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[Geo]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

 

[Deleted member 3518]

No line speed... Brooks went missing again...

Honestly not a day to bash Brooksy today. He’s always in the frame and doing something, needs some of the guys hiding out there to make an impact.

Our attack was disgusting today ..as it has been every week

So its not Brooks fault ..who then ??

He set up 3 tries mate. Did his job. What’s Garner doing prancing around for 80 mins..

Two of his set ups were simple draw and pass.... I would hope he could do that. Did well to back up but that's not exactly the main thing you want your half doing

His kick to set up a try was very good, unfortunately every other time he tried it he kicked it 10 metres too shallow. He wasn't organising anything at all and 90% of his kicking was bad.


Tigers fans : Brooks is rubbish! He only got 3 try assists in 2020!

Also Tigers fans: Sure Brooks got 3 try assists in the one game, but they dont count.

Try assists NRL

1 Luke Keary 7
2 Jerome Luai 6
3 Chad Townsend 6
4 Luke Brooks 5

Now give us repeat sets please

8th for halfbacks with 1..for Brooks

Dismal considering the amount of tackles we spend in the opposition 20

I agree with what you said after the roosters game that Brooks and the club should part ways ...

Give Townsend a call ?

I'm pretty certain the one Forced dropout was when the ball landed 10 metres out and Tex Hoy let it bounce and it went into the in goal too ?

?


Cooper Cronk said yesterday that when your halfback is inconsistent your team is inconsistent.

What was inconsistent about brooks today ?
3 try assists , a solid kicking game . He tried to get the ball to the edges heaps , with early ball to AD.
The team moved around fairly well , and we had a thousand so close but so far moments close to the line . Honestly against lesser opposition they’re tries every time .
But against the best teams , they scramble so well , which for me , is Gutho really . He just saves tries all the time . I hate the eels , and he irritates me , but he can save a try .

Seriously , you need to take your the glasses off .
How many half chances did he create down the short side for bad hands , and a lack of crispness leadin to someone die with the ball , or an error .

If Madge says that the game plan was follows better in the second half than , I can guess the game plan was to get the ball to the edges , early .
But once you pass the ball , you can’t catch it , or then pass it for another bloke , all you can do is support . Which by the way his support lead to 2 tries .

The first 20 mins . He was giving early ball to Laurie and AD for bad decisions to be made . That reads like a game plan to me .
And due to the success we had , when the ball went to hand , was the right plan . The issue is a lack of continuity . You want us to win , let them gel together . Stop crying to stop everyone because ... reasons .

3 try assists lmao
He had one !

Jeez you post some crap !

Kicking game ...are you for real ..?

One decent kick ?

Tried to get the ball out to the edges ?

He can only pass left to right one meter

Turn it up !

lol you just see what you want to see . That’s the stats mate , I didn’t make anything up .
I’m not having a go at you , as I enjoy what you say , at times , but seriously it’s plodder this , crap player that , and when your hated ones do things that are good , you don’t acknowledge them , all you do is create a narrative that undermines , whether it has a basis in reality or not .

Have your opinions , it’s your right . I don’t agree a lot of the time , but whatever . But when you just make stuff up , because your looking to play the blame game , to be honest , it comes across as childish .
The first 2 weeks I was quiet . As you and the hate brigade , had every right to be dirty . And I agreed with you . But it’s continued into the last 2 weeks , and so now it just reads as looking for someone to blame , so you blame the guy you dislike most , as it’s the easiest .
It’s a bit weak IMO.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

 

[mike]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

 

[cktiger]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

That’s because last year he couldn’t even catch and pass.

 

[Lauren]

There's too many chinks in the armour to solely lay blame or all focus on Brooks.

