OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Merlot]

Its a bit dire if we take KPP out if he doesn't turn out to be what we need isn't it.. short 3 backrowers lol

Gee some people have high hopes or him ,

 

[Tigerscout]

The thing that needs to be taken into account with edge backrowers, especially young and inexperienced ones, if the ball doesn't go their way its very hard to get good stats. He is forced to play in a very narrow lane, hit the line as an option runner. He may get the ball, he may not. The ball may go the other side 65% of the time as well. We may have no good field position to present good ball to him. All these things have happend to Sukkar the past 2 weeks. Its been most us going to the left. IMO its best to judge whatever involvement he does have, and for me, he looks strong in contact in defence and attack.

I agree mate, our boys have a simple attack plan only ever going left.

 

[Aussielion]

Gee some people have high hopes or him ,

He has a very good offloading game. I have big doubts over his consistency though.

 

[Merlot]

He has a very good offloading game. I have big doubts over his consistency though.

fingers crossed again , next year will be better

 

[Aussielion]

I hate his guts today. We started really well against the warriors and he gave away another stupid penalty backing into kick chasers. Does he think refs are blind. How many stupid pointless penalties does this guy need to give away before our coach says something??

I just knew he would do something stupid early in the game. I wouldn't be heartbroken to see him take his option and go.

I'll give you one guarantee....he won't leave. No club (including the new teams coming) will pay as much as we are paying for him. He is the most secure player we have on the roster....and 2nd place is not close.

 

[Tucker]

I'll give you one guarantee....he won't leave. No club (including the new teams coming) will pay as much as we are paying for him. He is the most secure player we have on the roster....and 2nd place is not close.

One of the new franchises will.
If he had no intention of leaving, he would have deleted the clauses from his contract back when he was mouthing off about Galvin.
He is full of hot air.

 

[mtd#2]

Gee some people have high hopes or him ,

I have no other choice 🤣🤣

 

[Merlot]

I have no other choice 🤣🤣

yep its a bit like that

 

[Aussielion]

If we don’t start winning games and keep up careening towards the bottom of the ladder, his clause will be the next big drama in the game.

There is no way in the world we should beg him to stay. We won't need to, he'll stick to us like shit on a blanket with that big, fat salary.

 

[Aussielion]

One of the new franchises will.
If he had no intention of leaving, he would have deleted the clauses from his contract back when he was mouthing off about Galvin.
He is full of hot air.

If he left, he'd do us a favour.

 

[Merlot]

I have no other choice 🤣🤣

just when you thought your week sucked , you realize ,your addicted to your team .About time this club hands out some soothing endorphins

 

[Not Beau Ryan]

It’s a good assessment I think.
Nt sure about this KPP bloke.
Plays like a bit of a puss considering the size of him.

I have been watching him closing since he signed. His carries are a bit soft but he does look to offload.

 

[Flippedy]

Don't forget the Galvin saga (as much as I despise lachy and his manager). The bullying is what made him leave. Wonder if luai was the one who did the bullying... got rid of a great player, and he's thieving off us

Galvin a great player 😂 That line alone makes your post null and void.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Where do you see Terrell, Fanua, Samuela and Sione fitting in?

Well Terrell would obviously be the other prop, I’d swap Samuela and Sione as I think they would offer more that way and Pole not sure, lacks consistency and makes mistakes. But it won’t matter coz my comments just a dream, the best we can sign so far is that insipid Pom fro the Knights, and he’s not going to save us.

 

[Flippedy]

Brought down nathan cleary in origin too. NSW win game 1. Lose both games when luai comes in. Both games luai puts in bad kicks in the first half which sets the tone. He has made a habit of having good 2nd halves when the game is already over. Think back to cowboys, raiders and both NSW games. Too little, too late. tigers virus

Cleary brought himself down, he has never stood up in Origin with or without Luai.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I have been watching him closing since he signed. His carries are a bit soft but he does look to offload.

Bottom line is that KPP regularly makes 100m plus and has a great tackle counts plus efficiency, so he waltzes onto our right edge. He may not be an impact style player, yet will still consistently provide a hell of a lot more there than our current options show, including earlier today.

Hoping that Saukuru can continue his development from centre into a fresh backrower with impact and allow/force Samuela into the middle. Either way, Luai needs to make better use of whoever is alongside.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

I'll give you one guarantee....he won't leave. No club (including the new teams coming) will pay as much as we are paying for him. He is the most secure player we have on the roster....and 2nd place is not close.

I’m pretty sure nobody believed any team would pay through the nose for brown either

 

[mikey]

Benji may have attracted the players, but like previous seasons , he has tarnished their reputations by his lack of coaching skills. This squad is much better than last year, but we will probably spoon again.

Whether he can coach is still debatable but how many coaches have to be the fall guy for an under-manned roster?
If we're arguing for people who couldn't coach it would be Sheens for mine. Yes, we won in 2005 but we should have been in semis for more than the three years we were.
Benjis make or break year is 2026 for mine. Hopefully he and Richo can get 3 not so Little Pigs with houses of stone not the straw ones we have atm.

 

[tigerman80]

If Richo is the administrator he once was he has a huge job to do. First thing is to rid the club of the 2005 boys club coaching team from Benji down and then try to convince up to 6 quality players to come to the club. I don’t think he has the stomach for the first job and I don’t think he’s capable of the second job. If I’m a good player I and want to stay that way I wouldn’t join WT for any money.

I don’t think we become a proper footy team or club until we get rid of the “2005 coaching team”.

We destroyed this club with Jason Taylor , then we did it with Tim sheens and now we do it with Benji. For the first time in a long time we have a decent roster , if only they had an experienced coach to coach them.

 

[tigahhh]

I don’t think we become a proper footy team or club until we get rid of the “2005 coaching team”.

We destroyed this club with Jason Taylor , then we did it with Tim sheens and now we do it with Benji. For the first time in a long time we have a decent roster , if only they had an experienced coach to coach them.

why do we have that decent roster?