OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Vicious]

What does Luai do to him a marquee player except being paid about 10 times his true value ?
Blaze Talagi is no superstar, but looks pretty good playing alongside Nathan Cleary, Dylan Edwards and Isaiah Yeo.
Luke Brooks would have 4 premiership rings by now if he was lucky enough to play 5/8 for the Panthers over the same period that Luai played for them.

 

[Halbrowne61]

FFS Nobody is saying that we lost because of the ref , but 2 things can be true at the. Same time, last week the dogs got 7 6 agains to our 0 and this week that dog of a ref atkins gave them a restart when absolutely NOTHING happened in the ruck , nothing ,, Penrith were a class above but should still be referees to the same standard as us .. so many other fans see it as well , the Titans also get dog calls , I don’t support them but I can still se that they get rorted by the refs week in week out .. it. Is a blight on the game

Mate, I hear ya and understand what you’re saying but unfortunately that’s the system we’ve got and no matter how much coaches, players and fans complain it will continue to happen to those perceived lesser clubs. I have noted 2 things this year, 1) when we won a few we seemed to be getting a lot friendlier calls, and 2) Ciraldo was still blaming the refs even after getting those multiple 6 again last week.
My take, win more and work your way up the ladder and things ( should) get a little friendlier. Lose more and the ref is a major part of the discussion.
The answers a pineapple TNK. Maybe as I get much older I have put away my ref angry approach and just gone with the flow. But believe there was a time when I was searching for the refs car in the LO carpark and was thinking of torching it ( only kidding) so I get where you’re coming from.

 

[innsaneink]

He said it after the prank was revealed

Revealed?
...that prank was obvious.
Did he say it on the Mays pod?

 

[innsaneink]

What does Luai do to him a marquee player except being paid about 10 times his true value ?
Blaze Talagi is no superstar, but looks pretty good playing alongside Nathan Cleary, Dylan Edwards and Isaiah Yeo.
Luke Brooks would have 4 premiership rings by now if he was lucky enough to play 5/8 for the Panthers over the same period that Luai played for them.

And Luai had 4 rings too before coming here

Here being the key word

 

[Telltails]

What does Luai do to him a marquee player except being paid about 10 times his true value ?
Blaze Talagi is no superstar, but looks pretty good playing alongside Nathan Cleary, Dylan Edwards and Isaiah Yeo.
Luke Brooks would have 4 premiership rings by now if he was lucky enough to play 5/8 for the Panthers over the same period that Luai played for them.

You just proved where the problem lies ,- it's not the individuals. Luia earned the right to be a player that clubs targeted - he is 4 time premiership winner.
This is a team sport and this club consistently has failed at assembling squads that are capable of playing finals footy.

 

[Halbrowne61]

You just proved where the problem lies ,- it's not the individuals. Luia earned the right to be a player that clubs targeted - he is 4 time premiership winner.
This is a team sport and this club consistently has failed at assembling squads that are capable of playing finals footy.

I think part of that is they don’t really know the type of players needed for that.
But Cleary, Bennett, Bellamy, McGuire do hence their success.

 

[Telltails]

I think part of that is they don’t really know the type of players needed for that.
But Cleary, Bennett, Bellamy, McGuire do hence their success.

Players want to play for those clubs because of their success which makes those coaches recruiting and retention much easier. But even the great Bellamy was on the back of a 5 game losing streak when he didn't have the calibre of players to draw from that Melbourne was used to.
The only reason we have attracted players in recent times is because of Benji and at a monetary cost. As a club we still are suffering from years of failure and days like today are two steps backwards in terms of changing the loser perception associated with the club and questions Benji's ability to turn things around. And it gets no easier next week. Terrible day for the club and team.