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I am actually quite excited...Da Silva is the best young nine I have seen come through in ages. Bateman and Klemmer are leaders. Matamua will be a decade long player at 13. We just need the Brooks / Nofa / Twal / loser mentality era to be completely cleaned out.

I watched it back and he definitely had enough time and space to do something. It was Wakeham to Tupou to Pole....originally I thought Wakeham was tackled. Api dummy half to Brooks. He pretended to dummy...and literally surrendered.

He would be ideal. I am not sure who his manager is, but his extension until 2025 was stunning. There are basically no halves except Moses end of 2024...so, you take the best back up half and extend him right when halves will be in mass demand? When he has the Dally M winner blocking his...

He did not opt for a kick though...he just stood there and surrendered.

Wakeham has always had talent...plus a great kicking game...plus is an excellent goalkicker...plus he can assist on multiple tries per game... The issues? He has always tried to be Benji Marshall / extrovert. Go back to his dyed blonde hair days at the Dogs and flick passes into the crowd...

It was honestly stunning.

3. Klemmer 2. Bateman 1. Staines Honorable mention : Wakeham (simply not enough time)

I get all that...but even for Brooks, that was stunning. He literally came up with nothing. Kick? Run? Go quick blind side? Spread right? He just stood there and surrendered. I have never seen anything like it in a professional team. Even under 10s footy.

Def not a 13. He drops off tackles like a fly...any big contact and he steps 'away' from it, pretends to throw out an arm...vintage Mbye.

Honestly, I hate to start another Brooks thread... But Klemmer made a huge break...steamrolled the D...Wakeham backed up nicely, tackled about 15 out. All the momentum with us... Backline set to the right...last play. And Luke went in, took it himself, and meekly surrendered into the tackle...

He actually said "Wakeham got us on the front foot".

If anyone saw the presser...AD WILL BE FB. Sheens literally said it..."he will get more time there...he settles us down...he dominates the calls there..." So, get ready for AD 1. I just hope Stains is on the wing with Tupou...both way, way, way better than Nofaluma on form.

That is the thing mate...Brooks makes 5 or 6 really bad reads a week or poor passes ... As does AD. The lack of direction is killing the team. Even a basic half who can simply get the team around the park would be a plus.

The scary thing with AD is he is weak on multiple plays...but gets up and stares at others / blame game. That is a massive red flag. Bateman gets up and blames himself. AD looks around at others. Massive red flag.

I mean this nicely...but Luke does not have the brains to tank. Or do anything else. We've all seen that bloke at a BBQ who can't think or hold a conversation...stares into space. That is Brooks. But he can run. He needs that to be his one and only job.

Yep...my son also.

Sheens had to have the courage to change AD / Brooks combo early. You are right.

A lot of people laughed at this...I even saw jokes on facebook. But, if people had any footy IQ they would have known. I am not singling out one player...but you can't have a bloke touch the ball so much as Brooks and be bad / not see space / not have a good passing game. Wakeham has to be...

Been an AD fan, but he been atrocious all season. Literally cost 18 points today and won the Dogs the game. Can never play 6 again. Very average at fb also. Center or state cup from here if Sheens has the balls.

Firstly...context...I realise there are a million things worse than supporting a bad footy team. Having said that...my 12 yo son asked last week "why did you have to support the Tigers, Dad"... I.e. he has grown up watching them with us and now loves the team. They have become "his" team and...