Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

[Tucker]

Totally agree that you need specialists centres and can’t keep dumping blokes like Talau and Kapoa there. All I’m saying is the days of Gidley, Lyon and Gasnier creating from the centres are gone. They mainly need to be able to defend and catch and pass. If a centre is in your top 5 highest paid players your cap is way out of whack (with Manu being the only real exception to that).

Also, to say GI and Trell were at their most destructive in the centres is nonsense

No, it’s absolute fact.

 

[king_sirro]

No, it’s absolute fact.

No it's not fact. It's an opinion based question, your opnion is that they were at there best on the centres. Many would say they were at there best at fullback.

My opinion is that your opnion is wrong yet again, but that's not fact, that's just my opnion.

 

[LeichhardtTiger]

You make a good point but it's just the reality of footy. Personally I'd prefer some more rumours on here.

Rumour: Instead of kicking stones, Brooks pretended a Hammy in the Titans' loss in order to fast-track his departure this season to Manly. Seems weird that they would pick him up after such an injury after just a couple of weeks on top dollar for 4 years.

 

[Tucker]

No it’s not, GI was almost unstoppable in Origin in the centres with slater and Boyd playing fullback in front of him

Yep, this guy has forgotten what Mitchell did at Roosters, what he has done for NSW and the Kangaroos playing centre. You’ve already covered GI.
Must be young.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Dancing in the streets,,, in future people will look 👀 back and remember exactly where they were the day Luke Brooks signed with Manly…. 😊😇.

Careful the Insaneink and King Sirro , Brooks police will come down on you !

 

[TigerNeddyK]

They can go now - I'll pay the Ferry costs.

Let’s start a Gofund me to helicopter them both in before Many come to their senses

 

[Mystery]

No, it’s absolute fact.

Lol absolute nonsense

 

[TigerNeddyK]

We are the only organisation in history to have had more 5 year plans than Stalin and just like that mass murderer none of them work.

Pascoe is overseas trying to sign Yevgheny Prighozin as a club chef / motivation manager… he is now unemployed and would seem extremely motivated for a change in scenery and careers

 

[clokan]

Careful the Insaneink and King Sirro , Brooks police will come down on you !

I thought you were in your 60's, you seem more like a teenage girl

 

[Mystery]

No it’s not, GI was almost unstoppable in Origin in the centres with slater and Boyd playing fullback in front of him

Yeah and Joey Johns was more dominant at Hooker too with Toovey and Kimmorley playing halfback in front of him in origin.

 

[bigsiro]

Best news this club has had in years.
This is a celebratory day!!!

 

[Halbrowne61]

I thought you were in your 60's, you seem more like a teenage girl

Actually 70s and just an observation .

 

[Vicious]

Some of you seem to know more about player talent than all the ex players who now work on Fox Sports and Channel 9 who unanimously say Luke Brooks is a quality player and will be a big loss.
I’m optimistic we can get someone like Braydon Trindall, but if we don’t get a decent quality 7 we are in far bigger trouble than many of you would like to admit.

 

[bigsiro]

Is he only signed to start there next year though?
Does that mean he will play more games for us?
It’d be ridiculous if he does.

 

[bigsiro]

Dancing in the streets,,, in future people will look 👀 back and remember exactly where they were the day Luke Brooks signed with Manly…. 😊😇.

Fully!
Been waiting for this day. It’s a bit surreal!!!

 

[Tucker]

No it's not fact. It's an opinion based question, your opnion is that they were at there best on the centres. Many would say they were at there best at fullback.

My opinion is that your opnion is wrong yet again, but that's not fact, that's just my opnion.

Latrell killed it at the Roosters at centre winning back to back GFs. He has been ok at Souths but nowhere near as effective. All his rep footy has been at centre.
GI was an absolute weapon as a centre for many years at club level and rep level winning a Clive Churchill, RLIF centre of the year, 2 x Dally M rep player of the year awards, the Wally Lewis Medal, Harry Sunderland Medal, Ron Macauliffe Medal and a Golden Boot playing there.
I’ve seen you say you coach footy before. I pray it’s not kids, they don’t deserve such an unknowledgeable boofhead poisoning their formative years.

 

[TigerNeddyK]

Mate - there are lines you just shouldn't cross.

🤬🤯

 

[Lukic]

Some of you seem to know more about player talent than all the ex players who now work on Fox Sports and Channel 9 who unanimously say Luke Brooks is a quality player and will be a big loss.
I’m optimistic we can get someone like Braydon Trindall, but if we don’t get a decent quality 7 we are in far bigger trouble than many of you would like to admit.

We were in trouble without a decent quality 7 because Brooks never has been and never will be one. He's a passable 6 who can be a good player on his day.

Fact is we're in last place with him and haven't done much better the past few years. He's played every game this year bar one so it's not like we're losing the key piece of a successful side. We're losing a pretty average and overpaid player in an unsuccessful side.

Of course the media are going to say he's a good signing ... what do you want them to do? Publicly shame him on TV? No signing has ever been called bad at the time it was made.

 

[bigsiro]

Some of you seem to know more about player talent than all the ex players who now work on Fox Sports and Channel 9 who unanimously say Luke Brooks is a quality player and will be a big loss.
I’m optimistic we can get someone like Braydon Trindall, but if we don’t get a decent quality 7 we are in far bigger trouble than many of you would like to admit.

Ahhh they were happy to death-ride him for all the years and now suddenly the guy is class. Give me a break! It’s hilarious and only makes them look foolish. Typical pundits trying to always sit on the side of the fence that suits them. Who cares. The laughs are on them. And Manly! 😂

 

[Tucker]

Lol absolute nonsense

You are the clown who called Collins a plodder the other night AFTER he won man of the match in an origin.
Your opinion ain’t much further advanced than dogshit pal.