Luke Brooks #167

[RonDingo]

Great post. I said this out loud during the game.

The crash play for Twal has almost become a joke. You can see the players all wanting to be the bloke who assists him.

But he has had 100s of crash plays called for him in his career...many with simple one on one assignments to score.

And never has.

Seems like a great bloke and they all love him...but running a play that has failed 100s of times is not overly smart.

Wind up Pole or Blore and keep that play for them.

It's reminiscent of Paul Gallen getting in the way constantly.

 

[Winston Churchill]

It's round 1 you lunatics.

Wait for this guy,

"Its round 22 you lunatics, they have to gel"

 

[Winston Churchill]

round 1 of 10th year

Checkmate

 

[tony soprano]

Wait for this guy,

"Its round 22 you lunatics, they have to gel"

Get a life

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

LB didn’t lose us the game yesterday, he was shit but wasn’t alone. Our right side defence lost us the game and was found out hard and our man AD was a lamp post on two occasions. DL is also to blame for two of them as well. TT‘s defence as well as his handling was rubbish - he was playing injured/hurt.

BTW his missed tackle count was up but he was often the the first one to make contact and then fall off as the rest of the defence finished the tackle. I don’t recall any of his missed tackles leading to a break or try.

LB couldn’t win us the game yesterday, but he was involved in a lot of plays that got us momentum and the team failed to capitalise due to handling errors. He was shit at times as well no excuses.
AD did score 1st try that was a great run. But AD, API and DL also couldn’t win us the game neither. AD missed 2 GK’s as well.

The team was good in patches, let’s see how we go after a few weeks.

That's what happens when you have Kepaoa playing right second row for 60 minutes. He is nowhere near Blore's level defensively. Blore just can't stay on the field.

 

[426Tlgerland]

It’s only early but I will throw a curve ball in
Brooks to Centre
guy is very quick specially of the mark , he can defend head on ok
size if your quick enough won’t matter and he already does tackle the big guys coming at him
just a thought

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

It's round 1 you lunatics.

some death ride Brooks as they would rather see him fail than the team succeed for the "I told you so moment"

 

[Winston Churchill]

some death ride Brooks as they would rather see him fail than the team succeed for the "I told you so moment"

Finally raise their heads. 'Death riding' the Tigers to pimp their simp.

Who cares if we win, Brooks is a Dally M winner.

 

[Winston Churchill]

Get a life

Get a clue

 

[Winston Churchill]

10 years and 1 game of a dumpster fire at half.

Complete inability to create space and constantly runs sideways, has zero idea how to create points, nowhere near good enough PERIOD. Cant perform the basic job of a half....... just give it time guys.

 

[SeanT]

Because;

He was the main weakness across the field
He had shown no improvement

He and Laurie. Need a new halfback and fullback.

 

[Winston Churchill]

He and Laurie. Need a new halfback and fullback.

💯

 

[izotope]

sad thing is he was much improved on last year

 

[BAGNF05]

It’s only early but I will throw a curve ball in
Brooks to Centre
guy is very quick specially of the mark , he can defend head on ok
size if your quick enough won’t matter and he already does tackle the big guys coming at him
just a thought

It’s rare to get a head on tackle in the centre’s, and it’s the hardest place to defend of all. You’re dealing with more speed, more space and better footwork. Not for LB imo.

 

[Winston Churchill]

sad thing is he was much improved on last year

One of his best performances for sure. Probably rate him a 1.5/10. Just goes to show how he has performed in his other 180 odd games. Tigers have never had a chance to make the finals with him in the team. Cant drive a car without a steering wheel.

 

[aturkey]

It’s only early but I will throw a curve ball in
Brooks to Centre
guy is very quick specially of the mark , he can defend head on ok
size if your quick enough won’t matter and he already does tackle the big guys coming at him
just a thought

People can laugh but he really shows no quality halfback ability and all people talk about with him is defence and speed....

 

[aturkey]

He and Laurie. Need a new halfback and fullback.

 

[BAGNF05]

The best halfbacks do two things very well. A) They build pressure with their attacking options and last tackle plays and B) they play to the strengths of their team.

A) Yesterday our spine and mostly Brooksy threw away too many good ball chances. Big fail but hopefully fixable.

B) what are our attacking strengths? I believe this is the question that our coaches must be struggling with the most. Every which way we went we lacked class. I think in eight weeks time we’ll be looking to play more off Papali’i and Bateman on the fringes. Maybe a bit more pain and patience needed before Sheens and co work this out. Jahream Bula looked classy in reserve grade and I won’t be surprised if he ultimately gets a crack.

 

[gregjm87]

just watched the first half as wasnt able to yeterday.
Was Brooks good? No.
Was Brooks bad? No.
For his first game in 6 months. With new combinations, in a new attacking system and with a restricted preseason, he was fine.

 

[tigerap]

The best halfbacks do two things very well. A) They build pressure with their attacking options and last tackle plays and B) they play to the strengths of their team.

A) Yesterday our spine and mostly Brooksy threw away too many good ball chances. Big fail but hopefully fixable.

B) what are our attacking strengths? I believe this is the question that our coaches must be struggling with the most. Every which way we went we lacked class. I think in eight weeks time we’ll be looking to play more off Papali’i and Bateman on the fringes. Maybe a bit more pain and patience needed before Sheens and co work this out. Jahream Bula looked classy in reserve grade and I won’t be surprised if he ultimately gets a crack.

Bula scored a slashing 90m try yesterday….for a kid he is tall and athletic, he will be a weapon once his body fills out…I just dont see Laurie ever being a top shelf FB…he just doesn’t have the power in his legs nor the strength in his body…