Plenty of players fit in this category but two in particular who have proven shrewd acquisitions are Frank Paul and Willie Isa for me. By no means our best players or even match winners but they've both impressed me and bought well into the clubs culture.

Isa would definitely be the main one. Powell came to mind but he has had his plaudits towards the end of the year.

Isa has turned out practically every week this year bandaged like a mummy, ran hard and tackled hard.

This season has proved rugby is a squad game. 1 to 17 we may not have the best team but 1 to 30 we have the best squad. I don't think any other team could have coped with the adversity we have had this year and even challenged let alone won. Credit has to go to the entire back room staff and the development structure.

In a salary cap sport you have to balance the books, player like Isa who probably wouldn't make the 17 if everyone is fit are vital when players are missing.

The best players in the world count for nothing if they are sat in the stands. Isa was the man on the field doing the job and he did not let us down.

Early on in the season I criticised Willie Isa saying that he wasn't up to Wigan standard. I was wrong.

You only began to appreciate him as the season wore on. Unspectacular, but ran hard every carry, rarely dropped the ball. Tackled hard every time and rarely gave penalties away.

He was 7 out of 10 every game. Never a 9 and never a 5. I hope he enjoys a well earned rest. His knee looks like it could do with it.

Here here. I thought Isa was a very solid player and really helped us a great deal this season, a very astute signing.

When Isa signed I posted that a friend of ours who works for Widnes was "gutted" when he left. He said "He'll give you 100% every game, run hard and tackle anything that moves, if he gives a couple of penalties away it's because he's knackered and has given everrthing"
How right he was.

Did anyone notice he claimed the match ball on Saturday and wasn't going to lose it.

Isa is a very likeable guy who plays the game 100%, I wish he was a bit bigger as he would be immense with the way he plays. He is Mr dependable and every team needs them. He has been a consistent in a season full of inconsistency (injuries).

I did post on here earlier in the season that I thought Isa was doing a good job for us and he has maintained that, he will never be a top player but is a very solid, dependable squad player who always gives 100%, which is all you can ask. Every team needs players like that.