Though I believe a Storm team including C Smith reigned supreme, Roosters are now unmatched(in the NRL) at breaking down their opponents with Penrith just oozing xfactor and skill. While I don't think Eels or Raiders are as talented or methodical, they do however know how to pick apart teams and grind out wins.
Mostly, these teams have had years to get to where they are and with more time - or other advancements such as recruitment - are only continuing to improve.
So it's silly to expect this level of performance from the team or our playermakers at present, as it's more a matter of how those teams are capable of working as a solid unit when ours still aren't quite working as cohesively as we'd like.
I understand some frustrations but I believe other teams are simply exposing and taking advantage of our glaring weaknesses which should've been addressed Rd 1, 2 or 3.
Over the past two weeks I've seen something from Brooks I haven't seen in his career once and that is to pick himself up and carry on. There's obviously game management issues but his play making isn't as poor as some are stating. It's the whole team's ability to compete effectively which should be prominently assessed. Both halves are struggling at times but they've shown persistence and are only going to get better.

 

[hobbo1]

No line speed... Brooks went missing again...

Honestly not a day to bash Brooksy today. He’s always in the frame and doing something, needs some of the guys hiding out there to make an impact.

Our attack was disgusting today ..as it has been every week

So its not Brooks fault ..who then ??

He set up 3 tries mate. Did his job. What’s Garner doing prancing around for 80 mins..

Two of his set ups were simple draw and pass.... I would hope he could do that. Did well to back up but that's not exactly the main thing you want your half doing

His kick to set up a try was very good, unfortunately every other time he tried it he kicked it 10 metres too shallow. He wasn't organising anything at all and 90% of his kicking was bad.


Tigers fans : Brooks is rubbish! He only got 3 try assists in 2020!

Also Tigers fans: Sure Brooks got 3 try assists in the one game, but they dont count.

Try assists NRL

1 Luke Keary 7
2 Jerome Luai 6
3 Chad Townsend 6
4 Luke Brooks 5

Now give us repeat sets please

8th for halfbacks with 1..for Brooks

Dismal considering the amount of tackles we spend in the opposition 20

I agree with what you said after the roosters game that Brooks and the club should part ways ...

Give Townsend a call ?

I'm pretty certain the one Forced dropout was when the ball landed 10 metres out and Tex Hoy let it bounce and it went into the in goal too ?

?


Cooper Cronk said yesterday that when your halfback is inconsistent your team is inconsistent.

What was inconsistent about brooks today ?
3 try assists , a solid kicking game . He tried to get the ball to the edges heaps , with early ball to AD.
The team moved around fairly well , and we had a thousand so close but so far moments close to the line . Honestly against lesser opposition they’re tries every time .
But against the best teams , they scramble so well , which for me , is Gutho really . He just saves tries all the time . I hate the eels , and he irritates me , but he can save a try .

Seriously , you need to take your the glasses off .
How many half chances did he create down the short side for bad hands , and a lack of crispness leadin to someone die with the ball , or an error .

If Madge says that the game plan was follows better in the second half than , I can guess the game plan was to get the ball to the edges , early .
But once you pass the ball , you can’t catch it , or then pass it for another bloke , all you can do is support . Which by the way his support lead to 2 tries .

The first 20 mins . He was giving early ball to Laurie and AD for bad decisions to be made . That reads like a game plan to me .
And due to the success we had , when the ball went to hand , was the right plan . The issue is a lack of continuity . You want us to win , let them gel together . Stop crying to stop everyone because ... reasons .

3 try assists lmao
He had one !

Jeez you post some crap !

Kicking game ...are you for real ..?

One decent kick ?

Tried to get the ball out to the edges ?

He can only pass left to right one meter

Turn it up !

lol you just see what you want to see . That’s the stats mate , I didn’t make anything up .
I’m not having a go at you , as I enjoy what you say , at times , but seriously it’s plodder this , crap player that , and when your hated ones do things that are good , you don’t acknowledge them , all you do is create a narrative that undermines , whether it has a basis in reality or not .

Have your opinions , it’s your right . I don’t agree a lot of the time , but whatever . But when you just make stuff up , because your looking to play the blame game , to be honest , it comes across as childish .
The first 2 weeks I was quiet . As you and the hate brigade , had every right to be dirty . And I agreed with you . But it’s continued into the last 2 weeks , and so now it just reads as looking for someone to blame , so you blame the guy you dislike most , as it’s the easiest .
It’s a bit weak IMO.


 

[Geo]

lol in bold too..

 

[Deleted member 3518]

No line speed... Brooks went missing again...

