Talk coming out of Aus...
The RL World Cup is coming around again and the talk is Sonny wants to play league again!

Mr SJM....I beg you break the bank and get him over to Wire. It would be the biggest global investment in a player a RL club could ever make. The biggest name in both codes.

Warrington Wolves will be on every ones lips and we'd have sponsorship and tv deals coming out of our ears!

Forget it, he is going to Sydney Roosters, after the World cup in 2019. By then he will be 35.

he'd pay for himself...can't see it happening though

When I saw the title I thought you were suggesting we pay Super Bennie Westwood to stay on...personally I would but sentiment don't win prizes sadly.

Then off like a shot for the next big pay day. No thanks.

At a reported 900k PA, that would have to be an awful lot of pies sold to cover the cost.

Put a penny a mushy pea levy on them.

Exactly my thoughts too, stay well away, he's a complete mercenary, selling his talent to the highest bidder.

Somehow can't really blame him to boost his retirement fund whichever way he can, but I don't think having him around for 6/12/18 mths would really give us any positive long term benefit.

Indeed. Absolutely no sense at all in signing the biggest name in world rugby. What possible good could come from that? Johns played 3 games and im sure most fans were pleased he came.

Oh yes, you're right.

SBW playing off the distribution of Brown & Patton is all we need to win a GF.

You could put the Kangaroos side in Wire shirts and we'd probably still lose the GF

There should be no problem if SBW sells his talent to the highest bidder as long as he uses those talents!

All players are auctioning themselves at every contract negotiation. Whoever we pay for needs to produce the goods at the level expected.

At this time is he the right age to warrant the sums involved?

Rarely are there players where the level of skill they have propels a team to prominence.
A player like Mal Meninga did with Saints.
There are 2 players around today that can have that level of clout.
SBW and Inglis.
If SJM and Middleton are serious about making Warrington the Man Utd of RL....we need to be in for signing one if not both the later.

Lets hope the strategy doesn't lead us to Leeds Utd, rather than the Man Utd!!

Anyone who says no thanks to SBW even for half a season is an idiot. Who cares if he clears off after his payday? he'd be worth every penny.

Think of what the younger lads would learn off of him. The media coverage. The shirt sales. The extra tickets we'd sell just so people can watch him play, from both home and away fans.

SBW would be a true Marquee signing.

Indeed - only Warrington fans could quibble at signing SBW - especially in this current climate of bog average players in SL. Obviously it's not going to happen but every team in Super League or NRL would love to sign him. Mind you if Smith is still here - SBW would struggle to shift Jack Hughes out of the squad.

Would they learn as much as our halfbacks did from Joey, or our pack from Asotasi, as the skill transfer there has been somewhat lacking perhaps?

Another short term "fix" really isn't what we need.

You're welcome to dream that SBW will be great for the club, but please allow others to express their desire for realism and sustainable player development.

I'd be delighted if you signed him. Unlikely to affect where next year's trophies end up but would add immense interest to the comp.

Considering we have a team at the top of the competition that has got there through team work & without expensive players, i think that is the way forward. Not much use breaking the bank for a prima donna if you can only afford a team of poorly paid reserves to play alongside him. Our quality this season has not been much better without an overpriced star in our ranks.

Have we made a big mistake? Andre Savelio plays down Australian media reports calling him 'The English Sonny Bill Williams' www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... mparisons/

Have we made a big mistake? Andre Savelio plays down Australian media reports calling him 'The English Sonny Bill Williams' www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... mparisons/

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"Have we made a big mistake? Andre Savelio plays down Australian media reports calling him 'The English Sonny Bill Williams' www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... mparisons/'" The only comparison I can see is that both have an agent who encourages them to move onto the next big pay packet rather than staying in one place to fulfill their true potential.

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"Have we made a big mistake? Andre Savelio plays down Australian media reports calling him 'The English Sonny Bill Williams' www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... mparisons/'" The only comparison I can see is that both have an agent who encourages them to move onto the next big pay packet rather than staying in one place to fulfill their true potential.

I'm worried about him making the trip to australia, he's wearing flight socks on the field during matches, god knows how he'll cope during a twenty hour journey.

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"Have we made a big mistake? Andre Savelio plays down Australian media reports calling him 'The English Sonny Bill Williams' www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... mparisons/'" if he goes over to Aus with his agent and PR team spinning that nonsense he'll be back in 6 months tops... in a body bag....talk about how to make yourself a target 101. Any english player going over there, that has done well, has gone very quietly and let their rugby do the talking.....and earn respect.

Quote ="Builth Wells Wire"Have we made a big mistake? Andre Savelio plays down Australian media reports calling him 'The English Sonny Bill Williams' www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... mparisons/'" if he goes over to Aus with his agent and PR team spinning that nonsense he'll be back in 6 months tops... in a body bag....talk about how to make yourself a target 101. Any english player going over there, that has done well, has gone very quietly and let their rugby do the talking.....and earn respect.

I wish Savelio all the luck in the world & hope can make it over there.

You don't think SBW has fulfilled his potential?

Two rah World Cups
Two NRL premierships
Two NRL minor prems
One 'Super' (?) rugby champs
RLIF player of the year
12 NZRL caps
33 All Black caps (31 wins)
WBA boxing champ