Spot on frosty. 5/10 game which is a 40% improvement on the usual dribble he produces all of the sudden he's worth another contract?
Luke Brooks #167
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liltiger
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Same year Cleary made his origin debut, how can you be the best halfback in the comp and not play origin I'll never know
twentyforty
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A few of his poor passes can be explained by the wide running forwards crowding him. When you see him pass with force the intended recipient is out wider, but for some reason the back rower doesn’t have the nouse to dodge the ball.
On one occasion Kepaoa slowed in his run and squared his body to Brooks making the ball bounce off his right shoulder.
When Benji last played he had Kepaoa on the left wing always standing too deep, the constant chatter between the two would have been interesting. Finally, Benji throws the ball where he wanted Kepaoa, which was about 5 meters in front of him. At the next opportunity it worked with the winger flat and clear passage to the try line.
It’s a team sport.
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Luke Brooks didn't have real good game, if he did we win, we were dominant in quite a few areas out there.
A few players really stood up and almost lifted us over the line, he wasn't one of them. He is not the future and I cannot understand the perserverence with him. The club has let itself down by falsely pinning all their hopes on him. Time to let the young blokes step in and try and build something, especially with pack going well, a couple of injuries to key forwards and we could end up worse than last year. He's only the best half in the club because no one else gets a chance and it's been that way for years now.
A few players really stood up and almost lifted us over the line, he wasn't one of them. He is not the future and I cannot understand the perserverence with him. The club has let itself down by falsely pinning all their hopes on him. Time to let the young blokes step in and try and build something, especially with pack going well, a couple of injuries to key forwards and we could end up worse than last year. He's only the best half in the club because no one else gets a chance and it's been that way for years now.
twentyforty
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“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
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Winston Churchill
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Definition of insanity
earl
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Another heartbroken in 23 via Brooksy.
Let's just break down the facts.
Tigers vs Parra
Try 1:- Toa'a picks up loose ball - not created with our attack. It's just a loose ball.
Try 2:- Brooks with a beautiful out ball to Kepaoa.
Try 3:- Brooks with a beautiful long ball to create space for Naden to score.
Try 4:- Brooks to Staines to Tupou.
To add to that he made a beautiful kick to get us 6 again under pressure, defended extremely well and made no mistakes.
Our no 1 play maker in 23 is doing his job and doing it well.
The Luke Brooks effect
Has 5 terrible games
Everyone wants to sack him
Has one good game - his fans think he’s the best even though he just had a better than standard half back game
Next game - everyone is hopeful form will continue but no, back to a bad game
Next 4 games gets progressively worse until everyone wants him gone again
Then has a good game
Rinse . Repeat. 10 years later ….
Btw laughing that everyone including me was like “wow, he can throw a cutout pass” … because he throws one, which for a half should be standard… Mitch threw one to how winger and scored oh yeah, and 3 short kicks for tries.
Has 5 terrible games
Everyone wants to sack him
Has one good game - his fans think he’s the best even though he just had a better than standard half back game
Next game - everyone is hopeful form will continue but no, back to a bad game
Next 4 games gets progressively worse until everyone wants him gone again
Then has a good game
Rinse . Repeat. 10 years later ….
Btw laughing that everyone including me was like “wow, he can throw a cutout pass” … because he throws one, which for a half should be standard… Mitch threw one to how winger and scored oh yeah, and 3 short kicks for tries.
twentyforty
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I’m not getting too excited. I’ll watch the game when I get home next few days, but I know we lift against eels and so does Brooksy. However, from what I saw on the highlights reel our backline could be getting it together.
Frosty
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Haha I wondered how another delusional Brooks fan suddenly appeared before realising it's just Earl with a different username and profile pic!
Besides, he's missing a little bit from his "facts". It's actually:
Try 1:- Toa'a picks up loose ball - not created with our attack. It's just a loose ball.
Try 2:- Koroisau to Brooks, Brooks long ball to Kepaoa, Kepaoa to Tupou, Tupou makes a break, then passes back inside to Kepaoa to score.
Try 3:- Staines to Brooks, Brooks long ball to Doueihi, Doueihi to Bateman, Bateman draws three defenders and passes to Naden to score.
Try 4:- Koroisau dummy inside ball once, dummy inside ball twice, cut out to Brooks, Brooks to Staines, Staines draws two defenders, passes to Tupou to score.
If he's trying to attribute the tries to Brooks for throwing standard passes for a halfback, why not attribute the tries to Koroisau? He threw standard passes to Brooks, and dummied and threw cutout passes to Brooks. Or attribute the tries to Staines and Bateman for drawing defenders before passing to their outside men? Or attribute the try to Kepaoa for setting up his winger and backing up his winger? It's not all Brooks "brilliant halfback play" which led to the tries, it involved 3-4 players doing their jobs of drawing and passing at a basic level for first grade footballers.
earl
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Same here. We have the classy heartbreaker creating for us but he needs a half around him who can take some of the pressure off him especially in relation to the general kicking duties. We also need some more impact from our outside backs.
We have a Porsche in our halves who picks his moments beautifully like all the classiest players do but he needs others guys to step up. Brooksy will have us scoring plenty of points if the guys lift around him.
When did Earl become Brooks new PR man? Taken over where Paws left off.
earl
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At the start of the year I said Brooks to have a big season. Look who's laughing now.
What is there to laugh about?
Frosty
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Um, everyone?
Winston Churchill
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Starting to think, Earl, Paws, Jad are all the same person. Mimic each other and always upvote each others posts. Definitely getting the feeling they are all sock accounts of Brooks mother.
Winston Churchill
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0-6, yes, we are all laughing directly at you 🤡
earl
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Brooksy killing it.
Frosty
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Brooksy's form on the footy field is much like his form on Karaoke night. He isn't killing it, he's murdering it.
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