Jarome Luai

[earl]

Mate, that’s wonderful, sounds like he’s a good and caring human being but it doesn’t change the fact , is he going to be another Ciraldo, JAC, Mitchell or Moses who all sized us up and decided “too hard”.

I reckon it comes down to dollars as well. Ciraldo, JAC and Moses all got the same amount with probably what they consider a better situation to be in. I think Mitchell also used us to up his price.

I'm not convinced Luai has the same options available to him.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Sorry, but I’m getting Trell vibes here in the sense that when we were linked to him and were the favourites, everyone started to soften towards him. I remember him getting praise for going to Taree as a volunteer fire fighter. Then once he went to Souths he was a back to being a wanker. All of a sudden Luai is misunderstood. Idk if he is or not, but what I do know is that he presents himself like a douchebag.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

Just dont forget to go to work Monday.

 

[Halbrowne61]

I reckon it comes down to dollars as well. Ciraldo, JAC and Moses all got the same amount with probably what they consider a better situation to be in. I think Mitchell also used us to up his price.

I'm not convinced Luai has the same options available to him.

That’s true Earl, we will just have to wait and see.

 

[AL The Tiger]

Something no one has mentioned is that Latu Fainu played hooker for Tonga. Perhaps he could play 14 in the future as Koroisau ages and doesn't play the 80? Sullivan and Sezer next season for me

Fainu should be getting minutes and learning his trade as a half. Wasting him on the bench as a utility would be really dumb IMO

 

[earl]

That’s true Earl, we will just have to wait and see.

Just make sure we don't expect to get him and if we do it'll be another Blair signing anyway.

 

[Needaname]

PRESSURE!!!....😱 [causing lack of confidence] .... can be a killer.
When I was a kid 14/15 yoa, a looooooong time ago, I used to play cricket with a few mates in the local park, and I could do anything. Spin the ball as well as bowl at a fairly fast pace. My batting was not to the same level but still pretty good anyway.
I was the captain of my House team at school, and we won the House comp. with me opening bat and opening bowler.
The headmaster asked me one day why I wasn't playing for the school.

A bloke was walking through the park one day when I was playing with my mates, and spotting my ability asked me to play for his Church team.
In my very 1st game, I opened the batting with the captain at the other end.....and I was bloody pathetic in scoring only two runs of the edge of the bat, and they were the only runs I scored in half a season.
When it was our turn to bowl the captain gave me the honor of opening the bowling even though I had been a dismal failure with the bat.
I lasted 2 overs before I was sent out to the boundary to field for the rest of the game and never got another bowl and was demoted to last man in with the bat.

Pressure!!!!😱😱....too much bloody pressure to perform.

If the captain was a more understanding, nurturing and patient bloke I reckon I would have delivered the goods.
He instead was a piece of 💩 and destroyed me with his attitude towards me due to my failures, simple as that.
Whenever I watch cricket on TV I look at it with a certain amount of sadness, for what I could have achieved, but didn't.

What's the meaning of all this.

The captain and coach of any team can make or break careers.
Jarome Luai needs to be careful of where he chooses to play.
But I hope it's with WT, as I feel Benji will be the right coach for him, and the right captain is already at our club.

I feel like you just summed up LB career at WT in your own experience.
I guess some people have it some people don’t.
It’s not ability it’s a certain mentality to just not give a damn.
I’ve gone through similar experiences to yours in multiple sports and often find I’ve performed best when the expectation to deliver is removed or a very low level; not to mention the level of expectation you can put on yourself can be limiting as well and has a negative impact on being able to create the right environment to fulfil your potential.

 

[Merlot]

Something no one has mentioned is that Latu Fainu played hooker for Tonga. Perhaps he could play 14 in the future as Koroisau ages and doesn't play the 80? Sullivan and Sezer next season for me

another barely unmentioned was his attitude defense

 

[Pbulk]

Luai is the guy you hate when he doesn't play for your team. He has all the arrogant qualities that people love to hate. But when he plays for your team? It's the greatest. He gets under everyone's skin but has the skill to back it up.

I know there's not too many AFL fans on here but it's almost exactly the same with Jack Ginnivan, where up to now everyone who doesn't support Collingwood thinks he's a pest, and the same with Tom Papley from Sydney. But as a swans fan I can tell you we all think Paps is the best.

