Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

diedpretty said:
And yet he couldn't do it in 2019 when they had a much better team and he was more experienced.
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One bad year doesn’t mean shit. The argument is Brooks has played 9 seasons with 1 club and hasn’t even lead them to finals footy. Cleary in his first year at 18 less experience than Brooks did it in his first year. He’s already achieved more than Brooks has in his first year in the NRL and he’s 4 years younger than Brooks.
 
Glenji95 said:
Brooks has been nowhere near our best. Not even close mate to one of our best. The argument is we paid Packer and Reynolds big money to do a job for us and they failed the same applies to Brooks as he’s playing one of the most important positions in the game yet he can’t even play the role right. Regardless of money Brooks isn’t doing his job and if he is moved on I won’t lose sleep over it he’s had his time to shine but yet he hasn’t. We’ve changed a lot of things but kept this guy some say it was out of loyalty yet no one else wanted him. Only reason Knights want him is because they don’t have any halves not because they think Brooks is good.
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Mate, you'd be better off debating with a brick wall. It would probably be more intelligent than most of Brooks family and friends on here, not to mention having the courage to actually take a firm stance on something instead of flipping back and forth.
 
weststigerman said:
If the club does not re-sign Hastings to appease 2 juniors that have played 2 NRL games between them then the club is dumber than I thought.

Hastings is currently our best 7 and 13, it's beyond stupid to not try to keep the best players in their position unless they're over the hill.
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I have not read the club is not intending to re-sign Hastings. Can you provide a link to this article?

Hastings is a 13 at WTs until end of 23. He will have to compete for the 13 with Matamua and Faagutu. I would have thought having competition for positions is a desirable outcome for results and culture.
 
Earl said:
Will it be about this ? I think they've tried to re-sign him. I wonder if it's because he sees himself as a halfback rather than a 13.
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Yeah, if he decides he wants to leave (he did come here for Maguire) that's a different story, you can't force players to stay.

We'd be nuts to let him go or offer him peanuts so he leaves.

Sheens can be pretty arrogant but the way the side changed when Hastings was at 7 (or at 13) should not be ignored. Predictably the team completely lost their bundle after he broke his leg.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
I have not read the club is not intending to re-sign Hastings. Can you provide a link to this article?

Hastings is a 13 at WTs until end of 23. He will have to compete for the 13 with Matamua and Faagutu. I would have thought having competition for positions is a desirable outcome for results and culture.
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The word I used is "if".

Yes it's a good idea to have depth, but you don't dump your best player in the position because you have a few potential NRL players coming through. They have to prove themselves.
 
weststigerman said:
The word I used is "if".

Yes it's a good idea to have depth, but you don't dump your best player in the position because you have a few potential NRL players coming through. They have to prove themselves.
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The decision has already been made that he is a 13 and what better outcome for the club than make him compete for the position against two outstanding 13 prospects. By start of 24 both could fill the role.
 
weststigerman said:
Yeah, if he decides he wants to leave (he did come here for Maguire) that's a different story, you can't force players to stay.

We'd be nuts to let him go or offer him peanuts so he leaves.

Sheens can be pretty arrogant but the way the side changed when Hastings was at 7 (or at 13) should not be ignored. Predictably the team completely lost their bundle after he broke his leg.
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In my opinion he was the stand out spine player for us. I think Sheens views Hastings at 13 as a spine player.

The thing is there is a lot more to the situation. What works best for the team balance - Is Hastings @ 13 a POD that leads to more wins or is he better at 7 and we get a bigger pack ? How much money does he want ? How is his body holding up ? Does he fit in well or is he difficult ?
 
Roar_Power said:
This may be the case but this side needs to learn aggression (Klemmer) and attitude/ will to win (Bateman). We are a powder puff side at present. Wouldn’t scare most NSW Cup teams.
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If Bateman has the will to win, but puts in poor performances, don’t you think this will be a net negative impact on the team?

I only say this because I have watched him play in the SL. If we expect him to suddenly get better when he arrives to us, we are in Disneyland.

Objectively watch a few of his games in the SL and you may change your opinion.

The Raiders John Bateman? Yes.

The current John Bateman? Waste of salary cap.
 
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Glenji95 said:
One bad year doesn’t mean shit. The argument is Brooks has played 9 seasons with 1 club and hasn’t even lead them to finals footy. Cleary in his first year at 18 less experience than Brooks did it in his first year. He’s already achieved more than Brooks has in his first year in the NRL and he’s 4 years younger than Brooks.
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Can you do this in the Luke Brooks thread. The Brooks bashing just goes into way too many threads. I'd love him gone for this reason alone.
 
1eyedmel said:
You become an expert after viewing so much wests tigers shit over the years. I'm not certain that our future coaching staff have viewed all our games over the years as us staunch supporters to get the overall perspective.
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I hope they get it right and that shows by winning games. Until that happens I have zero confidence in them and uptmost trust in my uneducated ignorant biased opinion.
 
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