Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Go_You_Good_Things]

Fair enough, just went off the NRL website without engaging brain. They were both signed before Papali'i and Koroisau, I believe - I wonder if their fans are saying "what have you done for me lately" re recruitment...

You can get an instant read on what their fans are saying . . . just go to the kennel.
It's a brutal and honest forum where the fans say what's really on their minds.
Politically correct, it ain't.
But it's a great read.

 

[PJ_]

Do you know for a fact that is his contract value?

Please list who "they" are as this pool of NRL quality halves available to "replace" Brooks is referred to ad nauseum by the Brooks' posse. How much will it cost to attract one of them to WTs in competition with other clubs?

Its been widely reported he is roughly on that amount. Get your head out of the sand.
We've got madden, AD and jacko who can play in the halves. Sure they're not on inflated amounts. I like the young kid from the Warriors too, Chanel? Few hb out there who are stuck behind regulars,
The brooks lovers on this forum need to justify his value.
You guys can't seriously think that he has been worth it for the last so many years?

 

[Spartan117]

The brooks lovers on this forum need to justify his value.
You guys can't seriously think that he has been worth it for the last so many years?

Love or hate Brooksy.

It is very difficult to justify him being our highest paid player. He is not a consistent out and out game winner..

I like Brooks but not at a mil per year or anywhere near it.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Throw the bucket at cobbo

Then throw me some cob loaf mmmmmm

 

[PJ_]

Love or hate Brooksy.

It is very difficult to justify him being our highest paid player. He is not a consistent out and out game winner..

I like Brooks but not at a mil per year or anywhere near it.

I respect anyone that wears our jersey except anasta.
Years ago, brooks was one of my faves.
My patience ran out ages ago.

 

[PJ_]

Throw the bucket at cobbo

Then throw me some cob loaf mmmmmm

Throw hobbo at cobbo

 

[stryker 69]

The thing is Bones, with young players like Walsh who play really well is that they command more attention from the opposition and get shut down.
Teams know who's a threat and formulate ways to limit their influence.
Classic example is how well Hastings is playing.
In the first few rounds he's been terrific and the keystone of our team.
Now he is being forced to pass to crowded support players [just one observation].
The upside of this are players like Brooks and Simpkinsa are afforded less scrutiny.
So back to you observation on Walsh, he'll come good when he becomes more experienced. He's a talented footballer alright.

Did you see that flick pass try assist he had last weekend?
The kid has attacking skills rivalling Benji.

 

[Conbat07]

Can we do that and retain all the players coming off contract?

Apparently we have $$$ there for a “marquee” signing

 

[tony soprano]

Love or hate Brooksy.

It is very difficult to justify him being our highest paid player. He is not a consistent out and out game winner..

I like Brooks but not at a mil per year or anywhere near it.

Our cap is fine so not sure your point

 

[SeanT]

Can we do that and retain all the players coming off contract?

We have not one rep player and your wondering if we could afford Angus and keep our players. Lol your probably right though, Roosters, cowboys, Manly all have 4-5 800k plus players in Thier side and yet they never have a problem upgrading.

We can afford Angus another good prop and a centre.

We will get 400k for Mbye and a few other things. Brook is either gone or taking a pay cut the following year.

We are actually in a decent position for once.

 

[SeanT]

Did you see that flick pass try assist he had last weekend?
The kid has attacking skills rivalling Benji.

He's probably one of the best goal kickers as well. I haven't seen a more natural kicker to be honest.

 

[BAGNF05]

Its been widely reported he is roughly on that amount. Get your head out of the sand.
We've got madden, AD and jacko who can play in the halves. Sure they're not on inflated amounts. I like the young kid from the Warriors too, Chanel? Few hb out there who are stuck behind regulars,
The brooks lovers on this forum need to justify his value.
You guys can't seriously think that he has been worth it for the last so many years?

Nope. He’s overpaid but we win less games if Madden is your guy.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Its been widely reported he is roughly on that amount. Get your head out of the sand.
We've got madden, AD and jacko who can play in the halves. Sure they're not on inflated amounts. I like the young kid from the Warriors too, Chanel? Few hb out there who are stuck behind regulars,
The brooks lovers on this forum need to justify his value.
You guys can't seriously think that he has been worth it for the last so many years

Reported doesn't mean it is true. The context is also important. If he is on that amount, is it due to his contract being backdated? He accepted less in earlier years? We don't know and it is only speculation that is used by the Brooks' posse to hit him over the head.

AD has spent a large portion of his time at WTs injured and he will be a year away from the date he returns to the field to be back to his best. As for Hastings, without Brooks there is no spark in the halves. Also, have the other teams now worked him out. He's been quiet the last few games.

 

[Blake]

Tedesco -1.1mill
Keary 800-900k
Many - 800k
B Smith - 800k

Plus all the rest. We're worrying about paying Chrichton decent money when the Roosters have 4-5 players on top dollar.

Need rep players that are 24-28 years old.

The Roosters have also shown that if if you have all the stars, then you can't afford to have depth. There has been a increase in injuries in the last few years, you have to balance stars and depth now.

 

[BAGNF05]

Reported doesn't mean it is true. The context is also important. If he is on that amount, is it due to his contract being backdated? He accepted less in earlier years? We don't know and it is only speculation that is used by the Brooks' posse to hit him over the head.

AD has spent a large portion of his time at WTs injured and he will be a year away from the date he returns to the field to be back to his best. As for Hastings, without Brooks there is no spark in the halves. Also, have the other teams now worked him out. He's been quiet the last few games.

Halves dip in form coincided with our better backs going down injured. No strike.

 

[SeanT]

The Roosters have also shown that if if you have all the stars, then you can't afford to have depth. There has been a increase in injuries in the last few years, you have to balance stars and depth now.

You're right and annoys me when the top teams get an injury and apply for an exemption because they don't have any hookers for an example. Paying for a top dollar top 17 and having little depth is the fault of the club and they shouldn't have any exemptions if they don't organise their squad better.

 

[momo_amp_medo]

Offer Angus a 3 year deal for 2.4 million

That’s overs by about 1/2M
Have you seen him play recently?
Hes dead set struggling to retain his bench spot with the roosters.

 

[Fish88]

Klemmer is playing unreal footy this year would look pretty good alongside stef. Possibly because it’s contract year but his numbers are huge.

 

[Blake]

Its been widely reported he is roughly on that amount. Get your head out of the sand.
We've got madden, AD and jacko who can play in the halves. Sure they're not on inflated amounts. I like the young kid from the Warriors too, Chanel? Few hb out there who are stuck behind regulars,
The brooks lovers on this forum need to justify his value.
You guys can't seriously think that he has been worth it for the last so many years?

Brooks is the only person the the 30 that always plays to a first grade standard. He has on average been our best player since Tedesco left, he has not been the star of every game but is always up there.
He was told to stay on the left for years and did a good job with Moses on the right. When he was told to play in the middle to distribute and control, that is what he did, even though there was no creative player to pass the ball to. Now he has been moved to 5/8 and is still our best player.

I am not romantically involved with Luke Brooks and no one has to justify anything to you. Would any words make a difference to your belief?

 

[Cobarcats]

We have not one rep player and your wondering if we could afford Angus and keep our players. Lol your probably right though, Roosters, cowboys, Manly all have 4-5 800k plus players in Thier side and yet they never have a problem upgrading.

We can afford Angus another good prop and a centre.

We will get 400k for Mbye and a few other things. Brook is either gone or taking a pay cut the following year.

We are actually in a decent position for once.

Yeh I get all that mate, but wasn't my question.