Luke Brooks #167

Sheens will put it down to rust and persist with him.

You know it'll happen....

This guy is a protected species.
 
TrueTiger said:
Because Sheens and co got rid of a 1/2 back that may be a bit slower than Brooks but would have had a deadset go at getting us the points yesterday with footy smarts and organising skills....the 2 things Brooks lacks....
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Because he lives rent free in your heads.

He didn't let in any of the 22 points yesterday.

Why don't those players get a mention?
 
Brooks happy that Sheens/Benji are coaching a style of footy the way he likes to play the problem is that Brooks plays the same way no matter who is coach.
It's not his fault that we lost but can't see how we can move forward while always looking at how to best accommodate him for no results. Being the highest paid player in any team comes with a level of accountability. Instinctive footy is great if you have confidence and back yourself - re.Munster - but Brooks decision making reeks of indecision which impacts on everyone around him.
Sick of talking about him for all the wrong reasons but he is like a ball and chain around this clubs leg. Hoping for a better performance next week because there seems to be no end to the persistence.
 
He'll stay and it'd be stupid to drop him after one game but we should recognize that he was the worst of our spine and our spine were really really poor.

I said prior to the season starting that our spine basically can't be dropped this season because there are no real options.
 
Earl said:
He'll stay and it'd be stupid to drop him after one game but we should recognize that he was the worst of our spine and our spine were really really poor.

I said prior to the season starting that our spine basically can't be dropped this season because there are no real options.
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Wakeham,
Will Smith (round 10)

There's options.
They may not be amazing...but they're there.
 
Demps said:
Wakeham,
Will Smith (round 10)

There's options.
They may not be amazing...but they're there.
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You could move Staines to 1 and Laurie to 7. They aren't good options.

I still don't think you can drop him after one game.

He was real bad though.
 
Earl said:
He'll stay and it'd be stupid to drop him after one game but we should recognize that he was the worst of our spine and our spine were really really poor.

I said prior to the season starting that our spine basically can't be dropped this season because there are no real options.
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Options for fullback and half back, 2 people played hooker yesterday. This guy doesn't even know whose in the squad and making comments like that.
 
Earl said:
You could move Staines to 1 and Laurie to 7. They aren't good options.

I still don't think you can drop him after one game.

He was real bad though.
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Sheens won't....

Hopefully Benji gives him a spray and gets him fired up.

Same old, yesterday.
Very disappointing.
 
tony soprano said:
Why is brooks getting the focus tho?
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Because everyone who knows Rugby League understands that Luke is the key to our success this year. We have strengthened our forward pack, with some degree of depth for the first time ever, our long term injured players are back on deck and there is competition for most spots on our roster.
We've been told all off-season that our style has changed, employing the attack focused, 05 inspired mentality of running the ball and keeping it alive. This seemed to be playing into Brooksy's wheelhouse. So we have waited for months as we have heard time and again that the team is training well, preparing well and adapting to the attack focused philosophies beautifully. We were eager to see him in the trials but he was rested. Round 1 has been a long wait.
Finally we get to see what he has been working on the past 4 months on a sunny sunday arvo at Leichhardt, on a dry track against a fellow cellar dweller....and we are disappointed in what was dished up.
The positives are that he ran 19 times for 192m. That is huge for him. The team only managed 6 line breaks, and he owned 1 of them. He also had 1 forced dropout through a grubber and an intercept. Not great, but certainly a good effort personally.
The negatives are that his defence was mud, with only 57% efficiency. He had a game high 6 missed tackles.

Those stats in isolation do not paint a full picture of why people are upset though. Its the overall picture whereby the team dominated all positive statistical data for the game and lost. We had all the opportunity in the world to win and couldn't get it done. As our most experienced spine player and highest paid overall, it is expected he would capitalise on the great work achieved by the team. He did not. When we were pummelling their line, he was not orchestrating the attacking waves. He was not identifying weaknesses and directing runners to exploit these areas. He did not play eyes up footy, rather repeating training drills in a very predictable manner. I am not a huge fan of Doueihi at 6 but he did recognise weaknesses, took them on and created our only tries. Luke needs to do far better.
 
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