NEWS Joe Ofahengaue signs three-year extension

The CM is reporting Matt Lodge is homesick, and that his wife wants to move back to Sydney.
 
Smart business to let him go, he's not the player we need. Guy has Cartwright written all over him.

Unless there is a significant shift in his form and consistency, the decision to sign a one year contract might come back to bite TPJ on the arse.
 
This worries me. Late last year $500k seemed like a good deal. This year he’s been mostly ineffective.

The reason for the worry is, if the Lodge leaving talk is true, it’s forced the hand of the board in to another silly retention decision. Lodge going alongside everything else would be another blow for our morale, it just feels like they felt they had to retain Ofa on big money just to have a feel-good story.
 
Last seasons Joffa was worth the 500k, this year not so much. I'm happy though with it, he will get back to last years form i think.
 
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I wonder if she was homesick when Lodge couldn't get a contract registered with the NRL and was considering quitting and becoming a tradie..

Maybe its a bit different now they have a baby boy. Things can change and family comes first for me. As much as it would suck for us, i'd put family first every time.
 
Was our best forward last year. Well down this season, but isn't alone. Could be wrong but he looks a bit lighter?
 
I think we all had an inkling that there would be a bit of a player exodus when Benny left.

So be it. If they don't want to stay there are others coming through who will take their place. No one is bigger than the club and no one is expendable.
Flegler, Hass and Carrigan all look like middles who want to play for us. If Offa can lift his game we'll be sweet even if/when TPJ and Lodge do go.
 
Maybe its a bit different now they have a baby boy. Things can change and family comes first for me. As much as it would suck for us, i'd put family first every time.

It said something about her having more of a "support unit" in Sydney. I think that was referring to having help dealing with the newborn sucker.
 
Last seasons Joffa was worth the 500k, this year not so much. I'm happy though with it, he will get back to last years form i think.
I think this year's Offa is still probably $400k anyway.

I also think TPJ at lock is an absolute liability with my preference being Carrigan or Offa at lock.

Offa at 13 playing 80mins a game, $500k could look like a steal. He's more of a workhorse anyway and he was phenomenal when playing lock last year
 
I'm happy with the $500k.

That's about the usual rate for a player like Ofahengaue. He hasn't been at his best this year, but he has shown when he is in form, he's worth the $500k.
 
I still think it's overs. He can be solid, but he'll never be that amazing forward that leads the side. If he's on 500K, how much is Arrow worth then?
 
Maybe its a bit different now they have a baby boy. Things can change and family comes first for me. As much as it would suck for us, i'd put family first every time.

That means O’Sullivan will follow. Lot of spots in the Top 30 opening up it seems
 
Joffa better be running 100 metres plus every game for that price

To be honest, that also depends on how many minutes you get in the middle. I'd be surprised if he doesn't run around 100 every time we play, but I think a forwards leader needs to run 140 or 150, so obviously they also need to demand to be starting and getting the right amount of minutes too.
 
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To be honest, that also depends on how many minutes you get in the middle. I'd be surprised if he doesn't run around 100 every time we play, but I think a forwards leader needs to run 140 or 150, so obviously they also need to demand to be starting and getting the right amount of minutes too.

Apparently he has one of the best motors in the club so he should be running big metres and playing big minutes.
 
Joffa should be starting at lock. It's his best position IMO, and he has a pretty good offload too. Would liberate TPJ for an impact role off the bench, which he is most suited for, at least until he finds the consistency of a Jason Taumalolo, who himself took quite a while to get there...
 

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