OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[rugbygoated]

The young guys, including Pole are not consistent.

Not true. They are our best performing players weekly. Sezer is the exception. He's been good in most of our games this year, and of course Api

 

[BAGNF05]

Api never said anything about not wanting to come here. He made one joke that everyone went apeshit over. There was nothing in it.

He actually laughed out loud when the prospect of a premiership was mentioned.

Pretty appropriate response with the benefit of hindsight.

 

[BAGNF05]

Not a lot one man can do … he needs another 4 or 5 new NRL level additions to help him

The difference now is we have people running the club who know this, and hopefully have the respect of people in the game to address this.

 

[BrissieTiger67]

it’s hard to argue … next year looks another bottom of the ladder campaign and then Galvin will be free to sign a deal elsewhere for 2026

Isn't galvin signed until the end of 2026?

 

[Tucker]

Isn't galvin signed until the end of 2026?

Yes

 

[Tucker]

Not true. They are our best performing players weekly. Sezer is the exception. He's been good in most of our games this year, and of course Api

Who are? What bullshit.
You do realise we’ve lost 12 games this year so far?
No one has been consistently good including and up to Api.

 

[twentyforty]

Not sure I agree based on what I've watched this year. The older more experienced players are the disappointing ones. A lot of them are on big money adding Stef. Meanwhile, younger guys like Pole are consistent every week. I think we need 2 more big signings to get out of the bottom 4 next year (particularly centre or prop), a change of coach with John Morris taking the reigns (he did fantastic for sharks there) and a culture shift. By keeping the 'losers' of the past teams that have won spoons the culture will not change, there has to be a freshness that the juniors are bringing along with some more key signings. Of course, that doesn't help given our feeder team is coming last in NSW cup. We are likely to win the spoon again, but a lot of that can be changed by attitude, regardless of our roster, and our 'big names' let us down more than the young guys

If that were the case then why not forget about bringing in experienced players?
The last 6 seasons have seen 31 debutants, some of them have been good, not all. Thats almost 50% of the roster.
What we do know about those 2 groups is they are both motivated by opportunity. Either to play NRL..,or to get a pay rise based on reputations built at other clubs.
We desperately need to change this perception of the club.

 

[Tom Shines]

Isn't galvin signed until the end of 2026?

yeah … I made a typo … he can sign the deal at the end of next season for 2027… fact remains the Tigers have got next year only to convince him to stay

 

[Tom Shines]

The difference now is we have people running the club who know this, and hopefully have the respect of people in the game to address this.

I’m tired of living off hope … I need to see them do it

 

[426Tlgerland]

Get Lauai on the phone to Stef , maybe that will give the big unit some confidence as Lauai seems to have plenty of it and may help get him to stick around for 4 more years

 

[Todd Packer]

Get Lauai on the phone to Stef , maybe that will give the big unit some confidence as Lauai seems to have plenty of it and may help get him to stick around for 4 more years

Can he also talk him into not playing like a huge sook?

 

[hank37w]

Can he also talk him into not playing like a huge sook?

Luai's good but he can't perform miracles, that's Richo's job.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Luai's good but he can't perform miracles, that's Richo's job.

It is also off the field the club will be hoping Luai has an impact with intensity of training and preparation for games. Turuva as well coming from the Panthers' system.

 

[rugbygoated]

Who are? What bullshit.
You do realise we’ve lost 12 games this year so far?
No one has been consistently good including and up to Api.

Sam Fainu barring the last 2 weeks has been great all year. Pole has been good all year. The big money guys haven't delivered. Api has had some very poor games if you watch games closely and don't just watch highlights.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Pole is turning into the player we all thought Stef was going to be.

 

[BrissieTiger67]

yeah … I made a typo … he can sign the deal at the end of next season for 2027… fact remains the Tigers have got next year only to convince him to stay

Yep very true, I think Crichton has been quite important to bulldogs this year. Hoping Jerome brings some of the same quality and values next year Galvin can learn off.

 

[Needaname]

Pole is turning into the player we all thought Stef was going to be.

It wasn’t too hard to spot.
Stefano’s 5 minute debut for Parra was enough for me to be concerned.
Had less concerns when I watched Pole debut a year later for us.
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[TigerLove]

We almost lost Luai before he got here!

‘Billy watches a lot of football’: Lockyer reveals truth behind Fifita’s baffling Maroons snub

‘Billy watches a lot of football’: Lockyer reveals truth behind Fifita’s baffling exile - Origin Daily

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[twentyforty]

Pole is turning into the player we all thought Stef was going to be.

Yep I’m liking the way he is developing. Has a kind of Bruce McGuire style.

 

[Todd Packer]

We almost lost Luai before he got here!

‘Billy watches a lot of football’: Lockyer reveals truth behind Fifita’s baffling Maroons snub

‘Billy watches a lot of football’: Lockyer reveals truth behind Fifita’s baffling exile - Origin Daily

www.foxsports.com.au

Maguire's plot to end him so he can't play for us.