Saw this and wondered if anyone has heard anything? www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... -Taia.html I know its in the Sun therefore it should be taken with a few pinches of salt If there is something in this does anybody know much about him apart from his wiki page lol.. Roopy?

Saw this and wondered if anyone has heard anything? www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... -Taia.html I know its in the Sun therefore it should be taken with a few pinches of salt If there is something in this does anybody know much about him apart from his wiki page lol.. Roopy?

He is a quality player who missed all last season with a neck injury that affected the strength of his right arm so much he couldn't tackle.
He had a radical surgical procedure that has only been done to one other Rugby League player - Anthony Quinn of Melbourne.
He basically had a vertebra removed and replaced, which sounds like science fiction to me.
He came back this season and started very slowly after a year off, at which time Wayne Bennett made the decision to replace him with Beau Scott for next season.
Since then he has improved a lot and is nearly back to the form he had when playing for NZ and is one of the Knights best.
Quinn has played a full season with his bionic neck and Zeb doesn't seem to be having any problems, but i think it's a gamble.

No he didn't.

Is he as good as Mika Roopy?

I'll play your silly game.

If Mika improves to reach his full potential in the next few years he still won't be fit to shine Zeb's boots - assuming Zeb doesn't get another big knock to his neck.

and half a game off the bench in a final where he tried hard but didn't have an impact was not really playing in my books.

What silly game? Genuine question.

What about the start of the season, didn't he play a few then?

Roopy, Sheldon said you don't know what you're talking about and said you smell of sausage rolls.

Sheldon, Roopy said you're a fishy pommy with bad teeth.

love it

He will slot in perfectly.

The Sun is definitely NOT my reading material but they have been right about Manu and Turner.

Taia is more likely Catalans bound; a replacement for Lopini.

Unless, Taia is a genuine target because Ben Galea is retiring?

Would have thought that if we were genuinely interested, we would have a natural advantage over any other club in SL.

Its getting like the Morgan years all over again only this time instead of just dealing with one agent (now a banned agent..ahem..) , we are just looking at signing from one club...

Shows the strength of the coaches "connections" within the game i.e none...

Sorry Craig , really wanted you to do well but you are a massive disappointment so far, at the senior level at least...perhaps assistant coaching/teaching is really more your bag , maybe a step down to Director of Youth development may be the way forward...

And Roopy , you DID say Mika was in the form of his life and a top signing for us whereas i DID say he (and other signings) was more like a Salford level player so your credibility with regards the ability of Knights reserve and fringe players has gone...

Barry!

How have you been?

I've missed you, had to get my old posters out.

Pining I was.

Oh good, he's back to bring his thrillingly pessimistic opinions.

I just had to stop myself committing suicide, It's not that bad, Larry.

All hail the return of happy crack!