Correct if Warrington cant offload a player then he will have to sign for another club just for this season. On another note was it Warrington persuading him to come home homesick and signing for them next year but Canberra released him early and put the can among the pigeons.

I haven’t read the 65 pages on the Williams saga but has anyone mentioned the role his agent may have played in the the “messy”exit from Canberra and the situation that George/Warrington now find themselves in ?

Absolutely, It’s not often that Wigan rule themselves out of a signing, I can’t remember when that last happened?

I doubt GW or his agent expected it.

Thank god it's over



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This is a genuine question.

I’m assuming that Wire have used the cap space from GI to sign him immediately. I thought if you released and paid off a player like that their salary cap value was still counted? I don’t understand how they could fit him in for this year.

I know the cap is live so I’m not implying foul play just hoping someone knows how it works.

Funnily enough that's how I thought the cap works..

We have sent 3 players out on season long loan aswell from today,Stuart Middleton says it’s been complex but the job is done now, you guys. Seem more ok about this than the thumb suckers over on Redvee who are in outrage and we clearly are cheating.

Looking back now, when talk of Williams coming home first surfaced, I said how awful it would be if he ended up playing for Leeds or Wire. But at that time, I never really doubted that he wouldn't come back to Wigan. I suspect I wasn't alone in having those sentiments. Since those days, though, things here have deteriorated further. Whether that was a factor, we'll never know for sure.

Personally speaking if we could've got Williams to replace Hastings next year along with the front row reinforcements we desperately need that would've been great but the pack and probably a centre have to be our priority.
It has to be said though our track record of re-signing players from the NRL as been pretty awful, even Bateman has looked a shadow of the player who left us so far this season.
It will be interesting to see where you play him, you'd have to imagine a highly paid nose is going to be pushed out of joint if all of Widdop Austin Ratchford and Williams are fit to play.

Austen will be left out as he’s leaving at the end of the season.

That’s because Red Vee is the RL forum version of Mos Eisley

Jeez, according to all the wolfs fans on social media, thats it, there is absolutely no way they will fail to win SL this year.

Time to pack up boys, its definitely their year

Good old wolfs!

I find no end of embarrassment whenever I look at us (Wires fans) on social media. Its awful.

we will see - they still are the ultimate chokers.

At the moment its rocks or diamonds with Wire, and I don't think the team buy into what Price is doing there, that's not to say it wont be the same under Powell.

Powell has a history of improving 'average' players, whether he can make 'good' players 'great' remains to be seen

You clearly not looked at the million pages on Williams on our forum then,nothing mentioned about us winning the Grand Final there,did your last school report say must try harder.

You might as well pack up, your not even going to make the 6....leave the top 6 to the big boys like Hull KR

It's great isn't it.
Wire winning the title and HKR in the top six.
That's what we've wanted for a long time, for the little clubs to get better and win things!

We need 'that' picture to be posted

I've literally seen none of this.

But hey, let's not let the truth get in the way of LeBron stirring between wigan and wire fans

Nor me.

It’s Saints’ to lose this year IMO with their main challengers being Catalans. No doubt Wire will be there or there about at seasons end but I just can’t see them winning it in all honesty.

They’ve recruited well for 2022 though so it’s within the realms of possibilities it could be their year next season.

The only mention of it was by Williams himself......

Good luck to the lad. I wish players would be honest about their reasons for signing for certain clubs sometimes but he’s not on his own in throwing the ‘I love a new challenge’ line about.

Controversial comment here but I’d rather anybody bar Saints win the title this year, so if it has to be Warrington, then so be it. I can’t think of anything that would sum up what a sorry state superleague is in more than an average Saints team making it three titles on the spin. A coach taking them backwards and playing unbelievably negative rugby league winning two on the spin (and probably a challenge cup) is extremely depressing.

Can't disagree more. I'd rather have anyone than Wire win it. If we can't win it, then I'd rather see Saints or Leeds win it. After that Hull.

As much as we don't like to admit it - Saints are us and Leeds are the Yorkshire version of us i.e established clubs with a proud tradition of winning the league and producing some of the games best players.

I'll happily admit my distain for GW and there's no well wishes from me. The fact someone who said "Wigan will always have a place in my heart" now wants to win the league with wire sums him up imo.

Perhaps I’m in the minority but I don’t hold any disdain for GW. A lower wage, club dwindling, average at best proposed signings replacing (alleged) world class players, no investment in coaching staff, an inept coach versus a higher wage, club appearing to be on the up, good players inbound with dross outbound, a proven coach who should bring trophies.

It’s a no brainer for me, even without the money being higher to be honest.

I wish him well, not luck obviously but that’s a given.