OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

Mate he was planning on removing them. It was a negotiation taking place witb Richo.

I have it on good accord Jarome then met with HBG himself and decided not to remove the clauses.

Make of that what you will.

I dont begrudge him leaving.
But we could of held onto him for 2028 and I am pissed off because this has bigger implications on the rest of the team --- watch them follow

Let’s see man I think we can use Luais money to tie down other core members of the side. From a footy perspective I think this works out best for both parties.

 

[Harvey]

The planets have aligned, the cards are falling perfectly...hes done a great job here.
Cannot begrudge him one helluva huge final payday

If it was me in his shoes I wouldnt be thinking too long about it either

Wait till he takes his mates & we don’t have a side. No Fainu’s no May’s.

Seyfarth captain & first picked.

 

[user118245]

Money isn't everything. Living in a compound like FIFO won't be any good for families. Single players sure.

You reckon single players would want to move there? Maybe after a divorce but highly doubt single players will move

 

[TheEnz]

Izzy Katoa off contract 2028, sign him and extend Javon and that’s a decade long top tier halves pairing

Post of the week! I would swap three Luais for one Katoa.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Wait till he takes his mates & we don’t have a side. No Fainu’s no May’s.

Seyfarth captain & first picked.

End of the world as we know it

 

[mtd#2]

Maybe some, but not all. I’d say Turuva, possibly Bula, maybe the Mays brothers and T’oo for sure. I’m still not ruling out Cleary either !

If we lose them then what do we have left mate? We were onto a good thing. Now we are back to the scrapheap.

This isn't about just Luai...

Its the bigger implications...

 

[Wezt]

Garbage contract Richo signed. Where are all the clowns that were wanting pats on the back for the 18 month commitment they got

To be fair the may brothers and Turuva wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Luai, so it was still a positive contract in my books

 

[user118245]

Post of the week! I would swap three Luais for one Katoa.

Don’t think we can talk to him yet but how come PNG can talk to Johnston and Luai then?

 

[Chunk]

Mate he was planning on removing them. It was a negotiation taking place witb Richo.

I have it on good accord Jarome then met with HBG himself and decided not to remove the clauses.

Make of that what you will.

I dont begrudge him leaving.
But we could of held onto him for 2028 and I am pissed off because this has bigger implications on the rest of the team --- watch them follow

I'll blame HBG for a lot of crap at this club but not this one.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

If we lose them then what do we have left mate? We were onto a good thing. Now we are back to the scrapheap.

This isn't about just Luai...

Its the bigger implications...

For you? You losing any money from this? Or just your soul?

 

[mtd#2]

Wait till he takes his mates & we don’t have a side. No Fainu’s no May’s.

Seyfarth captain & first picked.

Dont worry mate we have some 15 year old kids in the system who will fill the void for us 😂😂

 

[Lukic]

Doueihi is outplaying Luai at 5/8th. The team looked just as good with Madden in the 7. We have Fainu and Andrews, two of the best young halves talents in the game who have represented their state in junior origin.

And some people here are crying about us getting out of a contract paying an above average at best half over 1.2m a year when he'll be 32/33? Totally unserious.

 

[Wezt]

Turuvas contract ends in 2027 and he’s only on 450k

You can bet your house he will go the Chiefs

 

[Tired Tiger]

I don't ever want to see another Tigers player say they love the club and want to be coached by Benji .... It's just media drivel....Id rather they say nothing at all.

We are a serious risk of losing our core players....

 

[Halbrowne61]

Dont worry mate we have some 15 year old kids in the system who will fill the void for us 😂😂

Yep they’ll be ready for first grade in 4-5 years !

 

[TheEnz]

Don’t think we can talk to him yet but how come PNG can talk to Johnston and Luai then?

Luai was a free agent from Nov 1 last year. Alex Johnston got approval from Souths to talk to PNG.

 

[mtd#2]

I'll blame HBG for a lot of crap at this club but not this one.

Luai was ready to remove the clauses in 2025 with richo.

He wouldnt have been free to have this negotiation should the blow up in december not have happened.

It is 💯 related to them

 

[upthetigers]

The money we save in the halves allows us to get an elite fullback

 

[Tired Tiger]

Doueihi is outplaying Luai at 5/8th. The team looked just as good with Madden in the 7. We have Fainu and Andrews, two of the best young halves talents in the game who have represented their state in junior origin.

And some people here are crying about us getting out of a contract paying an above average at best half over 1.2m a year when he'll be 32/33? Totally unserious.

It's not about him getting out of his contract, it's about those who walk because he is now longer here ....

 

[Chunk]

Wait till he takes his mates & we don’t have a side. No Fainu’s no May’s.

Seyfarth captain & first picked.

Wow, talk about half glass empty.

It's the coach you want to play not a team mate, there are 29 other players.