A shame he won't be here longer, but no surprises really.

And it does allow us to use cap money in areas where we will need to strengthen for next year.

Can't wait for the first poster to ask "how long was his contract for?". I have a feeling I know who it might be....

Greg Inglis was released as well I think your under estimating how much Hoffman was on/worth to Melbourne they had to cut back on some big players on big wages.

Fair enough. Perhaps they are more genuine than some of the nutters on the other forums.

Inglis was like Folau before him, he had potentially bigger offers elsewhere in the wings before the cap fiasco - Melbourne couldnt compete in any case.

Not saying Hoffman isn't a good player, as it's been a pleasure to watch him this season. I just think that the forum has got hyper sensitive recently to the point that only hyperbole about some of our players will suffice. Granted we are getting a lot of trolling recently, but the unwillingness to accept subjective views just worsens the problem.

Thank you Hoff, hopefully you're first match for the Storm will be against Wigan in Feb 2012.

Good luck to him, its one position where we could probably lose 2 people and still have enough players