I remember when we first signed him going for a look on the NZ Warriors fan forums to see what they thought of him. The concensus seemed to be that he was an inept berk.

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.

It was a hypothesis.

I have it on the best authority going that Meli WILL return as soon as the visa issue is sorted.

What i want to know is, how come everybody else can manage to get a visa (for example all those Celtic players), yet Meli can't?

It seems to me that he doesn't want to return.

Is he not in breach of contract in anyway?

you lost meli and you dont know where to find him

You and me both mate.

We've ushered him into a cupboard and turned the hallway light off more like.

What do you think will be him punishment IF he is to return?

Fine?
Forfeit?
Made to play in the forwards?
Made to cut his hair?

If it was anybody else in a normal every day job then they would be sacked, but seeing as this is RL and we never do anything the normal way then I would say he will be made to do 10 laps of the pitch then be put straight back into the team to satisfy all the people on here that think other fans give him a hard time

Seems like an admin error. From the reports at the time it was announced, I dont think his application had been submitted until someone (Meli?) realised he didnt have a visa that was valid.

It seems he could be back soon if this report in the Star is correct: www.sthelensstar.co.uk/saints/ne ... _of_fire_/ Last but one paragraph. Meli has still not arrived from New Zealand, but Potter said: “I spoke to him on Sunday and he gave me an indication that it was any time soon. He is going to book a flight as soon as he gets his hands on his passport.”

It seems he could be back soon if this report in the Star is correct: www.sthelensstar.co.uk/saints/ne ... _of_fire_/ Last but one paragraph. Meli has still not arrived from New Zealand, but Potter said: “I spoke to him on Sunday and he gave me an indication that it was any time soon. He is going to book a flight as soon as he gets his hands on his passport.”

Surely the club shouldn't be paying him if its his error and would have ripped up his contract.

Surely we could sign an adequate replacement.

What is darren albert up to these days.

If I read that one more time I'll scream

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