Luke Brooks - Mega Thread

Lukic said:
If I were building a club and Brooks was available, I wouldn't offer him anymore than 250k-300k a year. He'd be a good back-up half who can perhaps be a solid no.14. That's about the going rate for that kind of player.

If Newcastle or any team wants to chip in more than 300k of his contract, we'd be stupid to keep him. End of the day, being stubborn over his release is cutting off our nose to spite our face. Sometimes taking a loss can still be a win in the grand scheme of things.

Re: all the people blaming the pack ... we've had good players in our pack. We've had halves play great - Doueihi outperformed him significantly last year, Hastings has been leagues better this year. Our pack is god awful now obviously, but in prior years the issue has been Brooks being unable to steer them around the park (not entirely his fault since he's clearly not a halfback).

A pack is only as good as the organiser they have and structure around them. Brooks being unable to organise sets, find the turf on his kicks and put on points/generate repeat sets when we're in attacking position has always been the bigger problem. Not being able to capitalise on opportunities is demoralising - how many times can a forward keep putting their body on the line only for Brooks to throw a pass to their shins or a metre behind them?
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Absolute rubbish
 
Tito Santana said:
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, I’m convinced Brooks is in the Freemasons and is being treated to a career on mega money. Many years later, this will be correlated to the return of President Trump, who is a convicted Rapist and Felon for a second term resulting in bedlam and turmoil the likes of which ye have never seen - argh.
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Make so much sense.
 
Lukic said:
If I were building a club and Brooks was available, I wouldn't offer him anymore than 250k-300k a year. He'd be a good back-up half who can perhaps be a solid no.14. That's about the going rate for that kind of player.

If Newcastle or any team wants to chip in more than 300k of his contract, we'd be stupid to keep him. End of the day, being stubborn over his release is cutting off our nose to spite our face. Sometimes taking a loss can still be a win in the grand scheme of things.

Re: all the people blaming the pack ... we've had good players in our pack. We've had halves play great - Doueihi outperformed him significantly last year, Hastings has been leagues better this year. Our pack is god awful now obviously, but in prior years the issue has been Brooks being unable to steer them around the park (not entirely his fault since he's clearly not a halfback).

A pack is only as good as the organiser they have and structure around them. Brooks being unable to organise sets, find the turf on his kicks and put on points/generate repeat sets when we're in attacking position has always been the bigger problem. Not being able to capitalise on opportunities is demoralising - how many times can a forward keep putting their body on the line only for Brooks to throw a pass to their shins or a metre behind them?
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I don’t think people understand that it’s not just chipping in money realising them - it’s taking that money out of your cap. So if you are paying him 800k to play somewhere else (with Newcastle chipping in 300 as you suggested), and then pay another halfback 700k (it’s the most expensive position to buy) you now have 1.5 million of your cap tied to one position in your team. The person playing there is only worth 700 (that’s what you just paid market rate for…) and you have probably had to sign him to a three year contract. he only has next year on his contract, just let it end naturally and go for 1.4 million dollars worth of players in 2024.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
As I just said, the goal posts are constantly being moved in relation to Brooks. First it was he wasn’t gonna be here next year, then he wasn’t gonna be the halfback round 1. Now we’re at the stage where he’ll be gone when AD is back. What will it be when AD returns to in the centres?
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🙅‍♂️ it's all taking shape.
 
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