Luke Brooks - #167

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

The question to me is will any of Brooks, Laurie, Staines (if he plays at fullback) and Doueihi perform. I had big expectations of Doueihi last year and in my opinion Brooks was heaps better. None of them were good.

Doueihi who missed pre season & half the season returning from an ACL injury... think you placed too much expectations on him.

 

[Earl]

None of the team were....

Except Fonua Pole.
What a guy

Joe O was great. Fonua Pole was awesome in his limited role. Laurie had one pearler of a game. Doueihi had a pearler for 1/2 game. Brooks was decent when he was running out wide and playing a limited role.

There weren't many positives last year.

 

[KevB]

Yes, and everyone thats ever watched him play.

Not everyone mate.

 

[Demps]

One thing is for sure :

2023, its time for Brooks to silence the doubters.

If he has it in him.

 

[WesternSuburbsBoy]

One thing is for sure :

2023, its time for Brooks to silence the doubters.

If he has it in him.

For all our sakes I hope he proves us all wrong !!!

 

[Earl]

Doueihi who missed pre season & half the season returning from an ACL injury... think you placed too much expectations on him.

I agree with you. My expectations were too high. I viewed him as the guy most likely to do something positive for us.

The question is though did his performances have anything at all to do with his ACL injury. He hasn't performed consistently well in any position and we aren't sure what his best position is.

 

[Winston Churchill]

Not everyone mate.

Just those that matter, mate

 

[Winston Churchill]

One thing is for sure :

2023, its time for Brooks to silence the doubters.

If he has it in him.

So much potential

 

[Demps]

For all our sakes I hope he proves us all wrong !!!

100%

We all just wanna win.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Just those that matter, mate

That's the point, your opinion (and mine) does not matter. It is in the hands of the coaching team.

 

[Winston Churchill]

That's the point, your opinion (and mine) does not matter. It is in the hands of the coaching team.

Thanks for over explaining my post.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

What ability? To kick the ball out on the full constantly? They may respect that as it means it helps them out.

That’s not entirely fair - he has other kicks (grubber into the opposition legs, innocuous ‘bomb’ straight to opposition fullback 30m out etc)

 

[Camel2281]

Neither has Doueihi. Doueihi appears to have higher salary expectations than Brooks as well. I reckon in the open market they'd be low tier halves. No other club has signed them for next season and it's not because they don't want their contracts sorted.

I don't know how you can state that Douehi has higher wage expectations that Brooks. Brooks gets paid DOUBLE what Douehi gets

 

[Camel2281]

I agree with you. My expectations were too high. I viewed him as the guy most likely to do something positive for us.

The question is though did his performances have anything at all to do with his ACL injury. He hasn't performed consistently well in any position and we aren't sure what his best position is.

Mate that's bull. In 2021 prior to the ACL injury he was killing it at 5/8 and was our best by miles

 

[Oggyz]

That’s not entirely fair - he has other kicks (grubber into the opposition legs, innocuous ‘bomb’ straight to opposition fullback 30m out etc)

If we got a point for every grubber into the oppositions legs he’d be the Don Bradman of rugby league.

 

[Earl]

I don't know how you can state that Douehi has higher wage expectations that Brooks. Brooks gets paid DOUBLE what Douehi gets

That has nothing to do with their expectations for their next contracts. I'm looking forward to seeing who performs for us. I really hope both our halves kill it.

 

[Earl]

Mate that's bull. In 2021 prior to the ACL injury he was killing it at 5/8 and was our best by miles

What is bull ? Are you stating that his poor performance last year was definitely due to his ACL injury or was his performance last year good ? Do you think his performances in 2021 were good enough ?

I am honestly not sure who is the better player out of the two of them.

I reckon I've been one of his biggest fans but he hasn't owned a spot yet and that is in our team. He also couldn't own a spot at Souths.

Don't get me wrong when he played that pearler of a half against Brisbane I was stating how good he is. I've never seen Brooks play that well. Overall though I think Brooks was heaps better last season.

 

[Glenji95]

That’s not entirely fair - he has other kicks (grubber into the opposition legs, innocuous ‘bomb’ straight to opposition fullback 30m out etc)

Thats true. He sometimes does do those.

 

[Glenji95]

Not only do you know nothing about rugby league Glen you're also a fool!

What’s foolish is this club thinks that he’s the best 7 and continue to back him despite letting them down time and time again. Not everything is his fault, but he sure hasn’t stepped up when needed. He should’ve led the club to finals footy by now.

 

[Glenji95]

What is bull ? Are you stating that his poor performance last year was definitely due to his ACL injury or was his performance last year good ? Do you think his performances in 2021 were good enough ?

AD in 2021 before his injury showed that he has what it takes to be a 6. Finishing with 172 points 4th overall on the ladder despite not playing finals and the whole year showed that he can play. Without a doubt our best back Laurie was a close second.

Now when he came back yes he struggled and didn’t play his best but given he came back to a sacked coach replaced with someone who’s not qualified, and still managed to take out the most points out of everyone despite missing half the year showed that he tried. Not perfect both Brooks and AD struggled, but he still did something.