An open letter of gratitude to Kieran Foran

If it were that easy for them they wouldn't need to not stuff up.

Mals but he has get out clause for Arthur and 2018. He is a special to go to NZ should expansion include a second NZ team.

Foran only went to Parra because he met his "Allan Bond". Can't blame the guy, a rugby league career is short.

Brad Arthur should be selling used cars on parra road .fair dinkum he could sell ice to Eskimo s or heaters in Dubai . Talking Foran into going to parra is the best oversell ever

Bazinga :-)

Which isn't true Killa. The Eels have something exciting blow up in their face every 6 months. Ricky Stuart, Chris Sandow, Jarryd Hayne. All things that got you very excited and then back fired horribly.

Jay, I think & thats only based on the TV games & listening to the radio calls Norman has been pretty close to the best player at Parra this year. He's only 24 now based on his birthdate shown on the Parra web site, so still has a fair bit of learning to do & for mine a bit more a team player than Sandow. The best aspect of Sterlo when he played was his both his freakishness, which Sandow has, but he played more as a team player than for his own. This worked exceptionally well with Kenny outside him, who I don't think was the same when combined with other halves at the club level. This is the area that Sandow cannot seem to grasp, & at 27 now & 28 next January, I cannot see him changing. I would love to see him picked up by another NRL club though, as it would be tragic not seeing him in the competion.

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Robinson has played Fullback & has some experience there, although a better winger, at 28 not sure how much better an option over Gordon for a couple of years, especially as BA is wanting to have young Bevan French gain more experience & is seen as a long term fullback for the club.

The Cronullla prop that was signed was Denis Ritson.

Appreciate your thoughts & the post on the clubs facebook page being repeated here, as I cannot handle FB owing to many things, most of all the amount of junk stuff & people wanting to be freinds that one never has heard of. I am sure there are positives on it but I try to limit even my time on the internet as I have other interests that I enjoy. All that aside, I also liked Cris, & would have liked to have seen him retained & was one that has been on his side on this forum for some time now, & I think he could have worked well with Foran as a halves combo, although I think that a Foran 6 & Norman 7 would be a much better option as both are more steady, rather than the uncertainty around Sandows plays. Chris shot himself not just in the foot with his public outburst against BA restricting his game, & wanting more structured plays, in the end he shot his brains out as well. He forgets that last year BA did allow him a lot of freedom to play his own game, & yes they won a few but also lost a few as well. I know of no one in any business who thinks he can tell his immediate boss on what he should allow him to do, as an exception to the rest of the crew, he would have been out the door then & there, & would have no case at fair work Australia for wrongfull dismissal. While Norman is filling the #1 spot at the moment & will do quite well, the primary reason he came to Parra & signed a contract with them was that he would play as a 5/8, he considered it his best position & was unable to get much of a chance there, especially when the Bronco's signed Scott Prince, & that was the final nail for him. No doubt that he has agreed to playing there with BA, but he did switch back to the 5/8 position last game, which tells a lot as to where he should be playing. I have taken a lot of notice with Foran's plays since his on/off/on coming to Parra, & one thing I notice is how often he plays as a 7, & that is at scrum times, same with Norman during a fair bit of the time, & that shows how these two will fit together very nicelly.

Gordon on a one year deal. Smells like Hayne is coming back in 2017!

Lol. I am strangely glad he is going there too. A strong Parramatta is good for the game. Plus anyone escaping Manly is good news. Just sick of the character references.

Jay Didja hear that Foz is a very ethical fellow ? Errr do you need a bag about now .... ;-) On a serious note , you'll have to excuse us Parra fans as we're all a bit hopped up at the moment.....something along the lines of not having too much to be excited about recently .

Yes Jay unfortunately I think you're right and Sandow is a goner . The pity is he could have been a real superstar of the game, if and it's a big "IF" he had some consistency in his game. Also I hear what you're saying about Norman , that's why I would shift him to the back .

Killa, I reckon I am the lone voice on this one but I can't stand Norman. He has a much vision as a blind vole. Probably one of the top 3 most skilful halves in the competition but he's just prone to taking the wrong option. Admittedly he has gotten marginally better at Parra. In saying this though, I agree a move to Fullback would suit. I would worry about his communication and ability to structure the defence though. I think Chrissy Sandow has to go. I can't see how Parramatta can afford all of them if it was over the cap this year and last. If it came down to Sandow or losing some of the young forward talent I know which way I would go. It's a shame too because Sandow is great to watch.

You would be better off training Robinson

Ouch. 4 years. What kind of goose egg would do that.....

There is a lot of talk of Kieran's 'code of ethics' and I'm sure he's a top guy. But there are plenty of guys out there with similar ideas of right and wrong. It's just we get Kieran's ethics shoved down our throats every second day. There are plenty of good guys in Rugby League, guys that manage themselves. Guys that don't have 1 million dollar get out clauses written into their contracts. Again, I love Foran, but if I have to hear how ethical the bloke is 1 more time I am going to barf.

Interesting side note. McCracken ended up in Townsville where he opened a bunch of nightclubs which went bankrupt.