The whole team had bucketloads of incompetence in the Grand Final, not just Meli.

And I don't seem to remember any of our players lighting up the world in the world cup!

IMO, Meli's been beaten down by fans so much last season, he's bound to be low on confidence. I for one hope he comes back. And I'll be having his name on the back of my shirt if he does (sorry Gardner!).

stick the young lad eastmond on the wing in his place, at least (by the sounds of it) he wants to play for the club!

Is Meli still in Oz/NZ?

That was my question 10 posts ago but you`ll get no sense on her when it comes to Meli

Mmmm, I reckon if you look a bit further you'll find that, in his earlier career, he won a couple of awards - maybe Warriors player of the season or even NRL winger of the year (something which implied he was pretty good, anyways) before his form dropped off and he found his way into the reserves.

19 man squad named today, so we will find out.

It would also be nice for an official statement from the club on the situation.

Aye, I think he may have been one of the NRL's top scorers the year the Warriors reached the GF. But by the time he left he was not in the least bit popular wherever I looked.

As I mentioned earlier, however, IMO he is a clumsy player who will always have mistakes in him, but he also has his strengths and is by far the best option we have at present.

Agreed. By Far.

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Say the rumour Ande posted about him not wanting to return is true, where do we stand on his salary? Is his removal from the books (potentially for gross misconduct) counted for the rest of the season? Or do we have to lose what we have paid so far? Or do we get a fresh start with all his wage?

we lose what we have already paid him, the salary cap is counted on a monthly "live" basis now.

How much 'reliability' is there in the rumour?

TBH I am not fussed about Meli.

He is a liability at times, and his cost was cashed to the premium at the GF.