Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

supercoach said:
Brooks would not call Benji and reject an offer from the club if he had not already had a substantial offer from a rival club. My feeling Brooks wants out and I think the club are not over concerned.
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Said this a week ago....
The tin cans here giggling amongst themselves that Brooks 'doesn't have' another offer....

He's a half, in a halves market - Who effectively doesn't have a contract - 3 months from now....
Anyone who thinks there are no discussion - From Brooks camp or other clubs monitoring the situation
Still believes in Santa.

Seriously, The silence around the player is more telling than the low ball offer we gave him....
 
88 said:
Imagine the irony if Brooks does sign elsewhere and Tigers end up making finals next year for the first time in 13 years and his new team doesn’t…
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Except the exact opposite is paying like $1.05.....
We're last - ALL the other teams are a chance of making finals - And we're not....
Without him, We're maybe no wins this year....

How does him leaving change any of that?
 
batboy said:
Except the exact opposite is paying like $1.05.....
We're last - ALL the other teams are a chance of making finals - And we're not....
Without him, We're maybe no wins this year....

How does him leaving change any of that?
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Depends who we manage to sign as our 2 halves I guess
 
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batboy said:
Except the exact opposite is paying like $1.05.....
We're last - ALL the other teams are a chance of making finals - And we're not....
Without him, We're maybe no wins this year....

How does him leaving change any of that?
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On the other hand we are 3 wins with him, if we had a Adam Reynolds, Mitch Moses or similar then we are top 4 - we have dominated most matches and yet our halves have not been able to win more then 3. So where are we without him - top 4
 
batboy said:
Said this a week ago....
The tin cans here giggling amongst themselves that Brooks 'doesn't have' another offer....

He's a half, in a halves market - Who effectively doesn't have a contract - 3 months from now....
Anyone who thinks there are no discussion - From Brooks camp or other clubs monitoring the situation
Still believes in Santa.

Seriously, The silence around the player is more telling than the low ball offer we gave him....
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Of course he’ll have offers…. but nowhere near what he’s getting now.
The lowball offer is there so he can scrape a little bit more off some other desperate team (who’ll probably use him as a five eighth) and neither us or him look too bad.
He’s obviously on the outer despite all the protestations from Lee saying otherwise.
 
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Best decision for both parties if Brooks leaves. Brooks doesn't deserve another contract at WTs (he just hasn't been the player we wanted him to be) and I think he'll only benefit from a change in scenery. Who do we sign tho? We seem to be happy to let a few go without any replacements lined up. I'd like to think something exciting is coming our way but then I remind myself of the mongs that run this club.
 
earl said:
I don't know what they believe but he has been a scapegoat for a while. I agree that a marquee salary comes with high expectations but I think his salary was overinflated on here as an example just to justify the argument that he is the main issue in the Tigers losing. I don't think his average contract in his tenure here would have been completely ridiculous but I don't know for sure. When I say I don't know I also don't believe many punters had any idea about his salary.
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10yr scapegoat CONFIRMED
 
Spidercam said:
liltiger said:
pawsandclaws1 said:
Kepaoa came on at right centre so Toa could switch to 5/8. It is very handy having a utility on the bench who can play both in the second row or centre.
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Proof of that is the same old garbage they pulled to hire him, by undermining the guy they brought in to take responsibility for the football department who they made into our coach who will move back to our director of football in two years.
Days of our lives couldn't come up with a better script.
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Problem is it’s only Friday and I don’t wanna watch anymore NRL this wk’end after seeing the Tiges last nite…
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batboy said:
Deal was signed in 2018...
'Contract year' is known as the year before you have no contract, Not the year before that.
Which was 2019

I can count....
You're just another empty vessel....

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Funny how this year (His last) is 'Contract Year' but it was the 2nd last year for the last Contract..
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Re-signed in 2017 to the end of 2019, then signed a 4 year extension, 2020,21.22,and 23
wwos.nine.com.au

Luke Brooks re-signs with Wests Tigers

Halfback Luke Brooks has signed a contract extension with the Wests Tigers for another two NRL seasons.
wwos.nine.com.au wwos.nine.com.au
 
KingRobbie said:

NRL transfer news: Luke Brooks rejects Wests Tigers, will leave club after 2023 season​

For so long the whipping boy at the Wests Tigers, maligned halfback Luke Brooks has left the club shell-shocked after negotiations on a new deal took a dramatic twist.
Brent Read and Michael Carayannis
June 11, 2023 - 1:29PM

Wests Tigers star Luke Brooks has dropped a bombshell on the club after informing them of his plans to leave at the end of the season.

Brooks had a two-year extension on the table from the club but it is understood he informed assistant coach Benji Marshall on Sunday morning that he would not be taking up the deal.

It means Brooks will head to the open market, where is expected to attract offers from the NRL and Super League.

The 28-year-old has been a constant at the Tigers since making his debut as an 18-year-old, playing more than 200 games for the club and winning the Dally M halfback of the year award in 2018.

In recent years he has become a lightning rod for criticism as the Tigers have struggled.

Brooks has more often than not been the whipping boy at the club but he has responded in recent weeks by producing some of the best form of his career, prompting coach Tim Sheens and Marshall to push the club to table an extension for the next two seasons.

However, it is understood the club was pushing Brooks for a response and he has opted to seek greener pastures after more than a decade at his boyhood club.

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My take on this is walk away, no runaway, as far from Isaac Moses as we can get, he has screwed us over way too many times, if the club is smart they say thanks Isaac, that's the offer, take it or leave it, negotiations are over
 
Good to see we are freeing up roster spots.

Bring in the pensioners, NRL/Super league rejects & reserve graders. We are on track for success if judged on winning more consecutive spoons than the knights
 
Lukic said:
Sign Hunt, Pearce and Frizell. Go all in for the title next year.
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We're apparently already chasing Frizzell but it's also being reported that Pearce is headed back to the Roosters.

The thing people seem to forget is what helped also get us a bad rap - as much as the sackings of the coaches - is we have a history of mistreating or neglecting our juniors. The whole thing between Jason Taylor and Robbie Farah made people look at how we reward loyalty at this club.
It left a bad taste so much so, I believe it influenced Teddy, Woods and Moses leaving the Tigers.
No-one has wanted to come here because it's looked poorly run for years and likely don't wish to be at a club with it's fair share of offfield distractions.
 
851 said:
My take on this is walk away, no runaway, as far from Isaac Moses as we can get, he has screwed us over way too many times, if the club is smart they say thanks Isaac, that's the offer, take it or leave it, negotiations are over
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I cannot disagree, but he must be replaced with a better player ONLY, no "Heastings", "Raynolds" or "Rankins"!
 
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