You need to chuck She-rex's stats into this as I have him edging Foran. What 4 seasons at about 800k each and played about 3 good games total.Foran has cost us 3 million over 3 seasons. Had not shown he could play football and stay on the paddock for 2 seasons beforehand.
Lichaa 1.5 million roughly over 5 seasons. Was a highly touted prospect like Brailey and Grant who have been mentioned as targets here.
Foran is hands down the worse signing in club history despite being a good bloke.
I was a lichaa hater like most but than I watched him play in the reggies . With the freedom to play a more attacking game he went well. He is our best option at 9 atm . You have to admit he has come back and looked good. Yes he.does have a shit habbit to get out and pass to someone in front or not expecting the ball.But in comparison to many in this team he has been good and his attack especially early looks like our.only threat as a creative player.Michael Lichaa "Hold my Beer".
Who extends the services of a player they are trying to offload, and is proven to be hopeless time after time.
Is it though? Foran has only been involved in 3 of the 5 wins and you just cannot factor in Foran being fully fit.Smart clubs only release a player when they have a better option available.
Currently we have no halves option who is playing to more than 10% of Forans fully fit capability.
Hence to get rid of Foran would be lunacy at this point in time. To replace him with a like for like player would cost us just as much in the open market.
Every club has at least 1 player on 1M, some like the dragons has 2 or3, wid.dop and hunt......look at widdop.look at ash Taylor look at greg bird......so we are no worse off than any other clubWe are talking about cost aren’t we ? Foran has sucked the life out of this club because it’s suppose to be a salary cap competition and he’s taking up 14-11 % without ever being on the park for a considerable time. Lichaa is at around 3-4% and yes he sucks but you can at least boot him to reserves and wear it.
The sad part is Foran NEVER deserved that money. If he was on about 3-4% of the cap no one would bat an eyelid. TRex was a shambles also. Just Des looking after his mates
I think Panthers want Peachey back and they’ll use Jermone Luia as Maloney’s replacement.Out there idea, yet what of shopping Foz to Penrith as a part trade for a junior or two of theirs to replace Malone, who's fucking off to France?
Greg Bird ? He still playingEvery club has at least 1 player on 1M, some like the dragons has 2 or3, wid.dop and hunt......look at widdop.look at ash Taylor look at greg bird......so we are no worse off than any other club
That's my pointGreg Bird ? He still playing
Jack bird, but same observation by you ? Is he still playing?That's my point
I agree.... but the problem is he can't bring that game into NRL level... it's too fast gameplay for him.I was a lichaa hater like most but than I watched him play in the reggies . With the freedom to play a more attacking game he went well. He is our best option at 9 atm . You have to admit he has come back and looked good. Yes he.does have a shit habbit to get out and pass to someone in front or not expecting the ball.But in comparison to many in this team he has been good and his attack especially early looks like our.only threat as a creative player.
Brendan Hands and Cleary/Luai .. Though Hands probably a few years off yet.I think Panthers want Peachey back and they’ll use Jermone Luia as Maloney’s replacement.
If a club CEO signs him for $700k they should be sacked. What a stupid decision that would be so we can virtually forget about him leaving unless he would take a pay cut, but he won't. Otherwise the only way to rid him off the cap is push him out. Leave him in reggies and make him terminate his contract on his own accord.Kieran is a thorn in our cap.
If some stupid club throws in 700k for Kieran and we cough up 500k for that year, while utilising that 700k elsewhere (smartly), we will be in front.
Kieran is a good footy player but unfortunately for Kieran and our club, his body is not up to the weekly, vigorous hammering's the body cops.
If Josh comes to the Dogs, it will be at a very small cost. If he doesn't come, he doesn't come and so be it.
Player's come and go, and there is no point in getting worked up over player's who are replaceable
Had Foran been at a club like Rorters then the NRL would have accepted a medical retirement by now IMO.Lichaa is a wrose signing from Foran.
Forans only crime is he has been injued, but hes been sensational when he has played.
If you are struggling, d you not gamble on a player who is sensational?
We needed him at the time.
His injuries are a problem and are somewhat chronic, but if he had eeked out another 10 games the past 2 years we would be saying he would b a great signing.
And I shake my head at people still thinming Lichaa is coming good.
He cant pass! he cnt set things up. Sure, hes had a better running game of late but pretty much any first grade hooker can have a decent running game. Its just one factor of 4 they need.
Didnt an article come out yesterday saying the 'manly fob' as someone else called him here is going to be released to keep the turbo brothers?
If thats true theres your answer. Get him and be done with it.
And forget trying to lure the Turbo's here. They are manly icons and it wont work. Tommy might but the other guys gameplay has been solved and is not worth a mil. 650 at best. Nasheed.
Medical retirements are meant to be for people who break their back or snap bones irrepairable.Had Foran been at a club like Rorters then the NRL would have accepted a medical retirement by now IMO.
Plan A should be to make an offer knowing Turbo's won't come but putting massive pressure on Manly to pay heaps to keep them. Make Des squirm with just a little win back to us.