Quote: Cruncher "A lot of Wigan people were very disappointed in George after his defection to Warrington, but the truth is that he's quite a hot and cold player. For some reason, he's held in very high esteem by almost the entire British game, yet I've not seen too many star turns from him. On his day, he can be very good. On others, like yesterday, he can be almost anonymous. I genuinely don't think we've really missed him, especially given the way Harry Smith has developed.'"
I think there's some truth in this, but then again Smith (who I rate enormously) has been playing behind a dominant pack for the most part, something which Williams didn't always have when he was here and something he didn't have at Wembley. That said, the last tackle players were awful so both he and Drinkwater need to take responsibility for that.
He's still a very, very productive player, even on the days when he doesn't take the game by the scruff of the neck. I think you're right that we haven't really missed him because French and Smith have been so great as a partnership, but I think Williams is the one player in the division who you could at least make a case for getting into our best team just now at 6 or 7.