Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.

[JC99]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

 

[Demps]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

2022 and 2023, then the contract ends.
Hopefully no extensions LOL.

 

[JC99]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

2022 and 2023, then the contract ends.
Hopefully no extensions LOL.

His manager is probably asking for one considering he just got player of the year. Stick with him until he retires probably

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

He’ll be under no more pressure than he has always been.

 

[earl]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

A Brooks hater whose a realist. There’s hope after all

 

[JC99]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Brooks is a lay down to start the year at 7. Most likely it’s

6 Hastings
7 Brooks

That depends on what the plan is for Hastings. No one can know for sure till the trials. But I think he probably starts at 6. When AD gets back, he could slot into the centre’s.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

**NRL 2021: Wests Tigers signing Jackson Hastings opens up about his return to Australia**

BIG INTERVIEW: Jackson Hastings was a “kid with issues” but the Wests Tigers recruit returns to Australia full of hope and confidence.
Michael Carayannis
October 10, 2021


Jackson Hastings arrived in the UK “as the kid with all the issues”. He says he is returning to Australia having redeemed himself through not only his football but his public image.

Hastings is making a comeback to the NRL after a highly successful 3 ½ year stint in the Super League. He not only had on-field success but Hastings rebuilt his life away from home.

He comes back to the NRL as a 25-year-old international. The Wests Tigers recruit knows he has taken the long-road back to Australia but it was a path he needed to take.

“It took a lot of me going out of my way to show the real me and getting out of my comfort zone,” Hastings told the Sunday Telegraph from England.

“I had to work so hard on the field but also off the field and away from the game on who I wanted to be and who I wanted to become. I came over as the kid with all the issues but I’m coming back as fan favourite. That’s something I had close to my heart. The fans loved and appreciated me and hopefully I can have the same impact at the Tigers.”

Hastings was an instant success in England. He helped Salford go from narrowly avoiding relegation to grand finalists in the space of 12 months and picked up a Man of Steel award on the way.

In his first year at Wigan last season they lost in the most epic of deciders and this year he picked up the club’s player of the year award. He represented Great Britain under Wayne Bennett and captained the Combined All-Stars team earlier this year. New Tigers head of football Tim Sheens coached the All-Stars team.

Hastings said he had grown up a lot since his unhappy exit from the Sea Eagles.

“I was put into the spotlight as a kid and I didn’t handle it well,” Hastings said.

“I had issues. I moved clubs and I put myself in uncompromising positions. I only have myself to blame. I don’t point the figure at anyone for my demise. I may not have agreed with all the decisions but I was young and silly and I paid the price.

“It became looking at myself in the mirror and seeing how I could improve. There were days I questioned if I was good enough, but I never questioned how hard I would work and how much time and effort I put into each game. As soon as I jumped off that plane I made a promise to make every post a winner.

“To be given the captaincy by Tim this year showed how far I’ve come.”

Jackson Hastings became a fan favourite with the Wigan Warriors

Hastings is unclear on just when he will arrive in Australia. Travel restrictions have meant he is on a waiting list which means he could leave “tomorrow or next week”. He said coach Michael Maguire was a “driving force” in getting him to the Tigers.

“I met him a couple of times and his drive, passion and enthusiasm is what I’m fond of,” Hastings said.

“Like Madge (Maguire) I want to be part of turning the tide with the club. I’m passionate about doing that. I’m going to work hard and have enthusiasm.

“I don’t expect to play in any one position. I’m just grateful to be back in the NRL. I see myself as a halfback but I will play anywhere that will benefit the team and its success.”

I'm pretty excited to see what he can bring, as talent has never been the issue, though with that said I do think he had a bit of a rough go of it - perhaps a bit of a bad attitude, but that's something which improves with time especially when you were a 21 year old suddenly faced with some adversity after excelling your whole life. In any case, at the very least he'll be a good upgrade on Brooks, not that it means too much lol.
Looking forward to him playing against DCE.

