Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[supercoach]

If the Tigers stop Brooks from heading up the highway next year, odds are he will bolt the following year when he is a free agent. So the smart move, let Brooks go to Newcastle and sign Madden for two years with a club option for a third.…and if nothing else your saving a motza

 

[rihannafan1]

I don't think this is true. If it was surely the club would have locked Madden up.

Maybe. Maybe Jock would like to sign with us but his manager is trying to squeeze more out of us and shopping him to others.

 

[earl]

Maybe. Maybe Jock would like to sign with us but his manager is trying to squeeze more out of us and shopping him to others.

You could be right but he is making a point about getting a first grade opportunity. If Brooks was gone surely the club retains Madden without the noise.

Put it this way I doubt Brooks is definitely gone now. He may go but I doubt the call has been made yet.

 

[hsvjones]

I thought we would here my signing news this weekend with the deadline but its been silent.
Strange .....

 

[sleeve]

Hastings broken leg is a huge blow.

 

[boonboon]

I thought we would here my signing news this weekend with the deadline but its been silent.
Strange .....

Tommorrow. Be plenty of moves around the game tommorrow. We need to sign or upgrade 2 players

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Enough excuses for Brooks already. As if he would have been better than Madden last night behind a competitive forward pack. The difference between Madden and Brooks is that Madden is young and willing to have a go, Brooks has lost his nerve and he won't find it playing halfback at WTs.

This a bullshit take . The last thing Brooks doesn’t have is “having a go” . The guy never stops having a go . People talk about maddens passes . Brooks had 2 line break assists with the exact same pass to the exact same player . Also his one on one defence is much better.
Madden is much better at attacking kicks , whilst brooks is much better at general field kicks . Despite his kick out on the full , once in the last 3 years .
Here’s the deal , Brooks is a much better football player . He just is . Madden could be Reynolds lite eventually . Brooks reminds me of kimmorley .
So it’s Maybe Reynolds lite , or definitely Kimmorley lite . The ants what we are talking about .

 

[Demps]

This a bullshit take . The last thing Brooks doesn’t have is “having a go” . The guy never stops having a go . People talk about maddens passes . Brooks had 2 line break assists with the exact same pass to the exact same player . Also his one on one defence is much better.
Madden is much better at attacking kicks , whilst brooks is much better at general field kicks . Despite his kick out on the full , once in the last 3 years .
Here’s the deal , Brooks is a much better football player . He just is . Madden could be Reynolds lite eventually . Brooks reminds me of kimmorley .
So it’s Maybe Reynolds lite , or definitely Kimmorley lite . The ants what we are talking about .

Madden prefers Cronk junior 🤣

Respect everyone's opinion however maybe Brooks "having a go" still, simply, isn't good enough... which I believe to be the case.

Madden, high IQ footballer
Brooks- has a go but low IQ footballer.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Just to clarify the post before , I think brooks should go to Newcastle . But some of you just make shit up to justify your positions . Or you don’t know what your talking about .
Like I said , he’s a better footballer than madden . The way he holds the ball , the angles and shapes he runs , the defensive positioning , tackling , general field kicking . Madden has a far superior short kicking game .
That’s all he has over brooks . And it’s not even close . But the rest is just waffle to prove a point . That’s not to say madden won’t get there , but he’s definitely not there now .

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Madden prefers Cronk junior 🤣

Respect everyone's opinion however maybe Brooks "having a go" still, simply, isn't good enough... which I believe to be the case.

Madden, high IQ footballer
Brooks- has a go but low IQ footballer.

Agree . I think brooks is a better football player , and I don’t think he had a low iq , I think he suffers from football anxiety . He panics at times . I think he sees the play , but we as a club have messed him up with the Taylor’s of the world drumming “high percentage football” into his head , that the spontaneity is gone .
He’s still better than madden as of right now . And it’s not even close . Despite what agenda you may have . The contract , football zeitgeist, and years of failure , have caused this to be more of a question .

 

[Demps]

Agree . I think brooks is a better football player , and I don’t think he had a low iq , I think he suffers from football anxiety . He panics at times . I think he sees the play , but we as a club have messed him up with the Taylor’s of the world drumming “high percentage football” into his head , that the spontaneity is gone .
He’s still better than madden as of right now . And it’s not even close . Despite what agenda you may have . The contract , football zeitgeist, and years of failure , have caused this to be more of a question .

Football anxiety, that's hilarious.... 🤣

Not having a crack, imagine years of expectation and your halves partner change each week with the likes of Tui Lolohea, Moses Mbye, Jack Littlejohn...

We saw a bit from @Adam Doueihi last night, from where I was sitting- it looked like he felt he had to do it all on his own and it wasn't working out. The second half was more settled.

Anyhow, Brooks has had every excuse under the sun used to support his inability... might be time for those who haven't , to finally realise... he's just not that good.

 

[Tiger-ferret]

This a bullshit take . The last thing Brooks doesn’t have is “having a go” . The guy never stops having a go . People talk about maddens passes . Brooks had 2 line break assists with the exact same pass to the exact same player . Also his one on one defence is much better.
Madden is much better at attacking kicks , whilst brooks is much better at general field kicks . Despite his kick out on the full , once in the last 3 years .
Here’s the deal , Brooks is a much better football player . He just is . Madden could be Reynolds lite eventually . Brooks reminds me of kimmorley .
So it’s Maybe Reynolds lite , or definitely Kimmorley lite . The ants what we are talking about .

Agree. He always has a crack. I’ve noticed many times where he’s the one mopping up line breaks late in the game when the games gone.