Is Luai a million dollar player? Maybe. Does he bring huge value to the club if he comes here to ply his trade, and will we all change our minds and love how much he gets to other teams? Yes.

 

[TieDye]

Mate, that’s wonderful, sounds like he’s a good and caring human being but it doesn’t change the fact , is he going to be another Ciraldo, JAC, Mitchell or Moses who all sized us up and decided “too hard”.
Let’s wait until we see him touring our facility and signing on the dotted.
Just trying to keep it real folks.

I just asked he/she who knows everything...Bing...and my wife who knows everything is always right about everything 🤣 about Jerome Luai, and the mail is very strong that he will be here at WT next year.

Always listen to the wife

 

[TieDye]

Just dont forget to go to work Monday.

Thought it rather appropriate…

 

[colinbh]

To all the people on this forum who are claiming ( in regards to JL ) " he has dead set signed with us, when he comes he will do this and that etc,etc and on and on'. Just remember that if he re-signes with Penrith or elsewhere, it will not be the clubs fault.

No one from the club has even hinted that an approach has been made to him. So, have a bex, a good lie down and wait.

 

[tiger_one]

To all the people on this forum who are claiming ( in regards to JL ) " he has dead set signed with us, when he comes he will do this and that etc,etc and on and on'. Just remember that if he re-signes with Penrith or elsewhere, it will not be the clubs fault.

No one from the club has even hinted that an approach has been made to him. So, have a bex, a good lie down and wait.

 

[TonyTiger]

Just make sure we don't expect to get him and if we do it'll be another Blair signing anyway.

For sure, all hair and no flair

 

[innsaneink]

To all the people on this forum who are claiming ( in regards to JL ) " he has dead set signed with us, when he comes he will do this and that etc,etc and on and on'. Just remember that if he re-signes with Penrith or elsewhere, it will not be the clubs fault.

No one from the club has even hinted that an approach has been made to him. So, have a bex, a good lie down and wait.

Rightio Col.
Love your words of wisdom

 

[Tucker]

To all the people on this forum who are claiming ( in regards to JL ) " he has dead set signed with us, when he comes he will do this and that etc,etc and on and on'. Just remember that if he re-signes with Penrith or elsewhere, it will not be the clubs fault.

No one from the club has even hinted that an approach has been made to him. So, have a bex, a good lie down and wait.

Of course it’ll be their fault.

 

[Flippedy]

Geez I’m all for Luai coming and if it ends up that way, I’d be stoked. How long has it been since we had a half of his calibre and brashness even think about coming here?

Sure he’s a bit of an arrogant dick head, but what has he really done bad off and on the field apart from big noting himself and his team and mouthing off? As far as I know he hasn’t raped anyone, bashed anyone, bet against his own team or done any drunken rampages through the streets, so I can’t see why anyone would not want him here. Quite a few of the Penrith players have that air of arrogance about them, I guess that comes with all the success they’ve had. Fisher-Harris is a bit of a knob also, but I can’t imagine anyone not wanting him here.

 

[NT_Tiger]

Geez I’m all for Luai coming and if it ends up that way, I’d be stoked. How long has it been since we had a half of his calibre and brashness even think about coming here?

Sure he’s a bit of an arrogant dick head, but what has he really done bad off and on the field apart from big noting himself and his team and mouthing off? As far as I know he hasn’t raped anyone, bashed anyone, bet against his own team or done any drunken rampages through the streets, so I can’t see why anyone would not want him here. Quite a few of the Penrith players have that air of arrogance about them, I guess that comes with all the success they’ve had. Fisher-Harris is a bit of a knob also, but I can’t imagine anyone not wanting him here.

Diplomacy is not high on the KPI list for NRL players

 

[hank37w]

"Take BEX as directed and in very few minutes the throbbing stops and the pain goes"

. . . . . . . . . . and the addiction begins.

 

[diedpretty]

Of course it’ll be their fault.

Being more specific it will be Pascoes fault for choosing the wrong cafe to be seen at with Luai and Lee H fault for not having the guts to tell SEN listeners that it was a done deal.