OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Telltails]

Penrith don't have to sell anything to Luai they just have to get the figures right. They were and are still in the box seat if they want to retain him.

 

[BZN]

I care about winning games and the players we have not raping, bashing or killing anyone. If he has a habit of whining on social media I'll do my best to ignore the moron like I ignore a whole bunch of morons.

Gees, you're a hard task master earl.
Nothin like a bit of raping, bashing or killing every now and then.
After all, this is Rugba Leege Yuh know 👊 😛.

 

[BZN]

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. Jarryd Hayne was another who tried to market himself the same way. When he kicked that field goal against us to win the game at Ctown in 2016, he started shouting “this is my house”, and I remember in the press conference after the game, Nathan Friend rolling his eyes when recounting it. He was good about it, but you could tell he was a bit like “wtf”. Anyway, with such a big emphasis on social media these days, the self promotion and the ego boosting is only going to get worse.

You've been doing some top-quality posts GNR4LIFE: since you came back from you break from WTF.
Good on Yuh. 🙂

 

[Glenji95]

You've been doing some top-quality posts GNR4LIFE: since you came back from you break from WTF.
Good on Yuh. 🙂

He never had a break, he used a different account because he had issues with the GNR one. He was Fallen Angel he’s admitted this himself.

 

[rugbygoated]

The chammas pod said something along the lines 900k for 3 years at Panthers

Or 1.2m for 5 year at another club.

if he's getting 1.2 million for 5 years at another club (Wenty Magpies or Coogee Wombats) he'd be silly not to take it

 

[innsaneink]

if he's getting 1.2 million for 5 years at another club (Wenty Magpies or Coogee Wombats) he'd be silly not to take it

Yeah agree.
If he wasn't injured late last year I'd probably think otherwise, but I reckon this shoulder injury has shown him this could well be his last deal so better, make it a good one

I'd like to see this quote where he's allegedly said he's torn between (a) winning & staying or (b) having more time with family & leaving

 

[supercoach]

A couple of things with the Luai signing or as it would appear , non signing.
Iam never upset when a player shows loyalty to his club even when his manager has used us to up his contract. It’s what we would expect from one of our players in the same situation.

Also with Luai we are talking 2025, anything can happen to him between now and then and our young halves will be a year older. He was never going to impact on us next season, and with the NRL it’s very hard to ever look to far ahead.

As I said previously, I would take him in a flash, but I would easily move on if we miss out

 

[Muffstar]

Penrith offering an extension, might be enough to get Luai to stay.

However, sounds like he needs to be mindful that it could be his last contract at Penrith with Jett Cleary coming through. Who knows what his monetary value will be worth after that.

So if it's longer term financial security he wants or the chance to win another premiership ring he has some thinking to do.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

The longer this drags on, the more I feel like this whole thing has been a panthers practical joke. It will end with Cleary putting on a Hagipantelis hat and Luai pretending to sign a contract during a try celebration.

 

[rugbygoated]

Penrith offering an extension, might be enough to get Luai to stay.

However, sounds like he needs to be mindful that it could be his last contract at Penrith with Jett Cleary coming through. Who knows what his monetary value will be worth after that.

So if it's longer term financial security he wants or the chance to win another premiership ring he has some thinking to do.

I think with his dislocated shoulder it is risky. 850K for 3 years isn't much better than 850K for 2 years. 1.2 million for 4 years plus would be tempting and also being the main man. I'm not sure he would enjoy being the scapegoat for penrith every time they lose. He's damned if he does, damned if he doesn't. He doesn't get the opportunity to prove doubters wrong by staying at penrith no matter how many premierships he wins. I'm also not sure why he'd want to stay with the amount of penrith fans who have jumped off the ship and said he's average and easily replaceable. Then the comments from CEO and coach. He's making the wrong decision by staying at penrith, but it's his decision, not mine

 

[jirskyr]

I remember vaguely as well GNR. shame.
Hired gun mate, going for cheap. That's
media for you these days. It wasn't just a
hunch that he was in cahoots with Gus
2 I heard it from other people in the know.
NRL media eh, not many men of honour,
No more reporting or analysis. Tabloid
stuff these days. Anyway, it is what it is

Well people keep posting their shit to the forum, so I don't know why anyone is surprised that gutter journalism manages to keep its place.

 

[jirskyr]

Well, it was good while it lasted... Just when we got sucked in AGAIN and started to believe we are a chance

No jonesy you got sucked in, don't include me in your "we".

 

[coivtny]

I'm trying to stay positive on Luai because I think we need him but I'm starting to get that vibe similar to Mitchell and Moses. I can see us missing out on Luai and AFB and signing Olam without any Storm contribution and calling it a signing coup.

 

[rugbygoated]

The chammas pod said something along the lines 900k for 3 years at Panthers

Or 1.2m for 5 year at another club.

where is this podcast?

 

[Todd Packer]

It has the orchestrated rort vibe.
They give him Cleary money but through a cleverly choreographed release of stories they convince everyone he's accepting Eisenhuth money.
Watch the real estate market once he re-signs. Just like when Latrell signed with Souths for $2 and a packet of chips but was seen buying 3 houses and a hotel soon after.

 

[Todd Packer]

And when I say Cleary money I mean what Cleary really gets, not the other previously cleverly orchestrated rort that convinced the infirm of mind that the best player in the comp. accepted Brooks money.

 

[Newtown]

I have a feeling that if Penrith goes back at 3 years and $1m the Tigers will go hard at 4 years for $5m+
I just have a feeling we have a little still in reserve

The Penrith club is loaded with money from their huge real estate investments plus a lot, lot more. If they make a huge offer to Luiai I would like the NRL to do their job and find out where that money is coming from. Scams are everywhere in the NRL and the NRL does nothing to stop these supposedly very illegal actions.

 

[hammertime]

How are you guys not confident with pascoe taking over the negotiations? 🤣

 

[rugbygoated]

Right now (December 5) we are almost certainly in that '10 day period' after a player has accepted an offer. Ruling out Dogs, this makes me confident Jarome has signed and accepted our offer as December 8 (due back to training) was the day he planned to have his decision finalised. Penrith's recent offer of an extra year is just optics for the fans. I have a feeling we've already offered the 1.2 million Jarome asked for

 

[Groundup]

I tend to think panthers are pretending to wanna keep him but don’t really mind. I think they feel they can replace him for less dollars. They’ve locked down their core already and showed they could beat the second best team in the gf with a fringy at 6. The funny thing is this makes me feel no more confident we won’t trip ourselves up. If we get him it will be all Benji swimming against the tide