I thought this guy was supposed to be rapid?? Sharp left him for dead yesterday.

It wasn't that he didn't catch Sharp. It was how much Sharp pulled away from him that bothered me. I was under the impression that he was the fastest at the club? Even beating Riley and Evans.

The fact he just jogged didn't help

He only started jogging after realising 10/15 yards into the chase he was being skinned and decided to give up. I'm not a huge fan of riley, but am surprised williams has seemingly gone above him in the pecking order of wingers.

I think he stumbled a bit to be fair, which gave Harrison a better chance of catching him (full credit). Would have been interesting to see if Evans or Riley would have caught him.

Williams is fast, but sharp is rapid, as shown given a bit of open space yesterday. No way anyone would have caught him yesterday.

Hang on, he dropped the ball from a kick and missed a pass from Hodgson at the end? Why isn't he being slagged off like Kevin Penny?

you inadvertently answered your own question, but just incase, it's because he isn't kevin penny.

Is he the kid who was on loan at Crusaders?

If so he did show his pace in the game at the KC and Sharp was nowere near him

just oneof them things

that's the one, it's all about the start etc... of which yesterday rhys had a terrible one in compared to sharp.

Give me a 15 metre start on a rugby pitch and i don't think Usain Bolt would catch me

That's nowt give me a 70 metre start, and Solamona would catch me!

Crikey, that's slow, stallagtites move faster

Liability.

He'll be at Barrow in no time...

With or without Clarkey?

Probably the two games in three days caught Williams out, he's only in his SL infancy, he's just been around for a while, two SL intensity games in a short turnaround must be a big ask, the younger players like Blythe & Cooper were only given one task, not both.

He's light years better than Riley anyhow.

He runs straight, he works hard from dummy half, his positional sense is infinately better.

Fatigue shouldn't be a factor for wingers, its the forwards and players that have their hands on the ball most who are at risk of fatigue. The Salford game was little more than a slightly intense training session, even when Williams got going he made no ground on Sharp, it looked like a half hearted, casual chase for whatever the reason rather than him going all out to at least try and close the angle down.

Ive seen James Graham not give up on a chase in worse situations even though he probably knew that their wasn't a great deal he could do, he still showed the commitment to chase all the way to the line.

Agreed, I'm merely offering an excuse.

Anyhow, I'm not too d he gave up, it's such a waste of effort, just for the fans benefit really, nobody was catching Sharp from the moment he pouched it. I'd rather criticise Atkins for the poor handling that put the ball in Sharp's hands than Williams not making an effort.

That Williams is winning me over, looks a solid little player to me. Has a happy knack of scoring too, I think he's score in every SL game that he's played for us so far.

I bet Rhys Evans might have caught him, I seem to recall a chase back he made against Catalans in similar circumstances (even though the referee had already pulled the game back for an offence).

Wiiliams is a solid player though, surprised he is getting so much stick. Then again I am also surprised at how quick everyone has written off Riley.

JWP I am agreeing with you more and more as time goes on *sorry to insult you) I too think he is developing nicely. He will most definitely be our 'go to' winger in a few years.

Joel
Bridge
Evans
Williams

It's not that bad, in fact it is really good and we have the option of Atkins and Blythe in the centres and Riley etc wing

Don't be silly, Clarke is going to the Skolars, fancies some time down south.

Riley looks like he's getting the Penny treatment to me.

Smith has played a rookie centre on the wing ahead of him, a lad who he loaned out recently with less experience and when there's a gig at fullback he plonks Bridge there.

Widnes-bound.

Could well be but I fail to see why Williams is a better option than Riley at this stage. Makes you wonder what is going outside matchday.

I'm not sure. I think Williams has all the attributes to be a good 'un, he's also bigger, and Smith likes us having a big, strong backline. So if you replace the pace, but add strength and size, you're up.

Riley when I've seen him this year has been poor, especially defensively which was what always got him raps over Penny, well recently I've seen plenty of poor reads from him, so maybe Smith thinks he's just not switched on.

For me, I'd keep Williams in the side, for now at least. His record wherever he has been, ie, us, Wales & Crusaders is fantastic, I think he deserves his chance.

I think he's ordinary to be honest. I would imagine we ain't paying him much. So that's fair enough.