Honestly not a day to bash Brooksy today. He’s always in the frame and doing something, needs some of the guys hiding out there to make an impact.

Our attack was disgusting today ..as it has been every week

So its not Brooks fault ..who then ??

He set up 3 tries mate. Did his job. What’s Garner doing prancing around for 80 mins..

Two of his set ups were simple draw and pass.... I would hope he could do that. Did well to back up but that's not exactly the main thing you want your half doing

His kick to set up a try was very good, unfortunately every other time he tried it he kicked it 10 metres too shallow. He wasn't organising anything at all and 90% of his kicking was bad.


Tigers fans : Brooks is rubbish! He only got 3 try assists in 2020!

Also Tigers fans: Sure Brooks got 3 try assists in the one game, but they dont count.

Try assists NRL

1 Luke Keary 7
2 Jerome Luai 6
3 Chad Townsend 6
4 Luke Brooks 5

Now give us repeat sets please

8th for halfbacks with 1..for Brooks

Dismal considering the amount of tackles we spend in the opposition 20

I agree with what you said after the roosters game that Brooks and the club should part ways ...

Give Townsend a call ?

I'm pretty certain the one Forced dropout was when the ball landed 10 metres out and Tex Hoy let it bounce and it went into the in goal too ?

?


Cooper Cronk said yesterday that when your halfback is inconsistent your team is inconsistent.

What was inconsistent about brooks today ?
3 try assists , a solid kicking game . He tried to get the ball to the edges heaps , with early ball to AD.
The team moved around fairly well , and we had a thousand so close but so far moments close to the line . Honestly against lesser opposition they’re tries every time .
But against the best teams , they scramble so well , which for me , is Gutho really . He just saves tries all the time . I hate the eels , and he irritates me , but he can save a try .

Seriously , you need to take your the glasses off .
How many half chances did he create down the short side for bad hands , and a lack of crispness leadin to someone die with the ball , or an error .

If Madge says that the game plan was follows better in the second half than , I can guess the game plan was to get the ball to the edges , early .
But once you pass the ball , you can’t catch it , or then pass it for another bloke , all you can do is support . Which by the way his support lead to 2 tries .

The first 20 mins . He was giving early ball to Laurie and AD for bad decisions to be made . That reads like a game plan to me .
And due to the success we had , when the ball went to hand , was the right plan . The issue is a lack of continuity . You want us to win , let them gel together . Stop crying to stop everyone because ... reasons .

3 try assists lmao
He had one !

Jeez you post some crap !

Kicking game ...are you for real ..?

One decent kick ?

Tried to get the ball out to the edges ?

He can only pass left to right one meter

Turn it up !

lol you just see what you want to see . That’s the stats mate , I didn’t make anything up .
I’m not having a go at you , as I enjoy what you say , at times , but seriously it’s plodder this , crap player that , and when your hated ones do things that are good , you don’t acknowledge them , all you do is create a narrative that undermines , whether it has a basis in reality or not .

Have your opinions , it’s your right . I don’t agree a lot of the time , but whatever . But when you just make stuff up , because your looking to play the blame game , to be honest , it comes across as childish .
The first 2 weeks I was quiet . As you and the hate brigade , had every right to be dirty . And I agreed with you . But it’s continued into the last 2 weeks , and so now it just reads as looking for someone to blame , so you blame the guy you dislike most , as it’s the easiest .
It’s a bit weak IMO.


I’m a cupcake ? Lol , why don’t you tell me again how crap our players are , and have another sook because we lost a game? I think you need to recalibrate what a cupcake is .

 

[hobbo1]

No line speed... Brooks went missing again...

Honestly not a day to bash Brooksy today. He’s always in the frame and doing something, needs some of the guys hiding out there to make an impact.

Our attack was disgusting today ..as it has been every week

So its not Brooks fault ..who then ??

He set up 3 tries mate. Did his job. What’s Garner doing prancing around for 80 mins..

Two of his set ups were simple draw and pass.... I would hope he could do that. Did well to back up but that's not exactly the main thing you want your half doing

His kick to set up a try was very good, unfortunately every other time he tried it he kicked it 10 metres too shallow. He wasn't organising anything at all and 90% of his kicking was bad.


