Would you sign him as cover for either wing next season. I know he isn't the best in defence but his pace could do some damage with our style of play. It looks increasingly like his time is up at Saints and we all know who he really wants to play for. Would surely be a better option than throwing Gelling out to the wing.

The lad has a lot if talent but there's not much point in him signing for someone as cover as he needs regular 1st team action at this point in his career.

Pace? He's pretty slow from what I see. He also ain't that big or strong and doesn't seem capable of beating a man whilst making plenty of errors in defence.

He's got a boyband members haircut and he is an exceptional goalkicker but I'd rather develop Ryan King, Matty Russell, Anthony Gelling etc then sign Foster.

If I were him I'd sound out a move to Union where he'd be a star! I mean even Stephen Myler became a Union star simply because he can kick a goal because he was talentless.

I can just picture us signing Foster and then, when Saints laugh at us, pretending - like they did with Hargreaves - that we've got a good un who they were foolish not to recognise.

The old adage should apply here - if he's not good enough for Saints, he's certainly not good enough for Wigan.

We have plenty of fleet-footed youngsters who can provide wing cover. Plus, I think people are being too quick to write off Gelling. He may have had one bad match against Huddersfield, but Pat Richards had almost an entire bad season before he came good.

Gellings is doing well IMO. He's lucky he's in such a good side but he's growing in to it and has a lot of natural attributes Foster could only dream of.

I'd offer Foster a couple of days a week as a kicking coach for Charnley at a push.

Foster is already following the pattern of numerous Saints homegrown wingers before him: Sean Day, Steve McCormack, Danny Arnold - in that he's presented as the next big thing, has a couple of good seasons on the outside of a decent team, and then they realise that he's crap and quietly get rid.

He may be a smashing lad, as those who know him say he is, but I don't think he's even close to being Wigan standard.

What was the little winger they had at the same time as Arnold who ended up at Oldham? Was it joey something or other? I remember he had a massive head compared to his body.

Is this thread a wind up?

Joey Hayes?

There's a strong rumour on the Stains board that they have told him to find another club. Widnes / Salford bound I think.

Definitely not up to Wigan standards. No quick enough, defence is not great, and work rate not as good as we have now. Good kicker, but I'd give the lads in the academy a bash first.

Foster could potentially thrive in our system after a few months of training but his only plus point over Gelling is his goal kicking

but

we already have 2 players with daft haircuts in Locky and luauaaauuki so we dont need another one

No thanks not good enough for us he's more interested in his hair

It's funny how saints fans said he was better than Charnley last season

I actually rate him as an attacking player.

His goalkicking isn't bad either.


However, one of the poorest wing defences in SL, and solely on that basis , certainly not for Wiggin.

That's the dude.

Reading some of his tweets lately I think the lad needs looking after , never been a fan of him on or off the field but saints should take him off twitter and look after him 1 way or the other . He's only a young lad and reading his tweets he s losing it some times . I couldn't see Wigan letting our young lads tweet like him . Even rads has said he s had words with some of the lads if they get to carried away on twitter

I can't quite understand this. If Wigan want a winger then we've got Ryan King, Jack Murphy or Joe Burgess. Why would we sign someone who can't get a game for another club due to poor defence?

The only people who think he's any good are Eddie & Stevo.

I want tough players with a never say die attitude. He doesn't fit the bill.

I feel insulted that this thread is even on this forum

I'm confused. Everyone I've spoken to today seems to think it's the 13th June and that's the date on the newspapers, my PC, blackberry etc

And yet on this thread, it seems to be the 1st April....

He can kick but he can't play rugby league! Not good enough for SL and deffo not good enough for Wigan!!

I think that's a tad harsh, not SL standard??? I think sometimes Wigan and Saints think the only SL standard is top of the league standard. There are plenty of wingers who have been plying their trade in SL for years who are of a less or similar standard to Foster and that's without taking into account his kicking.

The boy gets a good kicking from all and sundry including Saints fans, just because he's not a pig faced dog. Personally I think the wheels fell off his game mid-way through last year, but no one including Royce addressed it as the kicking was keeping us in tight games. It should have been dealt with at the time rather than letting it get to the stage where he was a liabilty every game.

Its looking like Stains are casting away a lot of players this time round and we dont need anyone of them. Its easy to explain why Huddersfields wheels have fallen off, Nathan Brown is busy in the transfer market and this is also having a knock on effect on the rest of the teams.