WestsEffTheRest
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We had plenty of evidence to see he couldn't do it here.Yes DCE did all the managing. That is his job. What has that got to do with Brooks or whether or not Brooks could do it?
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We had plenty of evidence to see he couldn't do it here.Yes DCE did all the managing. That is his job. What has that got to do with Brooks or whether or not Brooks could do it?
Your right , he aint no Johns, Thurston or Cronk & he also isnt an organizing halfback & never was. For the record Cleary aint no Johns, Thurston or Cronk either. Cleary is surrounded by a team of players that know & do their job very well, allowing him to play without pressure. Put most halfbacks in that side & they would do very well. Brooks included. Thats the point.Because they couldn't get a better 7 to replace him with.... Simple as that.
Any half decent tradesman will tell you - You can only work with the tools you've got....
There's been players that can make even the worst players better,
Brooks is not one of those players.
I love that because he wasn't an Andrew Johns, Jonathan Thurston or Cooper Cronk....
He couldn't play.
Nothing he's doing at Manly is surprising anyone who knows much about football....
Wasn't surprised to see him bagged here again last night...
I didn't watch yesterdays full game, but I listened to the mini replay while I was driving....
I sure did here his name a lot for someone who supposedly didn't contribute to the result.....
Also weird his passes are sticking for a backrower at Manly in his 25th game (2nd in back row)
Your right , he aint no Johns, Thurston or Cronk & he also isnt an organizing halfback & never was. For the record Cleary aint no Johns, Thurston or Cronk either. Cleary is surrounded by a team of players that know & do their job very well, allowing him to play without pressure. Put most halfbacks in that side & they would do very well. Brooks included. Thats the point.
Taking bets?Still quite a few rounds there for it to be a reality.
Yes DCE did all the managing. That is his job. What has that got to do with Brooks or whether or not Brooks could do it?
Taking bets?
Now you see the point. Glad you agree.And what happens when you put most halves in our current side?
Can you be sure about that? Is it possible that they are winning because they look good?All Manly's players have looked good in the last two weeks because they are winning.
Someone on here was giving Tommy Talau raps yesterday when he was more maligned than Brooks, and quite frankly he did nothing different to how he played here' but because he is on a winning team he looks good.
Can almost guarantee that Brooks featured in every game we won - halves usually do - we just couldn't win enough and ultimately he looked elsewhere like others have before him and will again until we can put together a decent roster.
Matteson fired a shot years ago and sadly the roster then was probably stronger than it is now.
Spin it any way you like winning silences critics.Can you be sure about that? Is it possible that they are winning because they look good?
Hard to disagree with that. If we want to win though, we need to be doing a lot more things right. I realise that sounds obvious, but I didn’t expect 12 penalties (including 2 head highs from our debuting 6) and 24 missed tackles in the first 40.Spin it any way you like winning silences critics.
Good to see all the Brooks fanboys still have his poster on their bedroom wall.
He chose to leave when he should have been punted (or shifted to 5/8) years ago.
Didn’t do anything spectacular yesterday that any decent 5/8 would do in the current Manly side.
Also thought the ref followed up on the example of his mate who officiated against us and helped get the home team a victory.
Interesting to see if the pattern continues when we play at home next week.
He was a polarising figure for a long time at this club. People spent many hours debating his ability.Why does everyone care so much?
I don't think it's rocket science that playing next to a HOF half in DCE he's going to look much better & especially now that there's no more pressure of being the 7 for WT's. Brooks is playing like how he did here imo just with a much better team.He was a polarising figure for a long time at this club. People spent many hours debating his ability.
I was impressed by the Brooks / DCE dynamic yesterday.
Brooks was everywhere for 55 minutes, then handed the keys to DCE to close out the match professionally. Very little ego. If people can’t see the quality of that halves ‘combination’ then in my opinion it’s purely spite.
No coach ever wanted to replace him at Wests Tigers. Maguire resigned him and Benji and Sheen's made it very clear they wanted him and always backed him.And it's also fantastic to see that his detractors can find something to lay the boots in, No matter how good he goes.... Says more about those clowns personally than anything else....
He's well outplayed the 3 blokes we replaced him with every time he's pulled on their Jersey....
Hardly nothing.
Early days, but Brooks will have a strong season at Manly and no one should be surprised. He is a very good NRL player who, like most other very good first graders, benefits from having strong players around him. It allows him to focus on his own game and the stuff he is good at, namely, running the ball, show and go, short side play, etc. He is quick, he is a solid defender, he backs up, and he has good instincts for his own game, just not necessarily overall game management. He doesn't have to at Manly. DCE, Turbo and Croker take care of that. The other guy who made a big difference was Nathan Brown. He did the tough carries, his ball playing as a lock was really impressive and he picked out JWH for special treatment every time JWH took the ball up. The Tiges could certainly use some of that. I wouldn't have signed him either, so no Monday morning quarterback from me, but he was good on SundayCan you be sure about that? Is it possible that they are winning because they look good?