weststigers
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Personally, i will miss him especially all the different spellings of his name during the season.
OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295
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Yeah and all the poor bastard has to show for it is 2 wooden spoons, a 13th place and quite possibly a slip down to 2nd last place this season. Bet he’s happy he left Penrith!
Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan
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Yeah I never really noticed it until the Warriors game. Makasini was in a huge gap, all he had to do was throw a solid, flat pass onto his chest and it was try time. He over complicated it and threw a floaty pass in front, and the opportunity was botched.
Tiger-ferret
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Who knows behind closed doors I’m speculating it’s gone south since he floated the idea of leaving 2027. Tigers allowed him to negotiate with png as a gesture of goodwill and he’s like the rat, jumping off a sinking ship. Also if Benjis word is true, the leak would not be good for the relationship.
weststigers
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Having a player stick around for 2 years knowing he's signed elsewhere is a bit weird.
The Captain has bailed after all his team first chat...how could anyone take him seriously from now? Naturally the team would question his commitment.
The rest of his sideshow with instagram posts etc. Is just part of the nonsense we have to tolerate until he leaves.
Odessa
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Penrith didn't make him an offer they had no money and he was off to Canterbury for $450K we came in at the 13 hour we a very big offer and he came for the money
API was seen as an old spent force that you had to squeeze the last drop out of
Tom Shines
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Penrith offered him $850k as reported here
Canterbury fought them right up until the death think they were around a $1m.
Bulldogs launch eleventh-hour bid to try and beat Tigers to Luai signature - The Sporting Base
The Canterbury Bulldogs are trying to stage an eleventh-hour hijacking of the Wests Tigers’ big-money Jarome Luai signing, with club honcho Gus Gould holding a formal meeting with the three-time NRL champion on Wednesday. The rushed-together lunchtime meeting, which was…
thesportingbase.com
There was just that short period of time when WT was not a bun fight of disharmony and media leaks. Gosh. What could have changed? And more importantly, what stayed the same? 🤔🤔🤔
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I dunno Suzie Q, if you mean Richo, he was here during all the Galvin saga last year. I don’t know if it’s ever been any different, no matter who’s in charge.
Richo, independent board, no media leaks. Since that all got flushed down the toilet, we are back to the same old same old we've had for years. It was nice to have that little bit of respite ftom being the drama club, but it's made going back there feel worse.
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TigerNeddyK
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Nope, Makasini was suooosed to run onto that .. that’s was a perfect pass to put Makasini into the hole and in for a try .. I like Makasini a lot, but that was on him
TheEnz
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The way i see the Luai situation is he was committed to seeing out his deal until the end of next year and I honestly don't think he was dogging it on the field, he has been putting his body on the line in defense and his attack is no better or worse than the median since he joined. I believe that Benji and the club asked him to leave next year and he agreed to go. So whilst bailing out leaves a bitter taste, i dont hold any grudges as whilst i do still rate him as a 6, i don't think he is worth $1.2m playing 6 at our club. Maybe if he was able to take the 7 role that we signed him for it would have been a different story, so this whole saga may actually end up being a blessing for the club.
As i wrote after he signed the PNG deal, he was never going to get another payday like that at any club and he knew it, so he had to take. His lack of game management skills was obvious and exposed at the WT and he needs a certain system in place to truly flourish at 6, basically a bit player that steps in at the right time to crack a frantic defense, or does a jinking run to make space for a ball back to the right (he does this a lot and it used to work at Penrith). If he went back to Penrith he would immediately make them a better team in both attack and defense.
As i wrote after he signed the PNG deal, he was never going to get another payday like that at any club and he knew it, so he had to take. His lack of game management skills was obvious and exposed at the WT and he needs a certain system in place to truly flourish at 6, basically a bit player that steps in at the right time to crack a frantic defense, or does a jinking run to make space for a ball back to the right (he does this a lot and it used to work at Penrith). If he went back to Penrith he would immediately make them a better team in both attack and defense.
Strider
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I have no ill feelings to Jarome but I still think it will go a long way for Tigers to get a few more wins this season for it to have a nice taste. We don't need to make the finals for it to be a successful year, but the last few weeks has not been impressive by the team as a whole. If we can turn it around and get a win this weekend, and a few more, finish on a fairly nice note, then hopefully 2027 have no major midseason distractions. We will have Taylan May + The Dolphins fella in the centres, KPP hopefully for the year. Give that young hooker from last week more game time and develop Latu and that other young half coming through it should be a decent year. Then 2028 Premiers 🙂
Tom Shines
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Luai has got the most out of his above average rather than elite level talent ..and is going to parlay that into a lot of money ..I don’t really begrudge him walking out and getting $2mil a year tax free ( including Third party ) .. he will also be well set up for a media career post retirement
It does drop the club into another media frenzy looks like ..what else is new ..
It does drop the club into another media frenzy looks like ..what else is new ..
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That colin marshall used to post here...
That colin marshall used to post here...
You know what I reckon it is flippedy . We’ve been shit for so long that most of the players we attract either are reclamation projects , juniors looking for annopportunity , or guys loookijg for a payday . Because of this many times you’re getting guys with strong media presence , and polarising social status.
So because of these 3 types you’ve got a culture of guys who are half checked out , guys who are looking to pad stats to get the next big contract or guys who don’t know any better and happy to be there .
Because of these 3 types you can have misleading personalities in the dressing room , and so when shit goes pear shaped , there’s simply no adults in the room / a whole bunch of bundle dropping goes on .
This can lead to IMO guys like Romey putting it in the ether , which stirs up hornets nests , and then we are click bait for 2 weeks .
My honest opinion . Romey had lifted the standards and expectations around what’s required Monday-Friday . But his petulant attitude is litterally kryptonite for those 80 mins on the weekend . I understand being like “F U I’m the man “ , as the 3 beat sportsman I know of Ali , Jordan and Bradman. We’re all that way as well. But nearly all 3 of them when actually in the fight or match wasn’t chest beating anyone . They were whispering hyperbole, whilst ruining your sporting career .
Like it wasn’t so demonstrative .
Even AD was petulant and dismissive of blame , and to be honest self absorbed .
I thought the claw was a good thing as it made tries and winning about “the tigers” collective . Lately it’s gone back to being about the individual . You need guys who actually put the tiger on the jersey above all else, otherwise your simply not being these top clubs who have solved that conundrum years ago .
Buttface
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So was this DH first in this morning to set the standard or was he facetweeting his kids to tocktick school?
TheEnz
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I would also prefer that the guys that need shoulder and Pec operations just go and get them so we can have a full squad for pre season and give 2027 a good shake. Let the young kids play the remainder of this season with no pressure so they can get some 1st grade experience.
426Tlgerland
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Is there a press conference for Luai today , I thought I read it on hear at some point , maybe to give his side of the out and where he has signed if he has signed on at another club , seems to have moved quick all these things going on , I just hope now we get news that Sam and Latu have extended and maybe we are shopping with a fair chunk of cash , we need more players for top grade and a hand full for reserve grade
mtd#2
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Its more complex than your analogy
How do you feel about Jarome receiving 3rd party payments from PNG during the 2027 season? Because that is one of the things the Wests tigers management had issue with..
