I hear that we have signed Willie Isa.

I know very little if anything about him.

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.

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!

Id be both shocked and dissapointed if this is true.

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.

I'd rather play Connor Farrell than sign Isa.

Willie Isa has just been confirmed to ST holders this morning

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.

Good shout

Has anyone else heard that Gelling may have left the club?

A guy rang me to ask if I had heard anything about an hour ago. He isn't a wind up merchant so I suspect that there could be something in it.

Maybe Gelling has seen his harris after being told he won't be considered for selection for the remainder of the season?

I'm not a great fan of Gelling in the centres but thought and hoped he could do a job for us off the bench playing in the forwards.

Hope this is just someone with their wires crossed!

It's only around 4 weeks ago that we re-signed him on a 4 year deal.

If he has gone then something's very wrong somewhere, either with him or the club.

Sure hope it aint true.

I do know that he was told he wouldn't be in the squad for Thursday on or before Monday so maybe a fall out occurred after that?

I don't know the guy but what you see of him you imagine he wouldnt throw a strop as he seems a very easy going kind of guy.

Gelling sacked, anybody heard anything?

I posted about an hour ago that he has gone.

Sounds like the story could be gaining some momentum.

Heard it elsewhere and also a mention on the other site so who knows, only time will tell

The poop's going to hit the table over this !

Not sure of the full details but at face value I don't think it warrants terminating his contract however, there may be more to it than I've been advised.

I'm told he's been sacked.



Surprised by this. He was training with the team on Monday/Tuesday at Orrell when he was seen greeting Willie Isa as he arrived at training facilities.



Has anyone else heard anything? Story seems to be gathering momentum.

Slow day at the m.e.n. neil?

Sacked for a silly offload? I doubt it. If that was the case Hock would have been sacked by every club he's played for...



...Wait a minute

The player is the daftest player ever to play for Wigan along with Hock

In a work force anywhere if you have aroung 30 blokes working there it's almost guaranteed that one of them will be daft as a brush! It appears Gelling may be the one at Wigan RLFC.

It's a challenge for the firms man management quailities to ensure the best is gained from the individual who very often, as with Gelling, is quite talented.