OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

mtd#2 said:
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
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I'll blame HBG for a lot of crap at this club but not this one.
 
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.
 
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....
 
Lukic said:
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.
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It's not about him getting out of his contract, it's about those who walk because he is now longer here ....
 
Look it this blokes career:

1) win 4 prems at panthers
2) move to a struggling wests tigers and be part of a rebuild under Marshall and gets it done (hopefully we're headed finals/top 4 in next two years)
3) move to PNG on MASSIVE money to be the face of an enormous new undertaking in rugby league...think of what it means for PNG and the people there

COME ON PEOPLE.... he's killing it....
 
mtd#2 said:
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
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Who signed with us because of Romey. Yep no doubt it didn’t hurt having him here when negotiating with other players but Terrell said himself Romey didn’t play a part in his decision to come. Tito said the attraction was playing alongside Api & playing under Benji. Taylan came because his brother was here & Benji fully backed him to return to Nrl. Masi turned down Rugby to play under Benji. Royce signed because we offered a good deal & genuine crack at consistent Nrl. Not sure who else. Any player at any club coming off contract would be tempted by the tax free coin but I don’t think we lose players just on the Romey situation
 
Disappointed if he leaves, but I also get it. I actually think JL will be pretty gutted about this and put everything in for the next 2 years. He’ll be upfront that it’s purely about setting up his family.

Hoping Javon, Latu or Madden is ready by then to take it in full time or we can snare another good half as well as using the spare money for keeping our current group.

The real issue will be if we lose a large crop of players. The NRL will strengthen one side with the tax free incentive, but it could decimate us if we lose the Mays/Fainus/Turuva for example. It’s not so big an issue if it’s a player from every team, but god I hope we don’t see a mass exodus following Luai.
 
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