The front office didn't screw that, Kieran Foran did. Unless you're talking about the salary cap cheating, in which case, we wouldn't have signed all those players without it.
Coryn Hughes > Poupou EscobarMay 24, 2026 at 12:44pm
The front office screwed it because they got caught cheating that was the bigger issue.Foran unfortunately his body was at the end of it by the time he got to us and the mental state hurt him also.
Foran's body was fine. He played more NRL games after leaving Parra than he did before he got here.
As for getting caught, that's the risk every club takes when they fuck around with 'arms length' TPAs. The alternative is mediocrity.
Coryn Hughes > Poupou EscobarMay 25, 2026 at 12:39pm
No it wasn't he was used up and he fell off the cliff because of it.Us Dogs GC Warriors I mean he didn't play a full season because of his body.It gave up the ghost bigtime.
Foran played 162 NRL games AFTER HE LEFT THE EELS. Add that to the 147 he played in his first stint at Manly and the 9 games he played for us, Foran played over 300 NRL games. Hardly a player with "problems". Most likely is that he got the fuck out of Parra to avoid getting sanctioned for signing dodgy TPAs. His form was pretty good for us.
Yes, in today's rules Hayne and Semi would be unstoppable with Moses, Iongi, Addo Carr. But our forwards and Centre will let us down in much bigger games.
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"Foran played 162 NRL games AFTER HE LEFT THE EELS. Add that to the 147 he played in his first stint at Manly and the 9 games he played for us, Foran played over 300 NRL games. Hardly a player with "problems". Most likely is that he got the fuck out…"
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The front office didn't screw that, Kieran Foran did. Unless you're talking about the salary cap cheating, in which case, we wouldn't have signed all those players without it.
The front office screwed it because they got caught cheating that was the bigger issue.Foran unfortunately his body was at the end of it by the time he got to us and the mental state hurt him also.
Foran's body was fine. He played more NRL games after leaving Parra than he did before he got here.
As for getting caught, that's the risk every club takes when they fuck around with 'arms length' TPAs. The alternative is mediocrity.
No it wasn't he was used up and he fell off the cliff because of it.Us Dogs GC Warriors I mean he didn't play a full season because of his body.It gave up the ghost bigtime.
Pou is right Coryn....Fos was the fcuk up, no one else....maybe BA as he knew him well enough to know he had problems.
Foran played 162 NRL games AFTER HE LEFT THE EELS. Add that to the 147 he played in his first stint at Manly and the 9 games he played for us, Foran played over 300 NRL games. Hardly a player with "problems". Most likely is that he got the fuck out of Parra to avoid getting sanctioned for signing dodgy TPAs. His form was pretty good for us.
No because we are still parramatta and we would fuck it up somehow
Yes, in today's rules Hayne and Semi would be unstoppable with Moses, Iongi, Addo Carr. But our forwards and Centre will let us down in much bigger games.
Throw in a Micheal Jennings, Hindmarsh,Vella and Dylan Brown. Yep.
Honestly, yes. Prime Hayne was that good. He was a one man team and he did almost take us to a premiership almost completely on his own.
Semi was great, but Hayne was on another dimension in his prime year. I've never seen such a dominant player as that '09 Hayne run.
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