Re: George Williams. : Tue May 25, 2021 8:28 pm  

WalterWizard wrote:

could always get Castleford to sign him on loan as a marque player until the end of the season to get him used to working with Daryl Powell!!!!!

If he worked with Powell for 10 minutes he would go backwards at an alarming rate

Re: George Williams. : Tue May 25, 2021 8:53 pm  

Paul Youane wrote: Garden decking man was spouting off, aimed at Wilkin, that he had the money for two import signings available but nobody to spend it on. Throw it all at Williams for the rest of this season on a short term deal with Leigh and Williams can then go where he was planning to anyway next year. Brian Carney agrees with you. https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... rl-release

Paul Youane wrote: Garden decking man was spouting off, aimed at Wilkin, that he had the money for two import signings available but nobody to spend it on. Throw it all at Williams for the rest of this season on a short term deal with Leigh and Williams can then go where he was planning to anyway next year. Brian Carney agrees with you. https://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/ ... rl-release

Re: George Williams. : Tue May 25, 2021 8:57 pm  

I'd be surprised if we'd be anything but leverage for Williams' agent. He only counts for £75k on the cap at Wigan, which is where I expect him to sign for.

Re: George Williams. : Tue May 25, 2021 9:24 pm  

Poky wrote:

If he worked with Powell for 10 minutes he would go backwards at an alarming rate

Can we just ban this troll?

Re: George Williams. : Tue May 25, 2021 9:28 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

James Graham spoke well on this on NRL 360 this morning basically saying when he went to Australia you plan getting your family over to see you and you coming home in the off season but with Covid none of them things have been able to happen. The same thing happened with Bateman where he wasn't able to see his daughter last year because of Covid.

Anyway, I'd love us to break the bank for Williams. He was, for me, the best halfback in the competition when he left and he'll be even better now. I'd sooner him than Trueman.

Agreed I think I would overall have Williams over Trueman, both exceptional talents but I think Williams just has the edge of more of a complete player at the moment. Although, I can only see Williams going to Wigan unfortunately!

Re: George Williams. : Tue May 25, 2021 9:30 pm  

Austin all ready holds a marquee spot and it’s looks like he will not be here next year, so the options are pay him off and let him go home now and then bring Williams in, yes he is going to be expensive no doubt but players of his ability are not around that often and we should go full out to get him, only reason it won’t happen it won’t be because Wigan offer more money it will just be the fact that he wants to go back their.

Re: George Williams. : Tue May 25, 2021 9:37 pm  

Honestly, if we don't get williams i won't lose any sleep over it to be fair.

Re: George Williams. : Wed May 26, 2021 7:32 am  

karetaker wrote:

Austin all ready holds a marquee spot and it’s looks like he will not be here next year, so the options are pay him off and let him go home now and then bring Williams in, yes he is going to be expensive no doubt but players of his ability are not around that often and we should go full out to get him, only reason it won’t happen it won’t be because Wigan offer more money it will just be the fact that he wants to go back their.

If you pay a player off he will still count on the cap, the only way you can remove them from the cap is to transfer them to another club.

So an option would be to offer one of our marquee players to Leigh - should they be interested , who apparently have the money and cap space.

Re: George Williams. : Wed May 26, 2021 7:48 am  

Please develop your own players rather than buying all ours, please haha!


Obviously GW would prefer to come back to Wigan but with Widdop and Austin likely off at the end of the year and your financial power you could blow our offer out of the water.

Like some have said GW is leagues ahead of Truman. Worth breaking the bank over.

Re: George Williams. : Wed May 26, 2021 10:08 am  

Looks like Wigan by the end of the week or shortly after, not surprising really.