone nearly 2yrs now. We’ll move on, as have done already.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:30 pm  

MattyB wrote:

It wouldn't be the end of the world if he didn't come back. We have bigger issues to sort first like our front row.

That's a bit harsh on Rogues, as I'm sure he'll be back posting stuff.
He might even be able to play prop!

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:37 pm  

jaws1 wrote:

Apparently Williams has chosen to go to Warrington bloke on the other site in the know has posted this.

Hes crap anyway

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 1:47 pm  

3 year deal with wire with 100k difference in salary compared to wigans offer apparently

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 2:16 pm  

If it's true and Williams has signed for Wire then it's disappointing to lose an obvious replacement for Hastings but it's not a massive disappointment. I might be forgetting someone but I'm pretty sure our record on bringing players back and them playing better for us than where they left is 0%. Obviously several have then gone on to play better for other teams. No reason to think Williams would have been any different although I'm still not sure why it seems to happen to us. Either way we're only in the same position we expected to be in at the start of the year.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 3:24 pm  

I'd be mortified if he signed for Wire. I think he is the best British halfback we have. We have first refusal on him and can pick him up with only £75K on the cap? Hastings and Leuluai going and potentially French?

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 13, 2021 3:41 pm  

cadoo wrote:

I'd be mortified if he signed for Wire. I think he is the best British halfback we have. We have first refusal on him and can pick him up with only £75K on the cap? Hastings and Leuluai going and potentially French?

I don’t know the terms of the agreement but even if we did have ‘first refusal’ surely it would only be if we are willing/able to match salaries being offered elsewhere. It will more likely be budget rather than salary cap and how that budget is to be used across the squad. I’d rather have a couple of quality props than Williams (would obviously prefer both).

It’s claimed elsewhere that Wire have offered 100k more than Wigan. If that is the case there’s only one place he is going and it hasn’t got a pier.