OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

mtd#2 said:
I once heard Nathan talk about how jarome was the better player growing up. I reckon theres an element of jealousy that Nathan is the one who kicked on.
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That may well be true. He was not a mug lair when he first hit grade. That came with success. Remember when the whole RL world were sick of Smug Penrith? He was the orchestrator and leader of that.
Re-watch the final 20 minutes of that GF some time. He almost looked unhappy his mates fought and won like that without him.
 
rugbygoated said:
The social media stuff is the part that doesn't get me mad. I'm pissed at the lack of impact he has had on the field but the other stuff is a bit overblown. Such as his relationship with Benji and the players at the club which has zero evidence and all assumptions. The Galvin drama affected the whole club last year even after he left the building. The PNG decision in April was something the club approved for him to go to and the club has since moved him on a year early on his contract. It's mutual. The performances of guys like Terrell May and Bula for large parts of the season can't be blamed on one guy. Otherwise next year when someone is in a form slump who is going to be the fall guy then? Making excuses does nothing.
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He's got a revolting personality and he's not a cleanskin so he will get dumped on. All that anime rubbish, he's done that his whole career, it's nothing new.

There is a fall guy for every year and this year is him.

The issues are way deeper.

At the end, losers have villains, winners have heroes.
 
mtd#2 said:
The money grab didnt bother me and shouldnt bother any adult who need to provide for their family. But the trip to png post cowboys game and not turning up to the end of season awards are an issue. He couldnt have gone out the right way, but didnt.

I once heard Nathan talk about how jarome was the better player growing up. I reckon theres an element of jealousy that Nathan is the one who kicked on.
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I think you're missing the whole point, That would be the furthest thing from his mind.
- This bloke thinks he's Achillies.

The level of ego is almost immeasureable.
 
Tucker said:
lol rubbish. If you play the game and try hard, you don’t cop “vitriol” on here. Due to decades of trash footy from our club, our fans can quickly spot a bloke who doesn’t have a go.
For example, Adam Doueihi was a forum favourite for most of this year, with even his “haters” admitting he was playing good footy. When he dogged the team, attitudes changed.
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The fan base turning against the players so quickly after a couple of poor performances is self-fulfilling. The negativity stinks up the joint, media writes crap which our fans lap up, confidence hits rock bottom and players want out. Rinse and repeat. Only question is who is next? Makasini?
 
mtd#2 said:
The money grab didnt bother me and shouldnt bother any adult who need to provide for their family. But the trip to png post cowboys game and not turning up to the end of season awards are an issue. He couldnt have gone out the right way, but didnt.

I once heard Nathan talk about how jarome was the better player growing up. I reckon theres an element of jealousy that Nathan is the one who kicked on.
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The counterpoint to that is we asked him to move on and we actually broke contract first. We didn't really give him a proper send off, he's got fans like us happy that he's out the door.

I agree, he still should have turned up to the awards and not gone to golf but things got shaky before that.

When you have had a dozen bad break ups, it can't always be her..

JL is one person, this Club still has a lot to learn about being professional, just like JL.
 
mtd#2 said:
The money grab didnt bother me and shouldnt bother any adult who need to provide for their family. But the trip to png post cowboys game and not turning up to the end of season awards are an issue. He couldnt have gone out the right way, but didnt.

I once heard Nathan talk about how jarome was the better player growing up. I reckon theres an element of jealousy that Nathan is the one who kicked on.
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Yes I also heard that he was the gun in junior footy, maybe he should have got his Dad to coach at Penrith 🤣🤣🤣
 
Betterdays22 said:
The fan base turning against the players so quickly after a couple of poor performances is self-fulfilling. The negativity stinks up the joint, media writes crap which our fans lap up, confidence hits rock bottom and players want out. Rinse and repeat. Only question is who is next? Makasini?
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Again, that’s rubbish.
You are not giving fans near enough credit for their knowledge.
You are commenting about a forum that has a lot of older members, who’ve seen it all.
Criticising a kid who loses games on his own is totally fair…and he did. Hopefully he learns from that and more importantly his coach does.
100% not ready for this level and it was the fan and media hype train that got him there.
 
Tucker said:
That may well be true. He was not a mug lair when he first hit grade. That came with success. Remember when the whole RL world were sick of Smug Penrith? He was the orchestrator and leader of that.
Re-watch the final 20 minutes of that GF some time. He almost looked unhappy his mates fought and won like that without him.
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Which one?
 
Halbrowne61 said:
He’s been in Samoa since last game promoting World Cup and visiting family.
I’d say that Benji and the players all knew that and that he wouldn’t be there.
As he’s leaving I don’t see the issue, maybe better that they start to move on now without him around.
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Would he even make the Samoan team?
Probably a bit facetious…I would have him there but maybe not as a starter.
 
tig_prmz said:
The counterpoint to that is we asked him to move on and we actually broke contract first. We didn't really give him a proper send off, he's got fans like us happy that he's out the door.

I agree, he still should have turned up to the awards and not gone to golf but things got shaky before that.

When you have had a dozen bad break ups, it can't always be her..

JL is one person, this Club still has a lot to learn about being professional, just like JL.
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I dont disagree. The club has been a problem for a long time now, nothing seems to change. But I also dont blame fans for being salty. It doesnt get any easier when this sort of thing happens year after year.
 
Tucker said:
Again, that’s rubbish.
You are not giving fans near enough credit for their knowledge.
You are commenting about a forum that has a lot of older members, who’ve seen it all.
Criticising a kid who loses games on his own is totally fair…and he did. Hopefully he learns from that and more importantly his coach does.
100% not ready for this level and it was the fan and media hype train that got him there.
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Its not something specific to this forum, which is fairly moderate compared with your standard fan.

We agree re Makasini, but he is a good example of the issues with the fan base who go all in on these guys then chew them out in an instant. Kid had only ever played against school kids, should not have played as much as he did but held his gloves up all year only to get ridiculed.
 
mtd#2 said:
Well, there are contradicting narratives around this. Benny Elias was on NRL 360 tonight and stated he heard that the club knew he was going overseas, but were not aware that it was to PNG. Not taking it as gospel by any means, but if that is the case, then he really did the club dirty.
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Yeh apparently the entire board, CEO and Benji was "blindfolded" by Luais first trip to PNG in April...dunno how the others keep a straight face when Bennys tripping over his own words.

If what he says is true however...not good, but somehow i think hes stretching it a tad
 
rugbygoated said:
With all due respect that stuff is totally irrelevant. It is not a competition. Of course I'd respect the people that put their lives on the line such as police officers, soldiers, etc over a professional athlete. None of his misdemeanours are as serious as people make them to be. If one's happiness is dependent on the win/loss ratio of their football team they have bigger issues in life. There's always that starving kid in Africa type of analogy one can fall back on, which is irrelevant to the initial discussion
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Its extremely relevant as it keeps things in perspective, keeps us humble. When were humble we dont feel the need to post cryptic gibberish on the internet cause we know in the big scheme of things were not that important.
 
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