I said over a month ago that Foran would not be back and I hope that he gets all the help he needs. We don't need both Hayne and Foran and life always comes before football. I will tell you the reason why we don't need both, his name is Valentine Holmes. As Emjaycee has said Hayne will be in the halves next year and the year after that Valentine will come, we have already signaled our interest.
In the short term you have Robson as depth and if they aren't playing Hayne in the halves, Cooper Cronk is a must have for 2017. I don't see why that is not an option if you aren't just writing off next year as a rebuilding year.
It also has nothing to do with the Telegraph, what a stupid excuse. It has everything to do with Foran's personal life and the issues he has involved himself in that have eventuated in him needing to get better. The media is a price you pay when you earn good money in public life. I'm sure everyone would be celebrities or politicians otherwise.
Some of you had no qualms with kicking Hagan when he was down. It seems there are no issues with the media kicking people if you aren't on the bandwagon. The same goes with Sandow, some of you need to take a good, hard and long look at yourself. Tim Smith? Again, same story. I'm glad most have gone on to big and better things than this decade-long rubbish and I'm sure Foran will eventually too.
Whilst it might just be a coincidence or a "curse" that all our halfback's end up going the same way, I think the culture of some of the Eels fans that seem to not understand that the halfback is not the deterministic factor of the entire football side, they like the coach are a scapegoat position in rugby league. I have said that since before Tim Smith left...and a lot of you had no problems with laying the boot in.
Hypocrites.
The real reason for our lack of success has always been the soft, relaxed nature of the team. Like them or loathe them, the competitive drive is what is behind the Storm machine. Week in, week out, letting your team mates down is an unspeakable sin. At least that culture was improving over recent times.
