Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:12 am  

Sheldon wrote:

Yep love our academys off and sign players from the Toyota cup.

Visas might be a issue.

Knights sign 18 year olds from NZ every year, and just about every club in the NRL does these days.
We picked up Con Mika as a 19 year old from Auckland.
We tried to sign a 17 year old from Fiji this year, but Wests got him first. That was after the Fiji under 18s were flown over to play some games against our under 17s, just so we could get a look at them.

We have great success with juniors 'scouted' from all over, but mostly NZ these days.

To be honest, i'm surprized we aren't over there pinching your best juniors.

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:19 am  

roopy wrote:

Sinbad played one firstgrade game for Melbourne as a 19 year old, then missed a season and had a slow recovery after getting injured playing for Tonga in the WC. He is a 112kg prop who hits like a train.

Surely if he is as brilliant as you make out he should have played more than 1 1st grade game in the last 3 years? If he hasn't broke into the 1st team at 24 when will he?

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:29 am  

K-Diddy wrote:

Surely if he is as brilliant as you make out he should have played more than 1 1st grade game in the last 3 years? If he hasn't broke into the 1st team at 24 when will he?

I can't remember what his injury was, but he missed the whole 2009 season and just played some park football in 2010 I think.
He played most of the 2011 season as an uncontracted player with the Central Coast Centurions (Knights feeder club). I think his form was good enough to play firstgrade this year, but he couldn't be used without being given a contract, and the salary cap didn't allow it.
As far as i know he is back to the Wyong Roos next season, unless Melbourne chuck him a lifeline.

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:36 am  

roopy wrote:

I can't remember what his injury was, but he missed the whole 2009 season and just played some park football in 2010 I think.
He played most of the 2011 season as an uncontracted player with the Central Coast Centurions (Knights feeder club). I think his form was good enough to play firstgrade this year, but he couldn't be used without being given a contract, and the salary cap didn't allow it.
As far as i know he is back to the Wyong Roos next season, unless Melbourne chuck him a lifeline.

Ah thanks for the info couldn't really find much about him on the net with him not really playing much.

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:41 am  

Sandra The Terrorist wrote: off to new York in a couple of weeks, won't be happening again, cost me a flipping fortune in roaming. Silly goose. Sounds positive, obviously never heard of them before being linked but agent roopy has more than sold Mika to me. Doubt we can, although we should sign Sinbad purely because he's called Sinbad. Love those films me, especially when the skellington's pop up out of the ground. Brill.If we did sign Sinbad, I'm going to go in a Sinbad costume to every game, I don't think it says anything on the signs outside CP about not being able to take scimitar's into the ground so that should be fine. Cut to the chase mate, no need to be ambiguous! I've seen you make this point a couple of times and I think it's potentially got legs, maybe it's worth having a scout out there? I suppose the biggest thing would be getting youngsters to move half way across the world with no real guarantee of first team football. We did it with Lovegrove, so why not a few others? Ah yes what a great film, although it was produced by the same people who made the Sinbad films it was actualy Jason and the Argonauts that you refer to with the skeleton scene, http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4187095321/ Jason and the Argonauts

Sandra The Terrorist wrote: off to new York in a couple of weeks, won't be happening again, cost me a flipping fortune in roaming. Silly goose. Sounds positive, obviously never heard of them before being linked but agent roopy has more than sold Mika to me. Doubt we can, although we should sign Sinbad purely because he's called Sinbad. Love those films me, especially when the skellington's pop up out of the ground. Brill.If we did sign Sinbad, I'm going to go in a Sinbad costume to every game, I don't think it says anything on the signs outside CP about not being able to take scimitar's into the ground so that should be fine. Cut to the chase mate, no need to be ambiguous! I've seen you make this point a couple of times and I think it's potentially got legs, maybe it's worth having a scout out there? I suppose the biggest thing would be getting youngsters to move half way across the world with no real guarantee of first team football. We did it with Lovegrove, so why not a few others? Ah yes what a great film, although it was produced by the same people who made the Sinbad films it was actualy Jason and the Argonauts that you refer to with the skeleton scene, http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4187095321/ Jason and the Argonauts

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:54 am  

Seventies red wrote: Ah yes what a great film, although it was produced by the same people who made the Sinbad films it was actualy Jason and the Argonauts that you refer to with the skeleton scene, http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4187095321/ Jason and the Argonauts Hopeless me, even get it wrong when it's stuff I like! I watched it quite recently as well. They appeared in a couple of the Jason and the Argonauts films didn't they? Edit: Surprise surprise, wrong again! Looks like there was only one Jason and the Argonauts film. It's only four queens on Amazon, don't think it would be the same if I could watch it whenever, it's best stumbled across on a wet Bank Holiday weekends. Best stop this now, Anakin will get cross.

Seventies red wrote: Ah yes what a great film, although it was produced by the same people who made the Sinbad films it was actualy Jason and the Argonauts that you refer to with the skeleton scene, http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4187095321/ Jason and the Argonauts Hopeless me, even get it wrong when it's stuff I like! I watched it quite recently as well. They appeared in a couple of the Jason and the Argonauts films didn't they? Edit: Surprise surprise, wrong again! Looks like there was only one Jason and the Argonauts film. It's only four queens on Amazon, don't think it would be the same if I could watch it whenever, it's best stumbled across on a wet Bank Holiday weekends. Best stop this now, Anakin will get cross.

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:07 am  

Sandra The Terrorist wrote: Hopeless me, even get it wrong when it's stuff I like! I watched it quite recently as well. They appeared in a couple of the Jason and the Argonauts films didn't they? The actor was Todd Armstrong, im not sure about the actress, the film was shot mostly on location in Italy, on the other hand i believe most of the Sinbad films where made on location in Spain and Greece, including Rhodes. http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/20 ... nauts.html

Sandra The Terrorist wrote: Hopeless me, even get it wrong when it's stuff I like! I watched it quite recently as well. They appeared in a couple of the Jason and the Argonauts films didn't they? The actor was Todd Armstrong, im not sure about the actress, the film was shot mostly on location in Italy, on the other hand i believe most of the Sinbad films where made on location in Spain and Greece, including Rhodes. http://blackholereviews.blogspot.com/20 ... nauts.html

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:12 am  

Sinbad this year - the guy is as cut as any 112kg player i've ever seen. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28990363@N05/5544658478/

Sinbad this year - the guy is as cut as any 112kg player i've ever seen. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28990363@N05/5544658478/

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:16 am  

roopy wrote: Sinbad this year - the guy is as cut as any 112kg player i've ever seen. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28990363@N05/5544658478/ He is huge

roopy wrote: Sinbad this year - the guy is as cut as any 112kg player i've ever seen. http://www.flickr.com/photos/28990363@N05/5544658478/ He is huge

Re: Constantine Mika : Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:22 am  

gingerspice wrote:

He is huge

What are are you refe.... erm no i'd better not ask.