Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[watersider]

I actually think he could be too. He has done it a little in the past, and his padding from dh was crisp and very accurate.
But again, his downside is he simply doesn't seem to be able to run plays - especially so near the try line. So he'd have to be at a club with a massively controlling half.
I guess maybe he could be a good pick up for the dragons?

His passing game and decision making isn't good enough. API seems to know three plays down the track what he'll do, brooks gets easily confused and hesitant on plays. His horrible hospital pass short ball he's been dishing up for ten years is an example of how he can't anticipate line runners or pressure from the defensive line. I think he'd be a terrible 9.

 

[Telltails]

he has been able to sign a Contract since Nov 1 last year. i wouldnt call that quick.

Yes he has - and if he has signed with Cowboys you would have to say Sheens and Benji backed him with their blinkers on.

 

[TurnStyle]

Wash your mouth. Matt Lodge is a vile human being who shouldn't even be playing rugby league.

I don't know him. But fair enough.

I asked for opinions and respect them all. 😊

 

[balmain boy]

Clarkey is posting it 🤮

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So where exactly is the foxsports article that dumbass Clarke is referencing? Haven't seen anything anywhere

 

[innsaneink]

Brooks ‘very likely’ to join rival club who are ‘shopping around’ their veteran halfback

Brooks ‘very likely’ to join rival club who are ‘shopping around’ their veteran halfback

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[Demps]

Doesn’t Adam Reynolds at $800k per year look cheap now. I expect he would have preferred to stay local and sign with the Tigers instead of going to Brissie.

Then he got a taste of Brissy & doesn't wanna come back.

Said he wants to stay post career and help out with younger players.

 

[426Tlgerland]

Any updates on who we are actually chasing for this season and beyond , Any POM. Updates as he is usually got a bit of news

 

[mikey]

So does anyone know “the plan” or pipe dream where every decent NRL half knocks back the WT approaches

This is after removing Brookes from the barrel. He was considerably difficult to remove though.

 

[cktiger]

Re Sam Walker....

Look don't forget it's not just performance. It's price + performance.

Sam walker at 110k, Hell yes.
Sam Walker at 1m a season, hell no.

I would love for Cooper Cronk to educate a halfback, yet he could be a little like Ricky Stewart... a perfectionist who expects everything...

all in all, Sam walker. If the price is right and you are cheap enough... Come on down. I could deal with 2x 400k halves and we spend the money on beef in the front row + a back row gun.

OR

We go hunting for a specialist halfback. I kept shouting Luke keary yet people said he was done... He doesn't look totally done and for an intermediate half could fit the bill here.

Walker brings more than Brooks and at only 20 years old has a massive upside.
$110K you mention must be a joke.

 

[cktiger]

I’m with Cronk. Flop.

Told my mate who goes for roosters that their premiership window closed shortly after they graded him. Robbo worked it out. If he becomes our problem it’s another reason to find a new weekend pastime.

Similar to when our premiership window closed 11 years ago when Brooks came along?

 

[twentyforty]

Tigers need to plan for without Brooks if he's leaving. Without a deadline, that planning time dimishes.

Have they not been doing that all year? Gosh they’ve made urging to every half on the planet.

 

[weststigerman]

Any updates on who we are actually chasing for this season and beyond , Any POM. Updates as he is usually got a bit of news

We’re better off not knowing. Every time our moves are made public they fall through.

 

[batboy]

Was dropped from junior reps at Penrith then went to Storm.

More re-writing of history,…

He was the best young prop around at the time and was poached from a struggling penrith to the best team at the Storm.

 

[Odessa]

I’m with Cronk. Flop.

Told my mate who goes for roosters that their premiership window closed shortly after they graded him. Robbo worked it out. If he becomes our problem it’s another reason to find a new weekend pastime.

Question mate I remember the Broncos telling Walker he is better off playing fullback and that's why he went to the Rooster's to play half

Do you think he would make a better Fullback then half ?

 

[bptiger 0]

I don't know him. But fair enough.

I asked for opinions and respect them all. 😊

Gee a lot of people must live a saint of a life , yes lodge done a really bad thing , BUT he was dealt by the police and the nrl and is clear to play , for those who only want saints playing for us are living in dream land, he would be a big plus for a team looking at two wooden spoons

 

[bptiger 0]

Question mate I remember the Broncos telling Walker he is better off playing fullback and that's why he went to the Rooster's to play half

Do you think he would make a better Fullback then half ?

NO he’s to small and very light

 

[supercoach]

If Brooks goes to Townsville I guess there is a real chance Townsend will end up at Concord. To me Townsend in many ways is a poor man Brooks. Poor defender and slow, but can goal kick and has some organisational skills. I really don’t think we achieve anything

 

[Stevec]

URGENT ! Need to recruit a top class center ,a top class half playmaker with a great kicking game ! My picks would be Averillo and either Volkman or Flanagan at this stage .These 2 half's are probably not exactly top class but if we could do some mid season deals we could finish season on a high or are we already resigned to writing off 2023 .
I would love to see something ,anything from Fulton other than being the executives man driving a wedge between them and the coaching group

 

[batboy]

No. He looks too slight to play NRL and his defense is a major issue. He’s a halfback, just not a very reliable one.

People blaming the best halfback in the last decade for Walker playing reserves....
He's in reserves because he's been worked out - The fact the most successful coach in the last decade is playing the likes of Drew Hutchison over him tells me all I need to know.

If Brooks goes to Townsville I guess there is a real chance Townsend will end up at Concord. To me Townsend in many ways is a poor man Brooks. Poor defender and slow, but can goal kick and has some organisational skills. I really don’t think we achieve anything

SPOT ON!!
People think because Townsend has a mouth - That makes him a quality player....
Trading him for Brooks is a totally WT's thing to do...
People pining for the Chad here - Just don't watch him, or know anything about Footy...

The same experts that said Brooks wouldn't get another contract in the NRL - Took 2 days for him to be linked to another club - A top 4 Club at that - Full of Origin Players.....
By last years coach of the year...
Imagine that.

 

[batboy]

We are a club with a famously poor culture. Maybe under Bellamy he might work but every time we sign a dick they act like a dick.

Lodge (Outside of on field blow ups) has been fairly low key for a long time now....
It's been forever since he's been at WT's
- And the off field stuff he's being caned for was back when he was playing for Wests Tigers....