I think he was taking the Pee?
Either way
His "Form dipping' was based on about 2/3 average performances over about a 8/10 week spell when we had about 10 injuries and were struggling.
But typical Wigan, we used him as a scapegoat because the Marquee and then stuck with that opinion of him despite him being in the top for tries/assists/tackles etc etc etc.

We moan about players not being creative, they try stuff and get criticised for being wasteful
We moan about players not taking the line on, we have a player that took the line on more than any half back I've seen in maybe 20years, and hes classed as running around like a headless chicken

Anyway

Hes gone now, a lot the Wigan public got what they wanted, I'll just wait for the next victim (Bear in mind Gildart started to get it when he signed his new contract, all the unfounded rumours, the saints rubbish, hes greedy for holding out for more money and now it'll be "his heads in the NRL, etx etc).

I'll be honest....i criticised George at times but our entire play was based on him as he got no help from his 7 and usually was behind a beaten pack. If George clicked, we usually clicked and that left side was as dangerous as any in the comp.

I'd have loved to see him with a 7 like Hastings who organised the play and let him do his off the cuff game. I've said on here before that I would have played Sam in the halves and think a partnership of him and George would have been incredible.

For me he just went stale and should have tried his luck before the last deal.he was always good enough but clearly needed to spread his wings elsewhere.

Amen brother.

Why oh why do our "fans" always seem to denigrate players, particularly the ones who have come through our systems. Is it any wonder they want to go and have a go elsewhere. Ryan Sutton was a consistent 8 out of 10 performer every week as an example.

Every year there has to be a scapegoat!!

Because they don't what they are talking about.

Have to laugh

The proof of how good he will be in the NRL is for him to be consistent in all games, not just on a debut!

It’s his 3rd game!

I criticised Williams on occasion I am happy to admit that.

I never doubted his quality however sometimes his style of play in my opinion was detrimental to our team performance.

I think this can be explained by the way of saying that often the players around him were not on the same level as him.

What I mean by that is in the NRL the teams offer so many more options ball in hand and there seems to be so many more runners. Great halves are the ones that consistently pick the right option.

At Wigan George often had 2 options, throw the ball to his one runner or step and go. That was it.

It’s not necessarily his fault but when things were not going right he seemed to try do too much or occasionally just sit back and leave us rudderless. He sometimes looked like he had lost his enthusiasm.

I have never doubted his ability I just think he is much more suited to the Australian NRL style of play and I think he had to leave to go there to kick on and take his game to the next level.

Watched the interview after the game with Josh Hodgson and George and I genuinely can’t remember him looking so relaxed, confident and happy when facing the media in SL.

I think Hastings suits our needs as a team better than George did and that’s not a criticism of George it just comes down to differing styles of play. I also don’t think that when Hastings goes back to the NRL he will be on the same level as Willians at I think Hastings style of play is more suited to SL than it is the NRL.

So far I’m really pleased to see Williams go well and I think he will only get better in that more challenging and intense environment.

Absolutely nailed it. No more to be said on that.

...and as always the truth is somewhere in between. For Wigan Williams was sometimes brilliant, often very good and sometimes mediocre.

Don't be confusing him with facts.