funny how you get ignored here also,just proves this place has some decorum
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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AmericanHistoryX
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You're not talking about wallpaper are you? It could do with a change. Im with you on that one Merlot.
We did that in 2014 - we didn’t have anyone to teach them how to play and here we are…
2 pups aren’t going to run a side around the NRL by themselves - no matter how good they are
Funny - Brooks money wasn’t mentioned until last season… by anyone.
Reading here you’d think he’s been on 1.2 million dollars for the last 10 years,..
He’s had a couple years on overs - and a couple years on unders early on,..
No matter how you look at it
- We CAN NOT replace Luke Brooks for 500k…
Won’t happen - even second stringers are on close to that…
InBenjiWeTrust
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Agree to disagree, as Sheens/Marshall/Farah plan works: Bula, To'a, Tupou, Kremmer, Bateman, Pole, Matamua, James, Da Silva etc. 💪 🐅
AmericanHistoryX
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Works very well. We are not last.
The way our forward pack has been rolling forward who knows what a different half back will do with ball in hands
Kelce68
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Aitasi James?
The bloke who hasn't played first grade, runs off the fence beautifully for 9 minutes and then gets caught out around the ruck and laterally, over-commits in defence and is gassed for the rest of his short stint in reserves?
Ok, good.
BlackWhiteGold
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Luke Brooks rejects Tigers offer, plans to end 11-year stint at season’s end
The much-maligned No.7 rang Benji Marshall personally to deliver the news as a Tigers official stressed the door isn’t closed on negotiations being started up again.
Several clubs have already distanced themselves from making a move for Luke Brooks after the Wests Tigers playmaker’s surprise decision to test his worth on the open market.
Brooks told Tigers assistant coach Benji Marshall on Sunday he would pass on the club’s offer of a three-year contract extension and would probably be leaving his childhood club at the end of the year after 11 seasons.
Brooks’ decision led to talk that he was on Manly’s radar to play as a five-eighth alongside Daly Cherry-Evans, with Sea Eagles No.6 Josh Schuster rumoured to be going in the opposite direction to the Tigers. However, sources at the Tigers, speaking anonymously, said the club was not interested in Schuster, whose management has valued his services at more than $1 million a season.
Sources at Newcastle, who have in the past been linked with Brooks, said they were no longer interested in the player, while Canberra, who need a five-eighth to replace the South Sydney-bound Jack Wighton, said they were not looking at him. North Queensland sources, also speaking anonymously, dismissed suggestions Brooks could be heading to Townsville as part of a swap deal with Chad Townsend.
Canterbury also need a playmaker, but they already have Matt Burton and highly rated youngster Karl Oloapu.
Brooks’ desire to leave will hardly come as a surprise in light of some recent comments. On the night he was given a standing ovation in his 200th game at Leichhardt Oval, against the Cowboys, this masthead asked Brooks if he wanted to be at the club next year, to which he replied: “Honestly, I don’t know.”
There are suggestions Brooks’s decision could be a strategy by his management to extract an improved offer from the club, much as happened with Mitchell Moses at Parramatta.
The Tigers will be without Brooks for up to six weeks as he nurses a hamstring injury, with right centre Starford To’a training in the halves on Monday.
Daine Laurie is the preferred No.6 option, but he was knocked out playing reserve grade on Sunday and will need to pass concussion protocols in time for Saturday’s match against Melbourne Campbelltown Sports Stadium.
To’a said Sheens had floated the idea of him training at five-eighth next pre-season, which was later on Monday confirmed by the coach himself.
The Tigers will also need to get by without Origin hooker Api Koroisau, who will be sidelined up to two months with a broken jaw.
“‘Sheensy’ pulled me in a couple of weeks ago about getting a pre-season there next year, and I’ve been thinking about that lately,” said To’a, who has been excellent at right centre, and even got one over Queensland representative Valentine Holmes last month.
“He said because I can also play fullback, it’s pretty much the same as playing at No.6. I like getting my hands on the ball more, so we’ll see what happens.”
As for the Brooks news, To’a said: “Nothing was mentioned by him. I’d love to see him stay and finish his career here. But things don’t always go your way. And if he needs a fresh start, that’s what he needs. He’s got to do what makes him happy.”
Boom rookie fullback Jahream Bula did not train on Monday, but was being rested and is not in doubt for Saturday.
Halbrowne61
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Is that as well as him going to the Cowboys, he’s going to be getting around ??
Lankanflyer10.98
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I don't blame him, for leaving. Fact is the team was very open about a 40yo replacement not that long ago. You can be the most diplomatic person on the planet. I would not even close the door behind me on way out. Then a player who has played almost as much as Luke with only a handful of finals and who was let go by his last club. The club did not even entertain the idea of Brooks at 6. The brains trust were sure some would come. How ones world can change in such a short time.
Who said we want to replace him with a $500k player?
I’d imagine we’d be aiming a lot higher.
Whether anything comes to fruition we’ll have to wait and see.
Tiger_Fanatic3
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While talks that Brooks and Schuster would swap clubs has been denied with WT stating they have NO interest in the Manly five-eighth (SMH)
Tiger_Fanatic3
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‘There are suggestions Brooks’s decision appears most likely could be a strategy by his management to extract an improved offer from the club, much as happened with Mitchell Moses at Parramatta’
Canberra, North Queensland and Newcastle have distanced themselves from Luke Brooks, while talk that Brooks and Schuster would swap clubs has been denied with WT stating they have no interest in the Manly five-eighth (SMH)
Canberra, North Queensland and Newcastle have distanced themselves from Luke Brooks, while talk that Brooks and Schuster would swap clubs has been denied with WT stating they have no interest in the Manly five-eighth (SMH)
851
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No way in the world we should entertain upping our offer and getting Isaac Moses into full contract swing mode, he will play us all over again
Mistymuzzle
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And yet you responded to me........funny that. What does that prove?
Having zero (0) halves signed to the club next year when you need 3-4 tells me (as it should you) that we’ll need to be buying more than one.
I hope we are aiming higher, but we tried that - got no where…
and that was when there were quality players actually off contract. The fact that there are no quality halves off contract, and we need at least 3 to run the squad leaves me at (like I said)
We won’t replace a player of Brooks calibre for 500k - despite the super coaches opinions here… we’ll be lucky to find one player of that calibre - will cost us more than 500… and, even then - we’ll still be 2 short!!
crazycat
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Rookie's have a far better chance of working IF they are behind a strong pack.
Last year it was a wipeout.
This year, we could hire Tyson Frizzel + a rookie half. Looking at how Wakeham worked out, Sheens and Marshall seem to bring the best out of the halves.
Yet never hire a rookie without a strong pack to back them up.
No one has the Titans in the 8 this year - and their pack monstered ours….
Why is ours going so good?
Frizzel would help…. (Gotta get him yet)
He also made us look silly earlier in the year.
Mindless_Puppet
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It’s down played, there was interest in Schuster (not swap) but who knows where it’s at now.
