I can’t talk about other Penrith fans, but I am not p!ssed Jarome left. It makes sense to me; ‘market value’ is what the market is willing to pay a player and I believe that we couldn’t (as opposed to didn’t want to) pay him his worth.
As others have said, hating a player one season, loving then the next based on what jersey they are wearing is part of the sport. I can only talk for myself here but I think most Panther fans on this site won’t go the other way though; Jarome will always be appreciated for what he has done for the club.
My biggest concern for Jarome is if things don’t go the way many Tigers fans think they are going to go. At the Panthers he was well coached and part of a squad built systematically with the aim of maximising players talents within an accepted structure. He won’t have that at the Tigers. I just hope that if things don’t go as well as some think it will and he isn’t as effective, that the fans don’t turn on him like they have other high-paid recruits over the last decade or so. Because two things we know about Jarome is that he feeds on the positive energy of his fans and he won’t stop trying. He is a rich man’s Josh Reynolds.
Cheers, but none of us know, what he or the club will bring this year. Obviously (to me anyway) Luia will bring a lot to the team in both on field and off field ideas.
But he won't be doing it all on his own though, we have some decent players to assist him, for the first time, in a long time.
I'm looking forward to what we do with his talents and how he will affect the other teammates around him.
I do think the coach is the weak link atm, but we'll see what he has learnt. Jerome was keen to come here because of him.
