Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 9:20 am  

Not bothered if he goes to be honest and I'm a Wigan fan ! Certainly not worth marquee money

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:17 am  

Wigg'n wrote:

He's not the best in the world by any means but at 24 years old he has won 2 Grand Finals (played in 4), 1 WCC (played in 4) and played in a CC Final and 12 games for England (won 9/12).

How many other English halves can boast a better record than that at his age, or in their whole career?

Good stats Wigg’n from a good player, it’s a shame our lads are being lost to the NRL we are becoming a graveyard for ageing Aussies more than ever, while our limited talent chases the dream, you can’t really blame them.

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:20 am  

On his day a truly great player but he seems to be having more and more off days lately. Could be a good move for him personally.

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:40 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

Danny McGuire.
Rob Burrow.
Sean Long.
Leon Pryce.
Paul Deacon.
Just off the top of my head.

5 players who could've played well in the NRL. All except 1 has been retired for about 5+ years and all probably got called average at some point in their careers.

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:48 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

He's not the best in the world by any means but at 24 years old he has won 2 Grand Finals (played in 4), 1 WCC (played in 4) and played in a CC Final and 12 games for England (won 9/12).

Aye he must nearly be as good as Ryan Bailey then

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:48 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

I must be missing something with him. For every good game I see him have, he has ten anonymous ones and a couple of stinkers.
He’s on marquee money at Wigan and isn’t worth it. They will be glad to get him off the books I suspect.

Trust me you ain’t alone..his acolytes worship him me I just see and good player and nothing more,thing is though I think he will go like a train down under odd as that sounds.

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:10 pm  

Riderofthepalehorse wrote:

Good stats Wigg’n from a good player, it’s a shame our lads are being lost to the NRL we are becoming a graveyard for ageing Aussies more than ever, while our limited talent chases the dream, you can’t really blame them.

Agreed Sir. No doubt he will be replaced by a worse quality player because there isn't enough money in SL to replace with a star NRL signing.

Who did Saints replace Graham with?
Bradford replaced Sam Burgess with Nick Scruton.
Hull KR replaced Josh Hodgson with Shaun Lunt/John Boudebza.

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:15 pm  

little wayne69 wrote:

Aye he must nearly be as good as Ryan Bailey then

Ah yes, because playing bench prop is as much a contribution as a starting 6.

By the time Bailey was 24 he was already a convicted criminal and had failed a drug test for a banned substance. He wouldn't even be let into Australia.

Re: George Williams for Canberra in 2020? : Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:39 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

Ah yes, because playing bench prop is as much a contribution as a starting 6.

By the time Bailey was 24 he was already a convicted criminal and had failed a drug test for a banned substance. He wouldn't even be let into Australia.

He’d of been shipped there in the 1850s