@gnr4life said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490145) said:@camel2281 said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490141) said:@gnr4life said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490129) said:@yeahcaz said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490128) said:@gnr4life said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490126) said:@yeahcaz said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490125) said:@gnr4life said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490108) said:@demps said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490100) said:@gnr4life said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490098) said:@cktiger said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490095) said:@newtown said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490083) said:@jc99 said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490062) said:@earl said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490056) said:@jc99 said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490049) said:@earl said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490045) said:@gnr4life said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490033) said:@snake said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490032) said:@tony-soprano said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490013) said: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.
@earl said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490056) said:@jc99 said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490049) said:@earl said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490045) said:@gnr4life said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490033) said:@snake said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490032) said:@tony-soprano said in [Hastings signed for 22/23 \*Official\.](/post/1490013) said: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
This is a wind up surely ? Best football of the year at centre ?! Bloke was nominated as top 5 five eighth in the Comp. don’t waste your time @Demps ?
Brooks was voted Dally M halfback of the year a couple years ago wasn’t he?
In an absolute baron year for 7s, where Ben hunt finished second and didn’t even play the whole year ?
Stop trying to defect from the fact you just said Doueihi played his best at centre this season. That’s one of the worst takes I’ve seen on this site.
Way to cherry pick. It doesn’t mean he still won’t slot in the centre’s when he’s fit.
If he does, and Brooks plays the season at 7. Forget any possibility of the top 8. More likely the spoon. Brooks is the worst 7 in the NRL
You can forget any possibility of the 8 either way. We’re a bottom 4 side regardless who plays 7.
Dont know about that @GNR4LIFE
Have you considered even though we may not have a team full of champion players next year, there could just be enough positivity now in Wests Tigers with The Sheenius and our COE coming soon as well as a few new players...the foundations may have been laid for Us to have a Champion TEAM in 2022. :+1: :hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed:
