LIVE GAME Live Game Discussion, vs Newcastle - Rd 2 *Spoilers*

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Anyone saying Brooks had a good game needs their eyes checked.

For a HALF BACK - he touched the ball maybe once in the first fifteen minutes of the game and the first fifteen minutes of the second half.

He played ok for the last ten minutes.

For the rest of the game when he did touch the ball which was very little he created zero chances even though we had a man overlap for most part. He dropped the ball. He ran like a headless chook.

AD - the ONLY thing he can do is run.

Both halves have no onfield voice

We need a strong half back like hastings and then and only then AD can work at 6… otherwise he needs to go to center and we need New halves.

Brooks needs to go.

He is a black cat around our necks.

And people asking about Tumeth … he was absolutely average!

If that’s the best young talent we have coming through - our board and football administration haven’t watched the roosters or Penrith juniors coming through.

We’re a complete rabble.

Justin and Lee need to be castrated of power.

They have zero idea.

We honestly are getting the wooden spoon this year UNLESS they punt brooks.

Which won’t happen.

If Wakeham plays today we win.

Brooks stays on the left side of the field - even if the corridor is 10 meters!

I watched him all game - maybe linked up twice with AD on the right.

But Sheens and Co will look like absolute idiots if the drop him not to mention feel enormous guilt for not letting him go to Newcastle and secure his future…

How can we resign him? And how can we not resign him with out looking like A holes?

We are an absolute diabolical disgrace!

Ok now I can breathe
 
Ermo said:
You know Douehi had more of the ball in their 20 than Brooks and created nothing
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Reckon we lost that match when the Brooks pass that created space for a 3 on 1 on the right was wasted.

The Knights got a huge lift by that failure to capitalise on a basically open line, whereas a simple draw and pass would almost certainly have taken a lot of the fight out of them. Instead of standing downcast behind the try line, they were back slapping each other at our expense.
 
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I'm at the point iv seen enough, I know Brooks has only had 2 games for his fitness this year, I know he wasn't the only one to play like garbage, I know he has the rest of the year to prove himself. But he has had nearly 10 years, what's it going to take.
As far as I'm concerned he doesn't have it. He would make a great Super League half but in the NRL, the guy is bog average. How many times today did he get caught on the second last tackle. His pass selection and leadership of the team is non existent. The club need to grow a pair and find a suitable replacement starting next year and finally tell him and Nofo to get lost. While they're at it they can tell Douhi he's a centre or he's gone and Laurie will be the permanent fullback in reserve grade. The three of them have been togeather nearly 3 years and are still absolutely useless. We have the worst spine in the comp.
 
Telltails said:
No team cohesion what so ever. Brooks and AD both play like individuals and give the team no direction then throw a pass when players don't have clue if it's on or not. No wonder the play breaks down around them so much.Pretty sure IPap was moved to other side away from Brooks after half time. They maybe skillful but they have both been acutely responsible for us not being able to win our first two games.
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Pretty sure Papali'i was moved to accommodate Tumeth, and he moved back to the left later.

Apart from the butchered 3 on 1, it was the most disappointing action from WT today. I cannot understand why there were two positional changes to accommodate one interchange.

If Tumeth cannot play either side, then he shouldn't be on the bench.
 
So much excitement in the off season, new signings, only round 2 and I can't see how this year tigers will win more games than last year when we won the wooden spoon, today's game was a carbon copy of last time tigers played knights, an embarrassing shithole of a game
 
Tucker said:
How about he tells them he is going and DEMANDS they be there?
That’s what a good half does.
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You’re joking right?
The team is substandard mate.
The good players we paid overs for, will as they have done in the past, play to a general level of expectations and acceptance.
Have you ever stopped blaming Brooks for our losses to consider why?
If you see your teammate running to the line you don’t wait for an invitation, especially if it’s the only guy in the team who doesn’t need the 200 passes per day practice.
 
Camel2281 said:
If Hastings was our halfback today we win that game. Brooks was better than AD and had some good moments today but as halfback with the extra man, all that was needed was composure and control from the halfback. Newcastle had it, Tigers were panicked and frantic which stems from Brooks playing that way as half
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It wasn’t only Brooks, but worryingly it is as if the rest of the team have adopted his MO. High error rate, insipid attack, poor passing, bad decision making, suspect defensively. No team can carry a Brooks, let alone 17 of them.
At no stage did we look likely. It was ugly, amateurish play that got what it deserved by a first grade team, even if they were the very average, debilitated Knights.

I don’t even think it was such great victory for the Knights. We are just that far from first grade level.

The all round lack of direction or cohesion and seeming absence of any game plan is so concerning. The coaching is responsible for that. They chose to keep Brooks, Twal and Simpkin and play them. Seriously, you cannot write this crap!
The new recruits look lost in our system. And how can you blame them? There is no system.
Thanks Tigers management. You give us no reason to feel proud. We are just embarrassed.
It’s so sh!t. Feel for all of you on here.
 
tigermate said:
Anyone saying Brooks had a good game needs their eyes checked.

For a HALF BACK - he touched the ball maybe once in the first fifteen minutes of the game and the first fifteen minutes of the second half.

He played ok for the last ten minutes.

For the rest of the game when he did touch the ball which was very little he created zero chances even though we had a man overlap for most part. He dropped the ball. He ran like a headless chook.

AD - the ONLY thing he can do is run.

Both halves have no onfield voice

We need a strong half back like hastings and then and only then AD can work at 6… otherwise he needs to go to center and we need New halves.

Brooks needs to go.

He is a black cat around our necks.

And people asking about Tumeth … he was absolutely average!

If that’s the best young talent we have coming through - our board and football administration haven’t watched the roosters or Penrith juniors coming through.

We’re a complete rabble.

Justin and Lee need to be castrated of power.

They have zero idea.

We honestly are getting the wooden spoon this year UNLESS they punt brooks.

Which won’t happen.

If Wakeham plays today we win.

Brooks stays on the left side of the field - even if the corridor is 10 meters!

I watched him all game - maybe linked up twice with AD on the right.

But Sheens and Co will look like absolute idiots if the drop him not to mention feel enormous guilt for not letting him go to Newcastle and secure his future…

How can we resign him? And how can we not resign him with out looking like A holes?

We are an absolute diabolical disgrace!

Ok now I can breathe
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I feel ya, brother,,, absolutely,,, brooks is killing us…
 
twentyforty said:
You’re joking right?
The team is substandard mate.
The good players we paid overs for, will as they have done in the past, play to a general level of expectations and acceptance.
Have you ever stopped blaming Brooks for our losses to consider why?
If you see your teammate running to the line you don’t wait for an invitation, especially if it’s the only guy in the team who doesn’t need the 200 passes per day practice.
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I know why…he stands out the back with his thumb up his arse, too indecisive to make a call so directs his runners into traffic, whilst hoping his halves partner covers his backside.
I don’t blame him, I blame the club. He was never a first grade halfback and these idiots have persisted with him for 10 F’ING years!
 
Tucker said:
I know why…he stands out the back with his thumb up his arse, too indecisive to make a call so directs his runners into traffic, whilst hoping his halves partner covers his backside.
I don’t blame him, I blame the club. He was never a first grade halfback and these idiots have persisted with him for 10 F’ING years!
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Get a good nights sleep
 
twentyforty said:
I think we’ve only won one game since sacking Maguire?
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Wow... Ridiculous isn't it! I still think we made the right decision by sacking him, but wow this club is mediocre.

For those who follow other sports and other hobbies, is there any business or franchise worse off than us?

We are such a joke.
 
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