Liam Williams

Lack of pace is one thing; lack of desire is something entirely different. I started this topic specifically regarding some of the comments emanating from Liam Williams where in reality he could have said nothing.

Dic Penderyn wrote: Brainfart wrote: Dic Penderyn wrote: Clive Griffiths,Steve Bowling,Ian Jones,Luc Evans,Matt Cardey,Lee Byrne,Barry Davies,Morgan Stofdart,Garan Evans. There's some full-backs who served us well.I can close my eyes and see again something each of them did in a game for the club.Can't say the same for Halfpenny. His defence has been immense at times. The loss v Toulon his tackle on his opposite number, making up a fair bit of ground. He's done that a hell of a lot for us. Covered hard yards to make the tackle. And many runs from deep with ball in hand being the catalyst for a fair few tries.  I think he'd struggle to remember that tackle himself as he knocked himself out again... Sorry,but that's what full-backs do-they  cover a lot of yards in defence and run from deep.Halfpenny's meant to be a superstar and is paid accordingly.It's funny that anybody praising him simply celebrates the prosaic.For what it's worth,I lost interest in him whenhe lost his pace,and he lost his pace long before he came here.

even in his prime hp was not a great attacking full back. He simply doesn’t run those tyoe of lines (liam , byrne ian jones martin grAv were all better coming into the line tbh) hp was brilliant positional wise, under the high ball  he was also very fast and a world class kicker, he is also brave as anyone when in comes to tackling (despite a dodgy technique) ideap for gatlamd not so much for pivac and peel tbh.  Halfpemmy was a limited full back but what he was good at he was world class at . 3 lions tours and 100 welsh caps is proof that

Edited by RR1972 - 07 September 2022 at 3:24pm

RR1972 wrote: Dic Penderyn wrote: Brainfart wrote: Dic Penderyn wrote: Clive Griffiths,Steve Bowling,Ian Jones,Luc Evans,Matt Cardey,Lee Byrne,Barry Davies,Morgan Stofdart,Garan Evans. There's some full-backs who served us well.I can close my eyes and see again something each of them did in a game for the club.Can't say the same for Halfpenny. His defence has been immense at times. The loss v Toulon his tackle on his opposite number, making up a fair bit of ground. He's done that a hell of a lot for us. Covered hard yards to make the tackle. And many runs from deep with ball in hand being the catalyst for a fair few tries.  I think he'd struggle to remember that tackle himself as he knocked himself out again... Sorry,but that's what full-backs do-they  cover a lot of yards in defence and run from deep.Halfpenny's meant to be a superstar and is paid accordingly.It's funny that anybody praising him simply celebrates the prosaic.For what it's worth,I lost interest in him whenhe lost his pace,and he lost his pace long before he came here. even in his prime hp was not a great attacking full back. He simply doesn’t run those tyoe of lines (liam , byrne ian jones martin grAv were all better coming into the line tbh) hp was brilliant positional wise, under the high ball  he was also very fast and a world class kicker, he is also brave as anyone when in comes to tackling (despite a dodgy technique) ideap for gatlamd not so much for pivac and peel tbh.  Halfpemmy was a limited full back but what he was good at he was world class at . 3 lions tours and 100 welsh caps is proof that

EJPT wrote: Dwayne and the fitness coaches will know who the quickest and fittest players are. Anyone who’s had a preseason of amateur rugby and run horrendous suicide drills in the winter will also know what i’m on about.

we all know who the fastest are . I’d back cawdor over 30 metres vs any one in our squad 

scarletnut wrote: Rubrum wrote: Sad.  Him I mean. As is our reaction to his petulant and silly comments. We know that he is being influenced. We also know that a rugby players career is short, so he is chasing the money. I do not regret his departure. The Scarlets are strong enough to survive without a 'celebrity' player. How can he be chasing money by going to Cardiff when his wage is determined by the pay banding system? He’s on exactly the same wage in Cardiff as he was on in Llanelli

Seagultaf wrote: scarletnut wrote: Rubrum wrote: Sad.  Him I mean. As is our reaction to his petulant and silly comments. We know that he is being influenced. We also know that a rugby players career is short, so he is chasing the money. I do not regret his departure. The Scarlets are strong enough to survive without a 'celebrity' player. How can he be chasing money by going to Cardiff when his wage is determined by the pay banding system? He’s on exactly the same wage in Cardiff as he was on in Llanelli  I presume that if its called a pay banding system, then there is at least some width in the bands. So if one Region offers near the bottom of the band and the other offers near the top of the pay band, then potentially there could be quite a big difference?  Surely if the salary is dictated to the penny by the WRU, then why would any of the Wales 80:20 players be tempted to change teams?

less travelling time? Doesn’t get on with coach? Nagging wife

Edited by RR1972 - 07 September 2022 at 9:58pm

Didums

Yeah really unnecessary. I hope his heals quicker than mine.