Tahu?

[Perth Knights]

Under no circumstances should the Knights even contemplate taking Tahu back. He bagged the crap out of Johns and the club not long ago over racist comments, and was injured more times than he played for us, particularly in the last year or so of his contract. In addition, his form at Parraamatta last year wasn't good because of injury and "personal" issues. Do we really want to take on an injury prone player with personal issues ... surely not!!

We have an up and coming centre called likiliki at the Knights next year ... lets give this kid a go as in my opinion he has just as much potential as Tahu had at his age. Even if we get Tahu for a reduced fee ... no thanks.

 

[Alex28]

He bagged Johns - the employee, not the former player. Johns is no longer an employee.

He could give Likiliki the chance to get a gradual entry in to first grade. If we get him cheap, we have to say yes.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

Alex I do remember reading an article were he stated many times that we had a racist culture and the he personally had experienced it a lot in his time here.

 

[RHCP]

Alex I do remember reading an article were he stated many times that we had a racist culture and the he personally had experienced it a lot in his time here.

I do remember that article, but was it not Robbie O'Davis speaking for Timana?

 

[Rusty]

Tahu is a princess and altough we would get him cheap I can imagine that he would come with a heap of special requests considering he has 'personal issues'. The club would be stupid to sign him, this guy will drag the whole club through the sh*t like he has with Parramatta. Do we really need him? No. Oh and considering what transpired the last time he played up at Newie, would he really bond with our players?

 

[macavity]

Tahu is a princess and altough we would get him cheap I can imagine that he would come with a heap of special requests considering he has 'personal issues'. The club would be stupid to sign him, this guy will drag the whole club through the sh*t like he has with Parramatta. Do we really need him? No. Oh and considering what transpired the last time he played up at Newie, would he really bond with our players?

TBH I think his issues are all to do with Sydney.

I don't think he would have any issues here - his mrs would make sure of it.

 

[Baron Vo Mandor]

I do remember that article, but was it not Robbie O'Davis speaking for Timana?

Think your right actually, right after Robbie got a position at the Knights as well.

 

[League_God]

Under no circumstances should the Knights even contemplate taking Tahu back. He bagged the crap out of Johns and the club not long ago over racist comments

Umm.. and rightly so. I love Joey, but he did make racist comments. This attitude is part of the reason why Aus is so far behind in terms of racism.

 

[Alex28]

I do remember that article, but was it not Robbie O'Davis speaking for Timana?

Spot on. It was all hear say, not from Tahu.

 

[Newie is God's Country]

We are going all out for Idris for 2012 from what I have read. Toohey also mentioned it in his weekend article. By that reckoning T would have to take a massive pay cut.

 

[Rusty]

Idris? Great...

 

[perverse]

We are going all out for Idris for 2012 from what I have read. Toohey also mentioned it in his weekend article. By that reckoning T would have to take a massive pay cut.

read where? that's one of the more absurd things i've ever heard. where the hell would Idris fit in our team given the plethora of 2nd rowers and outside backs?

i mean, that's beside the fact that he's massively overrated.

 

[Matt23]

Idris...no thanks.

 

[Matt23]

*edit* double

 

[perverse]

we'll be losing mad dog at the end of the year, and Sau is also off contract. i guess Stone might want 3. Likiliki 4. Idris long term?

i don't particularly want Idris... his defence is absolutely laughable at times... in fact i can't think of centre that is a worse defender. usually defenders as poor as he don't last long in first grade, he's only lasted this long off his physical attributes alone pretty much.

 

[Archduke_Franz]

we'll be losing mad dog at the end of the year, and Sau is also off contract. i guess Stone might want 3. Likiliki 4. Idris long term?

i don't particularly want Idris... his defence is absolutely laughable at times... in fact i can't think of centre that is a worse defender. usually defenders as poor as he don't last long in first grade, he's only lasted this long off his physical attributes alone pretty much.

Yeah that's true but he is still only a pup. Another couple of years on him will add more experience and tounghness and he will improve his D. He has the potential to be massive if coached right. 2012 Would be about a perfect time to get him in his career too.

 

[red and blue]

Tahu sounds like he has massive issues and needs to sort himself out.
With all the crap about drugs this season and the focus that was put on Joey I would expect that the Knights would not want to sign a player that is being a problem at his current club.
Nobody really knows what Tahus issues are but he must have something that is troubling him badly.
I hope he gets through this and plays for parra next season. We dont need him if he was a 115kg prop then yes but we have more than enough players to cover his postion.
Hes a great player when at the top of his game and it would be shame to see him go out like this.

 

[Alex28]

OK...proof about this Idris thing or I call bullsh*t. NIGC said he read it somewhere - give us a link.

The thing is everyone is worried about T and his issues - yet Newcastle is the very place he has run to escape those issues. He didn't have those issues when he was at Newcastle.

Seeing a theme here?

I'm certainly not suggesting we give him the $400K he was supposedly on at Parramatta - that is stupid overs. But if he wants to get his sh*t together here and do it at a cut price, then I'm OK with that. Despite all of what has happened he is still one of the heroes of the club. He won a grand final with us.

We might just be what he needs, and you know what? I think he might just be what we need.

 

[rnb11]

OK...proof about this Idris thing or I call bullsh*t. NIGC said he read it somewhere - give us a link.

The thing is everyone is worried about T and his issues - yet Newcastle is the very place he has run to escape those issues. He didn't have those issues when he was at Newcastle.

Seeing a theme here?

I'm certainly not suggesting we give him the $400K he was supposedly on at Parramatta - that is stupid overs. But if he wants to get his sh*t together here and do it at a cut price, then I'm OK with that. Despite all of what has happened he is still one of the heroes of the club. He won a grand final with us.

We might just be what he needs, and you know what? I think he might just be what we need.

Well said, I completely agree. I don't think anyone can doubt his playing ability, he started off the season well and we saw glimpses of the good old Timana Tahu. It wasn't until all the off field drama began that his form started going down hill and he started copping it from left right & center. This indicates to me that he still has the ability but there's alot of stuff going on in his personal life thats getting in his way.

If Newcastle has been his place to escape it all over the last few weeks then I think keeping himself there would probably be the smartest thing he's done in a long time. I was such a massive fan of Tahu until he started all his bullsh*t but as Alex said, he's still one of our heroes and as much as I don't like him at the moment it'd be a massive shame to see him go out the way he's heading.

I'd be more than happy for him to sign a cheap, one year deal with us and see how that works out. If he wants to turn himself AND his career around (which I surely think he would) then Newcastle would be the perfect place to do that. A "feel good" story could be made of Tahu's retirement at the club that gave him his fame and glory, it's just a matter of whether or not he wants that to happen. Having MacDougall, Midley & Tahu working with our young backs would not only help improve their game by miles but would also instill some good old fashion Newcastle pride into them.

 

[rnb11]

Just read that Rick Stone said it's most probably not going to happen but if Tahu can make some assurances and take a pay cut, he'll never say never.

I think its fair to say the likelihood of Tahu returning has plummeted over the last 24 hours which is realistically isn't such a bad thing for us but if this is how his career ends, I do feel sorry for the bloke even though he brought most of it on himself.