Tigers fans : Brooks is rubbish! He only got 3 try assists in 2020!

Also Tigers fans: Sure Brooks got 3 try assists in the one game, but they dont count.

Try assists NRL

1 Luke Keary 7
2 Jerome Luai 6
3 Chad Townsend 6
4 Luke Brooks 5

Now give us repeat sets please

8th for halfbacks with 1..for Brooks

Dismal considering the amount of tackles we spend in the opposition 20

I agree with what you said after the roosters game that Brooks and the club should part ways ...

Give Townsend a call ?

I'm pretty certain the one Forced dropout was when the ball landed 10 metres out and Tex Hoy let it bounce and it went into the in goal too ?

?


Cooper Cronk said yesterday that when your halfback is inconsistent your team is inconsistent.

What was inconsistent about brooks today ?
3 try assists , a solid kicking game . He tried to get the ball to the edges heaps , with early ball to AD.
The team moved around fairly well , and we had a thousand so close but so far moments close to the line . Honestly against lesser opposition they’re tries every time .
But against the best teams , they scramble so well , which for me , is Gutho really . He just saves tries all the time . I hate the eels , and he irritates me , but he can save a try .

Seriously , you need to take your the glasses off .
How many half chances did he create down the short side for bad hands , and a lack of crispness leadin to someone die with the ball , or an error .

If Madge says that the game plan was follows better in the second half than , I can guess the game plan was to get the ball to the edges , early .
But once you pass the ball , you can’t catch it , or then pass it for another bloke , all you can do is support . Which by the way his support lead to 2 tries .

The first 20 mins . He was giving early ball to Laurie and AD for bad decisions to be made . That reads like a game plan to me .
And due to the success we had , when the ball went to hand , was the right plan . The issue is a lack of continuity . You want us to win , let them gel together . Stop crying to stop everyone because ... reasons .

3 try assists lmao
He had one !

Jeez you post some crap !

Kicking game ...are you for real ..?

One decent kick ?

Tried to get the ball out to the edges ?

He can only pass left to right one meter

Turn it up !

lol you just see what you want to see . That’s the stats mate , I didn’t make anything up .
I’m not having a go at you , as I enjoy what you say , at times , but seriously it’s plodder this , crap player that , and when your hated ones do things that are good , you don’t acknowledge them , all you do is create a narrative that undermines , whether it has a basis in reality or not .

Have your opinions , it’s your right . I don’t agree a lot of the time , but whatever . But when you just make stuff up , because your looking to play the blame game , to be honest , it comes across as childish .
The first 2 weeks I was quiet . As you and the hate brigade , had every right to be dirty . And I agreed with you . But it’s continued into the last 2 weeks , and so now it just reads as looking for someone to blame , so you blame the guy you dislike most , as it’s the easiest .
It’s a bit weak IMO.


I’m a cupcake ? Lol , why don’t you tell me again how crap our players are , and have another sook because we lost a game? I think you need to recalibrate what a cupcake is .

You haven’t got a clue what makes a good player ...
I’m not sooking at all I’m just stating facts and you’re getting your panties all bunched up because you can’t handle proven facts regarding Brooks ..
There’s plenty of other folks on here that have the same opinion as I do .
I just tell the hard facts ..

 

[mike]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

No line speed... Brooks went missing again...

Honestly not a day to bash Brooksy today. He’s always in the frame and doing something, needs some of the guys hiding out there to make an impact.

Our attack was disgusting today ..as it has been every week

So its not Brooks fault ..who then ??

He set up 3 tries mate. Did his job. What’s Garner doing prancing around for 80 mins..

Two of his set ups were simple draw and pass.... I would hope he could do that. Did well to back up but that's not exactly the main thing you want your half doing

His kick to set up a try was very good, unfortunately every other time he tried it he kicked it 10 metres too shallow. He wasn't organising anything at all and 90% of his kicking was bad.


Tigers fans : Brooks is rubbish! He only got 3 try assists in 2020!

Also Tigers fans: Sure Brooks got 3 try assists in the one game, but they dont count.

