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Staines is still young, and done nothing wrong like the other two pretenders. I can only think that he wants out , and Sheens can't extend him, thus to the wing. It's the only thing that makes sense. The side looked good with him out the back, and the extension of AD and Laurie and not Staines...

If AD is in the spine in 2024, the Tigers are DOOMED.

Last year and early this year approx, 75% of the forum (mostly Brooks haters) said;- King Douehie,- great leader-best player,etc etc. Then the Laurie crowd- he's fast, a big heart etc etc. Of cause they compared Brooks to Cleary and DCE etc in top sides, but no comparison for AD to Munster...

We have been poor. The lack of class and speed in the backs, has been obvious for years. The club has a penchant for buying slow players. The forwards are looking good. In the last few games though we have scored a few really classy tries. Naden, Staines and Brooks mainly involved. Staines is...

Stains, Kepaoa, Simpkin, have been the big improvers. Now Sheens is moving Staines who is going well, and replacing him with a dud. AD, and Laurie offered extensions, and both are not 1st gde standard, Stains has not been extended, i wonder if he is going elswhere ? Or is the club just dumb ?

Jay, i have thought similar,but the transformation in new coaching styles, new players, especially Api from a well structured club, may take time. We will not go far up the ladder this year, so we might as well experiment, i would even consider Simpkin in the halves. Brooks has it in him to be a...

Simkin !

He's added speed and attitude, to a sometimes slow and very predictable set of forwards. I hope it rubs off on the others.

I was one who was concerned about the signing, but glad to be proven wrong. His "ENERGY ,agression and football smarts in his first game were impressive.

Staines needs to be given a chance to gain confidence at fullback, he did alright , and with Naden give us genuine speed, which has been missing for years. AD has been poor in all positions, i can only think Sheens is covering up the silly extension. Laurie should learn the halves trade in the...

AD, hopless, Bateman good, Twall a work horse. Wakhem to 5/8. Api close to best form. Stains , people forget is only the same age as Laurie, with confidence could be our answer at fullback. Kick chase in the first half was terrible. Offa was a passenger. Klem and Twall carried the side.

Bateman good, kebab guys must realise AD is not worth the adoration, The coaches to blame, the selections and game plan is on them. If they sign another slow player, they will lose the supporters.

Brilliant, but a shame that some can't see the forest for the trees.

The first game we were killed by errors, but most areas were far better. That was also taking into account Api and Brooks who did little training. The second game, the opposition coaches targeted our defensive weaknees , fullback, 5/8, and outside backs. Overall a bad start to our season, but it...

It would prove nothing. To evaluate performance you would have to evaluate the quality of the sides in which he played. As we can see in this breakdown, the performance of a half is directly linked to the quality of the side he is in.

Excellent Lauren ! It proves the point that, as a half performs is very much related to the quality of the side around him. There is no doubt that halves have a lot easier job, in a top team, and do not perform at their best in a poor side. Statistics can be misleading no doubt, and don't tell...

Boring ! You dont get it ! For 10 years the side has been sliding,, For the last 5 shocking. Lot's of sheep follow the Brooks target, but superman as a half would not have looked better. Is he a great half-no! Is he a decent half - maybe. That all depends on the team around him, and i have not...

Wouldn't the most obvious thing to do, is give Stains a couple of full games to see how he goes, before tying to pull monkeys out of the hat ? Did anyone expect to hit the ground running, with a hooker that looks like he's been on the piss since xmas.. A 5/8 that can't tackle, a fb who is not a...

Say's who ! Storm had Smith, Cheese,Cronk,Paps,and a world class set of forwards and backs. Manly DCE had Foran , tommy and a great pack, Panthers had Cleary, LUI, Edwards etc the list is endless. None of the top 8 sides rely on just the 1/2 , that is fantasy, They all have good 5/8's , great...

Just more Brooks bashing. He was the only player that looked decent. Api was below par, Steff was a powder puff,AD was terrible, Laurie is not a FB. TT must be Lee and Nofas love child, Klem and Kepoae showed heart. But again the smallest guy gets the shaft for the other 14 hopeless slow duds...