Taufua is in talks with the club to re sign. Baz said the injury won't impact his contract and he also said the club had been talking to Taufua about a new deal for for a while. Great to hear, acl will affect his speed but it's not one of his strong points, all Jorge needs to do is run hard and make meters and every now and then bulldoze over in the corner.
Baz saying the club was in talks with Jorge, may need some perspective.
Sure he said Jorge was still only young and an ACL was not the end of his career. He did say contract talks had been taking place for some time and were continuing
But soon after, Baz followed with an, "If we come to terms."
Then to make matters worse for Jorge he also said the club have to get better at developing young talent like the storm do so well. Baz said the club had to find room next year for Paseka, Bainbridge, Parker, and Fainu to play.
Further that the club had identified some areas which could be strengthened by new recruits.
I think he may have even made mention that next year's salary cap was up in the air, and that quality players may enter the market which the club could take advantage of.
The final nail in Jorges coffin. Baz went on to say he had read a lot in the paper about Myles playing at the storm in 2018. But that Myles still had a year to run on his contract with Manly for 2018. And that that had not changed.
About 2 days later the club announced Myles was off to the storm for 2017.
There is some reports Myles was down with the Storm Squad not long after origin 1, way before Baz was saying these things. Lol.
You have to understand some announcement's are just not coaches to make.
Whilst it wasn't said that the club was looking in a different direction, It was far from suggestive that something with Jorge is even close.
All in all I kind of feel that Baz was giving out a vibe that Jorge is gone.
