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The Brooks boys can't let go
Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion
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It's only just been recently that Brooks is seen as 5/8th.The club always backed him as a 7 to lead the club - tried to hand him the keys. You can't blame the club because he couldn't fulfill that role - always someone's fault.
It will be good to see how he goes outside DCE but let's not rewrite what he couldn't live up to here.
It will be good to see how he goes outside DCE but let's not rewrite what he couldn't live up to here.
supercoach
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I think you hit the nail on the head. Latu will be an exciting signings, but don’t expect much to change for a couple of years. You can’t expect a kid to walk into a NRL side and hit the road running. It’s going to take time and good coaching. On the other hand Manly at full strength should be a good destination for Brooks and I expect him to do well
Let's hope this is all actually true.. Would love an announcement today.
AL The Tiger
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Reading through the Manly forum, never realised how much most of them truly dislike Aloiai. Always thought he was going good for them but turns out he's not very well regarded amongst supporters
Centres aren’t what they used to be. Manu won the golden boot playing fullback for NZ and is continually being shifted to get closer to the action.
GI and Trell had to move positions to have more of an impact on the game.
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I like the look of him, but at 18y.o we would need to surround him with a much better NRL side than what we currently have to help him showcase his talent at NRL level.
Putting too much pressure on an 18y.o halve playing alongside the rabble of a team we currently run out each week would be a disaster.
If you don’t believe me, wait and see on Saturday night when the Cowboys whack us by 40+ with the only real differences from the team that whacked them a few weeks back at Leichhardt will be Api and Brooks missing.
Manly want Brooks now, but he’s not an ahole like Ben Hunt and won’t leave the club he loves short of players while he’s under contract.
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crazycat
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Ah kinda no.
Yes they have a little more impact, both as a roaming fullback make the team about them (similar with Munster).
I honestly think GI's biggest impact was at Winger for QLD. WHY? no one watching him so he would casually make an intercept at a key moment.
Which is exactly why we should avoid this craze of making it all about the fullback. Once it is all about one player they are marked. We want to create opportunities.
weststigerman
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And what we should have done when Prince left.
We've struggled with that multiple times in our history, so I don't have a lot of confidence we won't try and turn Fainu into a 7.
So who was the other?
weststigerman
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Brooks has found form because the WT style has been built around him (going to short sides more often, running more often). I'm not sure he'll be as effective fitting into a system as we saw with Madge. Manly build their game around DCE and Turbo.
Halbrowne61
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And Brooks, that Fulton is a good recruiter ! In another month we’ll have no players left !
liltiger
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We are struggling now because our hooker and half are out and we have no attack. But prior to injuries hammering us we were the dominant team on the pitch most weeks just couldn't get the ball over the line. With a new pair of halves we will be travelling heaps better with all the space their given by our pack.
Anyone else feel like we should get Cade cust
Good 14 as he’s a very useful back up 9, plays well in the halves and can fill in at 13 to add another playmaking option.
Really, I can pick a few in front of them , AD , seyfarth , wakeham , so it’s confirmed that brooks and tommy are going but I don’t see any confirmed signings , maybe things go south for us and we get no one likely every other time
Halbrowne61
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I’ll be happy to start seeing us recruit some players with potential.
