Luke Brooks - Mega Thread

Lee's fedora said:
Brooks is headed out the door
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It's been obvious for a long time. Best or worst case depending on your perspective he won't get his contract renewed or it will be for minimal dollars at our club.

He probably wants out because he knows he isn't get a first grade contract going forward.
 
Stevec said:
Just trying to gauge what Brooks can do .How much do you think any other club will pay him? Because Tigers will not want to pay 500k to make up balance
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Dont think any club in its right mind would pay big money for brooksy, he would be very lucky to even get $300.000 he is a half with no go forward, kicking is awfull, tackling is ok but nothing to rave about. So, i think we will be playing him out next year,
 
jirskyr said:
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?
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Agree with your last paragraph but not sure it’s fair to say if he was better than the leaks would be e less of an issue (because that’s unprofessional on the clubs part regardless of how good he’s playing).

My thoughts are he should be using them as motivation, suck it up and perform. Tigers players just seem to sulk rather than work harder.
 
Stevec said:
Just trying to gauge what Brooks can do .How much do you think any other club will pay him? Because Tigers will not want to pay 500k to make up balance
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Personally I think the club is screwed. 500 max for brooks. Now he’s thrown the toys out That’s why I was hoping the superleague rumor was true.
 
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