Joe Ofahengaue #240

Jedi_Tiger said:
again it is the 600k for Joe as a bench player in 2024 and 2025 that is the issue
who in the starting side is Joe replacing
klemmer or stef ?
papali or Bateman?
Pole ?
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We are weaker without him in our 17. We didn't replace him, we aren't blooding a young player, we are playing a plodder on the bench instead of him. This decision has made us weaker. Does this make you happy?
 
gregjm87 said:
There were plenty of rumours about him and Benji not getting along. Every new piece of information only furthers my belief that the rumours were accurate.
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Yeah, I mentioned it on here previously.

I believe Benji told Joe that he didn't rate him as a #13 and it went down hill from that time on.

Joe would have been much too nice to tell Benji that he didn't rate him as a coach. :ROFLMAO:
 
BAGNF05 said:
In our backline we have Bula, a kid with talent but not yet on big coin. An overpaid winger on about 500. Our centres are average and couldn’t/shouldn’t be on more than 400 (Naden) and maybe 300 (To’a). Tupou would not be on big money although you could argue he’s worth upgrading. Doueihi is probably chewing up 600K.

Sure, you don’t want to pay your bench players 600K but when all the million dollar backs don’t want a bar of us, there should be no issue keeping Joff. Come back and dispute this if we actually manage to sign a star player in the backs. Until then, the club is just useless and shouldn’t let go of anyone half decent.
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Touché
 
Assuming he is on same coin at parra then he was at tigers it probably shows he should have been kept . They have same depth if not better in front row and lock position yet still got him .
Even if he does not provide impact off the bench he is worth being on bench as all he has to do is keep the middle tight and be cover for injuries and suspensions .

Difference between the top clubs and lower ranked clubs tends to be after initial interchanges occur and bench rotation comes on. That’s why eels got him for when rcg and Paulo get subbed they don’t get exposed in the middle and that’s why he should have been kept
 
Joffa was a tough one. We certainly are short on middles depth now, especially with Uto playing SOO. We could have used Joffa this season as our bench depth is poor.

On the other hand, he was on pretty big money for a bench prop playing 20-30 mins a game. He was not in his best form either (although his last game for us had some intent about it). Watching him play closely, he tended to lose all lateral movement in D when he got tired and was often slow to get off the ground or turn around in our red zone causing holes near our line.

When we took the opportunity to let him go I thought it was a calculated decision based on roster space, cap space, his future potential in the squad, and perhaps that we had a replacement option in mind that would upgrade us. However no such replacement has been made and now we are left short.

I now wonder what more there is to the reasoning behind the decision.
 
TigerSJ said:
Joffa was a tough one. We certainly are short on middles depth now, especially with Uto playing SOO. We could have used Joffa this season as our bench depth is poor.

On the other hand, he was on pretty big money for a bench prop playing 20-30 mins a game. He was not in his best form either (although his last game for us had some intent about it). Watching him play closely, he tended to lose all lateral movement in D when he got tired and was often slow to get off the ground or turn around in our red zone causing holes near our line.

When we took the opportunity to let him go I thought it was a calculated decision based on roster space, cap space, his future potential in the squad, and perhaps that we had a replacement option in mind that would upgrade us. However no such replacement has been made and now we are left short.

I now wonder what more there is to the reasoning behind the decision.
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Atasi James would replace Joe and do a better job given a chance imo
 
Blaze said:
So he didn’t want to leave, had a contract so he didn’t have to leave, but he was forced out…. Ok joe. Good riddance.
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Read the tea leaves - we’re getting Tyson Frizell so we needed a sacrificial lamb - major upgrade.
 
Blaze said:
So he didn’t want to leave, had a contract so he didn’t have to leave, but he was forced out…. Ok joe. Good riddance.
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Better to dig in his heels and play reggies in a hostile workplace???

You are a muppet's muppet!!
 
Demps said:
600k bench prop that offers minimal impact ?

It's business.
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He was no frills, and offered very valuable leadership. He did his job well, there was a period where he was in great form. Dipped slightly for a few rounds, but was on a whole consistent.

If we had someone of equal or greater quality lined up, that would actually accept our offer, fine - good business. But we don't get players of Joe's caliber very often - like I said, that doesn't necessarily speak highly of Joe, moreso who comes here.
 
Moh said:
He was no frills, and offered very valuable leadership. He did his job well, there was a period where he was in great form. Dipped slightly for a few rounds, but was on a whole consistent.

If we had someone of equal or greater quality lined up, that would actually accept our offer, fine - good business. But we don't get players of Joe's caliber very often - like I said, that doesn't necessarily speak highly of Joe, moreso who comes here.
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100% agree, more short term pain for the long term gain that never eventuates.
 
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