Brooks
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I said this 2 weeks ago,but was shouted down as wrong,I stand by my earlier post,we need an injury in the halves for him to play as we are on our max on 2nd tier cap.
southerntiger
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@LaT said:
There were some big boys in that Canberra side and they did target him. Watching the game i didnt think he defended poorly. There was a lot of missed tackles by the Tigers in the first half.
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Eye_Of_Da_Tiger
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I don't think his quite there yet if true can only work to our benefit long term. More experience and a full preseason with 1st grade can't be a bad thing. In saying that would love to see how he goes at leat one game this year.
southerntiger
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Im with you mate. I wouldnt play him until next year. We will then have a more experienced pack which will also help with his transition.
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tig_prmz
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i just dont see how he will gain much experience or be able to do anything behind a beaten forward pack. we constantly get beaten in the forwards. then, when he isnt able to do much- people will be calling for his head.
i think we need to have some patience. develop our forwards this year. make them win the ruck consistently, then blood brooks in off the back of that through injury/suspensions. sirro and benji are doing OK atm and with anasta as back up, we wont be needing brooks this year.
i think we need to have some patience. develop our forwards this year. make them win the ruck consistently, then blood brooks in off the back of that through injury/suspensions. sirro and benji are doing OK atm and with anasta as back up, we wont be needing brooks this year.
The kid is a star, making him wait might be a blessing in disguise, playing nrl too early might take a toll on his body.
As for the missing/ineffective tackles he was taking on the big second rower whose name escapes me, he continually stopped him but fell off eventually, each time the job was done enough.
obviously this doesn't account for all miss tackles, but I thought and think his defense is fine
As for the missing/ineffective tackles he was taking on the big second rower whose name escapes me, he continually stopped him but fell off eventually, each time the job was done enough.
obviously this doesn't account for all miss tackles, but I thought and think his defense is fine
tig_prmz
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for a halfback, it's a lot about confidence. reynolds who imo is not a superstar and a pretty average halfback is doing good coz of the forward pack and now he is getting better at the back of that. same with DCE- although DCE has a bucket load of talent.
i think that's what's happned to miller as well though. at nyc- his forwards did a tremendous job but our first graders failed to do that and consequently miller came under fire.
for a halfback imo, confidence>experience. he's a smart footy player, it wont take him long to adapt to the nrl standards at all imo
i think that's what's happned to miller as well though. at nyc- his forwards did a tremendous job but our first graders failed to do that and consequently miller came under fire.
for a halfback imo, confidence>experience. he's a smart footy player, it wont take him long to adapt to the nrl standards at all imo
tig_prmz
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@Goose said:
yep that as well.
The thing that impressed me most about his performance yesterday came around halfway through the second half.
Brooks had a little scuffle with a Raiders player after he ran through to try and ground a kick that went through into the in goal area. The contact between the two players was a little heavy and they came out of it holding each other by the jersey before more Raiders and Tigers players joined in. Nothing untoward happened but tensions shortly after were definitely more heated, with big Raiders players running hard at Brooks. The Raiders scored soon after.
There was every possibility the Tigers could have gotten frustrated and let their emotions get the better of them. Then Brooks' class showed. We had a 20m dropout which Brooks sent flying downfield towards the sideline. It bounced over the line and the Tigers had a scrum 30m out from the Raiders line. That set, the Tigers went over (can't remember if it was Brooks, it may have been).
At a crucial point in the game where things easily could have spun wildly out of control for the Tigers, Brooks stepped in with a huge play and got the Tigers back on top.
ALL CLASS!
Brooks had a little scuffle with a Raiders player after he ran through to try and ground a kick that went through into the in goal area. The contact between the two players was a little heavy and they came out of it holding each other by the jersey before more Raiders and Tigers players joined in. Nothing untoward happened but tensions shortly after were definitely more heated, with big Raiders players running hard at Brooks. The Raiders scored soon after.
There was every possibility the Tigers could have gotten frustrated and let their emotions get the better of them. Then Brooks' class showed. We had a 20m dropout which Brooks sent flying downfield towards the sideline. It bounced over the line and the Tigers had a scrum 30m out from the Raiders line. That set, the Tigers went over (can't remember if it was Brooks, it may have been).
At a crucial point in the game where things easily could have spun wildly out of control for the Tigers, Brooks stepped in with a huge play and got the Tigers back on top.
ALL CLASS!
We've got to remember this time last year Luke was playing SG Ball and only SG Ball. The school of thought right now is that in attack he has the skills to make it. However he still needs to physically mature. He also has aspects of his game such as communication which he's still coming to terms with. I've got no doubt he is VERY much being looked after by Wests Tigers. He's gone between nyc and state cup. He's been given the odd game off as well. His time will come. With a bit of luck it will be this season.
innsaneink
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@tig_prmz said:
He would gain experience, but if they did give him some time at the end of the year I doubt theyd be expecting too much from him
I'd say it would be fairly brief stints.
As for people calling for his head?
I doubt any that really matter would…some on a forum? Meh.
He did have a bit of time in firsts in the trials too iirc
tig_prmz
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@innsaneink said:
it's not about what others think or say- it's about how he'd feel.
brief stints may work in his favour.
i dont think trials matter much tbh.
innsaneink
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@tig_prmz said:
So why mention "people will be calling for his head. "?
Trials seemed to matter to those that gave him a run at the start of the year.
If they didnt matter no one would risk them
