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Storm favourites to snare Foran
38 MINUTES AGOAPRIL 10, 201

BRAD Arthur sat in the press conference and offered the only explanation possible.

In another room, the big guy got him. Kieran Foran was just two game back from catastrophe and now Arthur was a two-time loser.

“He played well and that’s what they’ve got him there for, to control the game,” Arthur said.

He knew it. That’s why he got Foran to Parramatta last year, to do exactly what he did for the Warriors on Sunday.

It was no fault of his.

Anyway, nothing stays still for long with Foran. Already he is working on rewriting an ending we were all beginning to pencil in.

Great Talent Until Something Happened.

Now Foran is in the process of rewriting it again and some, with a little licence, believe where he ends up next season should be like the ending to any good story.


Kieran Foran of the Warriors in action against the Parramatta Eels at Mt Smart Stadium. Picture: Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

This little drama opens with the events that led to Foran slaying Parramatta on Sunday, which began last year in his sleep.

Foran was recovering from his first shoulder operation. One of those painful operations where the cut goes deep and the size of the pain seems to have no connection to the size of the tiny muscle operated on and the recovery seems a long way away.

Foran went home and slept with his arm in a sling and woke in tremendous pain.

He never felt anything like it.

Around him, life was already in chaos.

But the pain ...

What Foran did not know was that sometime during the night, in the wrong sling, he jerked and tore the muscle all over again.

He woke the next morning in a pain that was foreign. Someone had taken a sledgehammer to his shoulder.

Foran had never had this operation before. He thought the pain was normal.

Only painkillers could help and they were sending him batty. Making him tired and the recovery was slow.


Kieran Foran grimaces as he holds his shoulder during the round 11 match for the Eels last year. Picture: Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

Arthur wanted Foran back.

All the advice he got was that Foran should be nearly ready to play. He believed getting Foran back to the field quickly was the best remedy for all that other stuff going on.

It is not an uncommon thought.

What Arthur did not know was that the night Foran slept after that operation he was in the wrong sling for the operation he underwent. He was supposed to be in a sling that locked the arm in place during sleep. It was not the right sling and the muscle tore again.


Kieran Foran with arm in a sling after injuring his shoulder last year playing for the Eels. Picture Brett CostelloSource:News Corp Australia

Only painkillers, a silent curse themselves, saw him through.

That’s where it began.

Arthur began insisting he wanted Foran at training. Idle minds are no good for footballers and Arthur did not want Foran at home, with little to do.

Foran resisted, as much because the painkillers were sending him to sleep on the drive down, twice nearly ending in accidents.

It was a spiral neither could break from.

He lasted less than a half of football in his return when the reality of his injury could not be hidden by drugs.

Foran eventually left Parramatta, damaged goods.

While everybody was sure he would eventually be back nobody was sure what version we would see.

It has taken two games to get that verdict.

And now Foran is in the process of writing what might be the unlikeliest of endings.

Melbourne is the early favourite to snare Foran from the Warriors.

Forget Canterbury and his links to coach Des Hasler. Forget about the Wests Tigers and believe Foran is a less than even chance of staying in New Zealand.


Cooper Cronk, Billy Slater share a laugh with coach Craig Bellamy. Picture: Colleen Petch.Source:News Corp Australia

Just a week ago Cooper Cronk announced he was leaving Melbourne at season’s end and already the Storm, showing the class of the joint, are thinking big.

While everybody has talked of a rebuild, coach Craig Bellamy is thinking premierships. Such is their magic.

Tahu Harris and Jordan McLean are leaving so there is plenty of room in the cap. Bellamy’s coaching appeals to Foran.

Until now the Storm have not been mentioned in the same sentence as Foran but have gone quietly about inquiring his availability.

Foran is keen and that’s why he will end up in Melbourne. It adheres to the rules for any good ending to a story.

It should be completely unexpected but, on reflection, make perfect sense.

Originally published as Foran set to turn back on Sydney

http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/st...n/news-story/a5129cbb2825ea4d9136f31fd19faca6
 

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We wont get Cronk (retiring) & our clubs not interested in Foran
 

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Bellamy is probably the only coach who could turn Foran around before he becomes Carney.
Exactly what I was thinking. But is he smart enough to make that call.

Bellamy would be the only coach that can develop him as a footballer and a person. Thing with Hasler is he will go too soft on him. Just like he did with trex.
 

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Part of the reason he went to warriors was to get out of Sydney and away from the situation and lifestyle that got him into the shit. So Melbourne as a location would make sense for Foran
 

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Doesnt he want to be close to his children? Isnt that the point why he wants to return to Sydney? Melbourne is not close to Sydney the last time i checked.

Foran before he left to NZ lived literally down my street and i always used to see him walking pushing the pram and his 2 dogs.
 

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Over Foran. He can go back to parra and shit all over the red carpet that was rolled out for him by Arthur and Co.
 

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Part of the reason he went to warriors was to get out of Sydney and away from the situation and lifestyle that got him into the shit. So Melbourne as a location would make sense for Foran
What happened to him wanting back in Sydney for his kids?
 

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Doesn't matter sick of the Foran circus, we have Frawley who is signed with us in 2018, let's hope our club retains this kid long term as he could be the HB we needed all along and guess what he was in our backyard all this time!
 

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What happened to him wanting back in Sydney for his kids?
Dunno whats doing there tbh. In the halves i like reynolds and want too see more of frawley. They could be a good combo. Have been so far. So i wont die if we dont get foran. Happy for us to get tedesco, though he is a bit overpriced
 

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Salary cap cheats back at it again with a new set of books it seems.

Smith is on $1.2 million a season, Slater $1.1, Munster $600k, and Finucane $500k (according to Zerotackle). That's $3 million of their 8.5 in 4 players.
 

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Over Foran. He can go back to parra and shit all over the red carpet that was rolled out for him by Arthur and Co.
Article points to bad management of his injury and the fact Arthur thought he was bullshitting when in fact parramatta staff failed to recognise that he had reinjured himself because he was wearing the wrong sling

Arthur is a myth parra will not make the 8 and next year he will be on the chopping block Moses will be a fail too

What a monumental fuk up (I suppose they are the best at it) if true
 
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For the love of God, Melbourne, sign him to a 10 year contract so that he can never be linked with us again. Absolute circus
Des will still go after him after 10 years is up lol
 

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Priority no.1 is getting Tedesco

Move mbye to hooker, put Lichaa on interchange and start Frawley and should make top 4
 

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I just have one question...why didn't we make a big play for Mitchell Moses? I
 
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