Geez they like to make crap up. Our fitness levels aren’t the issue as we are playing stronger in the 2nd half than our opponents.
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Geez they like to make crap up. Our fitness levels aren’t the issue as we are playing stronger in the 2nd half than our opponents.
I don’t remember any thing written when the Roosters or Panthers got rid of him. Why it is a problem now I don’t know. The bloke is a fruit loop.
I'd be very surprised if Rush has made any public statements about Wests-Tigers. If it's come from anywhere I'd guess its Dodd's new agent. 90% of the stories which get written about SL in Australia are either made up or garbage or made-up garbage.
I've been waiting forever for him to be moved on....
He's been moved on from everywhere (And anywhere)
Surely he's past his used by date?
Can't forget when he was sprinkling the magic sparkles (Glitter) on the boys as they ran out....
- A real innovator....
Also oversaw the un-fittest team in the NRL for the last few years...
Heard Woods say when he first went to the Dogs it came as a surprise how far behind he was in the gym in the metrics / guidelines from the NRL...
"Nobody told me" he reckons.... That was under Ronnie you'd reckon
The-moP
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Go after .. ??
Roar_Power
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My view on this is that the opposition takes their foot off the gas given the amount of points they are generally up by...
“If you go to a Wests Tigers you could be wasting your time.”
“He’s still young and has only played 41 games.
“If he came and asked me for an opinion, I’d be happy to give him my thoughts on the better clubs to join.”
- Mike Rush, St Helens CEO
Spot on. Theyve lost a couple of wingers and forwards. Had the same spine every single game this year. Spare me the violins, they just suck.
Buttface
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“Can't forget when he was sprinkling the magic sparkles (Glitter).” we beat manly that day at brookvale, after a couple of losses to I think, smartest thing Ronnie did his whole time here.
I can’t agree more there must be a young gun in that field that we could get, although we are still in the games in the second half so I think that is just another excuse, the problem is the halves in ability to create a single opportunity with all the field position given by the forwards and the inability for the outside backs to hold out a defensive raid, not to mention the fullback issues, oh yeah and the fact that it looks like the coaching team have NFI on how to improve a player and seem to be two weeks behind the moves that need to be made.
magpies forever
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FFS, why the heck re-sign Brooks- he has done nothing to deserve it as a 7 and Sheens refuses to play him as a 6 so we can find out. If he doesnt play there and demonstrate good, consistent play there this season- why re-sign him into a new position 'on hope' for a further few years? Madness.
we need new 7 & 6.
AdelaideTiger
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Who was that giant half (like 6'6") that we signed from Newcastle, and was getting approached by the Sydney Swans? Has he been playing?
The problem is we dont have a 7 so that we can test him at 6.
Siberian Kitten
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That's tough. Poor Brooksie's only been given a decade to get his act together.
Lucky Wakeham was given a whole game to show his wares (a young guy under major scrutiny) so he needed to be immediately dropped.
I've seen an abundance of opportunities created,
I've seen plenty of...
- Dropped balls,
- Bombed tries
- Centres rushing into no mans land - creating massive holes to be run / kicked through,
- Fullbacks no where near where they need to be in defense, And not even attempting to look like they wanna be where they need to be.
- Plenty of young blokes running horrible lines
- Standing flat footed and ball watching
- Over-rated Middle forwards running with absolutely no awareness (In front of the Ball Carrier) Obstructing defenders when they were never getting the ball leading dis-allowed tries.
- ZERO Pressure or Kick Chase
More than Plenty....
And your stats are deceiving, not once would I consider a game this year where has our forward pack dominated the opposition....
We scare no-one
- Bateman is the only smokey to making something happen.
It seems very easy here to say "We had possession and got no points" Shoot the halves.....
Halves aren't the (Only) ones giving away stupid penaltys, dropping good ball (Well, not the majority of the dropped balls) and not pressuring the opposition.
Only reason I put Brooks there is because who else is out there?
Yeah we can sign someone new but lets be real.. they'll be worse if not the same as him.
Halves shortage.. we missed the good ones..
I want Brooks gone as much as anyone, but if we bring in someone that is just like him then we're starting from scratch again
Tigers_Wests
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Not a half. Is an outside back. Navren Willett. Finishing his schooling this year and joining Balmain SG Ball in 2024.
Winston Churchill
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magpies forever
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If all else fails in recruiting a 7 before 30 June- we have to go with Wakeham / Smith at 7 if Brooks keeps failing at 7. Brooks is killing the link between forwards and backs- why would our good ones stay if just accept this mediocracy? If Brooks has not consistently played well at 7 he doesnt get re-signed, nor should he get re-signed into another position (6) on suspicion /potential.
He has done nothing to deserve this loyalty from the club, I dont get it. Successful clubs are ruthless in player retention and recruitment and succession planning- Rooseters, Storm etc. WT have to be too.