 

[Newtown]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

No one knows who plays what role round 1

AD won’t be playing for a while let alone training
Hastings who knows when he will arrive

Who knows Peachey may turn up and look brilliant at training take a halves spot. Although he solves our 13 easily.

Brooks & Madden are the only ones who at the moment are a lock to even be at preseason let alone atm be fit for round 1.

With Madge being on tender hooks to start well his combos in the preseason will drive alot of what he does.

 

[cktiger]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

Yep, didn't have much to replace him with, was only Madden or Docker-Clay.
Madden ended up getting a run at the end of the year and showed plenty of heart.
Now we have signed Peachey at lock it will be Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi (who said he wants to play five eighth) fighting it out for two spots in the halves.
Brooks to reggies for me to join Madden.... don't care much if he's been captain, player of the year or best lunch boy.
Hastings is the bloke we need next to Doueihi to inspire the team and drag them forward.
Sheens picked Hastings as captain in the international side he coached this year... must have some wraps on him.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

Yep, didn't have much to replace him with, was only Madden or Docker-Clay.
Madden ended up getting a run at the end of the year and showed plenty of heart.
Now we have signed Peachey at lock it will be Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi (who said he wants to play five eighth) fighting it out for two spots in the halves.
Brooks to reggies for me to join Madden.... don't care much if he's been captain, player of the year or best lunch boy.
Hastings is the bloke we need next to Doueihi to inspire the team and drag them forward.
Sheens picked Hastings as captain in the international side he coached this year... must have some wraps on him.

Where Doueihi wants to play is irrelevant

 

[Demps]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

Yep, didn't have much to replace him with, was only Madden or Docker-Clay.
Madden ended up getting a run at the end of the year and showed plenty of heart.
Now we have signed Peachey at lock it will be Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi (who said he wants to play five eighth) fighting it out for two spots in the halves.
Brooks to reggies for me to join Madden.... don't care much if he's been captain, player of the year or best lunch boy.
Hastings is the bloke we need next to Doueihi to inspire the team and drag them forward.
Sheens picked Hastings as captain in the international side he coached this year... must have some wraps on him.

Where Doueihi wants to play is irrelevant

Might be relevant when he seeks a release to take up the role at a different club.

Losing battle here defending your boy, Brooks.
Player of the year, voted by two former assistant coaches who have been sacked that he had to share the award with a first season rookie.

AD has been spoke about by many publicly about being the future of the club as well as the future captain.

Brooks on the other hand, slammed by multiple media personalities and punters from both the club fan base and the wider fan bases alike.

Yeah, he has two years left.
Hope the club isn't stupid enough to extend and will be looking to move him on a year early like they did Mbye if he doesn't perform.

Brooks sucks.

 

[Tigers4ever]

Brooks is a lay down to start the year at 7. Most likely it’s

6 Hastings
7 Brooks

That depends on what the plan is for Hastings. No one can know for sure till the trials. But I think he probably starts at 6. When AD gets back, he could slot into the centre’s.

Suggest
7 Hastings
6 Brooks

Both good blokes and talented players.
Very tired of the rubbish posts about Brooksy, at least he goes out there and has a go every week, better than the duds that we recently got rid of. Can't wait to see his confidence return again.
He is a good and strong defender and could spark the side and the backline if allowed to run.
Would like to see Nofa run straight and hard again.
Another passionate Wests Tigers player, like the the other two, but easy to pick off with his cross field running which is so predictable for the opponents.
We have a good pack and confident if tey work together we will improve big time.
Might be good to kick off all so called supporters who target certain players, don't think they are genuine supporters of our Club.t
Could be worth a trial and see how it goes.
We have nothing to lose.
We are a lot better that a 13th place team.
Bring back our Entertainers style like 2005 with great attack and good defence.
Watch us Roar!!!

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

Brooks is a lay down to start the year at 7. Most likely it’s

6 Hastings
7 Brooks

That depends on what the plan is for Hastings. No one can know for sure till the trials. But I think he probably starts at 6. When AD gets back, he could slot into the centre’s.

