I actually like what I've seen from Thompson so far. He is a hard-running hard tacking 2nd rower. In a tough game, he is exactly the type of player you'd want in your pack. It seems to me that a few posters are thinking that Taia was this offloading attacking machine. He wasn't. He was first and foremost a hard-running 2nd rower and that was only because Justin Holbrook got him to play that role. Before he had any direction from the coach he was erratic at times when he had the ball in hand (wasn't his fault, the coaching was so shocking that he was trying to make things happen). Thompson isn't shying away from anything. Is making good yards and getting stuck in. He'll do for me and I'm sure when his career at Saints is over we'll be remembering a very good player for us. Manly fans would love to have him back.