OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Rock Hopper Steve]

The history is being re-written in regards to everyone’s feelings at the time when we signed him. You weren’t around so you probably wouldn’t know. Everyone was excited. No one questioned the price tag. It was a necessity given where our club was at to attract top tier players. Now people claim in it was a bad contract and he was always over rated.

Can never understand when a player is signed at the Tigers that people don't keep an open mind, there's nothing wrong with being excited and hope they do well, especially Luai he was at the top of his game at the time.

There are definitely some players you just shake your head take Tupou for instance but given a chance he's slotted in well, won't call him flippers anymore.

We are all guilty of sticking the boot in at some time, but players should be given a chance, not just say he's shit and I told you so.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I think we are all overanalysing this whole situation.

We have much bigger fish to fry.

Times are changing, situations are changing every week. Something like PNG is unlikely to ever happen again.

Yeh we probably do lack self- respect as a club but we haven't achieved anything to deserve respect in the first place. Putting a line in the sand with Luai doesn't achieve anything. After all the bitter break- ups, we need to make sure players feel happy here, players go to other clubs and say yeh WT wasn't a bad place to be.

We lose nothing with Luai in PNG honestly.

With Luai and Doueihi doing what they've done it does not pose that the club is a good place to be. Or, conversely, it shows it's a place where you can come and do whatever the hell you like even while the building is on fire.

Luai and Doueihi's carry on are only symptoms of the problem, yes, but it's something that needs be fixed in a bloody hurry.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

The history is being re-written in regards to everyone’s feelings at the time when we signed him. You weren’t around so you probably wouldn’t know. Everyone was excited. No one questioned the price tag. It was a necessity given where our club was at to attract top tier players. Now people claim in it was a bad contract and he was always over rated.

There were definitely multiple people questioning the price tag. I certainly did but was ok with it as we needed a marquee.

We are currently signing 2nd graders

 

[Tiger-ferret]

With Luai and Doueihi doing what they've done it does not pose that the club is a good place to be. Or, conversely, it shows it's a place where you can come and do whatever the hell you like even while the building is on fire.

Luai and Doueihi's carry on are only symptoms of the problem, yes, but it's something that needs be fixed in a bloody hurry.

Players have goals. If they aren’t aligning with a clubs position (true for any organsiation) then they leave if they can.

Warriors let players go all the time without fuss and look where they are.

 

[mtd#2]

Players have goals. If they aren’t aligning with a clubs position (true for any organsiation) then they leave if they can.

Warriors let players go all the time without fuss and look where they are.

Warriors have the whole of NZ to pick from. Watch things change when the 2nd team is introduced.
Warriors also havent won shit.

 

[tig_prmz]

With Luai and Doueihi doing what they've done it does not pose that the club is a good place to be. Or, conversely, it shows it's a place where you can come and do whatever the hell you like even while the building is on fire.

Luai and Doueihi's carry on are only symptoms of the problem, yes, but it's something that needs be fixed in a bloody hurry.

you can't fix it in a hurry.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

Warriors have the whole of NZ to pick from. Watch things change when the 2nd team is introduced.
Warriors also havent won shit.

I don’t disagree with that. They have severely underperformed over the years considering their advantage.

My point is that it’s hard for any club to keep players as personal priorities and goals change. Winning, culture, $$ can help override this problem.