Luke Brooks #167

[Odessa]

The NSW blues need to put on an S.O.S and call Brooks.

Cleary, out!

They need a real match winner.

And a fullback the Tigers have the 1 7 9 super combo to take NSW to victory or Victoria one or the other


NSW needs a better Fullback Teddy is on the decline

 

[DJG]

Sign under 650K or less.

Preferably 585K a year, then the veterans allowance gets him under 500K.

$0.188m – Veteran and Developed Player Allowance for eligible players who were either developed by the Club prior to becoming NRL players and / or have been a Top 30 player for at least 8 years at the Club or have been a Top 30 player for at least 10 years across the game

 

[Feline Carrier]

Meeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeooooooow

Looking forward to Luke's next stellar performance in his 300th game 🙄

This ought to win him another 4 year extension.

 

[Odessa]

Sign under 650K or less.

Preferably 585K a year, then the veterans allowance gets him under 500K.

$0.188m – Veteran and Developed Player Allowance for eligible players who were either developed by the Club prior to becoming NRL players and / or have been a Top 30 player for at least 8 years at the Club or have been a Top 30 player for at least 10 years across the game

Bula i understand was not playing for two years then came to the Tigers would he be eligible for development allowance

 

[jadtiger]

It was the 4 year extension on way over market value money Madge gave him after that 2 year deal which was the killer

I honestly wonder how much if any say Madge or any of our coaching staff have ever had when it comes to Brook's been given contracts (just like being dropped).This is the sort of behaviour that i strongly suspect our management and board have far too much control over.
I have no facts to back this up just very strongly held suspicions.We are ran by muppets

 

[DJG]

Bula i understand was not playing for two years then came to the Tigers would he be eligible for development allowance

Good question.

I think it would be more go to someone like Seyfarth that has been throughout the juniors and no where else.

 

[twentyforty]

I honestly wonder how much if any say Madge or any of our coaching staff have ever had when it comes to Brook's been given contracts (just like being dropped).This is the sort of behaviour that i strongly suspect our management and board have far too much control over.
I have no facts to back this up just very strongly held suspicions.We are ran by muppets

Its more like a pee high club where, for the most part, organisational structure is overridden by the needs of the individual to garner authority. I still cannot believe that Luke Brooks had to make a public announcement to declare he wasnt being dropped. “I did see it. It was pretty disappointing that it came out in the media and in the end obviously it wasn’t true,” Brooks said.

 

[Camel2281]

Yes, I remember it being reported that he would sign the 4 year contract at the same rate for the first 2 years.
What is the massive contract youre talking about?

This one where this year he's on 1.1 million

 

[twentyforty]

This one where this year he's on 1.1 million

Yeh, I don’t like it either, and for a number of reasons, but it must have been mutually acceptable at the time.

 

[bathursttiger1]

Bula i understand was not playing for two years then came to the Tigers would he be eligible for development allowance

If Bula was at the Rorters or South’s he would be counted as a development player.

 

[851]

Reports the club have offered Brooks a 2 year deal at $550 a season, seen it from 2 different sources

 

[twentyforty]

Reports the club have offered Brooks a 2 year deal at $550 a season, seen it from 2 different sources

If they have then they’re taking advantage of his strong desire to stay at the club.

 

[TheGreenWookie]

If they have then they’re taking advantage of his strong desire to stay at the club.

$550 is unders imo. I think he is closer to $650 - $700. Especially when half-backs are in short supply at the moment

 

[twentyforty]

$550 is unders imo. I think he is closer to $650 - $700. Especially when half-backs are in short supply at the moment

Agree, I would offer 620 for 2 years or 720 for 1 year. I think Brooks would have seen this coming.

 

[KingRobbie]

$550 is unders imo. I think he is closer to $650 - $700. Especially when half-backs are in short supply at the moment

Yep, with the way halves are valued these days and the lack of them on the market at the moment, I’d say he’s worth about $750k.

Getting him for anything less would be good on our part IMO.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Yep, with the way halfbacks are valued these days and the lack of them on the market at the moment, I’d say he’s worth about $750k.

Getting him for anything less would be good on our part IMO.

hopefully if he takes 750k the long service discount 200k can be applied and it is effectively 550k on the cap

 

[batboy]

If they have then they’re taking advantage of his strong desire to stay at the club.

Setting themselves up for a monumental backfire…
Sometimes you only get one shot at a potential employee - and lowballing them straight off the bat isn’t the best place to start.
Understand he’s overpaid at the minute…
But coming in at the some money that a bloke like Chris Sandow got at Parra 10 or more years ago isn’t the way I’d be expressing my interest.

Hopefully we’re being clever and reminding him that Skando has been working for the club since the day he hung them in different positions, and probably will for the rest of his life - these sort of positions are worth considering in your later years as a player

 

[TYGA]

550k for Brooks is a fair deal paid on potential early it all balances in the end. He’s smart enough to realise he needs help to win. Should make a move for Ben Hunt to partner brooks.

 

[Bucko73]

Wouldn't be a wild old ride for you boys being able to bag him for the first half of his career for staying at Wests Tigers,
Only to turn around and bag him for the rest of it for leaving Wests Tigers....

Luv it

 

[Tiger-ferret]

I think it will be more about the length of contract. He’ll want more than 2 years.