Suggest
7 Hastings
6 Brooks

Both good blokes and talented players.
Very tired of the rubbish posts about Brooksy, at least he goes out there and has a go every week, better than the duds that we recently got rid of. Can't wait to see his confidence return again.
He is a good and strong defender and could spark the side and the backline if allowed to run.
Would like to see Nofa run straight and hard again.
Another passionate Wests Tigers player, like the the other two, but easy to pick off with his cross field running which is so predictable for the opponents.
We have a good pack and confident if tey work together we will improve big time.
Might be good to kick off all so called supporters who target certain players, don't think they are genuine supporters of our Club.t
Could be worth a trial and see how it goes.
We have nothing to lose.
We are a lot better that a 13th place team.
Bring back our Entertainers style like 2005 with great attack and good defence.
Watch us Roar!!!

I think we will see some combination of Hastings and Brooks in the halves to start the year with others being unavailable.

Our defence in 2005 was pretty bad and there is no way you win a premiership playing that style of football today.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

Yep, didn't have much to replace him with, was only Madden or Docker-Clay.
Madden ended up getting a run at the end of the year and showed plenty of heart.
Now we have signed Peachey at lock it will be Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi (who said he wants to play five eighth) fighting it out for two spots in the halves.
Brooks to reggies for me to join Madden.... don't care much if he's been captain, player of the year or best lunch boy.
Hastings is the bloke we need next to Doueihi to inspire the team and drag them forward.
Sheens picked Hastings as captain in the international side he coached this year... must have some wraps on him.

Where Doueihi wants to play is irrelevant

Might be relevant when he seeks a release to take up the role at a different club.

Losing battle here defending your boy, Brooks.
Player of the year, voted by two former assistant coaches who have been sacked that he had to share the award with a first season rookie.

AD has been spoke about by many publicly about being the future of the club as well as the future captain.

Brooks on the other hand, slammed by multiple media personalities and punters from both the club fan base and the wider fan bases alike.

Yeah, he has two years left.
Hope the club isn't stupid enough to extend and will be looking to move him on a year early like they did Mbye if he doesn't perform.

Brooks sucks.

You’re the one fighting a losing battle. First you convinced yourself the club would shop him due to fan pressure. Wrong. Then you thought he, Noffa and Liddle would be shopped because you read one post that claimed they were anti-Madge and ran with it. Wrong again.

Even if AD sees himself as a 5/8, he played his best football this year in the centre’s. Plus, he looks like he’s gonna be out anywhere for 1-3 months once the season starts, so he’s not even in the conversation atm. And once he does come back, if the right balance is for him to slot in the centre’s, given how weak we are there, then that is what will happen. And if he spat the dummy and asked for a release as a result of that, then he’s not the person I thought he was and wouldn’t want him here. But he’s not going to do that. Just another fantasy hypothetical

 

[Demps]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

Yep, didn't have much to replace him with, was only Madden or Docker-Clay.
Madden ended up getting a run at the end of the year and showed plenty of heart.
Now we have signed Peachey at lock it will be Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi (who said he wants to play five eighth) fighting it out for two spots in the halves.
Brooks to reggies for me to join Madden.... don't care much if he's been captain, player of the year or best lunch boy.
Hastings is the bloke we need next to Doueihi to inspire the team and drag them forward.
Sheens picked Hastings as captain in the international side he coached this year... must have some wraps on him.

Where Doueihi wants to play is irrelevant

Might be relevant when he seeks a release to take up the role at a different club.

Losing battle here defending your boy, Brooks.
Player of the year, voted by two former assistant coaches who have been sacked that he had to share the award with a first season rookie.

AD has been spoke about by many publicly about being the future of the club as well as the future captain.

Brooks on the other hand, slammed by multiple media personalities and punters from both the club fan base and the wider fan bases alike.

Yeah, he has two years left.
Hope the club isn't stupid enough to extend and will be looking to move him on a year early like they did Mbye if he doesn't perform.

Brooks sucks.

