OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

mtd#2 said:
Dylan brown is waving at you, "wait till you see me next year"
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Everyone is predicting brown to a massive failure. This time last year everyone said luai would be the saviour. Brown doesn't have the same pressure as no one expects him to be great. Luai was overhyped and believed the hype, but never backed up his word play
 
The following recruits played a significant amount for us this year:

Luai
Terrell May
Turuva
Skelton

These guys also played a fair amount:

Taylan May
Bird
Hunt

We also had Doueihi return and stay healthy for most of the year, while the only losses of note from last year's team are Utoikamanu, Galvin and Sezer.

I feel like we had a reasonably good run with injury this year too. Not too many players missing extended periods.

All in all, we improved but not a great deal. A few extra wins and a few less blowouts. I'd give Luai a little credit for that, but not anything more than the other guys who also played the bulk of the year.

We haven't really signed anyone for next year apart from KPP so we're going to need to see a lot of internal growth if we're gonna make the 8.

I'd give the Luai signing a C at this point. If we're speaking strictly as a player, it's probably a D given he's about league average at his position but paid as a superstar. But since he's supposedly been involved in recruiting others and reports suggest our culture is better now, it gets a little bump up.
 
rugbygoated said:
Everyone is predicting brown to a massive failure. This time last year everyone said luai would be the saviour. Brown doesn't have the same pressure as no one expects him to be great. Luai was overhyped and believed the hype, but never backed up his word play
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There are 💯 expectations of brown as a $13 million dollar player.. watch the media jump on him if the knights lose their first few games... Look at the pressure on Galvin and he's on a fraction of the money brown is...

The tigers finished 4 places, 6 points and +165 differential above the spoon... So I think it's debateable whether Luais had had an influence on the outcome this year ... we all know he wasn't his best on the field this year - but alot of that has to do with the calibre of players around him... Its all good and well to shift into the 7 role at the Panthers and make it work - but it's different at the tigers.. we could have brought across Nathan Cleary and he probably wouldn't have been a success for us stating out either.. our systems were sh1t, still are to a degree.. it's going to take some time..

When we finally had cohesion (after Galvin gate) and our spine had a few games together - Luai bought the best out of Samuela and Taylan on that left edge... We had a glimpse into how dangerous that left hand side attack could be with a full pre-season..

I'm happy to fall on my sword with Luai if nothing improves next year... But there's only one bloke that could have come in and had the impact everyone wanted - and that would be Andrew Johns in his prime..

Anyway I guess we will see next year. Everyone's going to be watching Luai closely!
 
He is considered a very good organizer, particularly in attack. A creative playmaker, with vision and ability to steer his team to success. Or at least this is the type of leadership seen when he played for Penrith's and Samoa's. Some describe JL as confident, vocal, and energetic, qualities that inspire teammates and help to bring out their best performance.
This said, and given he is a marquee player for us, do you think he has played according to his capabilities and manifested all the qualities mentioned above? Where have we improved as a result of his addition to the team? Has he suffered as a result of playing alongside lesser skilled players?
4.5M over 4 years is a lot of money - have we been getting our worth?

I am kind of on the fence on this one, a result perhaps of my own expectations (or ongoing frustrations that inevitably go with following the WT)..
 
Tiger_heart said:
He is considered a very good organizer, particularly in attack. A creative playmaker, with vision and ability to steer his team to success. Or at least this is the type of leadership seen when he played for Penrith's and Samoa's. Some describe JL as confident, vocal, and energetic, qualities that inspire teammates and help to bring out their best performance.
This said, and given he is a marquee player for us, do you think he has played according to his capabilities and manifested all the qualities mentioned above? Where have we improved as a result of his addition to the team? Has he suffered as a result of playing alongside lesser skilled players?
4.5M over 4 years is a lot of money - have we been getting our worth?

I am kind of on the fence on this one, a result perhaps of my own expectations (or ongoing frustrations that inevitably go with following the WT)..
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He went from the 4 time premiership winning team to the 3 time wooden spooners always gonna take some time to adjust to a completely different system.

I think what he has brought to us you cannot put a price on he has brought excitement and energy winning experience to the entire team.

I cannot wait to see him next year after a full year in tigers colours
 
finnzo said:
He went from the 4 time premiership winning team to the 3 time wooden spooners always gonna take some time to adjust to a completely different system.

I think what he has brought to us you cannot put a price on he has brought excitement and energy winning experience to the entire team.

I cannot wait to see him next year after a full year in tigers colours
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He better be playing in the preseason trials. That was clearly a mistake this season.
 
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