OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Tiger-ferret]

I thought I stated clearly that I wasn’t talking about his highlights reel? He hardly missed a tackle at Penrith, made 51 tackles in his last game there. Enter the Tigers, and he has become the NRLs leader of missed tackles.
you can excuse it and dismiss it but it is a massive problem which needs to be managed.
Harry Grant was better, made the rest of the team look like reserve graders.

Not sure how often he had to defend out wide at Penrith? He sucked defensively at halfback. Coincidentally those games were we under strength as well and on the back foot.

After being one of our best, I thought he faded bad late in the season. Tried too hard. Basically wore himself out trying his guts out.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

I thought I stated clearly that I wasn’t talking about his highlights reel? He hardly missed a tackle at Penrith, made 51 tackles in his last game there. Enter the Tigers, and he has become the NRLs leader of missed tackles.
you can excuse it and dismiss it but it is a massive problem which needs to be managed.
Harry Grant was better, made the rest of the team look like reserve graders.

IMHO, a player effectiveness cannot be judged without considering at least some players around him.
Possibly, a better comparison would be to normalise Api's missed tackles to the missed tackles of all WT's forwards and compare it with the Panthers's.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Think he might be disappointed at WT where mediocrity is seen as aiming for the stars.

In the NBA the best players lead with their effort in training, e.g. Curry, Jordan, Garnet, and Kobe arrive to training earlier than any other player, and put into their training much more than other players.

Perhaps it depends on players' work ethics and respect for the money they are paid?
Do "origin" players train more, or is it just the NBA-NRL thing?

 

[rugbygoated]

another decade 🤣

give it up.

Another 15 years?

 

[rugbygoated]

Another decade what a load of bullshit .

You're right. We might be relocated or kicked from the comp by then

 

[rugbygoated]

Will be a regular punch ons at training perhaps.

Hopefully Luai puts the challenge on his shoulder and really elevates the squad.

And hopefully we're still trying to upgrade the pack

Benji needs a good slap. Bit of a reality check and he might start his coaching career

 

[Needaname]

Brandon Smith said on Matty Johns show; that he's heard from multiple people that Jarome tries to fight his team-mates at training & he expects high quality of football from them and a high stadnard . Said something along the lines of people don't like it but compared it to Michael Jordan.

Interesting comments.

Brandy called him the gifted one. Spoke for ages about him being the most influential player in their current squad after one of their finals a few weeks back.

 

[Tito Santana]

Still can’t believe we have signed him. The more interviews I watch he seems like exactly what we need. This guy is going to make people feel uncomfortable in the club - and that’s a great thing.

Some people say one player can’t change a team - this guy will.

 

[stephen]

I think he missed the most tackles of any player in the NRL

Might be true, Happy, but he probably attempted more. Definitely attempted more than anyone at WT.

 

[hank37w]

Will be a regular punch ons at training perhaps.

Hopefully Luai puts the challenge on his shoulder and really elevates the squad.

And hopefully we're still trying to upgrade the pack

Possibly with Benji and the rest of the training staff when he sees how much they need to elevate.

Wonder if Richo will organise for the rest of his contract to be played out in the Super League.

 

[Suzie-Q]

Might be true, Happy, but he probably attempted more. Definitely attempted more than anyone at WT.

I came here to say that.

 

[hank37w]

Not sure how often he had to defend out wide at Penrith? He sucked defensively at halfback. Coincidentally those games were we under strength as well and on the back foot.

After being one of our best, I thought he faded bad late in the season. Tried too hard. Basically wore himself out trying his guts out.

Burdened by the responsibility of captaining a mostly clueless team and run into the ground by being played for more minutes than he should.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Still can’t believe we have signed him. The more interviews I watch he seems like exactly what we need. This guy is going to make people feel uncomfortable in the club - and that’s a great thing.

Some people say one player can’t change a team - this guy will.

Just as long as they get on the bus !
( old Panthers saying).

 

[Telltails]

Api playing 80 throwing his body at big blokes in a squad with the worst D in the comp. He got run over the top of many times while his teammates stuck their arm out.

 

[Tito Santana]

Only one more sleep until he is ours!

 

[InBulaWeTrust]

Brandon Smith said on Matty Johns show; that he's heard from multiple people that Jarome tries to fight his team-mates at training & he expects high quality of football from them and a high stadnard . Said something along the lines of people don't like it but compared it to Michael Jordan.

Interesting comments.

Would prefer him to be a Lebron James, but I guess an MJ will do.

 

[Tito Santana]

Would prefer him to be a Lebron James, but I guess an MJ will do.

I’ll take the bait.

If there was no MJ there would be no LeBron.

The fact LeBron is compared to Jordan articulates that Jordan is the benchmark.

 

[mtd#2]

Article

Paul Alamoti can’t remember one game this season where Jarome Luai hasn't lashed him with an on-field spray.

Only last weekend, in Penrith’s preliminary final win against Cronulla, Luai caught the left centre in a moment of "laziness".

The resulting words were too explicit for the three-time premiership-winning five-eighth to share.

“I probably can’t tell you exactly what I said, it went like, ‘Bleep, you bleep, bleeeeep!'” Luai laughs.

“It was just a moment against the Sharks, he stopped moving when the ball was in the air.

“I don’t really look at it as a spray anymore. I know he does and some of the younger boys do. But I just want to see my brothers at their best.”

Alamoti's response to Luai's tough love tells you plenty about the 20-year-old former Bulldog.

And Luai's reaction when told how Alamoti feels about him also speaks volumes.

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I love this...

 

[Tito Santana]

Article

Paul Alamoti can’t remember one game this season where Jarome Luai hasn't lashed him with an on-field spray.

Only last weekend, in Penrith’s preliminary final win against Cronulla, Luai caught the left centre in a moment of "laziness".

The resulting words were too explicit for the three-time premiership-winning five-eighth to share.

“I probably can’t tell you exactly what I said, it went like, ‘Bleep, you bleep, bleeeeep!'” Luai laughs.

“It was just a moment against the Sharks, he stopped moving when the ball was in the air.

“I don’t really look at it as a spray anymore. I know he does and some of the younger boys do. But I just want to see my brothers at their best.”

Alamoti's response to Luai's tough love tells you plenty about the 20-year-old former Bulldog.

And Luai's reaction when told how Alamoti feels about him also speaks volumes.

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I love this...

Awesome. Can’t wait if Bateman plays for us and Jerome sprays him. That will be awesome.

 

[user118245]

Awesome. Can’t wait if Bateman plays for us and Jerome sprays him. That will be awesome.

Not if Bateman loses his temper and swings, although could be a breach of contract. Just don’t hurt Jarome