OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

jrtiger said:
it wouldn’t surprise me if Penrith waived the 10 day reply period. all the comments from O’Neill and Alexander indicate that if leaving Penrith is what Jarome wants, they won’t stand in his way.

I would expect this week Luai and his agent will go to Penrith with our offer and try and squeeze more dollars and years out of them before making a final decision.

Penrith will likely be able to give him an extra year on top of the 2 years offered, but I doubt they even move the salary up a cent.
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My tip he gets offered 3 years x 850 at a winning club , may be option year 4 in his fav
 
crazycat said:
So let me get this straight.

The Bulldogs and a bunch of teams are sniffing at AFB, as hey he got Manly to a premiership and really changes games.

Were looking at Luai because, hey he is a star talent, Top shelf 5/8... But to sign him we basically have to offload Klemmer/Bateman/whatever front rower we don't want for the next 10 minutes....

You remember what happens in the playground if you keep changing friends right?
Were going to piss off our forward pack picking which one we offload, then piss off Sullivan/Sezer/Fainu as they signed here to play Halfback.

Our culture sucks, I thought Benji would get that and how to build culture. If we become a flight deck I may as well just quit the WT.
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Well it depends who you listen to. According to one article today we can accommodate both Luai and AFB. Wether that means we have to offload anyone I don’t know, but I wouldn’t stress about it at this stage.
 
Bones said:
Well it depends who you listen to. According to one article today we can accommodate both Luai and AFB. Wether that means we have to offload anyone I don’t know, but I wouldn’t stress about it at this stage.
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Now that would be amazing accountancy of the Nick Politis kind !
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
reckon we get Luai for 25
reckon we get Olam for 24
lose Blore for 24
Don't think we get AFB
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I have a feeling you’re right. The whole Luai thing has just been odd since Ivan questioned his ability. I doubt he stays at Penrith anyway.

Olam seems out of favour so very possible.

AFB may be the best prop in the game and we all know how that usually ends for us.
 
Bones said:
I have a feeling you’re right. The whole Luai thing has just been odd since Ivan questioned his ability. I doubt he stays at Penrith anyway.

Olam seems out of favour so very possible.

AFB may be the best prop in the game and we all know how that usually ends for us.
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Yeah I think Luai is gone from Penrith too, I'm still not confident that we are they only potential destination for him though.
I think the AFB is possible but we will have to go okay this season, he's not coming to cellar dweller, will want to join a fringe 8 side.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I remember at the last World Cup after the Final, he gave his medal to a kid in the stands. He got praised for a what a great act it was. But it’s easy to do kind acts like that when you are only about the money.
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Sounds like you know him personally and know what his intentions were in such a charitable act.
 
coivtny said:
Which might mean, if he's signed away from Penrith, that we're in the 10 day 'cooling off' period.
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Not the way the new rule is worded. During the 10 days Penrith can present a counter offer. At the conclusion of the 10 days he can decide who he wants to sign with.
Though the fact there hasn’t been even a snippet of chatter around Penrith increasing their offer leans heavily in our favour.
 
hammertime said:
If we get Luai, AFB may like the momentum he sees. We'll have a better squad than the dogs and dragons
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A great half and forward is what Dogs need too. They lack a good halfback and prop. If Bulldogs sign Luai, I could see AFB tempted to go there too (unlimited spending power from Gus of course)
 
hammertime said:
If we get Luai, AFB may like the momentum he sees. We'll have a better squad than the dogs and dragons
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Yeah I reckon our odds of signing AFB shorten big time if we jag Luai, and Olam would also add a little too. He’d have Fulton in his ear as well. This is why I think we should be all in for Luai, players will want to play with him, and he’s seems really competitive, so I can’t se him being a dud. Make him an offer he can’t refuse or just ask him what he wants and give it to him. The cap goes up, Brooks was on a mil, and Luai is worth 500k more than Brooks, so anything under 1.5m is a bargain. Go get him Benji.
 
Needaname said:
Not the way the new rule is worded. During the 10 days Penrith can present a counter offer. At the conclusion of the 10 days he can decide who he wants to sign with.
Though the fact there hasn’t been even a snippet of chatter around Penrith increasing their offer leans heavily in our favour.
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Thanks for the clarification.
 
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