Just on Foran - he appeared a little sluggish early season, but the defence was constantly on the back foot, which makes your lateral movement poor...thing is, as fitness and confidence has grown, he has won the trust of his mates who are pushing up with him far more, the old Foran (though a yard slower) is back.
NO player in this competition plays direct footy as well as Foran and Schu, regardless of being a backrower or wherever he plays, will be the biggest beneficiary from this blokes return back home in the long run.
Thing is, with the Ultra fast modern game there are still many teams who play wide early leading to playing sideways and losing rhythm and shape and pretty much disjointed.
Watching the Manly attacking shape you have the unorthodox DCE right edge creating plays pretty much off natural ability and left Foz digging in and creating numbers almost every time with support hot on his heels believing in his ability....add Tom lurking right and left and there's no defensive playbook that can shut down this threat constantly ( if officialled as it has been in 2021 )....Foran is the man you want pushing your team North and this he does.
My point being Foran with his direct , no BS footy ability and competitive nature, has pretty much been a Massive catalyst behind the Manly resurgence and though most are praising his return, I feel his value to the side is up with the most important in this team.
NO player in this competition plays direct footy as well as Foran and Schu, regardless of being a backrower or wherever he plays, will be the biggest beneficiary from this blokes return back home in the long run.
Thing is, with the Ultra fast modern game there are still many teams who play wide early leading to playing sideways and losing rhythm and shape and pretty much disjointed.
Watching the Manly attacking shape you have the unorthodox DCE right edge creating plays pretty much off natural ability and left Foz digging in and creating numbers almost every time with support hot on his heels believing in his ability....add Tom lurking right and left and there's no defensive playbook that can shut down this threat constantly ( if officialled as it has been in 2021 )....Foran is the man you want pushing your team North and this he does.
My point being Foran with his direct , no BS footy ability and competitive nature, has pretty much been a Massive catalyst behind the Manly resurgence and though most are praising his return, I feel his value to the side is up with the most important in this team.
