Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 10:26 am  

Wakefield are the latest club to enquire about him..

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 12:03 pm  

sir adrian morley wrote:

Wakefield are the latest club to enquire about him..

Richard Agar has ruled Leeds chances out of getting him ‘long term’ as they’ve been told Williams wants to live and play in the North West.

It’s Wigan or Warrington by the looks of things.

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 12:23 pm  

Reading between the lines, Williams options seem to be:

- Sign with Wigan right now for decent money

- Sign for Warrington for 2022 for huge money, but look elsewhere for a short-term option this season

Hopefully, he chooses the latter.

The third option is that we engineer a way for one of our half-backs to leave right now but that seems unlikely.

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 12:24 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Richard Agar has ruled Leeds chances out of getting him ‘long term’ as they’ve been told Williams wants to live and play in the North West.

It’s Wigan or Warrington by the looks of things.

So 'short term' Leeds for 2021 then 2022+ the Wire?

I'd be very surprised if he ended up anywhere else but Wigan, by the sounds of it we were in with a very good shout for 2022, I think the fact you can probably accommodate him immediately makes you very strong favourites now.

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 12:46 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

So 'short term' Leeds for 2021 then 2022+ the Wire?

I'd be very surprised if he ended up anywhere else but Wigan, by the sounds of it we were in with a very good shout for 2022, I think the fact you can probably accommodate him immediately makes you very strong favourites now.

Could well be. Interesting to see how it plays out. It’s a great signing for whoever gets him given his age and the fact you’ll probably have him for the rest of his career, which could be 8 years+. The fact he’s only cost us 75k on the cap makes it a no brainer for me but if we don’t have the money to push up to Wires offer, we don’t have the money. I hear a lot of our fans talking about the space we have and the 75k thing but without the money to spend it doesn’t matter.

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 12:51 pm  

Hardly a week ago we were wetting ourselves in the hope that Ben Truman would turn up in boot of Daryl Powell's car.

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 12:52 pm  

We could transfer out austin who is on marquee money I believe. And bring in Williams now.
It's not often a opportunity like this comes around. And I would go above steve price and do the deal and transfer now. Irrespective of what price thinks. If powell wants Williams next year. But he will only come of we can get him now. I'd make it happen. I would do whatever it takes to make it happen. So I would Ship austin off to leeds who needs a half back. And bring Williams in. Basically ship austin out someway to get William's in. Even if we de-register austin. Sit him out for the remaining 6 months of his contract if it means we get Williams in.

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 1:01 pm  

ninearches wrote:

Hardly a week ago we were wetting ourselves in the hope that Ben Truman would turn up in boot of Daryl Powell's car.

Could we not bring trueman in as the 3rd half back. And he can study under widdop for a year before we ship widdop off at the end of 2022.

Or even better. Could we lose austin and widdop at the end of the season and build up a trueman/Williams combo for the next decade.

If that comes off. We have a half back pairing superleague will fear for years.

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 1:14 pm  

wire2004 wrote:

Could we not bring trueman in as the 3rd half back. And he can study under widdop for a year before we ship widdop off at the end of 2022.

Or even better. Could we lose austin and widdop at the end of the season and build up a trueman/Williams combo for the next decade.

If that comes off. We have a half back pairing superleague will fear for years.

Maybe we will have finally replaced Briers?

Two bids turned down for Trueman and we've been told not to bother again apparently, However, if the player refuses to sign a new deal, surely they would rather cash in now than lose him for nothing at the end of 2022?

Re: George Williams. : Thu May 27, 2021 1:20 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Could well be. Interesting to see how it plays out. It’s a great signing for whoever gets him given his age and the fact you’ll probably have him for the rest of his career, which could be 8 years+. The fact he’s only cost us 75k on the cap makes it a no brainer for me but if we don’t have the money to push up to Wires offer, we don’t have the money. I hear a lot of our fans talking about the space we have and the 75k thing but without the money to spend it doesn’t matter.

Williams was on £450k a year at Canberra according to reports over there would Wigan pay even half of that? What is Hastings rumoured to be earning?