Luke Brooks - Mega Thread

[twentyforty]

“I’m excited about staying here” is a lot different to “I’m excited about being here.”
Kudos to Brooksy for considering his options. Who wouldn’t?
When Brooks was presented with his own team, no it wasn’t Storm, Roosters or Panthers, it was Tigers. It’s like every year opening your Christmas present and thinking..oh, socks again 😂

 

[batboy]

“I’m excited about staying here” is a lot different to “I’m excited about being here.”
Kudos to Brooksy for considering his options. Who wouldn’t?
When Brooks was presented with his own team, no it wasn’t Storm, Roosters or Panthers, it was Tigers. It’s like every year opening your Christmas present and thinking..oh, socks again 😂

Probably referring to his impending extension

 

[tony soprano]

To be fair if our blokes competed/chased Brooks kicks like the Panthers players do his kicking game would not look so ordinary. The difference in attitude was blatant.

100 percent

 

[Cobarcats]

🤔

Agree. In the absence of a great fullback happy to go for height. However Douehi isn’t the quickest and a fullback needs to be, so we’d have to see how he goes.
Remember the great fullbacks were not big eg Slater, Jack, Tedesco, Churchill, Hodgson 😊 Bigger guys that transition to fullback and excel there, like Turbo and Inglis, are generally the exception.

Yeh agree, games changed a bit though, defensive set up changed, more up and unders now on 5th, put it this way, if they kick high to the try line would you rather have ken, AD types competeing? Since 1968 since I've started following the game initially my fav fullback was the Wombat Graham Eadie - he wasn't tall, in recent times Greg Inglis.

 

[twentyforty]

Probably referring to his impending extension

I guess it's not about stats it's about what the team needs, take for instance, last night game. O'Sullivan's focused on the basics kicking to winger all game and his defence and they killed it

Brooks has always lacked that killer instinct to stick to a game plan and harass the opposition in attack. Let's them off easy too many times.

I’d say the coach and others weren’t happy with O’Sullivan’s imitation of the Nofa defence, which cost them points. He should have taken Foran. But solid effort by O’Sullivan.
It’s also about what the team does and the standards that are acceptable.
We will know more after this game, but from the trials it looks to me that Tigers are now buying in to being part of a team?

 

[Bones]

I guess it's not about stats it's about what the team needs, take for instance, last night game. O'Sullivan's focused on the basics kicking to winger all game and his defence and they killed it

Brooks has always lacked that killer instinct to stick to a game plan and harass the opposition in attack. Let's them off easy too many times.

If Brooks had produced the same kicks, which he regularly does, everyone would be carrying on asking why he kicked high bombs to the tallest bloke on the field all night 🤷‍♂️

In fact I remember that exact complaint when we last played Manly.

 

[twentyforty]

100 percent

Absolutely TT and Tony.
The sad part about Brooks kicks is that he is the first tackle in. Brooks does the kicking chasing tackling, no wonder he gets paid so much more than the other players. 👍

 

[tony soprano]

If Brooks had produced the same kicks, which he regularly does, everyone would be carrying on asking why he kicked high bombs to the tallest bloke on the field all night 🤷‍♂️

In fact I remember that exact complaint when we last played Manly.

The kicks to Saab where from their own half not close to line.

O'Sullivan's did well to take him out of the game.

 

[Tim Sheens]

If Brooks had produced the same kicks, which he regularly does, everyone would be carrying on asking why he kicked high bombs to the tallest bloke on the field all night 🤷‍♂️

In fact I remember that exact complaint when we last played Manly.

Was chuckling as I read it too as it was exactly the same as you alluded to, execution of the game plan and all. Though to be fair, @tony soprano isn't a regular that attacks one, yet praise others for the same almost universally repeated across the competition bread and butter kicks.

 

[Tiger5150]

To be fair if our blokes competed/chased Brooks kicks like the Panthers players do his kicking game would not look so ordinary. The difference in attitude was blatant.

100% which is also the reason for the Brooks bomb on the last that so many [This word has been automatically removed] about here. It is simply the strategy to let our chase get to the receiver as soon as possible after he catches it. Same as what Penrith do,

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

100% which is also the reason for the Brooks bomb on the last that so many ***** about here. It is simply the strategy to let our chase get to the receiver as soon as possible after he catches it. Same as what Penrith do,

Issue is our chasers just don't do their job, hopefully that changes this season.

 

[Geo]

100% which is also the reason for the Brooks bomb on the last that so many ***** about here. It is simply the strategy to let our chase get to the receiver as soon as possible after he catches it. Same as what Penrith do,

Same as every other Club as well..

 

[Tiger5150]

Same as every other Club as well..

Do every other clubs fans moan about it as much?

 

[Geo]

Do every other clubs fans moan about it as much?

Depends how they execute..last night for example Penriff started just about every set from their 40m line on the back of DCE's kicks and he is very good apparently..yet Many started their sets barely 10m out and where still inside the 20 come tackle 3..

 

[Merlot]

Brooks -just keep it simple, stupid,all the controlling 1/2s have look great so far

 

[BAGNF05]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You just posted the one millionth classic Brooks comeback!

Perhaps when a million people tell you something you should consider whether you have the facts wrong?

 

[BAGNF05]

I guess it's not about stats it's about what the team needs, take for instance, last night game. O'Sullivan's focused on the basics kicking to winger all game and his defence and they killed it

Brooks has always lacked that killer instinct to stick to a game plan and harass the opposition in attack. Let's them off easy too many times.

A team full of stars needs very little other than direction from a halfback. That’s what Brooks lacks.

 

[BAGNF05]

“I’m excited about staying here” is a lot different to “I’m excited about being here.”
Kudos to Brooksy for considering his options. Who wouldn’t?
When Brooks was presented with his own team, no it wasn’t Storm, Roosters or Panthers, it was Tigers. It’s like every year opening your Christmas present and thinking..oh, socks again 😂

More like a busted sewerage pipe

 

[stryker 69]

Brooks -just keep it simple, stupid,all the controlling 1/2s have look great so far

There’s always an outlier

 

[Merlot]

There’s always an outlier

yep thats why you were 1st up 4 the alien abduction the other night LOL