You’re the one fighting a losing battle. First you convinced yourself the club would shop him due to fan pressure. Wrong. Then you thought he, Noffa and Liddle would be shopped because you read one post that claimed they were anti-Madge and ran with it. Wrong again.

Even if AD sees himself as a 5/8, he played his best football this year in the centre’s. Plus, he looks like he’s gonna be out anywhere for 1-3 months once the season starts, so he’s not even in the conversation atm. And once he does come back, if the right balance is for him to slot in the centre’s, given how weak we are there, then that is what will happen. And if he spat the dummy and asked for a release as a result of that, then he’s not the person I thought he was and wouldn’t want him here. But he’s not going to do that. Just another fantasy hypothetical

It's embarrassing the club has backed him for so long with roster changes to benefit him and he still is just border line a mid level tier 7.

Brooks is a fraud.

Not sure why you're so staunch if defending him other than its edgey and against the grain but If it's what you find entertainment in doing, continue...

It'll go around in circles for as long as it has to because there's a clear majority response from the fans towards Brooks.

For the record though, I don't hate him. I hope he fires in 2022 and shows us all that the potential was always there and the years he was persisted with were worth it. I have my doubts, but this would he the best outcome despite how unrealistic I think it is.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

Yep, didn't have much to replace him with, was only Madden or Docker-Clay.
Madden ended up getting a run at the end of the year and showed plenty of heart.
Now we have signed Peachey at lock it will be Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi (who said he wants to play five eighth) fighting it out for two spots in the halves.
Brooks to reggies for me to join Madden.... don't care much if he's been captain, player of the year or best lunch boy.
Hastings is the bloke we need next to Doueihi to inspire the team and drag them forward.
Sheens picked Hastings as captain in the international side he coached this year... must have some wraps on him.

Where Doueihi wants to play is irrelevant

Might be relevant when he seeks a release to take up the role at a different club.

Losing battle here defending your boy, Brooks.
Player of the year, voted by two former assistant coaches who have been sacked that he had to share the award with a first season rookie.

AD has been spoke about by many publicly about being the future of the club as well as the future captain.

Brooks on the other hand, slammed by multiple media personalities and punters from both the club fan base and the wider fan bases alike.

Yeah, he has two years left.
Hope the club isn't stupid enough to extend and will be looking to move him on a year early like they did Mbye if he doesn't perform.

Brooks sucks.

You’re the one fighting a losing battle. First you convinced yourself the club would shop him due to fan pressure. Wrong. Then you thought he, Noffa and Liddle would be shopped because you read one post that claimed they were anti-Madge and ran with it. Wrong again.

Even if AD sees himself as a 5/8, he played his best football this year in the centre’s. Plus, he looks like he’s gonna be out anywhere for 1-3 months once the season starts, so he’s not even in the conversation atm. And once he does come back, if the right balance is for him to slot in the centre’s, given how weak we are there, then that is what will happen. And if he spat the dummy and asked for a release as a result of that, then he’s not the person I thought he was and wouldn’t want him here. But he’s not going to do that. Just another fantasy hypothetical

It's embarrassing the club has backed him for so long with roster changes to benefit him and he still is just border line a mid level tier 7.

Brooks is a fraud.

Not sure why you're so staunch if defending him other than its edgey and against the grain but If it's what you find entertainment in doing, continue...

It'll go around in circles for as long as it has to because there's a clear majority response from the fans towards Brooks.

For the record though, I don't hate him. I hope he fires in 2022 and shows us all that the potential was always there and the years he was persisted with were worth it. I have my doubts, but this would he the best outcome despite how unrealistic I think it is.

Well I’m not sure why we are still even talking about him this long after the season has finished like it’s relevant. The only reason is cos his bashers can’t let it go and have a holiday.

 

[Demps]

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

Madge has never dropped Brooks, Mbye and Tamou despite them being some of our worst performers for months on end

He did drop Stefano, Seyfarth and other promising rookies who did very little wrong though.

Interesting sees himself as 7

Brooks is in for a surprise ??good times are over Luke ! Time to get serious about reinventing yourself !

