I'm gutted by this news, Sam has always done what's asked of him, played in a multitude of positions and will always put in that little extra effort to get to the man to make a tackle. Just the kind of hard working player that Watson claims to like. A home grown player we should be looking to keep!
lets hope Watson does a better choice of replacing him than he has with the players brought in so far.

your linked with Brad Fash from FC, apparently Watson has guaranteed him a starting position if he joins

The shambles rolls on overseen by clueless you couldn’t make it up. Let’s hope Ken happy to keep throwing money down the drain season tickets will be less than 2k next time

im sorry to say you are so right hxgiant the club is totally rotten at the top I asked myself why mo player of any quality would join yes we know Gaskell did but with a totally inflated wage a player from the championship and it will just roll on until a change at the top from a clueless CEO these youngsters cant wait to leave if they show any potential I think you will be over the top with figure you have given

Chris Hill also rumoured - 3/4 years ago maybe. but getting a 33 year old prop with the propensity to brain farts regarding discipline isn't really what i'd like to see.
Fash I am willing to give a chance to - a starting spot might be just what he needs. surely Watsons reputation earned at Salford for bringing out the best in "unwanted" players has to work for ONE player at giants!

One year of failed promise and we are looking at the same type of has been/never will be player, nice! So much for watsons ability to bring players on, now we are after Chris Hill?!!? lol. I did say at the start of season that some Coaches only ever shine at one club and cant replicate elsewhere and maybe Watson is one of those....

And maybe he isn’t

Watson only had a 49% win record for Salford. For context, Woolford's was 48%.

You hired him, presumably, based on a GF run that was created by Jackson Hastings and Joey Lussick and a cup final appearance that we didn't win after having a fairly easy run to it. Watson thought he would leave while his stock was high, which is fair enough but if you think that for some reason your fortunes will change overnight you may be in for disappointment. Watson when at Salford had a real reluctance to promote the good quality young lads from our academy, and it seems that continues at your club. This isn't a bitter 'rub it in' post from a Salford fan either by the way. While we would have been happy for him to stay at the time, the way he manufactured his exit showed a different side and we wouldn't have him back for anything.

He may come good for you, but I think his success (the small bit he has had) with Salford relied heavily on a few quality players in Hastings, Lussick, Evalds, and a pack punching above its weight rather than coaching genius. He did seem to have a knack for getting the most out of players that were seen as average at other clubs, but once again a lot of that could be attributed to raising their game due to the likes of Hastings and Lussick pushing them around the park.

He may come good, but I think you'll need to stick with him for a while before you see a great deal of improvement. Whether you all have the patience for that is another matter of course.

think it was the media that bulled him up
Carney and his merry men and the CEO of the sweet shop bought it

Was never over enthused by Watson's appointment and seen nothing to impress and show any improvement from last year. Obviously decimated in the key areas so got some mitigating circumstances that give him some leeway and deserves a run with a somewhere near full squad. Ref the comment about young players, that does worry me and have seen signs of that.... Oliver Wilson for me would have been a regular from the first game but seems to have only come in when we ran short of players. Posted that Sam Wood going - bring him through the academy get to first team then let him go... Chris Hill rumoured- can't be serious!!! Bringing in at least one more Salford player- we are becoming Salford. Is this the way forward? Yes some younger players have played but I feel only through necessity not choice- Jake Wardle a shining star but we don't seem to use him much in our play and how long before he goes?

As a Wigan fan I have seen fans wanting Watson to come in at our club. He had some success at Salford but as some of their fans have posted he may not be the chosen one. I fancied the Giants for a top 4 finish this year, I’ve been impressed by the quality of the young players coming through and add a much vaunted coach I thought you may have been challenging. Good luck going forwards.

Not quite whilst Saints had one former red Castleford had five in the cup final Evalds/Griffin/Turner/O'Brien and Olpherts.
At least we continue the supply chain, not bad for a club not allowed an "elite academy"

That said maybe the snake will make you into Salford with Tui/Seb and Fages.

Agree with most of what Carnster I mean The Butcher says however I'm not sure a cup run involving Catalan and Warrington can ever be described as a "fairly easy run"

We can't lose against Warrington and Catalan were not the side they are this year.

With the injuries we've had in such key positions and the obvious impacts Covid has had for all clubs, I'm not sure we can even begin to judge Watson yet, although I like most am a bit confused with our recruitment. Nathan Mason now being linked with a return & Chris Hill an almost certainty.