Ch 9 News (inc DannyW) Foran being shopped around

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Im really getting sick and tired of seeing and hearing the names of

Foran
Pay
Grimaldi
Harris
Lewis
Elliott
Smith
Lichaa
Levi
Turpine
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Turbo 1
Turbo 2
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If he's on $1m atm then let him go and we get $500k to play on a new player or 2! Or put it to a decent hooker and train the halves we have.
 

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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.
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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
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.
 

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Out there idea, yet what of shopping Foz to Penrith as a part trade for a junior or two of theirs to replace Maloney, who's fucking off to France?
 
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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.
Is it though? Foran has only been involved in 3 of the 5 wins and you just cannot factor in Foran being fully fit.

You don’t necessarily have to replace Foran with a like for like player. If we can strengthen another position with his money we do it that’s what the whole rebuilding thing is. You might not find the right building block for that position but if you find one for another position you take it. Eventually you’ll complete the roster.
 

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We 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
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 club
 

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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?
I think Panthers want Peachey back and they’ll use Jermone Luia as Maloney’s replacement.
 

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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 club
Greg Bird ? He still playing
 

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Foran is a walking chronic injury...should have been medically retired but nrl refuses and he wont walk away when he is getting 1.2M next year. We are stuck with the cripple until contract ends.
 

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Why don't we have a chat with Jackson Hastings?

Just signed with Wigan and has an NRL condition in his contract where if hes offered a ticket home he can take it.

Player swap them Hastings for Lichaa and Nu Brown (Nu Brown is good mates with Rhyse Martin).

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.
I agree.... but the problem is he can't bring that game into NRL level... it's too fast gameplay for him.

I think Panthers want Peachey back and they’ll use Jermone Luia as Maloney’s replacement.
Brendan Hands and Cleary/Luai .. Though Hands probably a few years off yet.
 

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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
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.
 

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You see, mud sticks. All player managers are now aware how Hasler works his cap and while it looks good on paper the headaches with back ended deals causes more strain and stress than what they are worth towards the back end. There's no way manly could have three players on $1m+ on top of that a few others on good coin. Tom and Jake taking up cap dollars with no third parties won't be possible. In 2020 we have no million dollar players and should be able to offer them what they are worth.
 

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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.
 

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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.
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.
 

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Turbos are also devaluing themselves by declaring them super manly guys.
the other teams will think 'their hearts be at manly yo' and Manly are thinking 'we can get these homies cheaper because they love us'.

Tommy could have cleared over a mil if he was mercenary.

Titans would throw big at them.
 

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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.
Medical retirements are meant to be for people who break their back or snap bones irrepairable.
Foran can play, he has played (and played well) since the medical retirement got denied, so that proves in spirit the NRL are right.

What will need to happen is a new injury and Canterbury plead their case he cant run again properly. They need to be prepared. I dont think they are far away from a convincing case. Nasheed.
 
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