OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Leck]

You cant take money to the grave, but you can feed your 4 children with it. I dont think any different of him. He came to the tigers for money, its only fitting he also leaves for money. Club is in a better place than when he got here. It business. Its life. Move on and enjoy him while we have him. I think his best is yet to come.

Family is essential to a successful daily and working life. A captain has to set standards, so my concern is with his comment -

“I’m staying, don’t worry, for life. I think when things get hard, people sort of expect you to change, and I’m not that type of guy. I’m here for the long run, and I’m here to turn this club around.”

 

[Leck]

Seasons not over yet and neither is his tenure at the club.

Everyone here will change directions with the prevailing winds like whatever they've spent years moaning about no longer exists. Just like with Adam Doueihi and Alex Twal. We've lost a couple of games with lots of lads out injured. We're in the top 6. The context of our defeat to the Sharks and Storm, 2 great sides, is yet to be seen.

People negging on here will change their tune regardless of what happens with Luai. This is actually the Wests Tigers post-rationalisation forum.

I get that, but something stinks.

I believe that Jarome will try and recruit our players and Benji knows it -

‘A negative smell’: Benji’s honest admission as Tigers coach vows to ‘find’ answers'​

 

[Buttface]

I get that, but something stinks.

I believe that Jarome will try and recruit our players and Benji knows it -

‘A negative smell’: Benji’s honest admission as Tigers coach vows to ‘find’ answers'​

To many baked beans?

Yep he did that for us/himself, why wouldn’t he do it again. That’s why it was important to get TDM down long term.

 

[TIGERS]

I get that, but something stinks.

I believe that Jarome will try and recruit our players and Benji knows it -

‘A negative smell’: Benji’s honest admission as Tigers coach vows to ‘find’ answers'​

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There's a lot of podcaster and media polish glossing over the reality of PNG. Luai swapped a big payday for an even bigger payday. It's a foolish, naively ego driven decision. It a disgrace that these negotiations can even take place mid season.

But not every 23 year old prospect is going to want to live in some boring, isolated secure compound in Port Moresby over Sydney.

 

[Lukic]

It makes no sense that people are being critical of him now in performances where we've been totally thumped across the park that has nothing to do with him, but defended him when we had all the ball in the world in attacking position and produced nothing.

He is what he is and he's performed the same the past 2 weeks as the rest of his time here, save the game against the Cowboys rd1.

He's an average NRL five-eighth who's had an absolutely charmed career that's not reflective of his true ability. He's a 600-700k a year player on 1.2m. He's a got a great personality and is a leader no doubt, but as much as that helps set up a squad, it doesn't really help his individual performance on the field.

 

[tig_prmz]

I doubt the players care that he's leaving that much. On the outside, he seems well respected and his decision as well.

It is so far different to Galvin, it's not funny.

As for his on-field performances, it's a little tricky. He is always behind the ball and a genuine option in attack which means he's putting in the effort, his D is still good other than the escort penalties.

He is putting in effort and the team seems to respect him.

I don't think Luai will be dropped because he's not the reason we are playing crap. That being said, if the Grand Final was tomorrow and the whole team was available, I'd have Douehi at 6 and Madden at 7.

We need to make Luai a part of the solution, not a part of the problem. Use his reach with the players, use what the team perceives as his leadership to get the affect out of the team.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I doubt the players care that he's leaving that much. On the outside, he seems well respected and his decision as well.

They don’t because they understand how it works. And they know it could always be them one day. Forget what he said, he had a clause and he activated it. He’s not doing anything the club wasn’t anticipating was a possibility.

 

[TonyTiger]

To many baked beans?

Yep he did that for us/himself, why wouldn’t he do it again. That’s why it was important to get TDM down long term.

The smell is wafting from the person sitting next to Benji during the media conference - who has been ‘playing dead’ for the past 2 weeks with the burden of NOW empty, dead comments of loyalty that have slipped through his lips since arriving on an over-inflated salary, albeit minus tax obligations - just as us mere mortals cop on our meagre salaries, in comparison.
I’m not dirty on Laui’s move to PNG, I’m actually relieved that we are not burdened for the whole 4 seasons with this mediocrity - merely ‘Dancing With The Stars’ out on the field instead of driving the team forward and hemming the opposition into a corner.
Adam Doueihe has been the REAL ‘Man’ and I love his passion for this club!
Adam does not seek notoriety, happy to be ‘The Man’ without the title or fuss.
Luai has been good for morale and mate ship but that job is largely cemented however we purchased much more!
Latu and Javin have so much promise and they would have withered on the vine if Luai was to remain for the full term.
Credit to Luai for talking himself up and creating a successful Brand around himself but it’s mostly undeserved and unrealised, I believe.
It takes more than long, flowing locks to make ‘The Man’

 

[tig_prmz]

They don’t because they understand how it works. And they know it could always be them one day. Forget what he said, he had a clause and he activated it. He’s not doing anything the club wasn’t anticipating was a possibility.

We can't have so many bitter break ups.

Even if Luai had done something slightly wrong ethically, you just let it go and show support. He is here for another year and a half. We gotta learn to start taking positives with this and not negatives.

You win games when players are happy and feel well looked after. If you keep pissing media off and players off, you just invite discontent among the team.

Luai is here and we need to use his skills of being able to gel the team together to get the best out of them.

 

[Telltails]

We can't have so many bitter break ups.

Even if Luai had done something slightly wrong ethically, you just let it go and show support. He is here for another year and a half. We gotta learn to start taking positives with this and not negatives.

You win games when players are happy and feel well looked after. If you keep pissing media off and players off, you just invite discontent among the team.

Luai is here and we need to use his skills of being able to gel the team together to get the best out of them.

Exactly this. Luai has Benji's and the clubs blessing. It's no coincidence that him leaving resulted in contracts that have been hanging for months to be secured - and we have probably over paid on these deals as well but that is where we are at as a club.
Bagging the people that have achieved success from where we sit as a club is not helpful in being taken seriously.