Luke Brooks - Mega Thread

jirskyr said:
Doueihi is despo to play 5/8th and Brooks is despo to continue giving substandard performances, so it's time to give AD his chance.

I'm not advocating totally removing Brooks though - move him to the bench in place of Liddle where he can play 20 mins hooker and cover for injury in the backs. Get him on to tackle his little arse off and instruct him to run from hooker when he sees fit, or put in some left-foot kicks of the opportunity presents.
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Just release the poor little prick to find a better club. That’s only going to further kill his confidence. Time to move on.
 
Brooks was poor tonight at stages but no worse than normal. He wasn’t the difference.
Our ill discipline at Parras end on multiple occasions gifted them easy possession and field position. Our pigs got stuck in tonight and were let down by these penalties. That said, the sinbinning was the difference. It was not a suitable penalty for that play. It cost the team more than the two tries scored whilst down to 12. Hastings is a bigger concern for mine, he just wasn’t there a lot of the time when we needed him playmaking. He has been quiet for a while now.
 
watersider said:
Doueihi put up some excellent bombs and did a huge amount of hard slog hit ups off our own line. That's the only opportunity centres get in our games. Ridiculous you criticise him. He got involved wherever he could.
And as for rankings of halves, it's not hard at all:
Hastings
Doueihi
Then anyone else bar Brooks because Brooks is not able to play in the halves. He's just not.
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Missed his rushing defence letting tries in, or the missed tackle on Waga that turned into a big line break - and him abusing his team mates for his poor read and and attempt.
there’s plenty more, maybe try catch the replay.
 
cktiger said:
His two try assists were simple catch and pass.
Hastings was the one who saw the space.
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[This word has been automatically removed] me - now Hastings is getting the praise for his good play…

Hastings (apart from the bomb) was a passenger - again…

If anything - he’s been stifling play for weeks… every time he gets the ball he runs into defence or hands it out for a nothing play…
 
stryker 69 said:
Brooks was poor tonight at stages but no worse than normal. He wasn’t the difference.
Our ill discipline at Parras end on multiple occasions gifted them easy possession and field position. Our pigs got stuck in tonight and were let down by these penalties. That said, the sinbinning was the difference. It was not a suitable penalty for that play. It cost the team more than the two tries scored whilst down to 12. Hastings is a bigger concern for mine, he just wasn’t there a lot of the time when we needed him playmaking. He has been quiet for a while now.
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Apparently hearing clicks in his knees now
 
Earl said:
Go and rewatch the game. He put in heaps of good kicks. He was our no 1 kicker. I can think of 1 kick that was a dud and that was at the end of the game trying to win it.

The bad option that he took when he didn't get that kick off was atrocious. I can't defend that. It was diabolical.

Seriously - go and rewatch the game. I'm no Brooks lover.
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I’d love to know where the 7 has been….
Everything has been back on Brooks for weeks - first receiver, all the kicking….
 
Chaos said:
How can you expect brooks to magically counter the fact that we always give the opposition penalties in their own 20/30m area, we literally give them the length of the field with penalties and 6 agains, how can we apply pressure when we consistently put ourselves under pressure?
Our bigs rarely offload even though they have arms free and players to pass to, literally just look at them and fall to the ground.
How can a play maker set plays up when those surrounding him look uninterested?
Yes brooks made some dud plays tonight but the pressure this guy is under constantly is tough.
As a player he has very little talent surrounding him, poor roster management from the hot heads above him, numerous coaches, no consistent strong spine or halves combo, no consistent strong goal kicker to turn try’s into 6 points, constant BS leaks to media,
Poor coaching game structures etc etc.
I do feel brooks needs to move on, but to say he is to blame for our losses is just ignorant.
The issues at our club are far more deeper than blaming Luke brooks.
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Take brooks out of that game and put munster in his place, do we win that game,????? Brooksy gets paid big money to play a game of football, and assist his team in winning that game, tonight he won that game but for the eels not the tigers.
 
stryker 69 said:
Brooks was poor tonight at stages but no worse than normal. He wasn’t the difference.
Our ill discipline at Parras end on multiple occasions gifted them easy possession and field position. Our pigs got stuck in tonight and were let down by these penalties. That said, the sinbinning was the difference. It was not a suited penalty for that play. It cost the team more than the two tries scored whilst down to 12. Hastings is a bigger concern for mine, he just wasn’t there a lot of the time when we needed him playmaking. He has been quiet for a while now.
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I agree with your assessment of the causes of the loss, but I also disagree that Brooks wasn't worse than normal.

