Fade.To.Black
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Luke Brooks - Mega Thread
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haberfield_tiger
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I see an article today Benji could of played on this year the Goldcoast wanted him. After the year he had at souths last year why not. After all we had to get rid of Benji. Robbie. And Moses so it could be brooks team. The experiment is broken. We should cut out loses move him on now to newie while there is demand for him. 8 years of brooks and we are going no where like this thread.......
69-05-41
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Brooks is a robot, just goes through the motions for five tackles, then bombs. Sometimes he loses count and we think he is being creative. If he was NRL standard he would have had far more interest than just Newcastle. Super League awaits, hopefully ASAP.
GNR4LIFE
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He only had the year he had because he was in one of the best sides in the comp. Throw him in the Titans side and it’s the old Benji once again.
GNR4LIFE
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If he wasn’t NRL standard he wouldn’t have played almost 200 games.
While I agree we should move Brooks on given right now Doueihi’s out till at least Round 10 at the earliest we only have Madden as depth until then I’m over the Brooks experiment too but right now as much as it pains me to say it we need his experience but I don’t expect him to step up like we need him too if we do fire from the halves Hastings will be the one that does so
Let’s be honest though apart from Knights no other club would take him Cowboys maybe and Dolphins only cause they need youth but apart from those no other club would be willing to take him because they need a 7 he’s not a very good one though
GNR4LIFE
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He‘s competent, which considering where are as a club, competent will be all we can attract, unless we have a big change in fortune. There’s so much hyperbole with him. “He sucks”, “He’s not NRL standard”. All rubbish. Halfbacks get run out of the game very early on if they can’t cut it
Well we’ve been waiting 9 years for him to finally take charge we haven’t seen it I think the fans have a right to be critical of him at this point, its always the same with him 5th tackle set mid field bomb he can run but that’s about it very rarely does he kick it out to give our forwards a quick breather so they get tired quicker, he’s become too predictable he has to try something different this year
GNR4LIFE
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Have you been waiting 9 years for him to reach a level that is beyond him? Because it’s clear he’s not capable. Every year people expect him to take the next step, to reach some higher level. He’s not going to. What you see is what you get.
Well its not good enough I get he’s no Thurston or Cronk but if he can’t step up than we have to try something else because the way he currently plays isn’t working, I hope he can prove us doubters wrong but we simply cannot see it and after 9 years of being very average they have a right to criticise him
oldschooltiger
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The other half of the problem is we don't have forwards who get good metres, quick play the balls. We have played a slow stile of game for atleast the last 6 years.
That might change once Papali’I and Korisau come in 2023 plus depending who we can upgrade or sign in that time too but still we need to see something different from Brooks this year as I said he’s become too predictable with his last tackle options
Papz and Api are such good signings...
Hoping theres a few more on the horizon.
Hoping theres a few more on the horizon.
I like that we have upgraded Pole into our top 30 for next year if we add Dillon and Rua I think it’ll look better
Dillon is dev isn't he ?
Can play from round 10.
Rua looked the goods and the Cheese comparison really rang tru.
Gutsy player.
No train and trial .. but they can all play now from round 1 should a team become Covid affected..
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If I was Madge I would tell the whole back line to stand a little deeper and space further apart.
If you do this it forces you to run, that's the problem with backlines these days, very flat and predictable. I'm speaking from someone who played 36yrs in the centres. Not blowing my own trumpet, just pointing out how you can instantly fix a stifled attack.
The best attacking teams in history had bodies in motion.
bigsiro
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If, heaven forbidding, Brooks is still here next year, it will make ZERO difference whether Papalii, Korisau or anyone else is in the team: he will still be a sub-par halfback and same old excuses will resurface.
But who knows, he might be a 5/8 who can plug a gap, or hooker?
I'm not discounting that.
But it has been 9 long years. Anyone expecting him to turn it around at halfback is literally exercising the book definition of insanity.
He's gotta be moved, either positionally or out altogether.
