Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:21 pm  

I hear that we have signed Willie Isa.
I know very little if anything about him.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:43 pm  

The Mustard Tiger wrote:

:CLAP: Did i say he was?

By home town club did you mean Salford or Leigh? Either way they are both in this country and he was born in New Zealand.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:52 pm  

Willie Isa? Thought he'd been released by Widnes.
Never, ever Wigan standard.
Can't really believe Wigan would sign Isa and suspect it might not be true.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:03 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Willie Isa? Thought he'd been released by Widnes.
Never, ever Wigan standard.
Can't really believe Wigan would sign Isa and suspect it might not be true.

As I said Ted I no next to nothing about him other than Widnes didn't put up much of a fight to keep him.
I got the information from someone close to the club who could be winding me up to see how gullible I am!

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:27 pm  

Itchy Arsenal wrote:

I hear that we have signed Willie Isa.
I know very little if anything about him.

Id be both shocked and dissapointed if this is true.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:07 pm  

Signing Isa certainly wouldn't be worth getting upset about. He'd be another project signing the club obviously sees something in and he'd be on a low wage meaning he comes with next to no risk.

After our success with players like Flower, Clubb, Sarginson etc over the years I wouldn't lay in to him before seeing him. He may turn out to be more Lauaki or Dudson but why not roll the dice.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:39 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Signing Isa certainly wouldn't be worth getting upset about. He'd be another project signing the club obviously sees something in and he'd be on a low wage meaning he comes with next to no risk.

After our success with players like Flower, Clubb, Sarginson etc over the years I wouldn't lay in to him before seeing him. He may turn out to be more Lauaki or Dudson but why not roll the dice.

Like you say, Isa won't be anything more than a backup or project signing. I'd rather have him as our backup centre than have to pull Bateman or Joel out of the pack which in turn weakens us across the board.

That being said I do believe there's a need for an out and out quality centre. I personally don't see the merits in continuing to develop/ persevere with Sarge knowing he'll be gone in 12 months I'd personally like to see us cash in on him and bring in a decent recruit.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:42 pm  

I'd rather play Connor Farrell than sign Isa.

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:42 am  

Willie Isa has just been confirmed to ST holders this morning

Re: Rumours and signings v9 : Tue Sep 29, 2015 8:49 am  

Wigg'n wrote:

I'd rather play Connor Farrell than sign Isa.

Nothing against the lad but i think he's going to struggle for a career at Wigan.

He's another one of those players who's a little on the small side and unfortunately for him he's got two similar type players in front of him. Faz and Bateman are both exceptional talents that will take some shifting. He's gonna have to be one hell of a player to dislodge those two as we've not got room for another one.