Re: George Williams : Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:40 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

If he signs for Wire or Leeds it'll be for £££ and nothing else. And I wouldn't blame him for it either.

Or maybe after looking at the state of Wigan’s squad he feels he will have a better chance of winning silverware at a different club?

Re: George Williams : Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:14 pm  

How are the nba playoffs going steph?

Re: George Williams : Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:27 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

Honest answer. If you were George would you sign for Warrington or Wigan? I'd sign for Warrington all day at this precise moment. More money (considerably reported) in a side always being ambitious or a club very very quickly on the slide, not knowing the coaching arrangements and being lined to sub standard players. We all see the same media reports. I have a feeling he will be in primrose and blue next season. I hope i am wrong but we need to back a Williams signing with a coaching announcement and new props. If he does sign for Wire it's indicative of were we are as a club at the moment. If players are rejecting us and signing for sides that haven't won the league in donkeys then we really are in a bad way.

I’d sign for my hometown club which I know inside out, who came within whiskers of winning the grand final last year and are joint top having won 7 out of 8 games so far in the league.

Re: George Williams : Fri Jun 11, 2021 10:48 pm  

Just been talking to Ian Thornley's dad in Bryn Labour club and he has said Ian as signed a deal for 3 years will be announced shortly.

Re: George Williams : Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:24 pm  

Ashton Bears wrote:

Just been talking to Ian Thornley's dad in Bryn Labour club and he has said Ian as signed a deal for 3 years will be announced shortly.

I have never been as negative about Thornley as many on here but it still seems a strange one. When you consider that Warrington always seem to have deeper pockets and more pulling power than we do the quality of those linked to us always seems unexciting. I hope that the journey men players will be backed up by a couple of world class signings, otherwise we would be trying to race to the bottom. Everyone can see that something needs to change in our recruitment and we cannot replace five props with one untried body so I would expect some deals to be in the pipeline that will impress a little bit more.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:08 am  

As has been mentioned before in Rugby league circles there is a worrying lack of of quality players available and to be honest Thornley is not a bad player by a long way people have to accept this is the situation at the moment. Think Thornley will do well for us . Certainly better than what Gildart is offering at the moment

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:17 am  

Let’s announce Williams at half time of our return to the DW on Friday.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:46 am  

NSW wrote:

Let’s announce Williams at half time of our return to the DW on Friday.

Why would they announce the signing at DW on Friday when he has signed for the Wire, only joking but it is getting on a bit since it was known he is coming back over here. Clearly more complicated than just announcing going back to you as some have said you have cap space but maybe not the financing or he has signed for Wire and they trying to sort out where he can play for rest of the season. Anyway someone on our board as said he saw on Sky that it will be announced on Monday where he is going.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 12, 2021 9:24 am  

karetaker wrote:

Why would they announce the signing at DW on Friday when he has signed for the Wire, only joking but it is getting on a bit since it was known he is coming back over here. Clearly more complicated than just announcing going back to you as some have said you have cap space but maybe not the financing or he has signed for Wire and they trying to sort out where he can play for rest of the season. Anyway someone on our board as said he saw on Sky that it will be announced on Monday where he is going.

Agreed, I expect him to sign short term somewhere then for Wire next year.

Re: George Williams : Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:04 pm  

Almost all of you but one are looking through Cherry specs, if Luke you said GW was so hell bent of being a Wigan player, and playing for his town, he wouldn’t have left Wigan in the first place.
In contrast, Sam Tomkins rejected the team he loved to play for Wigan a second time. I’m pretty sure he now considers that was a big mistake.