When we lose a player, get a nice run from Tupou that leads to a mid-field penalty, the primary thing you do, and everyone knows this, is run through your set methodically and kick for a repeat. You are trying to wind the clock down and keep the ball down the other end.

Instead Brooks puts in a Benji-like 2nd tackle corner kick, but doesn't even clear the Parramatta defenders. Maybe, just maybe I could reconcile the play if somehow Tupou was unmarked or if the fullback was right up in the line, but we were playing 12 on 13 here - not only did Eels have us marked, but in those situations the wingers tend to hang back because you aren't going to strip them of numbers.

He then gives away a 6-again on Moses in the ensuing set (Stefano gives away a high shot penalty earlier), and then he has an air swing attempting to defend the Sivo kick.

I'll even waive the Sivo error because the ball did take an ugly bounce and bend away from him, but the decision to kick early when you are down to 12 men... it just sums up everything wrong with Luke Brooks at the moment.

I'll also forgive guys like Junior and Matamua for indiscretions, because they are young and eager. Brooks has had more than enough time to develop a calm, dependable head, and we didn't see it tonight.

12-6 and you need to play out your attacking set calmly, wind down the clock, kick for a repeat. Failure to do that opens up the play, he compounds it with a 6-again and Eels go back-to-back.

Obviously Brooks then palmed off by Mitch Moses for a try just after HT.

I cannot forgive these playmaker decisions, and it was only made worse by the fact he was outplayed and embarrassed by is old flatmate, that jerk of a peanut pelican Slimy Fart. Brooks personally involved in 3 of the Eels game-breaking tries, after all the effort the team put in.
 
Dennisspicer1 said:
Take brooks out of that game and put munster in his place, do we win that game,????? Brooksy gets paid big money to play a game of football, and assist his team in winning that game, tonight he won that game but for the eels not the tigers.
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There’s 1 Munster in the game…
Not 1 per team.

Money works both ways - garner is almost on double the money of Papalli for Parra….
Them maths work for you too?
 
jirskyr said:
I agree with your assessment of the causes of the loss, but I also disagree that Brooks wasn't worse than normal.

When we lose a player, get a nice run from Tupou that leads to a mid-field penalty, the primary thing you do, and everyone knows this, is run through your set methodically and kick for a repeat. You are trying to wind the clock down and keep the ball down the other end.

Instead Brooks puts in a Benji-like 2nd tackle corner kick, but doesn't even clear the Parramatta defenders. Maybe, just maybe I could reconcile the play if somehow Tupou was unmarked or if the fullback was right up in the line, but we were playing 12 on 13 here - not only did Eels have us marked, but in those situations the wingers tend to hang back because you aren't going to strip them of numbers.

He then gives away a 6-again on Moses in the ensuing set (Stefano gives away a high shot penalty earlier), and then he has an air swing attempting to defend the Sivo kick.

I'll even waive the Sivo error because the ball did take an ugly bounce and bend away from him, but the decision to kick early when you are down to 12 men... it just sums up everything wrong with Luke Brooks at the moment.

I'll also forgive guys like Junior and Matamua for indiscretions, because they are young and eager. Brooks has had more than enough time to develop a calm, dependable head, and we didn't see it tonight.

12-6 and you need to play out your attacking set calmly, wind down the clock, kick for a repeat. Failure to do that opens up the play, he compounds it with a 6-again and Eels go back-to-back.

Obviously Brooks then palmed off by Mitch Moses for a try just after HT.

I cannot forgive these playmaker decisions, and it was only made worse by the fact he was outplayed and embarrassed by is old flatmate, that jerk of a peanut pelican Slimy Fart. Brooks personally involved in 3 of the Eels game-breaking tries, after all the effort the team put in.
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