With due respect to Luke Brooks, and I am not going to be overly critical of his playing career, but if he was a better footballer there would be far less rumour and innuendo about him.
Maybe there are leaks from HQ (as opposed to simple rumour-mongering by journos), but Luke Brooks has brought that scrutiny upon himself.
I think he's an average footballer, not a horrible one, not a good one, but unfortunately for him he's always had a large profile and never managed to perform to that level. It's unfortunate for him that Tigers are crying out for a "saviour" and Luke Brooks is not that person.
On the other hand Luke Brooks has pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to be an average halfback, and has rarely been in a position of facing much competition or being dropped (good halfbacks are hard to come by).
Not to mention the fact that we knew Hastings was signed over a year ago and Doueihi has never hidden the fact he wants to play halves; plus we had Mbye last year. So it's not as if Brooks has not had adequate warning that his position is under increasing jeopardy due to the emergence of other halves candidates.
So for him to be frustrated about leaks or negative comments... well if he was a better player that would be less of an issue.
ALSO there's been a tonne of gossip about Brooks to Newcastle this year, and that's certainly not coming from Tigers HQ. So is Brooks going to complain about rumour that he might be dropped, from within Tigers, but be fine about agitation by the Knights and his management about a possible release?
