Luke Brooks - Mega Thread

[Eternal Tiger]

If someone makes a blue - then things can happen…
When you make a blue - you shouldn’t be putting anyone else on show for it

I was at the game, I thought he was blowing up at the Touchy for not calling a forward pass.

 

[Demps]

I was at the game, I thought he was blowing up at the Touchy for not calling a forward pass.

🔥🔥

 

[Tiger_claws]

I was at the game, I thought he was blowing up at the Touchy for not calling a forward pass.

He had a few words for both ref and touchy. I didn’t see him blowing up at his team mates.

 

[Demps]

He had a few words for both ref and touchy. I didn’t see him blowing up at his team mates.

Body language was quite down on TV.
How was it live ?

Did he appear quiet or vocal?

 

[twentyforty]

He set up two tries and put in some good kicks.

The problem with his detractors is that they don't see any of the good stuff he does.

I've already stated how poor his option taking at critical times is.

In all seriousness can anyone justify picking Hastings and Doueihi ahead of Brooks. I think they can overrated due to Brooks continual dud plays at critical times.

No.

 

[Telltails]

The last great hope of the "big 4". What a disaster. He was never the same after Teddy left. Needs some quality around him to see if he can salvage some feel for the game and that is not going to happen here.

 

[tigermaniac]

Played well and tried hard compared to recent outings
but still played well below what’s needed

 

[Eternal Tiger]

The last great hope of the "big 4". What a disaster. He was never the same after Teddy left. Needs some quality around him to see if he can salvage some feel for the game and that is not going to happen here.

He won't succeed anywhere else either. He doesn't have the smarts or composure to win a side games, his pay packet suggests he should. He is a running 5/8. He's worth 450-500k max, our Club are morons for paying way overs his entire career.

 

[TCL]

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.

No we don’t

 

[Tcat]

I don't think I've ever bagged Brooks on this forum. But after tonight I'm done. I don't see him improving this squad after 9 years. I don't see his game evolving, I don't see anything positive for either player or club.

I like Brooks. But I honestly think it's in the best interests of both club and player if he finds a new side.

No other club would have persisted for so long. Decisions like this kind of sum up why this club is losertown.

 

[weststigerman]

What if he leaves and we don’t make the finals.. what if he leaves and makes the finals with another team…. Mockery assured

So be it.

We’re not going to make finals with him here. If we moves on and wins a comp, good luck to him.

 

[tony soprano]

The last great hope of the "big 4". What a disaster. He was never the same after Teddy left. Needs some quality around him to see if he can salvage some feel for the game and that is not going to happen here.

Doppey club sacked the guy who brought the big 4 through and replaced him with mick Potter and Jason Taylor 😆 🤣 😂

 

[TCL]

So be it.

We’re not going to make finals with him here. If we moves on and wins a comp, good luck to him.

With current squad we are not going to make the finals either way

 

[Camel2281]

Brooks $$ next year are inflated by agreeing to restrucure his contract a few years ago when we were trying to fund Ivans imbeciles(Packer/Reynolds/Mbye & co)
Brooks was actually trying to do the right thing by the club , and sacrificied some early years $$,but like all inflated back end contracts it looks bad at the end..particularly if he aint performing
Easy to identify his $$ initially forgone,& WTs shld take that into account with any payout
Having said that,it is Brooks who has instigated leaving early to start a new career elsewhere,so he needs to forgo some part of next years contract payment or endure the humiliation of playing reserve grade with WTs in 2023,cause thats undoubtedly where he'll be
WTs created this potential problem for him with a back ended contract,but his worsening performances made it everybodys problem and to fairly move him on end 22..assuming hes got a gig elsewhere??

No he didn't

At that stage pre Covid it was widely assumed that the salary cap would have incremental increases across the years of Brooks contract. Isaac Moses the grub who is his manager (says alot about Brooks for employing him) negotiated a contract that saw Luke's wage remain an approximate percentage of the cap. Don't try and make him out to be some sort of Martyr for the team/club.

The only blokes that have agreed to take lower wages at a certain point when our cap was shot were Benji and Robbie years ago

 

[tony soprano]

So be it.

We’re not going to make finals with him here. If we moves on and wins a comp, good luck to him.

Can't ignore his contracted.

 

[1eyedmel]

Good to see the Brooks lovers finally starting to see how great he is not. Give Madden a shot for the rest of the year, hopefully Newcastle or Dolphins come knocking to take him next year. If not play him in reserves because nothing is going to change whilst he is there. Easily the worst half in the comp.

 

[twentyforty]

Brooksy is the most beat up player I’ve ever seen.
Is it because he is the canary in the mineshaft? He has developed into a rocks and diamonds type player in whom we can all see the tremendous potential. A club doesn’t pay $1m for a player who doesn’t have upside potential, not even WT.
We (or rather the club) should be more focussed on how we developed Brooks into the player he is today, otherwise it’s meaningless to churn out excited juniors who follow in Brooks footsteps.

 

[batboy]

You won't see a worse kick all season than that crap he dished up on the second when we had a man in the bin. That's a diabolically terrible piece of sabotage. Totally unforgiveable, and totally indicative of a player who has no game sense, no footy intelligence and no confidence. Just a dumb play which we never recovered from.

Doppey club sacked the guy who brought the big 4 through and replaced him with mick Potter and Jason Taylor 😆 🤣 😂

If you’re referring to Sheens - he bought 2/4 through - Potter bought through Brooks and Moses.
As you were

 

[weststigerman]

With current squad we are not going to make the finals either way

Agree

 

[bathursttiger1]

Luke just keeps coming up with the wrong options at the crucial time, which cost us big time.