Luke Brooks - Mega Thread

[twentyforty]

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

Gosh, I wonder where he learned that behaviour?

 

[Eternal Tiger]

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.

185 games...and were still talking about potential. After 9 Seasons potential is talent that doesn't exist.

 

[earl]

Gosh, I wonder where he learned that behaviour?

I think it's his nature. He doesn't have that hard edge at critical times. I'm not talking about the kick at the end of the game. That was because he was the guy most likely to actually try something.

The problem was that kick in the first half. That was the big play that shouldn't have been made.

 

[bathursttiger1]

Gosh, I wonder where he learned that behaviour?

Nothing between the ears.

 

[tony soprano]

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

Referring who identified and brought you through juniors I e sheens and ok.
If u think Potter identified that's incorrect

 

[TIGERPOWER]

Any player with nearly 200 games under their belt should've had the awareness to not have a kick smothered ON TACKLE 2 when we hadn't been down their end for 15mins, and had a man in the Bin. We conceded 2 tries to end the half. Stop defending him, he's horrible. We have all the momentum in the final 5mins and he kicks out on the full, he has and never will have the smarts or the composure. He was the difference between the 2 sides.

If we play out that set on their tryline and either we score or give them possession back on their 1m line, then I think we run out the clock , go into half time at 12 and have a much greater chance to win. Did I see some good things from him yes I did. But he does things that my U15s halfback wouldn’t even do.

 

[Kaito]

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

Milford > Ash Taylor > Croft > Brooks

 

[Tore85]

Brooks copped a high shot from Mitch Moses right in front of the posts with 10-15minutes to go last night, refs eyes were in his pocket?! But when Moses called out Brooksy flop the ref gave him and the eels the penalty. It is too hard to win and play well when the whole world is against is. How can one player get treated like royalty from the ref and our guy is a nothing. We need the attitude of us vs the world at the moment. Brooksy did get shrugged off by Moses for that try but he tried to make up for it. Am not trying to stick up for Brooksy but only realised last night how complex this situation is.

 

[Tiger_heart]

Brooks needs another club, and we need a decent half / five eight...sounds like a pretty easy decision to make, to the content of all concerned...

 

[gallagher]

Brooks copped a high shot from Mitch Moses right in front of the posts with 10-15minutes to go last night, refs eyes were in his pocket?! But when Moses called out Brooksy flop the ref gave him and the eels the penalty. It is too hard to win and play well when the whole world is against is. How can one player get treated like royalty from the ref and our guy is a nothing. We need the attitude of us vs the world at the moment. Brooksy did get shrugged off by Moses for that try but he tried to make up for it. Am not trying to stick up for Brooksy but only realised last night how complex this situation is.

So is the refs fault now?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Brooks needs another club, and we need a decent half / five eight...sounds like a pretty easy decision to make, to the content of all concerned...

I say the same thing when a player in my Supercoach is struggling. Fortunately in Suprercoach, you don’t have contracts and real money to have to balance.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

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.

Disagree; he is bog average at best.

'Potential' still being discussed after 9 years is bullshit.

Blaming the club for developing him into being hopeless: also bullshit.

So many excuses.

 

[clokan]

Brooks copped a high shot from Mitch Moses right in front of the posts with 10-15minutes to go last night, refs eyes were in his pocket?! But when Moses called out Brooksy flop the ref gave him and the eels the penalty. It is too hard to win and play well when the whole world is against is. How can one player get treated like royalty from the ref and our guy is a nothing. We need the attitude of us vs the world at the moment. Brooksy did get shrugged off by Moses for that try but he tried to make up for it. Am not trying to stick up for Brooksy but only realised last night how complex this situation is.

Tackled player was still in motion, can't see how it was considered a flop. As someone else sai,d is Moses the new Cam Smith?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Disagree; he is bog average at best.

Exactly how many players at this club are above bog average? Especially in the spine.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Tackled player was still in motion, can't see how it was considered a flop. As someone else sai,d is Moses the new Cam Smith?

No, cos Smith was a actually a winner. Moses is a choker.

 

[twentyforty]

Disagree; he is bog average at best.

'Potential' still being discussed after 9 years is bullshit.

Blaming the club for developing him into being hopeless: also bullshit.

So many excuses.

You have a right to be upset, for every 2 good things Brooks does he includes a howler.
I'm not offering excuses Pb, just stating my opinion.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Brooks copped a high shot from Mitch Moses right in front of the posts with 10-15minutes to go last night, refs eyes were in his pocket?! But when Moses called out Brooksy flop the ref gave him and the eels the penalty. It is too hard to win and play well when the whole world is against is. How can one player get treated like royalty from the ref and our guy is a nothing. We need the attitude of us vs the world at the moment. Brooksy did get shrugged off by Moses for that try but he tried to make up for it. Am not trying to stick up for Brooksy but only realised last night how complex this situation is.

I haven't watched the whole match, though from the highlights, which Luke was very prominent in, have little doubt that he put more effort into the match than most.

Brooks got there from marker to at least be in position and was palmed off as many would also have been, if they were good enough get there in the first place. Just like when he got across in cover, then missed the kick on a bouncing ball to save another try.

It is the main go to target of all teams, as WT are scored against down that left edge, basically every single time when Brooks is at marker or involved in the previous tackle.

 

[Eternal Tiger]

If we play out that set on their tryline and either we score or give them possession back on their 1m line, then I think we run out the clock , go into half time at 12 and have a much greater chance to win. Did I see some good things from him yes I did. But he does things that my U15s halfback wouldn’t even do.

Agree mate, to me he has no game awareness. When he put that kick in, regardless of it being smothered, Parra would've tidied it easily anyway, it was a brain dead option.
We didn't touch the ball again in the 1st half.

 

[rex2ce]

Disregarding his paypacket, whatever it is, there was nothing wrong with his effort last night although execution let him down a few times

 

[Tiger_heart]

I say the same thing when a player in my Supercoach is struggling. Fortunately in Suprercoach, you don’t have contracts and real money to have to balance.

True, but players and clubs can agree to part ways...But to your point, no club has shown any real interest in Brooks, even at a reduced rate, though...which to my mind is a measure of his worth on the market.