Victoria Coren Mitchell Pearce, is that the answer CH?

Yeah i don't think he is either which is a shame for him if his Family stay in Aus.

It's not a shame at all if he gets himself settled down, price gets sacked and we get a new coach who uses him properly, for his kicking game especially.

Can't disagree with this

Let's get the positivity flowing before the season kicks off...want away marquee player becomes a hostage of fortune aiding and abetting the sacking of hapless coach

U R a one!

Haha works for me. Seriously though I just don't think we will be able to get a better player than widdop at this stage so if he is happy to be with us then I'm happy with that.

I agree CW8 freeing up the money works if it can be better spent on a replacement or elsewhere.if the coach wants to shuffle the line up or has a ready made replacement coming through the ranks

As it stands we are a better squad with him than not and having his wages in the bank imo as he wasn't stealing a living a la Roberts/Asatosi and doesn't appear to be a disruptive influence like Pogba at United

He's not a disruptive influence and he is a good professional, but he may just not be that good any more: injuries and age have taken their toll.

It is open to debate, but my concern is that he's not going to give of his best when he'd rather be somewhere else, and that's on top of not looking anywhere near international class during 2020. Take the point that he's highly unlikely to be replaced, and hope he's better than anticipated if and when he wears the P&B in 2021.

I take your point and agree that it's a concern keeping a player against his will but I'm hopeful that in Widdop's case if he is with us then he will "give of his best" he just strikes me as an honest guy.

That's all we can ask for imo

Agree, I don’t think he is a mickey taker.

Back in the UK for pre-season apparently, hopefully if things get back to normal it will show on the field with him. with Inglis in the team and a better forward pack i'm excited for this season

Preseason starts next week for Wire, not overly surprised Widdop hasn’t been able to find a club in the NRL tbh given his recent form and injury record the last few seasons.

Unless there is some other saga or drama to come out of an NRL club regarding one of their halves and a player gets sacked/released. I think the opportunity has well and truly passed, all the NRL teams are pretty much settled in preseason now.