That's a fair assessment. It is bad optics to say he'd be here for life given what has happened this year. Probably should have worded that press conference better. With the clauses in I don't blame him and the questions from media about it he probably could have said while he's here he'd do his...
The double standards on luai is crazy. He has not lived up to the lofty expectations on the field but the outrage and pile on in the last few days has been ridiculous. He's had great games this year and terrible games, and a bunch of quiet ones.
Season overview so far.
Makes permanent switch to...
Like that girl. She's a champion tennis player. The issue with us is we are an emotional team who are happy to lose pretty rather than win ugly as ricky stuart said last week vs dragons. We beat galvin when we want or following a 68-0 flogging, but not the rest of the season
I can smell this being a Ben Hunt situation all over again at the Dragons. Booed and scapegoated. Luai is here another 18 months whether you like it or not. He hasn't betrayed anyone. His contract had clauses which everyone knew about. It wasn't a 5 year deal.
It's definitely immature but he's always been like that. I actually think he plays his best footy trying to prove haters wrong. If you look at that week after the panthers flogging and the 2024 origin decider. A bit like latrell
Where has latu shown match winning qualities. I fear we are overrating him. There is no simple silver bullet to this mess, let alone a rookie half. It starts with the coaching no matter what roster you have
I don't think it's aimed at the club itself it's probably more to do with the people saying jock + AD are the best halves combination when people were going off early season hype. Bit similar to his 'chill all you idiots have work tomorrow' post aimed at the haters
It's the lazy emotional excuse used by the same fans that blamed Brooks for years and then galvin last year. It's not surprising. Must be the depression and venting
Luai has individually been poor but the overreaction to him this year has been astounding simply because he is leaving. It is not a 'betrayal' as some have equipped themselves with. They have been decimated with injuries and basically have no attacking game plan. The 3 weeks when luai was out...
Our fans and club looking for a scapegoat again. That same week Api was out 3 weeks and a bunch of guys got injured... but emotional responses make you feel better so go with that