Joe Ofahengaue #240

[TigerWest]

Fans does josh now get Ivan treatment from this day forward?

Forgotten him already.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Fans does josh now get Ivan treatment from this day forward?

Not really, cos he’s not that good. Never going to play Origin or win a premiership.

 

[TigerWest]

Welcome Joe..I look forward to the slaughtering of your name..

I like Tigerlily’s idea, Joffa for me.

 

[TheDaBoss]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9JKRfsP4mk

outstanding moves

 

[tony soprano]

Fans does josh now get Ivan treatment from this day forward?

Not really, cos he’s not that good. Never going to play Origin or win a premiership.

Same as Ivan

 

[Speed2burn]

Manly v Tigers will be juicy. I hope we break him

 

[Spacecub]

Piss weak management.. getting no players in return for the snake..

Just concerns me that we seem to be an easy club to get out of.... worries me who could be the next to spit the dummy

 

[Vince Farrar]

Chee cam hopefully

 

[Rowdy12]

Feels like a downgrade to me, hope I’m proven wrong

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Round 7. Aloiai better look out for Russell Packer. He won't show any mercy.

 

[Leck]

Great signing, welcome to WT's JO!

For us to be successful in '21 we need to get back to playing hard nosed in your face, aggressive defense.

Last year we leaked way too may points (25.3 p/g) , if we can fix our defense we'll be competitive and might make the 8.

If we don't, the 6-again-rule will burn us and we'll be bottom of the pack.

The reality is we're still missing at least 2 game-changing players.

 

[Cairnstigers]

Piss weak management.. getting no players in return for the snake..

Just concerns me that we seem to be an easy club to get out of.... worries me who could be the next to spit the dummy

Packer Reynolds and Mbye

 

[2041]

Piss weak management.. getting no players in return for the snake..

Aloiai's salary is off the Tigers' cap, and the space created has been used to sign Ofahengaue.

Do you think the Tigers should have restricted themselves to only the Manly Sea Eagles roster when it came to finding a replacement for Aloiai? Because the fact that Manly wanted to sign a prop suggests to me that they may not have that much available in the prop position.

I wish people could be more realistic about this sort of thing. Aloiai spat the dummy and acted unprofessionally, but the Tigers' choices were (a) to just live with a roster spot taken by a guy who doesn't want to play for them but they still have to pay, or (b) be creative to reassign that cap to a suitable replacement. By waiting until they have a replacement, the Tigers are "playing hardball" with Aloiai AND looking after their own interests.

"But why do clubs never release players to the Tigers early?" Well, perhaps it's because a lot of the players we sign early are on development or minimum contracts and thus there's no incentive to let them leave. If Parr and Penrith had to replace Utoikamanu and Laurie they'd only have minimum salary to do so - basically it would mean a kid or some guy off the street. The Tigers had the opportunity to use Aloiai's money to sign a rep prop with freight being paid by his old club.

Time will tell if Aloiai or Ofahengaue is the better player, but it's pretty clear that Ofa was a better option FOR THE TIGERS IN 2021. Any talk of getting tough or setting an example would be, clearly and undeniably, at the expense of the quality of the 2021 playing roster. That would be the stupid move, not arbitrarily demanding Manly "make it right" or taking petty, vindictive action against a player who clearly doesn't want to be here.

 

[BAGNF05]

Welcome to the Wests Tigers big Joe O. Hope to see you lead our forward pack back to the promised land. Enforcements are hopefully coming in 2022.

 

[2041]

Round 7. Aloiai better look out for Russell Packer. He won't show any mercy.

I'd already be pretty amused to find out that Aloiai has been dropped to reserves by round seven, as I sincerely hope that's the only place he's likely to face Packer in 2021.

 

[Geo]

Piss weak management.. getting no players in return for the snake..

Meh..cash in the hand is better than a 25-30 squad player..

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Welcome to the mighty WT Joe. Hope to see him rekindle his pre 2019 form and play a role in us having a pack that consistently goes forward. Savvy piece of work from the club given the Broncos will be chipping in.
As for JA, being a footnote is a fitting end given the way he is exiting the club.

I was once told - always leave how you want to be remembered. JA undid a lot of good work in this last month. He is an immature man.

He certainly isn’t the guy I thought he was, same with Matterson, same with Cleary.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Piss weak management.. getting no players in return for the snake..

Meh..cash in the hand is better than a 25-30 squad player..

Genuine question. Where does the cash go? Does it just go to WT ownership?

 

[Spud_Murphy]

Piss weak management.. getting no players in return for the snake..

Just concerns me that we seem to be an easy club to get out of.... worries me who could be the next to spit the dummy

Packer Reynolds and Mbye

Unfortunately those 3 stick like crap to a blanket! ?

 

[JC99]

Piss weak management.. getting no players in return for the snake..

Meh..cash in the hand is better than a 25-30 squad player..

Genuine question. Where does the cash go? Does it just go to WT ownership?

Hopefully could be used on something decent to help the squad