OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

426Tlgerland said:
If we get beat tonight I’m sure someone in the media room at Benjis presser will ask the question , has this story of Luai leaving early impacted the team , players etc , don’t need a mention from the club it’s everywhere and Benji is a sitting duck tonight , only way to ease this a bit is to win , which we will 😂
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The presser will be a massive cringe tonite...win or lose Benji will ONLY wanna talk about the game (which is what its meant for)
Journos will hammer him about Luai...I doubt he'll be next to Benji...Benji will get the sh!ts and itll be done in less the 120 seconds
 
Shane Richardson today:

“People were expecting him to win games by himself, but that’s not how it works when you’ve won three wooden spoons,” he said.

“Obviously, it’s a disappointment that he [signed for PNG] when he did, but having said that we’ve now developed players that have come on leaps and bounds that we need to retain and extend. At the end of the day, it is what it is. I get why the club would want to get that money and ensure they keep those emerging players.”
 
innsaneink said:
The presser will be a massive cringe tonite...win or lose Benji will ONLY wanna talk about the game (which is what its meant for)
Journos will hammer him about Luai...I doubt he'll be next to Benji...Benji will get the sh!ts and itll be done in less the 120 seconds
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Benji will shut that down quickly. If they continue to ask about it, he will just wait until they ask a game-related question.
 
innsaneink said:
The presser will be a massive cringe tonite...win or lose Benji will ONLY wanna talk about the game (which is what its meant for)
Journos will hammer him about Luai...I doubt he'll be next to Benji...Benji will get the sh!ts and itll be done in less the 120 seconds
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I'd love if they make Luai go there as the Captain, and Benji just turns to Luai and says I don't know, ask him..
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
According to sources with knowledge of the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity, he is already being paid PNG-related third-party agreements while still at the Tigers, which hasn’t endeared him to his current club.
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Im taking this as sarcasm and I wind up, but I did say a month or 2 ago he has to go immediately due to him admitting he is on the recruitment team of PNG while still playing for us
 
BlackWhiteGold said:
Benji will shut that down quickly. If they continue to ask about it, he will just wait until they ask a game-related question.
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He better go in dressed like a hockey goal tender if we lose, cos he’ll cop a barrage. Speaking of which, what are the chances Luai rocks up to the presser with Api not playing?
 
bptiger 0 said:
Iam beginning to believe that luai really only came here for the money and he knew that PNG was around the corner that’s why he had the claus put in his contract. He really needs to step up over the rest of the season then he can piss off
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Luai is a very astute businessman. The big dollars rule his business decisions.
He knows his football ability is less than the dollars on offer.
Who can't see that?
 
GNR4LIFE said:
He better go in dressed like a hockey goal tender if we lose, cos he’ll cop a barrage. Speaking of which, what are the chances Luai rocks up to the presser with Api not playing?
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Wouldn't surprise me if Luai did,just to put them all in their place and hose down the nonsense ,after all he's not shy of the camera
 
bptiger 0 said:
Iam beginning to believe that luai really only came here for the money and he knew that PNG was around the corner that’s why he had the claus put in his contract. He really needs to step up over the rest of the season then he can piss off
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I don't know if that's true but his children hood was spent in government housing and I don't blame him for chasing the money to help his family as long as he puts in for the Tiger's

All his family gets handouts from Jerome
 
Yeah, good onya Benji.

If Luai was playing like he is expected to, he may have kept him but he's not and never has really, so it's see you later, Tigers first.
 
Mighty_Tiger said:
He could’ve taken the easy route and didn’t.

Critical of Benji a fair bit this season but this was a good tough leadership call that needed to happen.

It’s clear our spine isn’t working effectively and when your $1.2m highest player and captain isn’t winning you games something needs to change.
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Well said Mighty_Tiger
This is “ Moneyball” working, it had to happen, and we need to get other players signed/re-signed particularly up front with our forward pack. You only need to look at game 3 in Origin with Martin playing again , what a difference this made!!
 
What gets me is in the real world when you sign up for another company you get a DCM from your current job immediately. I guess Marshall isn't as bad a coach as I thought although the jury will be out for that while us peons suffer in the meantime.
 
V’landys and Co need to have a good look at themselves!! Allowing players to sign with other clubs and new clubs coming in to the comp mid-season is a distraction/disruption we don’t need in the game! I’m 💯 over this rubbish!! I just want to watch my team!!!🐯🤕
This needs to change yesterday, not happy Jan !!😞
 
Odessa said:
I don't know if that's true but his children hood was spent in government housing and I don't blame him for chasing the money to help his family as long as he puts in for the Tiger's

All his family gets handouts from Jerome
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Really , he hasn’t been in government housing for bloody years
 
I could have handled another year with Luai if he was consistent in meeting playing performance for the money we were paying him, but in reality it was only late 2025 and some early examples in 2026 that we saw glimpses of his Penrith form and this certainly dropped off more since the PNG signing with one exception . Given that his motor took a year to start performing for us, it is a very optimistic for any club that takes him on to expect this will change with their signing. If it does then what does it say about Benjis coaching
 
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