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Semi Radradra

Joshuatheeel

Joshuatheeel

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Really, there are several options for the Semi wing spot:

Possible

Jennings junior
Toutai
Au'avu

Outside chance

Aukafalou
Faraimo
Tuha
Schulte
Folau

Plenty of options, it's there for the taking to whoever wants it the most.
 
Dibs

Dibs

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Ivor said:
So our backline is now:
1. Hoffman
2. Michael Jennings
3. Takairangi
4. Gutherson
5. French
6. Norman
7. Specialist halfback.

Radradra will be greatly missed for his footballing ability but, like Foran, he's not really a Parramatta player. Never really was.
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No that's not our backline now. It may be come Rd 1 but I doubt it.
 
MarkInTheStands

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You would never guess who ?

Foxsports.com.au said:
Parramatta Eels legend Brett Kenny says Semi Radradra should pack his bags and leave the club

GO and play rugby union in France.

That’s the message to Semi Radradra from Parramatta legend Brett Kenny who admits he’s “sick and tired” of the soap opera surrounding the Fijian flyer.

On Monday night, French rugby club Toulon announced the signing of Radradra, despite the tryscoring machine being contracted to the Eels next season.

Radradra’s manager George Christodoulou claims Toulon “jumped the gun”, but did say there was a substantial offer on the table.

This all came on the same day Radradra was due in court on domestic violence charges, but was instead in Fiji visiting his father who is reportedly ill.

Kenny, who played 265 games for the Eels, reckons enough is enough.

“I must admit I’m getting sick and tired of Semi now,” Kenny told Fox Sports News on Tuesday.

“It’s something the club doesn’t need. They were in turmoil this year. They want to start afresh and get on with what they’ve got to do.

“I think it’s time for Semi to say goodbye to Parramatta, or more so Parramatta to say goodbye to Semi.”

Even though the Eels cult figure has a contract with the club next season, Kenny said he’d have no qualms about letting him leave early in a bid to recreate some stability within the organisation.

“I’d let him go, they’ve got some good young players there,” Kenny said.

“I just think they’ve got the position covered.

“You just can’t afford to have someone carrying on the way Semi is — sometimes he’s here, sometimes he isn’t.

“It’s just not good for the club and for his teammates.

“I know they’ll all support him and that’s fine but at the end of the day you need someone that’s going to be there 100 per cent and if it was me I’d be saying you’re more than welcome to go and play in France.”

This isn’t the first time Radradra has been linked with an exit from the club.

In June this year, he returned to Fiji telling friends he was off to join another French rugby outfit in Bordeaux.

Kenny says the constant uncertainty surrounding Radradra’s future could start to affect his teammates.

“They’re his teammates and you always stick by your teammates,” Kenny said.

“But after a while you start thinking this is just too much and maybe that’s what they’ll do eventually.

“If it keeps going, I think the players — they’re there to play rugby league and win games — they don’t want to be worried about whether a teammate’s going to be turning up for training or not.”

Kenny called on the NRL to step in and prevent rival clubs taking advantage of situations when players are released.

“To me, this is one of the problems,” Kenny said.

“Clubs will get rid of players for off-field issues, but once they get rid of them another club picks them up straight away.

“I really think the NRL have to look at this and take a stance that if they’ve had indiscretions off the football friend and it’s worthy enough for the clubs to sack them, they shouldn’t be allowed to go and sign with another club. It just doesn’t help anyone.

“If Parramatta let him go and he wants to stay in the NRL, I really don’t think he’ll have a problem finding another club, but I just don’t think it’s the right thing to do.”
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http://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl...b/news-story/77d75689083994af57298f8aa42c1ab4
 
Poupou Escobar

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Joshuatheeel said:
You really think the club is going to give us all the finer details of players contracts / negotiating details? Of course they lie!!
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100%

Clubs generally don't need to lie to the fans (I'm sure they'd love to share more from time to time) but they certainly don't benefit from letting rival clubs know exactly what's going on. So if they're going to conceal/lie to rival clubs they need to do the same to the fans. Because you can't trust half a million merkins to keep a secret. We've just seen this year how you can't even trust half a dozen.
 
Barry O'Speedwagon

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Parramatta Eels CEO expects Semi Radradra will arrive in Sydney tonight
Published: November 29, 2016 - 6:39PM

Troubled NRL star Semi Radradra is expected to arrive in Sydney tonight to face court tomorrow on domestic violence charges, according to Parramatta Eels CEO Burnie Gurr.

Gurr said Radradra's manager George Christodoulou told him the 24-year-old winger had "not singed a contract with French rugby" despite reports he is leaving the NRL to join European powerhouse Toulon.

"Consistent with what the manager has been saying publicly, he's also confirmed to us he has not singed a contract with French rugby," Gurr told Channel Nine.

"We expect Semi back tonight and in court tomorrow and then we'll see where it goes from there."

Radrada faces the possibility of being issued an arrest warrant over his non- appearance in a Sydney court on domestic violence charges on Monday.

Radradra was pictured late yesterday afternoon at Nadi Airport saying goodbye to an unknown woman before boarding the flight to Sydney.

After months of speculation over his future, Toulon announced on its website the Parramatta winger will join the Top 14 club next year for their new season starting in August.

However, Radradra's manager Christodoulou was reportedly quick to deny a deal with Radradra had been done, saying Toulon had "jumped the gun" in declaring the signature.

The Sydney club is being urged to move the prolific try scoring winger on, with Eels great Brett Kenny saying the Eels are better off without him and he's proving an unwanted distraction for coach Brad Arthur.

"I'm getting tired of Semi now," Kenny told Fox Sports.

"It's something the club doesn't need. They were in turmoil last football season and they want to start fresh and get on with what they've got to do.

"I think it's time for Semi to say goodbye to Parramatta or more so for Parramatta to say goodbye to Semi."

Kenny argued Radradra was not worth the effort and no one is bigger than the game.

"They've got some good young players down there and you can't afford to have someone going on the way Semi's going on," Kenny said.

With AAP
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http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/...arrive-in-sydney-tonight-20161129-gt07ss.html

I see the source of the confusion now. His manager is saying that he hasn't set fire to a contract as yet.
 
The Colonel

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Joshuatheeel said:
Really, there are several options for the Semi wing spot:

Possible

Jennings junior
Toutai
Au'avu

Outside chance

Aukafalou
Faraimo
Tuha
Schulte
Folau

Plenty of options, it's there for the taking to whoever wants it the most.
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Aukafolau is possibly more than an outside chance from a few reports.
 
Twizzle

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Gary Gutful said:
Yeah. Answer it Twiz you f**ken!

The reality is that despite Twiz smugly suggesting thinking that we are all "Chicken Littles", there are already several 'facts' that have been established. Certainly enough for people to make the informed assessments I have seen in this thread (with the exception of the Witches' contribution).
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lol

Firstly I never said all you merkins were Chicken Littles, I said there are a lot.

See what the power if suggestion can do.

Works on the weak minded who will believe anything they read, or at least anything that is suggested, despite what ever facts may have been suggested.
 
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