Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

Coastie_Tiger said:
If i was a betting man id have my money on Brooks being at the knights next year with Klemmer coming the other way. Too much noise for too long for Brooks not to be pushing this behind the scenes again, I dont think Sheens is exactly going to come out and say yeah nah we've had it with Brooks. He will want to have the best bargaining hand he can and this is stating he is wanted.
If so i dont know what our halves will look like is it JH and Doueihi or Laurie who knows.
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But didn’t our resident sage, The Pom, say recently that was not happening ?
He seems to have a pretty good handle on what’s happening so maybe it’s just more paper talk.
Or maybe you’re correct.
 
Tito Santana said:
He’s been the 7 for almost the majority of the clubs existence - so yes - the worst! He is shit!
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Totally. At least Lovett and Buchanan et al only played a short while and weren’t in leadership or crucial on-field roles. As such, Brooks is without any doubt the single most problematic player we have had.
I blame our coaches; their obstinacy saw all of them die on the Brooks hill for reasons I will never fathom.
 
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Jedi_Tiger said:
that's why they want him to stay at tigers, ok
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Ok but let’s take a look at this logically.
Benji/ Robbie played next to Brooks and I am sure Tim said, “is this guy really worth keeping”. And Benji/ Robbie must have said yeah ! And Tim said “alright he is our new special project so we are not letting him go”
Otherwise Brooks would be looking for a flat in Merewether.
So how,fellow Forumites, are the new coaching team going to maximise his performance?
A new position, nah, a new partner ( at the club, not socially), or some sort of frontal lobotomy to exorcise the evil spirits of the past 9 years and make him truly great.
Personally, Brooks confuses me, coz I’m not sure that he actually gets it and really feels emotionally involved. In most interviews, both before and after a game, he displays very little passion or emotion for the Tigers and yet eg Hastings spent many weeks this year defending him and having everyone believe that he was harassed and misunderstood.
I just don’t know ……
 
Earl said:
The situation can change pretty quickly. I'm sure the Pom gets his news from the club but I've seen the situation change quickly. Not long ago Peachy for Staines was a done deal and now it's not mentioned.
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Well it was mentioned by the Pom the other day, Staines wants a longer term deal and we, at this stage, are not prepared to give him that.
And Peachy, what exactly do we do with him if we can’t get rid of him. He could take up a VIP roster position , a very tricky one.
But I do get and acknowledge your point about fast change.
 
Brooks is more a running 5/8 not an organising half, Yet they keep giving him the 7 jumper.
Adam Doueihi is a 5/8, Hastings is an organising half with a crap kicking game & slow.
We need Mitch Moses.
 
pawsandclaws1 said:
1/8/2022 · Sheens said it was his intention to keep Brooks and Doueihi together as the halves combination, with Jackson Hastings the ball playing lock. Sheens also has a good opinion of young Jock Madden but sees him as a work in progress given his limited experience. Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien is keen on Luke Brooks. Picture: NRL Imagery
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Adam Obrian has already on more than 1 occasion proven to be a halfwit, so no surprise there that he sees something in Brooks that most of us realists on here don't .
 
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