I love Stocker but he is nowhere near the level of Williams who as a half back flanker is all Australian level, whereas Stocker is just best 22 at this stage.
I get that some don’t like the size of his contract for a half back flanker and the impact that might have on our salary cap, but I think he has been very good in all 3 games this year .
Wonder if Liddle/Teague influenced the Williams contract...it really stands out as one we overpaid compared to the other deals Austin has done.
We paid way less for Saad, Cerra and Hewett.
At least Williams is playing good footy...even if we are overpaying by approx. $150k a year, that's manageable.
It's not a huge mistake like saints paying hanneberry $800k to not do anything or Hill not even playing well, Collingwood with beams and paying some of treloars contract at dogs, north with polec etc.