OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[TonyTiger]

I will not be booing or cheering him any more or less that the other Eels players. I don't think he threw us under the bus, he saw the writing on the wall regarding his "batman" aspirations and realized he was never going to be an elite 7 and his next contract would have reflected that, so made complete business sense for him to cash in while his stocks where not completely destroyed and to be fair the PNG thing was like a lotto win for him and his family.

Not Batman, nor The Boy Wonder - more The Joker!

 

[upthetigers]

It was God's plan to goto Parra

 

[Spartan117]

Im not Dirty on Romey

I love my Job, my employer and my department, knocked back some serious cash earlier this year to stay...

But 2 or 3 times my salary and I would reluctantly leave.

Lets just make sure we use the Money wisely

 

[TonyTiger]

It was God's plan to goto Parra

Loaves and Eels

 

[tiger_one]

It was God's plan to goto Parra

If not, it was Moses. 😉

 

[tiger_one]

The club was a shambles before he signed on here.
So easy to forget just how low the club was when Luai agreed to join.
We’d won 8 games in 2 years!
His signing was a turning point.

 

[HUNT 101]

It was God's plan to goto Parra

Thank god then..and He still has a ticket for Las Vegas next year.🫠

 

[supercoach]

With the Parra deal and PNG deal we are saving 3.6 million so if it’s going to cost us 300g, so be it…we are miles in front. Luai might have been brilliant at training and raising the bar with our culture, but on the field he did not dominate like a 1.2 million player should.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

With the Parra deal and PNG deal we are saving 3.6 million so if it’s going to cost us 300g, so be it…we are miles in front. Luai might have been brilliant at training and raising the bar with our culture, but on the field he did not dominate like a 1.2 million player should.

1.2 million well spent for the first 18 months. But after that it's only really the performance that matters, and he wasn't giving us value. Well handled by everyone involved in my opinion. Benji has big balls and is a very respectful guy in my opinion. I'd run through the brick wall for him if he were my coach.

 

[HUNT 101]

1.2 million well spent for the first 18 months. But after that it's only really the performance that matters, and he wasn't giving us value. Well handled by everyone involved in my opinion. Benji has big balls and is a very respectful guy in my opinion. I'd run through the brick wall for him if he were my coach.

👍yep..
Aye Grab a jersey and get down to Concord, with could do with a Marty Lang style player ,running through brick walls.. 😉

 

[liltiger]

It’s not like he’s going to confirm it is he? Of course their relationship was strained. Probably still is.

Benji is doing what all good coaches do, hes taking the shots for the players. Thats why iv no doubt we will be fine. Did the exact same thing for Galvin when Benji was being thrown under the bus, he was defending Galvin so the 19 year old wouldnt be hammered as much esp in the media.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

It’s not like he’s going to confirm it is he? Of course their relationship was strained. Probably still is.

Are you calling benji a liar?

 

[Rock Hopper Steve]

It’s not like he’s going to confirm it is he? Of course their relationship was strained. Probably still is.

You're speculating G, there's job for you in the media.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

They are now saying we are chipping in 500k... At 300k I didn't mind it.. 500k seems steep. That's 700k to spend vs 900k..

yeah don't feel quiet as good

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Don't believe figures the DT report. They are guessing like the rest of us. See the strategically placed 'about' in their sentence below.

The Tigers had initially backed Luai to continue at the club next season, despite him committing to PNG the year after, but instead the club will chip in about $500,000 of Luai’s 2027 contract for him to play at Parramatta.

given past salaries being spruiked in the media, I know for a fact the salary media reported for Brooks was BS.
I would say this one is probably guess work too

 

[Lestronge]

given past salaries being spruiked in the media, I know for a fact the salary media reported for Brooks was BS.
I would say this one is probably guess work too

There’s every chance it was leaked by the eels as 500k when it’s really 300k to stop thier fans rioting .

 

[Westie]

I want to thank Luai for coming to the tigers in the 1st place,he didn't set the world on fire hear, apart from the last game at Leichhardt against the titans, that would be a great memory. Hope he puts in the rest of the year like the professional he is and lets see how high we finish this year.

 

[EllisFan]

There’s every chance it was leaked by the eels as 500k when it’s really 300k to stop thier fans rioting .

Boy I hope that figure is BS.

If the club have paid that much to move on its captain and a player who is obviously still in demand, we’ve got some major issues still.

 

[weststigerman]

Would've been nice to not rush it to squeeze out more from the Eels. An extra 200k would have helped next year,

 

[jadtiger]

If the figure claimed by the media is accurate (which is highly unlikely) then it is very poor management by whoever agreed to it,we will never know the truth of the matter because everything is pure speculation unless the people who agreed to it speak up and i can't ever see that happening.