The only game people talk about on here that I can’t defend him for was last game last year against dogs because I didn’t get to see it.

 

[weststigerman]

I hope not but he has made mistakes in the past.

Replacing Prince with Morris and then replacing Lui with Anasta comes to mind.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Peter Peters did on the radio and I read an article from Kelma that he said he was upset when telling Maguire because he had brought him up from Melbourne. Also recall Scott Fulton's name mentioned as being responsibke for getting him.
Have no clue if Manly made an official announcement.

Yeah, was thinking that I must have imagined Kelma being directly quoted on the above and more.

Weird situation.

 

[Spartan117]

Letting Paps walk out on his deal would be a terrible mistake and send the wrong message to other players who sign contracts with WT. Sign with WT, leverage a better deal with your present club or someone else and then whine about wanting out.

Tigers better not let Papalii out of his deal.

Don't even entertain the discussion.

 

[Scorpion]

What a lot of BS proposal ….. so let’s get this right …. Maden signs with the Panthers to play 1st grade half.. Right that makes lots of sense.
What else that’s a really good idea can Mole and Maden management think of next?

Has been free to sign elsewhere since last Nov and has not had one reported offer, not even from the Dolphins. Tells you what other clubs think😉

 

[Deleted member 3518]

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Agree. He always has a crack. I’ve noticed many times where he’s the one mopping up line breaks late in the game when the games gone.

The only game people talk about on here that I can’t defend him for was last game last year against dogs because I didn’t get to see it.

Football anxiety, that's hilarious.... 🤣

Not having a crack, imagine years of expectation and your halves partner change each week with the likes of Tui Lolohea, Moses Mbye, Jack Littlejohn...

We saw a bit from @Adam Doueihi last night, from where I was sitting- it looked like he felt he had to do it all on his own and it wasn't working out. The second half was more settled.

Anyhow, Brooks has had every excuse under the sun used to support his inability... might be time for those who haven't , to finally realise... he's just not that good.

The Luke brooks hate is beyond scapegoating , and I agree with Benji it’s basically Brooks’ fault for how bad the tigers were in general . It’s bullying at this point .
But he has anxiety attacks at times and at key points in games makes the wrong decision. But to be fair to him like you said , hes played most of his career with reserve graders .
If you play out his career 100 times how many turn out the way it has ? Outside of injury , this has to have been his absolute floor as to what we all expected .
He’s not the problem , and he never was . We the tigers community and club in whole made him this way . We all are culpable , by having so much expectation on him when he was younger that he was doomed to fail .
If you know NFL , he’s like our version of Derek Carr. All the talent in the world , but he went to the Texans and they basically got him smashed for 7 years , ram him into the ground and got rid of him . Never once did he play with a team that wasn’t bottom 4 in the league.
That’s not all to say brooks doesn’t hold his own culpability, because he definitely does , but yea , i think he’s a great footy player . Everyone who hates on him , hates in him because they had expectations they put on him . So because of those unrealistic expectations it became a self full filling prophecy when it all didn’t come true .

 

[Tcat]

This a bullshit take . The last thing Brooks doesn’t have is “having a go” . The guy never stops having a go . People talk about maddens passes . Brooks had 2 line break assists with the exact same pass to the exact same player . Also his one on one defence is much better.
Madden is much better at attacking kicks , whilst brooks is much better at general field kicks . Despite his kick out on the full , once in the last 3 years .
Here’s the deal , Brooks is a much better football player . He just is . Madden could be Reynolds lite eventually . Brooks reminds me of kimmorley .
So it’s Maybe Reynolds lite , or definitely Kimmorley lite . The ants what we are talking about .

If you think Brooks' kicks are great then you really need to raise the bar. He very rarely gets a repeat set and very rarely finds the turf and kicks it straight down the fullbacks throat most of the time. Yes, Brooks is a good defender and it is real strength of his game. You are comparing aspects of Brooks, a seasoned first grader to Madden who has played about half a dozen first grade games, so I call yours a bullshit take. I believe players like Madden are the future of the game not a player like Brooks.

 

[aturkey]

I don

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The Luke brooks hate is beyond scapegoating , and I agree with Benji it’s basically Brooks’ fault for how bad the tigers were in general . It’s bullying at this point .
But he has anxiety attacks at times and at key points in games makes the wrong decision. But to be fair to him like you said , hes played most of his career with reserve graders .
If you play out his career 100 times how many turn out the way it has ? Outside of injury , this has to have been his absolute floor as to what we all expected .
He’s not the problem , and he never was . We the tigers community and club in whole made him this way . We all are culpable , by having so much expectation on him when he was younger that he was doomed to fail .
If you know NFL , he’s like our version of Derek Carr. All the talent in the world , but he went to the Texans and they basically got him smashed for 7 years , ram him into the ground and got rid of him . Never once did he play with a team that wasn’t bottom 4 in the league.
That’s not all to say brooks doesn’t hold his own culpability, because he definitely does , but yea , i think he’s a great footy player . Everyone who hates on him , hates in him because they had expectations they put on him . So because of those unrealistic expectations it became a self full filling prophecy when it all didn’t come true .

See this is where you're misunderstood. The people who don't like Brooks, DON'T think he has 'all the talent in the world.' I don't expect Brooks to do anything other than what he does, because I don't think he's good enough to be a starting halfback/five eighth. The blame is on the club, who picks him every week, not the fans who have no say.

 

[tigertragic]

Makes senses

Going to Penrith for the chance to play 1st grade , unlikely that eventuating unless there are injuries or rep rounds