ISA couldn't pass a decent ball if his life depended on it.

Useless forward and I couldn't even try to consider him to be a centre.

He epitomises what is wrong with the club. No thought, no brains but a good lad.

I agree Isa is not a top player but to be fair he was not signed as a starting player but as a squad player. He has played far more games than expected, for most of the season Tomkins (J), Farrell, Bateman, Lockers have been missing (often several at once) so Isa has had to play a lot more. As a low price squad player I doubt anyone would have had many issues but as a week in week out starting player he has been lacking. We have had to play Sutton or Tauti in the second row, Mossop as LF for heavens sake. We even lost Gregson who was showing up well. I think Isa whilst not being a stand out player has been steady but obviously when everyone is fit (if that ever happens) he will be at best a interchange player.

My concern is the amount of injuries that we always seem to get and not all of them occur on the playing field quite a number happen in training. Either the conditioning of the players is wrong, or and as I suspect they are being flogged at training.

Have to say, Itchy, I watched the Warriors' golden point win over Penrith shortly after reading that, and if you can land the ball on a dime as Tommy did for Fusitua's try I suggest you get down to the DW pronto with your boots!





Again, in all seriousness, Tommy had a fine game, as he has the last few outings I've seen him, alternating between 7 and 9, linking the play well, still making those bell-ringer trademark tackles, and generally making a better balanced pair with Shaun Johnson than they've had since they mysteriously chose to give Chad Townsend back to the Sharks.



If we could get a good season out of him doing that, and then a coaching role moving on from there, I'd be well happy.

TL general kicking before he left was woeful. The number of occasions he kicked directly to the fullback was pretty incredible.

I think that maybe I'm just a bit frustrated and bored with signing old boys. Fresh names and faces adds a bit of anticipation and newness to the place.

Assuming he replaces Smith who will be the goal kicker?

I can only assume he has been signed with the intent that he will become the assistant coach as soon as he arrives.

Can you send me the link for the Warriors and Penrith game that you mention above?

Thanks

Our club is run by a very closely knit clique



You could in fact call it "The Self Preservation Society" in the way that they all seem to go about their duties unchallenged



That is fine when things are being run correctly and when the club is moving in the right direction,

IMO we are on a downward spiral and our club urgently needs a completely new and fresh approach in order to stop us stagnating in the alarming fashion that we are in recent seasons



A new head coach who is fully responsible for signing players is a must, Let him also bring in an accomplished assistant of his choice, Then we can start to bring back the Wigan way and start winning games with style and flair



Regardless of if we win owt at all this season................I'm bored of watching this 5H1TE

I think that last line sums up how an awful lot of fans, me included, are feeling.

If we get beaten, fine, that's sport, but I don't think I can put up with the boredom factor much longer.

Watching the same set of six being repeated for 80 mins is becoming too much like hard work.

It really is a matter of signing the best players. I thought Radford would have been sacked after Hull's failures over the past two years. However, he has signed great players, is using the same tactics and as a result they have made it to the to of the league and the challenge cup final.

I have watched Wigan for over 50 years and in that time we have never had a slower hooker than McIlorum or Powell and Smith is the slowest scrum half I have ever seen. The spine of our team is broken in 2 very important positions.

Itchy>



I don't have a link to the Warriors game; I watched it on my Premier Sports subscription, Sometimes you can find the games on youtube, but not always straightaway.



There is a lovely score from Shaun Johnson in it!

It was superstar RL, simple..SJ scored a try i dont think anyone could have..



But Tommy was a big factor in their win and he is with us next year..



Future could be good...

its easy to make one player a scapegoat. purely as an outsider looking in, fobbing smith off isn't go to solve anything. play him behind a good pack and he'll be one of the best in the game. SW wants you all playing rough, tough, bash em up the middle rugby and your pack, as I'm sure you're all aware just isn't big enough for that. The one style of attack of running a double X, with the second man out the back throwing a face ball is all to predictable and all.



I've got a lot of respect for Wigan. But its not the players who need looking at, as said before its the coaching staff.

By our club, I assume you're talking about Leeds?