2/10 - try harder next time

Yep, bet he wishes he'd gone straight to Catalan

That maybe so but re-signing our own rejects in Thornley and the rumour of Gelling aren’t going to win us trophies consistently. I accept we need players on a lower wage to accommodate players such as GW but there should already be plenty on the pot to accommodate better centres than Thornley alongside GW.

Thornley is a different player to the one who left. He’s bigger and looks faster and stronger. It’s almost as if he had a lightbulb moment and realised he needed to fulfill the potential he had. He’s definitely a much better centre than the one who left us and I’m actually quite happy with him coming in. I’ll definitely be giving him a fair crack to prove himself before writing him off, which some people seem to have done before he’s even pulled the shirt on.

Each to their own but I just don’t think he’s good enough for a top level SL club. I’m happy to rescind my comments though if I’m proved wrong and if he does sign for us I hope I am proved wrong.

If I were GW there would certainly be a pull to return to Wigan. Being a local lad, playing for St Pats then through the Wigan youth system, presumably he was also a fan as a kid.

That said, if Warrington offered me significantly more money as much as I’d prefer Wigan I’d go there. It’s a short career and money talks.

There’s also an argument that he has also achieved pretty much all he can with Wigan barring the CC and Warrington would present a sporting challenge too.

There's challenges and there's challenges now Warrington and challenges don't really go together

Rogues Gallery has gone awful quiet since I last said GW is to be a Wire.

It wouldn't be the end of the world if he didn't come back. We have bigger issues to sort first like our front row.

This ^^
If we don't sort our front row out he's just going to be a luxury item that gets beaten up every week

And then gets slagged off for being crap

Apparently Williams has chosen to go to Warrington bloke on the other site in the know has posted this.

yeah just seen this he seems to be quite in the know with what's going on. If it's true then so be we will move on

It would be disappointing but in reality we wouldn’t know any different given he’s been gone nearly 2yrs now. We’ll move on, as have done already.

That's a bit harsh on Rogues, as I'm sure he'll be back posting stuff.
He might even be able to play prop!

Hes crap anyway

3 year deal with wire with 100k difference in salary compared to wigans offer apparently

If it's true and Williams has signed for Wire then it's disappointing to lose an obvious replacement for Hastings but it's not a massive disappointment. I might be forgetting someone but I'm pretty sure our record on bringing players back and them playing better for us than where they left is 0%. Obviously several have then gone on to play better for other teams. No reason to think Williams would have been any different although I'm still not sure why it seems to happen to us. Either way we're only in the same position we expected to be in at the start of the year.

I'd be mortified if he signed for Wire. I think he is the best British halfback we have. We have first refusal on him and can pick him up with only £75K on the cap? Hastings and Leuluai going and potentially French?

I don’t know the terms of the agreement but even if we did have ‘first refusal’ surely it would only be if we are willing/able to match salaries being offered elsewhere. It will more likely be budget rather than salary cap and how that budget is to be used across the squad. I’d rather have a couple of quality props than Williams (would obviously prefer both).

It’s claimed elsewhere that Wire have offered 100k more than Wigan. If that is the case there’s only one place he is going and it hasn’t got a pier.

I'm sorry but if I I was in George's shoes I'd be snapping Warrington's hands off. Its a short career.

I see what you did there

At least he already has a GF ring to polish once he's retired.

What's he going to do to get in the World Cup team this year, I'd be surprised if that was at Warrington who surely are up to the cap.

It’s a shame if we lose out purely on cash but you have to draw the line somewhere I guess and Moran’s pockets are very deep when it comes to investing in the Wire.

I can’t see us bringing another half in now, though I don’t think anyone would say no to Sezer. Just a shame another player will count a lot more on our cap which means less to invest elsewhere.