Re: George Williams : Fri Jun 26, 2020 3:44 pm  

Jamie Soward, ex SGI Dragons and London Broncos.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 27, 2020 2:58 pm  

Williams played to a decent standard in most Wigan games its just that many people only focused on bits of poor play and expected him to create a try every time he touched the ball whilst allowing Tommy to get away with doing virtually nothing in attack every week.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 27, 2020 3:01 pm  

I think he is doing well. Every half back gets some kind of criticism organisers generally get stuck for not being creative or off the cuff enough n your maverick get blasted for poor organisation n game control.

There will be aspects of any players individual ability that are not as good as others it's how they blend into a team that is important. William's is a player I would expect to improve massively over the next few seasons . It's too early to call him a top top half back but he is certainly one of the better half backs of his generation and IF he improves then he will be one of the top half backs in the nrl and world.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 27, 2020 5:57 pm  

Another defeat for the Raiders (Golden point) but Williams was pretty good again and got big Wraps from the commentary team

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 27, 2020 6:06 pm  

It was a great end to the game, the Raiders looked dead with 5 to go and showed great character to get back into it. Thought they lost the battle in the forwards and the Eels would have probably wrapped it up more convincingly had Moses stayed on the field.
Williams did pretty well again, his kick for the try was class, that’s his fifth kick assist of the season already.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 27, 2020 8:44 pm  

The kick for the try at the end was pinpoint, and coming after that head clash with about 23 minutes to go, even harder to do. Cracking game, draw would have been a fair result. Pity that there were so many bad injuries at this venue over the weekend.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 27, 2020 11:45 pm  

Thought he was fairly quiet. Got lucky on a few plays from poor decisions but took the head clash well.

Came up with a massive play when needed though and that was almost the game changer.

Don’t think we will see his best till next year but still a decent showing today.

I’m personally loving watching Sutton think he is really developing into a great player. He always frustrated me at Wigan due to his loose carry however in his last year with us he started to show up really well.

For me the natural successor to Locky for England at 13.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:35 am  

I just watched the game. Yes, Sutton looked strong again, another good effort. George had a lot of traffic running at him, but showed his quality with the assist. But let's be right, the Raiders were playing arguably the best side in the comp, and really, I always fancied Parra for the win, even when Canberra were ahead. Obviously losing Moses was a blow (more so going forward), but they coped well with Takairangi. They just always looked like winning the forward battle. Great Saturday night entertainment for me.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 28, 2020 12:51 am  

Like an old record but Josh Hodgson is a myth. His halfbacks just don’t get enough early ball to work with. The amount of attacks he killed today with him hogging the ball was just incredible.

If I’ve seen a player as overrated before I can’t think of him.

Re: George Williams : Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:30 am  

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Like an old record but Josh Hodgson is a myth. His halfbacks just don’t get enough early ball to work with. The amount of attacks he killed today with him hogging the ball was just incredible.

If I’ve seen a player as overrated before I can’t think of him.

Iv never been a huge fan but he has built up a big rep in Oz so I presumed I must be missing something. In the second half he was dropping into the halfbacks a lot of times and it just ended up with Canberra having no shape, he’s certainly a leader and willing to stand up and be counted I suppose but I don’t think he’s good enough to be holding the ball for so long and I wouldn’t have him kicking out of hand so much either.