I think you and your ilk are the ones in for the surprise just quietly.

You reckon. To me Brooks gets a halves spot at the start of the year but he is going to be under pressure and if he doesn't perform he'll be gone.

I want Brooks punted but it's not happening. Madge loves him, made him captain, has never dropped him and he was voted player of the year by the coaching staff

They blindly love the bloke and continue to have faith him in and it's no surprise that we fail to make finals every year when they think like that

He will play 7 all year and stink it up unless there's a change of coach. This dumb club has a horribly unhealthy relationship with Brooks, they still think they can bring back that talented 20's player he once was.

I completely disagree. One thing Madge has shown is that he will sack anyone. I'm no Brooks hater. I've been labelled a Brooks supporter.

Madge and the club care about winning. I think they've signed Hastings to play an important role. I think Doueihi could get a halves spot. Brooks could easily be the odd man out.

I hope you're right mate but Madge has never shown he'll drop Brooks so far no matter how poor he's played. Same for Mbye and Tamou

Guess we will see what happens once Doueihi is back. While he's out I imagine it'll be Hastings and brooks in the halves

Think about it. If Madge was thing about dropping Brooks who would of he replaced him with, Madden? I don't think so.

Yep, didn't have much to replace him with, was only Madden or Docker-Clay.
Madden ended up getting a run at the end of the year and showed plenty of heart.
Now we have signed Peachey at lock it will be Brooks, Hastings and Doueihi (who said he wants to play five eighth) fighting it out for two spots in the halves.
Brooks to reggies for me to join Madden.... don't care much if he's been captain, player of the year or best lunch boy.
Hastings is the bloke we need next to Doueihi to inspire the team and drag them forward.
Sheens picked Hastings as captain in the international side he coached this year... must have some wraps on him.

Where Doueihi wants to play is irrelevant

Might be relevant when he seeks a release to take up the role at a different club.

Losing battle here defending your boy, Brooks.
Player of the year, voted by two former assistant coaches who have been sacked that he had to share the award with a first season rookie.

AD has been spoke about by many publicly about being the future of the club as well as the future captain.

Brooks on the other hand, slammed by multiple media personalities and punters from both the club fan base and the wider fan bases alike.

Yeah, he has two years left.
Hope the club isn't stupid enough to extend and will be looking to move him on a year early like they did Mbye if he doesn't perform.

Brooks sucks.

You’re the one fighting a losing battle. First you convinced yourself the club would shop him due to fan pressure. Wrong. Then you thought he, Noffa and Liddle would be shopped because you read one post that claimed they were anti-Madge and ran with it. Wrong again.

Even if AD sees himself as a 5/8, he played his best football this year in the centre’s. Plus, he looks like he’s gonna be out anywhere for 1-3 months once the season starts, so he’s not even in the conversation atm. And once he does come back, if the right balance is for him to slot in the centre’s, given how weak we are there, then that is what will happen. And if he spat the dummy and asked for a release as a result of that, then he’s not the person I thought he was and wouldn’t want him here. But he’s not going to do that. Just another fantasy hypothetical

It's embarrassing the club has backed him for so long with roster changes to benefit him and he still is just border line a mid level tier 7.

Brooks is a fraud.

Not sure why you're so staunch if defending him other than its edgey and against the grain but If it's what you find entertainment in doing, continue...

It'll go around in circles for as long as it has to because there's a clear majority response from the fans towards Brooks.

For the record though, I don't hate him. I hope he fires in 2022 and shows us all that the potential was always there and the years he was persisted with were worth it. I have my doubts, but this would he the best outcome despite how unrealistic I think it is.

Well I’m not sure why we are still even talking about him this long after the season has finished like it’s relevant. The only reason is cos his bashers can’t let it go and have a holiday.

It's going to be a long off season.
Hold tight.

Hoping Brooks reflects on the moment his own fans booed him off the field and during his interview, looks in the mirror and asked himself how he wants to be remembered.

2022, a make or break year for him... in my opinion.