Eels grant Tahu 2 days leave

[benoir91]

http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsar...9076/eels-give-tahu-two-days-off/default.aspx

Timana Tahu has been given leave by his NRL club Parramatta until Friday.
Eels coach Daniel Anderson says he was expecting Tahu to front for training on Wednesday evening but chief executive Paul Osborne has met with the star centre and given him the time off.
Tahu walked out of the NSW State of Origin team camp last Friday after assistant coach Andrew Johns made racially disparaging remarks about Queensland centre Greg Inglis.
"It's a traumatic and a difficult period for him. I've got to get the team ready," Anderson said.
"I would envisage and hope that the rhythm of training and preparing for a game might make it a little bit easier for him to settle but it's an individual thing."
NSW play Queensland on Wednesday night in Origin II hoping to avoid an unprecedented fifth straight series defeat.
The Eels travel to Newcastle for an NRL clash on Monday night.

 

[jono]

Anyone know when the team is coming up to Newy?

 

[pauljc26]

Ok Timana i agreed with the stance you took over the situation
but it is now time to get over it and get back to playing football

 

[Suitman]

Tahu given leave by the club.....that's fine.

Channel 9 news just reported in a breaking story that Tahu didn't turn up to training today, and that there'll be more to be heard about this. That's all they said.

Wankers. Once again sensationalising a nothing story.

Suity

 

[Redback71]

boy i think tahu is milking this a little bit

 

[Suitman]

boy i think tahu is milking this a little bit

And why would he want to do that?

Suity

 

[benoir91]

Timana Tahu should not return to training with Parramatta until he is ready mentally, the NRL club's coach Daniel Anderson says.
Tahu caught Anderson by surprise by failing to return to training with the Eels on Wednesday in the wake of his walkout from the NSW State of Origin team camp last week.
Eels chief executive Paul Osborne has given the star centre time off until Friday as the Eels prepare for a Monday night match against Newcastle.
The 29-year-old quit the Blues camp over a racially disparaging remark from assistant coach Andrew Johns, who is also a coaching consultant with the Eels but whose position at the club is now under review.
Tahu has had little contact with Anderson or club team-mates since the controversy erupted, but did catch up with Eels CEO and close friend Osborne on Wednesday.
"I've got a couple of texts earlier in the week and that's about it," Anderson said.
"It's no use me continually ringing him ... I'm not a person who is going to demand he return to training because he won't be in the right mental frame.
"I expect that when he is in a comfortable frame of mind to come here to training, then he trains.
"I would like him to come back to training when he feels he can make a contribution to our team.
"I'm not sure what routine is going to enhance his moving forward.
"If Friday is the start of that process and he feels he can play Monday then we'll welcome him into the team.
"If it doesn't work out that way then we'll take that as well, we'll see how it goes.
"We'll take Friday first."
Osborne said Tahu had requested the time off.
"He only just got back from Newcastle. He wanted to spend another day with his family," he told AAP.
"His kids have all been sick.
"He's going really good, he's going great. He wants some positive outcomes, that's all."
Osborne said the club would begin working on the next step in the Tahu-Johns relationship on Thursday.
Anderson said he had spoken with Johns, who had expressed his regret.
"It wasn't a significant conversation," the coach said.
"He's very upset and I think he is keen to try and meet Timana and have a chat with him.
"I've had a great contribution here from Joey ... I also have a very valuable member of our playing roster.
"It's a relationship between a consultant member of the coaching staff and a player here, of course that's a relationship we have to identify (if) it's possible to continue."
Anderson said it was too early to gauge the reaction of the Eels' players to the situation.
"It's difficult for us. It's only Wednesday, we haven't seen Timana," he said.
"I don't know if hardly any of the players have spoken to him.
"I know that they would be very encouraging in their support for him.
"We haven't done enough as a team to recognise that yet."

http://www.nrl.com/news/news/newsar...hu-on-leave-until-mentally-right/default.aspx

 

[pauljc26]

so who is to say he is going to be ready "mentally" for the game on Monday
i think it is time to suck it up and get on with things

 

[I bleed blue & gold]

Hopefully he will turn out on monday night and have a big game.

 

[big boppa eel]

Tahu has made his point which is fair enough, but do not understand why he requires anymore time off, Timana get back to training and earn ur money champ, i believe this is where it can go pear shaped for him by pissing his team mates off not turning up to training and continuing spotlight on club.

 

[bartman]

Tahu's probably just waiting for Osborne to hurry up and sack Andrew Johns... god on him imo.

But what a beat up - if Tahu remained in the Origin side this time, he wouldn't have been due back at training until Friday anyway.

FFS, Weidler's probably had longer than two days away from work with a sniffle, but it doesn't make Channel 9 news.

 

[Craig Johnston]

good point from andrew webster today....at what point does T go from being a hero for his people to being a crusader?

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/tahu-must-tell-full-story/story-e6frfgbo-1225880130830

 

[jayjayselmes]

i wonder if Tahu will drop out of Monday nights game because his Sydney Morning herald paper wasn't delivered on time? Toughen up or bugger off. This is nothing Story... push on

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Id love to know what he needs these two days for. Surely he cant be emotionally upset still over the comments? Of course im a white Australian so I cant comprehend what he has experienced, but if racism is still rife in this country (apparently) wouldnt he be used to it by now?

 

[DeanPay98]

This would have been quite emotionally draining on Tahu. So I can understand where he's coming from. But he really needs to turn up and play on Monday. If we all dropped our bundle every time racism came up we wouldn't get anywhere in life. The hurt will wear down after a while. I say that because the way people experience racism is that one single incident often triggers memories of all the other similar and related incidents. So it can be a bit hard to work through a single incident or issue when you have all that emotional baggage to deal with. But in the interim you just have to keep going.

 

[bildo]

The bloke is obviously a head case and in serious need of a shrink.
2 days isn't long enough for' poor me' Timana to have off, give him the rest of his contract off.

 

[Jake the snake]

The bloke is obviously a head case and in serious need of a shrink.
2 days isn't long enough for' poor me' Timana to have off, give him the rest of his contract off.

you must be a dickhead

 

[Gronk]

The bloke is obviously a head case and in serious need of a shrink.
2 days isn't long enough for' poor me' Timana to have off, give him the rest of his contract off.

You should open a Counselling Consultancy. You're appointments would be only brief :-

"Harden the f**k up. Next !"

 

[Stagger eel]

you must be a dickhead

can't you see that he's an expert on human psychology? I can just see him at a funeral telling the immidiate family of the deceased to harden the f**k up...

 

[bildo]

you must be a dickhead

Please stop that, you meanie you. I am going to need counselling to get over that, you will be hearing from my lawyer.
I am off to have a big cry now,. Stuff it , i'm telling my Mum on you.