OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

jirskyr said:
Mate they wear Penrith jerseys because Penrith have won 3 straight comps. When I was a kid everyone thought they were Raiders and then Broncos supporters.

BTW I am not saying I am against personal brands and branding in general, that's always been around, it's the use of social media to put yourself above everything else, your own brand above your club. Already Luai is posting this Lebron-style stuff in response to his treatment at Penrith. Clearly he is quite a few rungs down the ladder at the Panthers and clearly it affects him.
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Yep, Penrith are red hot.
I see so many kids wearing their jerseys & they've probably never been anywhere near Penrith.

They're winning and they have rock star like players in the team like Nathan, Luai, Brian, amongst others.

I remember in 2012 all the kids wanted to be Benny Barba but it's Penrith these days.

Wasn't having a crack at you.
I actually agree....
Big fish in small pond.
Heavy Americanised inspiration.

Time for Tom Brady (Luai) to leave the Patriots and try his luck elsewhere 😉
 
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Demps said:
Yep, Penrith are red hot.
I see so many kids wearing their jerseys & they've probably never been anywhere near Penrith.

They're winning and they have rock star like players in the team like Nathan, Luai, Brian, amongst others.

I remember in 2012 all the kids wanted to be Benny Barba but it's Penrith these days.

Wasn't having a crack at you.
I actually agree....
Big fish in small pond.
Heavy Americanised inspiration.

Time for Tom Brady (Luai) to leave the Patriots and try his luck elsewhere 😉
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I live in Glenmore Park..all I see are panthers jerseys. I hate the panthers.
 
Some people have said Luai will take it easy if he comes here. Personally think it will be the opposite. AFB just had his best year and will be 30 if he joins us in 2025. Luai had his best season in 2020 individually doing really well on the Dally M Leaderboard (only 8 points behind first) but the last 3 years of the penrith threepeat has been a change of systems that has suited Cleary, Edwards and Yeo. Luai doesn't suit that system, even when Cleary or Yeo are out because Ivan plays the same structure with Cogger for example. You only have to look at Origin the past 2 years to see Yeo killing the attack and passing to the ground or getting too much 1st receiver. Once Murray played lock in game 3 this year and Yeo played prop off the bench the team looked heaps better. At Tigers, we don't have an influential ball playing lock that would restrict Luai's game to a short side and if he's in charge of the team he's going on both sides being dangerous. The man hasn't hit his peak, and the media firing him up will motivate him as it did when Samoa lost by 60 in the first game of the world cup and then made the final, and then getting dropped from origin this year then having a great 2 months following it
 
FrodoTBagin said:
I can kind of understand the sentiment but I'm sorry, who are you to say quit the personal branding. The average career for a first grader lasts 43 games. Players have every right to hype themselves up in order to secure brand deals and better contracts, and honestly good on them for doing it.

You're are right when you say that 20 years ago nobody cared what you or anyone else did, but that doesn't mean you didn't have any self interest or ego. Remember Michael Jordan? I am sure you do! Well, guess what he was doing 20 years ago? Living off his own personal brand. You know 30 years ago the "Be like Mike" Gatorade advertisement aired as well. It's weird you have turned this into some sort of generational thing when this was even more commonplace in your generation, minus the social media.
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The highlighted text made me smile. I'm about to pull up stumps on 44 years of full-time work. I'm sure others are in a similar situation or have already retired.
 
Kids loved Benji too, and he wasn’t a poser on social media. Kids support the Panthers cos they always win. It’s that simple.
 
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Flippedy said:
I’ll give it to them. I’m old enough to remember all the decades the Panthers struggled as perennial also rans, chocolate soldiers and all, always melting under pressure. I grew up supporting Wests and always had a soft spot for Penrith, so I don’t begrudge their success now.
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They had to tear our club apart to do that, but hey, good for them.
 
Demps said:
Yep, Penrith are red hot.
I see so many kids wearing their jerseys & they've probably never been anywhere near Penrith.

They're winning and they have rock star like players in the team like Nathan, Luai, Brian, amongst others.

I remember in 2012 all the kids wanted to be Benny Barba but it's Penrith these days.

Wasn't having a crack at you.
I actually agree....
Big fish in small pond.
Heavy Americanised inspiration.

Time for Tom Brady (Luai) to leave the Patriots and try his luck elsewhere 😉
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Yeah I know a whole bunch of knobs that go for Canberra and Penrith when they jumped on board in the early 90s. Reiterating that they are knobs and I don’t like these people.

Tigers supporters are the best people to marry - stick to you through thick and thin. That’s perseverance and passion.
 
If we get Luai , we should then go 110 % for AFB. This year and seal a deal , do a guy and remove others later on as season progresses , see who is having a go win loose or draw
AD and Noffa coin would go well into the deal $ 1 million approx
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I think Luai is a good example of how the brash, bravado “look at me” personality that’s the norm in the US, sticks out like a sore thumb. Over there, he’s a dime a dozen. In Australia our culture is completely different. Though, there is a younger generation who are trying to make that the norm here as well.
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I blame the kids as well.
 
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