OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Halbrowne61]

Manly got a bargain with Fogarty at around $700k a year, great deal.

Wonder what Raiders offered him ?

 

[Tom Shines]

Wonder what Raiders offered him ?

Think it was more around thr lenght of the deal… 3 years v 2 years …. Even Ricky said publicly he should take the deal…so I can only assume he didn’t see it as a bargain

 

[clontarfkid]

Luai's a 6 who needs a seven.

He's been playing much better of late.

He won't live up to his contract as a player. He's an above average nrl player who made a career out of playing the easiest role in the greatest team of the modern era.

But we had money to spend and he has helped attract other good players.

It's a bad deal but the only alternative was to commit to Galvin and Latu as our future halves, which simply wasn't a reality for a coaching staff and admin that needed results sooner.

I concur with all of that
We needed him desperately..and still do..despite transparent shortcomings and the price tag we paid

 

[clontarfkid]

Think it was more around thr lenght of the deal… 3 years v 2 years …. Even Ricky said publicly he should take the deal…so I can only assume he didn’t see it as a bargain

Think Ricky will regret that decision..time will tell.
Dogs apparently squeezing Burton out...have realised he cant create anything,so LG goes to 6 and we get a 7j just like....the one they had that got them to the top earlier this year!!

 

[Halbrowne61]

Think it was more around thr lenght of the deal… 3 years v 2 years …. Even Ricky said publicly he should take the deal…so I can only assume he didn’t see it as a bargain

Which can also mean, thanks for your efforts but we don’t need you any more. It’s never as simple as “ take the deal son”.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Latu is 20..and played less than 10 games at 7….im not gunna promise he is definitely going to succeed at the position….but it’s way too early now to be saying he will never make it ..

I’m not sure about Latu but imo Luai is a 6 and should only be treated as such.

 

[crazycat]

Yep … they got one bargain and one on big overs

Yea, I mean that is such a great decision. You definately need someone who can be halfback (on overs) when you have DCE at your club right?

Absolute manly genious.

 

[crazycat]

I’m not sure about Latu but imo Luai is a 6 and should only be treated as such.

... He will only be a 6 for us.

Which sounds harsh. But Benji never was a 7, Morris/Hodgson can't coach a 7 and really they don't have the structure in themselves to do it.
Scott Prince might, he might not... Doesn't matter he is not here.

If Luai joined the Cowboys and hung around Jonathan Thurston, or Easts and Cooper cronk... Yea, he would develop into a decent halfback. Unlike Brooks he has that attitude... But it won't blossim with us.

At best, he may become a Lockyer style 5/8.

 

[tig_prmz]

Luai's a 6 who needs a seven.

He's been playing much better of late.

He won't live up to his contract as a player. He's an above average nrl player who made a career out of playing the easiest role in the greatest team of the modern era.

But we had money to spend and he has helped attract other good players.

It's a bad deal but the only alternative was to commit to Galvin and Latu as our future halves, which simply wasn't a reality for a coaching staff and admin that needed results sooner.

Days of a 6 and 7 are almost gone.

Luai is a good half but lacks a long kicking game and plays better on the edge.

He needs a partner who has a good long kicking game, can straighten the attack and defends well. Both Douehi and Latu fill that role.

Luai has a very good understanding of when to go short side, when to go long, when to cut back in etc. you won't find many halves better than him at playing the short side especially with May and Fainu now getting confident with him.

Dogs have Burton who's a good edge player with a good kicking game so they needed someone who can straighten the attack in the middle and on the edge so they went all in on Galvin.

 

[Tigerwould]

How many games did the Wests Tigers win this year when Jarome Luai wasn’t playing?