Jarome Luai

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GNR4LIFE said:
He was never a game manager. Never had the attributes of a Cronk or a Thurston. He was an attacking machine who regressed ridiculously from 2012 onwards.
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Regressed ridiculously is too harsh. He should have been a 6 his whole career and then we wouldn’t have seen as much pressure on him to manage games (at 7), which led to a different expectation.
 
bigsiro said:
Regressed ridiculously is too harsh. He should have been a 6 his whole career and then we wouldn’t have seen as much pressure on him to manage games (at 7), which led to a different expectation.
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Idk. He was the best player in the game in 2010. Won the Golden Boot. 09, 10 and 11 Benji Was untouchable. When he came back from his rugby stint in 2013, he was never in the same stratosphere.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Idk. He was the best player in the game in 2010. Won the Golden Boot. 09, 10 and 11 Benji Was untouchable. When he came back from his rugby stint in 2013, he was never in the same stratosphere.
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Fast twitch fibres and ageing. Fittler went through the same. They both managed to change their games to prolong magnificent careers.
 
BAGNF05 said:
Fast twitch fibres and ageing. Fittler went through the same. They both managed to change their games to prolong magnificent careers.
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You cannot compare Fittler in his twilight to Benji. Some first class revisionist history going on. How quick we forget Benchie Marshall. He was benched for a reason. His form fell off a cliff in 2013.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Idk. He was the best player in the game in 2010. Won the Golden Boot. 09, 10 and 11 Benji Was untouchable. When he came back from his rugby stint in 2013, he was never in the same stratosphere.
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The history is, he went to rugby start of 2014 season, mid season signed on with the Dragons in 2015 he led the Dragons into the finals playing halfback and leading the comp for try assists. Then he started fall off, around that time his body slowed down and he lost his starting spot and wound up at the Broncos with Wayne.
 
Needaname said:
The history is, he went to rugby start of 2014 season, mid season signed on with the Dragons in 2015 he led the Dragons into the finals playing halfback and leading the comp for try assists. Then he started fall off, around that time his body slowed down and he lost his starting spot and wound up at the Broncos with Wayne.
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And played very well in his limited opportunities with Souths, Brisbane and Wests Tigers in his later years. So well that he earned a test recall.

Love how some people carry on about negativity but can’t even recognise greatness.
 
boonboon said:
Even in 2018 when he came back to the Tigers under Ivan he had a 12 wins 9 losses record that year but we didn't win a game when he was out
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He personally had a winning record with us* in all but two seasons I believe. Our greatest talent, unfortunately injuries prevented more finals footy.

*prior to his last two seasons when we were a total shit fight.
 
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Curaeus said:
Luai won't be here til 2025 anyway so it's possible we won't get any signing announcement til the new year. Tomorrow would be a real bonus. Any more action on Olam?
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$1.2 million is a lot to have in limbo for 2025. We need an answer fairly soon in case we need to go to contingency plans. Wait like we did for Moses and we’re all left complaining there’s no options on the market again.
 
BAGNF05 said:
$1.2 million is a lot to have in limbo for 2025. We need an answer fairly soon in case we need to go to contingency plans. Wait like we did for Moses and we’re all left complaining there’s no options on the market again.
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I think the club know where it’s at, and I’d rather they say nothing publicly until it’s officially official.
 
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