Con of the decade

[boonboon]

So and so did this, such and such did that, but I can't name any in the modern era that started off with bang playing in the halves and continuing to improve.

Many ended up in the halves after a long apprenticeship or playing elsewhere in the backs, however excelling when starting out there is another story, with Lockyer and Johns great examples of both paths.

DCE ??

But your right it will be a learning curve for both of them

I wonder who most people are more concerned with of the two ??

2 months ago I'd have said Moses , but I'm more concerned about Brooks now

He just seems to not be in control of the game and at stages seems lost

Maybe I should have added youngster. Didn't the ten million dollar man play a season or two in QLD cup before NRL?

Qld Cup Player of the Year, Qld Cup Rookie of the Year, Qld Residents Captain in 2010… Pretty impressive start to the career behind Trent Hodgkinson.

Yeo and he was 2 yrs older the Brooks is now before he played FG

 

[innsaneink]

Brooks and Moses nothing more to add.

Who's conning who?

 

[TrueTiger]

Brooks and Moses nothing more to add.

Who's conning who?

Ink conning TT…as usual.... :laughing:

 

[MacDougall]

I still think both our guys are talented, but comparing them to the **equally young** Broncos halves Milford and Hunt, it's chalk and cheese! I guess it comes down to the coaching and on field leadership.

Hardly mate.

Ben Hunt is 25 and has played 132 first grade games.
Milford is 21 and has played 60.

Brooks is 20 and has played 39 first grade games.
Moses is 20 and has played 28 first grade games.

Hunt only started playing well last year. Couldn't even lock down a halfback spot in a Broncos side with Wallace and nuffies in the halves until he was 24.

Milford was being laughed at earlier in the season and Broncos fans hated him and thought he should go back to fullback.

Both of them have half a dozen rep quality players around them in Boyd, Parker, Hodges, Thaiday, Gillett et al. Brooks and Moses have rookies, plodders and Farah. Hell Ben Hunt is OLDER than Woods who we look at as our veteran leader.

Yes, they are the majority of our issues, but this is what happens when you throw two halves into the deep end with equally no experience. The closest a side has ever been to being competitive with such rookie halves together was Foran and DCE. Foran had already had 2 seasons in the NRL before DCE came in, DCE was older than both when he debuted and they had a premiership winning side around them.

Perspective.

 

[ricksen]

To be fair the club itself is the one that had hyped these kids up (probably as they've had nothing else to sell - gotta keep the member base somehow).
Mayer (back in 2013) said he expected top 4 this year.
If fans are impatient, it's due to the club's own miscommunications.

 

[Furious1]

So and so did this, such and such did that, but I can't name any in the modern era that started off with bang playing in the halves and continuing to improve.

Many ended up in the halves after a long apprenticeship or playing elsewhere in the backs, however excelling when starting out there is another story, with Lockyer and Johns great examples of both paths.

DCE ??

But your right it will be a learning curve for both of them

I wonder who most people are more concerned with of the two ??

2 months ago I'd have said Moses , but I'm more concerned about Brooks now

He just seems to not be in control of the game and at stages seems lost

Maybe I should have added youngster. Didn't the ten million dollar man play a season or two in QLD cup before NRL?

Qld Cup Player of the Year, Qld Cup Rookie of the Year, Qld Residents Captain in 2010… Pretty impressive start to the career behind Trent Hodgkinson.

Also had blokes like Stewart, Lyon, Matai around him. Big difference.

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[tiga4eva]

Brooks and Moses nothing more to add.

They play behind a beaten forward pack EVERY week. Langer and Walters would struggle with our forwards

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[jirskyr]

Agreed Brooks is almost 5 years younger then Ben Hunt. If Brooks was 3 weeks younger he would still be eligible for the Under 20s this year. At the same stage Ben Hunt was a bench hooker who had played less first grade and wouldn't play halfback in NRL for another 2 years.

Aye Boon, it's taken Hunt a long time to get into the kind of form he is showing now. Broncos are being rewarded for persisting with him.

Broncos are also super lucky they can take up Barba, then just move him on for Milford once it doesn't work out.

Oh to support a club that has that kind of choice in its roster.

 

[eyewonder]

the young and inexperienced line doesn't wash much anymore.

Their blah,blah,blah promise - the young inexperienced halves combination of brookes and moses.

just wish the commentators would give their analysis of the boys a rest.

just let them be competent first graders is my wish.

 

[Fade_To_Black]

Mullen and Wallace both played Origin….theres' hope for Luke and Mitch yet...

There's no hope for that.

How good was Thurston in his first year or two? Dogs knew how good he was gonna be but let him go regardless. Ridiculous comment.

 

[bp_tiger]

to be blunt, the club have not given brooks and moses a forward pack to work behind, and it will only get worse next year if they offload chris as well and ava moves on, there is not one forward in the whole lower grades that could make 1st grade.

 

[Geo]

to be blunt, the club have not given brooks and moses a forward pack to work behind, and it will only get worse next year if they offload chris as well and ava moves on, there is not one forward in the whole lower grades that could make 1st grade.

What about Akauola Funaki or Grant..?

 

[bp_tiger]

funaki gone to broncos
akauola has been told to look else where
grant he needs 1-2 more years and he needs experienced players around him.as do all the kids.
graham the same as grant

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Mullen and Wallace both played Origin….theres' hope for Luke and Mitch yet...

There's no hope for that.

How good was Thurston in his first year or two? Dogs knew how good he was gonna be but let him go regardless. Ridiculous comment.

We'll see.

 

[goldcoast_tiger]

So and so did this, such and such did that, but I can't name any in the modern era that started off with bang playing in the halves and continuing to improve.

Many ended up in the halves after a long apprenticeship or playing elsewhere in the backs, however excelling when starting out there is another story, with Lockyer and Johns great examples of both paths.

That's exactly my point.

 

[Gary_Bakerloo]

are they even 21 yet?

I don't buy that , Fittler was carving up at 18 years old .

Don't forget Tim Brasher first grade at 17 or 18 years old.

Jason Taylor first grade at 18.

 

[cktiger]

Taylor wasn't carving anything up at 18 - in fact you wouldn't say he was ever the type to 'carve' teams up.
Brasher and Fittler did - but they had well balanced teams of experience around them.