Quote: NickyKiss "Williams came through as a running half, who even played a bit of hooker in the early first team days. I've never felt he's a good organiser and still don't and he's at his best when he's freed up and allowed to play. I always felt him and Harry Smith would've been a fantastic halfback pairing because they really compliment each other.
I agree on Farrimond, I do think his main strength is running a team/game but I do think he's a bit more of an allrounder at this age than either Williams or Smith were. I think their strengths and weakness were really obvious, whereas this kid does a bit of everything. That's not to say I think he's a better player than either of those were at 18/19, it might be that he ends up being pretty good at everything, whereas Smith and Williams have parts of their games that are elite. It's early days.'"
Agree re Williams and think that is why Burgess went with Hayes over Drinkwater.
Once Hayes finds his feet he’s a natural half freeing up Williams to do what he is best at, run.
At the moment Williams is doing both roles and his impact is being reduced much in the same way as if we asked French would become less effective if we asked him to run our team.