Luai

[Aliceinwonderland]

Quite likely, but I cant see us budging on the price per year. It would cost us too much elsewhere.

I agree. The price is the price (so to speak). That happened with Edwards didn't it.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Great for Jerome Luai, not good business by the Wests Tigers.

Huge money for Luai. Love the bloke to pieces, is though worth almost as much as Cleary.......

W/T appear to be joing the dogs club, of paying overs for whom ever is on the market.

Could end up being another rabbit hole of their own making.

 

[Iamback]

It's a very easy risk adjusted decision for Jarome.

$4 million or $1.7 million guaranteed pre tax.

Nobody should turn that down.

If say the Tigers go no where though, His off field earnings post career are smaller. Especially with how hated he is off field.

We won't miss a beat with any of the 3 options so those who stay, I'd back to earn more post career

Particularly if he stays local and has fuel and tolls like us plebs who take the M4 daily

 

[Bred not Bought]

I said a month ago there would be clubs offering Luai over a mil a year. I mentioned the Tigers and the Dogs as possible homes. 2 posters disagreed with me. One even said a Mil won't come from a Sydney club.
Now here we are.

@age.s called the Tigers as a possible home a month ago. Credit to him.

 

[Kilkenny]

Huge money for Luai. Love the bloke to pieces, is though worth almost as much as Cleary.......

W/T appear to be joing the dogs club, of paying overs for whom ever is on the market.

Could end up being another rabbit hole of their own making.

It’s just silly, just won’t work out for them. Jerome is a fine support act, he’s just not going to deliver what you need from a $1M plus signing.

 

[Iamback]

I said a month ago there would be clubs offering Luai over a mil a year. I mentioned the Tigers and the Dogs as possible homes. 2 posters disagreed with me. One even said a Mil won't come from a Sydney club.
Now here we are.

@age.s called the Tigers as a possible home a month ago. Credit to him.

Credit to him if it goes ahead.

That Fainu's manager is a scumbag and sent him across with the promise of FG.

He has several others there too, some politics to play out

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

It’s just silly, just won’t work out for them. Jerome is a fine support act, he’s just not going to deliver what you need from a $1M plus signing.

It appears to me (my opinion only) that's it's a way to go down another dark rabbit hole....this time of their own making.

I'd hate Luai to be caught up in this, because W/T fans eat their own at regular intervals.

and Luai doesn't deserve that.

Then the W/T faithful will find some way (any way) to blame Ivan Cleary for the mess they created all by themselves.

 

[Whino]

The writing was on the wall awhile ago. Some picked-up vibes after the GF.

For me the telling sign was signing with BM. You don't sign with them to re-sign for 2-years at your existing club.

We need to move forward and renew.

 

[Iamback]

The writing was on the wall awhile ago. Some picked-up vibes after the GF.

For me the telling sign was signing with BM. You don't sign with them to re-sign for 2-years at your existing club.

We need to move forward and renew.

We have Cole and Schneider locked in for 2025, That would be where I would start and run the 2 halfback model as opposed to Laurie who is a like for like

 

[Blade23]

do you think riff may offer more years ?

Will offer more years but won't budge on price.

If the Tigers offer is over a million. Adios. He won’t turn that done.
He doesn't want out either. That is BS. Everything is business.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

Will offer more years but won't budge on price.

If the Tigers offer is over a million. Adios. He won’t turn that done.
He doesn't want out either. That is BS. Everything is business.

Much as I thought. Thanks Blade for you imput.........a huge offer.

Will it be the 'right' thing for Luai footy wise. Or will he end up like The Peach and Laurie comming back on a very reduced deal in an attempt to rescue his footy career.

Of course Blade it's business. Jarome wants to set his family and extended up for life, especially post footy.

 

[Aliceinwonderland]

https://x.com/SnoogThe/status/1727215692867625225?s=20

 

[Chins get the wins]

This is great news for Nathan Cleary's career. He will go to yet another level

 

[Kilkenny]

Great news if true. We need a freshen up in the spine.
Let's send him out with a 4th ring

I would like to have seen him extend on the terms we offered him but I agree it may be time to move on and unearth a new 5/8 going forward.

Hopefully, one way or another, it can be sorted and we can move on in other re-signings which are a priority.

 

[Kilkenny]

Who do we groom now? Cole or Schneider.

Come 2025 there will likely be others in the mix.

 

[Kilkenny]

One way or the other I hope the Jerome situation is finalised sooner rather than later.

It seems it is rather simple, it’s between us or the WT.

 

[Iamback]

Who do we groom now? Cole or Schneider.

I think we need Cole as a centre. That will still see him in FG

 

[Crashtest]

I think we need Cole as a centre. That will still see him in FG

So do you think Cole can be a better centre than Alamoti and May?

 

[Iamback]

So do you think Cole can be a better centre than Alamoti and May?

For what Ivan wants in defence yes. Alamonti has a heap of work to do.

May is untried.
Tago refuses medical treatment

McLean is a possible

But you'd think

Laurie/Schneider will be the halves pairing should Luai/Cleary not make WCC

 

[Crashtest]

For what Ivan wants in defence yes. Alamonti has a heap of work to do.

May is untried.
Tago refuses medical treatment

McLean is a possible

But you'd think

Laurie/Schneider will be the halves pairing should Luai/Cleary not make WCC

I have only seen a few games of Cole, so probably not the best one to judge. But from the few games I have seen, Cole really needs to work on his defence though to be ready for first grade