Try assists NRL

1 Luke Keary 7
2 Jerome Luai 6
3 Chad Townsend 6
4 Luke Brooks 5

Now give us repeat sets please

8th for halfbacks with 1..for Brooks

Dismal considering the amount of tackles we spend in the opposition 20

I agree with what you said after the roosters game that Brooks and the club should part ways ...

Give Townsend a call ?

I'm pretty certain the one Forced dropout was when the ball landed 10 metres out and Tex Hoy let it bounce and it went into the in goal too ?

?


Cooper Cronk said yesterday that when your halfback is inconsistent your team is inconsistent.

What was inconsistent about brooks today ?
3 try assists , a solid kicking game . He tried to get the ball to the edges heaps , with early ball to AD.
The team moved around fairly well , and we had a thousand so close but so far moments close to the line . Honestly against lesser opposition they’re tries every time .
But against the best teams , they scramble so well , which for me , is Gutho really . He just saves tries all the time . I hate the eels , and he irritates me , but he can save a try .

Seriously , you need to take your the glasses off .
How many half chances did he create down the short side for bad hands , and a lack of crispness leadin to someone die with the ball , or an error .

If Madge says that the game plan was follows better in the second half than , I can guess the game plan was to get the ball to the edges , early .
But once you pass the ball , you can’t catch it , or then pass it for another bloke , all you can do is support . Which by the way his support lead to 2 tries .

The first 20 mins . He was giving early ball to Laurie and AD for bad decisions to be made . That reads like a game plan to me .
And due to the success we had , when the ball went to hand , was the right plan . The issue is a lack of continuity . You want us to win , let them gel together . Stop crying to stop everyone because ... reasons .

3 try assists lmao
He had one !

Jeez you post some crap !

Kicking game ...are you for real ..?

One decent kick ?

Tried to get the ball out to the edges ?

He can only pass left to right one meter

Turn it up !

lol you just see what you want to see . That’s the stats mate , I didn’t make anything up .
I’m not having a go at you , as I enjoy what you say , at times , but seriously it’s plodder this , crap player that , and when your hated ones do things that are good , you don’t acknowledge them , all you do is create a narrative that undermines , whether it has a basis in reality or not .

Have your opinions , it’s your right . I don’t agree a lot of the time , but whatever . But when you just make stuff up , because your looking to play the blame game , to be honest , it comes across as childish .
The first 2 weeks I was quiet . As you and the hate brigade , had every right to be dirty . And I agreed with you . But it’s continued into the last 2 weeks , and so now it just reads as looking for someone to blame , so you blame the guy you dislike most , as it’s the easiest .
It’s a bit weak IMO.


I’m a cupcake ? Lol , why don’t you tell me again how crap our players are , and have another sook because we lost a game? I think you need to recalibrate what a cupcake is .

You haven’t got a clue what makes a good player ...
I’m not sooking at all I’m just stating facts and you’re getting your panties all bunched up because you can’t handle proven facts regarding Brooks ..
There’s plenty of other folks on here that have the same opinion as I do .
I just tell the hard facts ..

What facts ? Like the 3 try assists ? Nope they don’t count as facts sorry . Your opinion calling players nuffies and plodders . Yep there’s 2 facts I’ll give you that .
Oh yep the “1 good kick all game “ there’s a fact . We won’t include the fact that we multiple times made them cart it out inside thier ten . That’s not facts .

I haven’t got a clue ? Yea alright mate. Is that from your armchair that you say that ? Have you ever coached ? Been apart of game plans ?
Oh is it just your expert analysis yelling “get em onside “ from the hill at Leichhardt

 

[tigerbalm]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

"If one is consistently inconsistent. Could you not say they are consistent"

Confucius 1223AD...probably.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

No ,that makes him inconsistent . And I’ll even argue that’s not true either . Look the guys been good the last couple of weeks , and if you check the stats , that will back me up.
I’ll say one final thing , Show me a better half , cause it isn’t Hastings and Madden is a younger less good brooks .
Which is my point all along .
Anyways I’m done . You can all go back to your hate bubble .

 

[mike]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

No ,that makes him inconsistent . And I’ll even argue that’s not true either . Look the guys been good the last couple of weeks , and if you check the stats , that will back me up.
I’ll say one final thing , Show me a better half , cause it isn’t Hastings and Madden is a younger less good brooks .
Which is my point all along .
Anyways I’m done . You can all go back to your hate bubble .

You can argue all you like but that won’t make Brooks into anything than a below average half. His time is almost up and the clock is ticking. Unless there is significant improvement and soon he’ll be goneski.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

No ,that makes him inconsistent . And I’ll even argue that’s not true either . Look the guys been good the last couple of weeks , and if you check the stats , that will back me up.
I’ll say one final thing , Show me a better half , cause it isn’t Hastings and Madden is a younger less good brooks .
Which is my point all along .
Anyways I’m done . You can all go back to your hate bubble .

You can argue all you like but that won’t make Brooks into anything than a below average half. His time is almost up and the clock is ticking. Unless there is significant improvement and soon he’ll be goneski.

Says who ?
I’ll argue the opposite . But that’s fine , as long as there’s someone better . If it’s madden that’s fine , but if you want instant success that’s even less likely .
I actually think he should go .
Because I know it will be the same as every other player who’s had success post here .
“Why didn’t we keep him, god we suck at recruitment etc”
People wanted benji gone , then Robbie , Bodene Thompson , Fifita had attitude issues , Paps was too small , Hodgson was “past it”before he left , then there were cries for why we replaced him with McKinnon .
Even the worst buy ever , Adam Blair , had people bemoaning us releasing him.

There’s systematic issues with the team . Brooks is not the issue , and it’s just scapegoating to think he is .

 

[mike]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

No ,that makes him inconsistent . And I’ll even argue that’s not true either . Look the guys been good the last couple of weeks , and if you check the stats , that will back me up.
I’ll say one final thing , Show me a better half , cause it isn’t Hastings and Madden is a younger less good brooks .
Which is my point all along .
Anyways I’m done . You can all go back to your hate bubble .

You can argue all you like but that won’t make Brooks into anything than a below average half. His time is almost up and the clock is ticking. Unless there is significant improvement and soon he’ll be goneski.

Says who ?
I’ll argue the opposite . But that’s fine , as long as there’s someone better . If it’s madden that’s fine , but if you want instant success that’s even less likely .
I actually think he should go .
Because I know it will be the same as every other player who’s had success post here .
“Why didn’t we keep him, god we suck at recruitment etc”
People wanted benji gone , then Robbie , Bodene Thompson , Fifita had attitude issues , Paps was too small , Hodgson was “past it”before he left , then there were cries for why we replaced him with McKinnon .
Even the worst buy ever , Adam Blair , had people bemoaning us releasing him.

There’s systematic issues with the team . Brooks is not the issue , and it’s just scapegoating to think he is .

Brooks is a big issue with the team. You can hide behind all the excuses you like but his time is coming to an end. After 151 games it’s Improve or he’s out.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

No ,that makes him inconsistent . And I’ll even argue that’s not true either . Look the guys been good the last couple of weeks , and if you check the stats , that will back me up.
I’ll say one final thing , Show me a better half , cause it isn’t Hastings and Madden is a younger less good brooks .
Which is my point all along .
Anyways I’m done . You can all go back to your hate bubble .

You can argue all you like but that won’t make Brooks into anything than a below average half. His time is almost up and the clock is ticking. Unless there is significant improvement and soon he’ll be goneski.

Says who ?
I’ll argue the opposite . But that’s fine , as long as there’s someone better . If it’s madden that’s fine , but if you want instant success that’s even less likely .
I actually think he should go .
Because I know it will be the same as every other player who’s had success post here .
“Why didn’t we keep him, god we suck at recruitment etc”
People wanted benji gone , then Robbie , Bodene Thompson , Fifita had attitude issues , Paps was too small , Hodgson was “past it”before he left , then there were cries for why we replaced him with McKinnon .
Even the worst buy ever , Adam Blair , had people bemoaning us releasing him.

There’s systematic issues with the team . Brooks is not the issue , and it’s just scapegoating to think he is .

Brooks is a big issue with the team. You can hide behind all the excuses you like but his time is coming to an end. After 151 games it’s Improve or he’s out.

Ok . I don’t think we disagree there though . We need to win . I’m just not going to judge a guy who is doing everything statistically he wasn’t last year , outside of beating teams who are better than us . He needs to be better than last year . He’s been infinitely better . But we haven’t won . And yes we all want to win .
The next 9 games will define our season . You guys hate on him that’s fine . I reckon we will come out of it 7-6 .
If we arnt then , let’s replace him . It will suck to see a guy we invested in go , but it is what it is .
I’m going to stick by the boys . All of them until that happens .

 

[mike]

Stats from yesterdays game

No runs or tackles or stuff like that..?

It’s blankety blanks

You need to fill in the blanks

k


Do you also write Valentine’s Day cards in your spare time ?

We all know stats are meaningless without the context..

Back to baking cookies for Brooksie for you.

Execpt when he had 2 right..

Well it’s a definition isn’t it
He gave final pass to Stefano and to Liddle and kicked for Laurie (but to me LL’s touch goes down as the assist)
Is a catch and pass a try assist?
For stefano try it was actually Mbyes pick up and for liddle it was LL’s break and offload. So........
I’ve always found the definition of a try assist as a little iffy.....

Oh I agree but last year it was used to bag him and seems now this year by definition it's used to bag him..

He also was bagged for never supporting breaks , if my memory serves me correctly . He got try assists from basically supporting breaks .
I just don’t understand the hate . The only thing I can guess , is people thought he was the next Johns , so they bought into the hype , so now it’s brooks fault that he didn’t live up to some unrealistic expectation , that was just media hogwash to begin with .

Perception is reality, Brooks is a below average halfback.

Nope , he’s an above average halfback , and you all want him to be elite . That’s literally it . He’s supposed to catch the ball , pass the ball , then catch it again ,then magically make that player go through a gap ,or not drop the ball , plus it’s his fault if the centre misses a tackle on the other side of the field , also his fault if he passes to his 6 , who dies with the ball instead of kicking.
Also he has to have every kick be a 40/20, or a repeat set , or cause an error .
It’s ridiculous , and kind of sad .

He is inconsistent, that makes him below average.

No ,that makes him inconsistent . And I’ll even argue that’s not true either . Look the guys been good the last couple of weeks , and if you check the stats , that will back me up.
I’ll say one final thing , Show me a better half , cause it isn’t Hastings and Madden is a younger less good brooks .
Which is my point all along .
Anyways I’m done . You can all go back to your hate bubble .

You can argue all you like but that won’t make Brooks into anything than a below average half. His time is almost up and the clock is ticking. Unless there is significant improvement and soon he’ll be goneski.

Says who ?
I’ll argue the opposite . But that’s fine , as long as there’s someone better . If it’s madden that’s fine , but if you want instant success that’s even less likely .
I actually think he should go .
Because I know it will be the same as every other player who’s had success post here .
“Why didn’t we keep him, god we suck at recruitment etc”
People wanted benji gone , then Robbie , Bodene Thompson , Fifita had attitude issues , Paps was too small , Hodgson was “past it”before he left , then there were cries for why we replaced him with McKinnon .
Even the worst buy ever , Adam Blair , had people bemoaning us releasing him.

There’s systematic issues with the team . Brooks is not the issue , and it’s just scapegoating to think he is .

Brooks is a big issue with the team. You can hide behind all the excuses you like but his time is coming to an end. After 151 games it’s Improve or he’s out.

Ok . I don’t think we disagree there though . We need to win . I’m just not going to judge a guy who is doing everything statistically he wasn’t last year , outside of beating teams who are better than us . He needs to be better than last year . He’s been infinitely better . But we haven’t won . And yes we all want to win .
The next 9 games will define our season . You guys hate on him that’s fine . I reckon we will come out of it 7-6 .
If we arnt then , let’s replace him . It will suck to see a guy we invested in go , but it is what it is .
I’m going to stick by the boys . All of them until that happens .

I give him credit when it’s due. The days between are getting longer. He needs a new club, stale as, at the Wests Tigers. It would be better for both the Club and Brooks to have a change of scenery.