Luke Brooks - Mega Thread

[batboy]

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.

It was a shit option that didn't work out.
Anyone would think it never happened before....
Or Luke Brooks was the only half in history to do it.

I remember Benji doing it not so long ago (With 300 games behind him) on the
1st (out at Campbelltown I think)

1st tackle, We were on the attack - Inside their 20-30, Very late in the game...
We lost the game by less than a try
This is the generational player that changed the game... Club legend - And all that.

Seriously, If anyone else in the game did it - No one would have even mentioned it.

 

[Tiger_heart]

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

When you ask for that sort of money, you are expected to make the big calls. Constantly. And deliver.

 

[batboy]

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.

What a dumb [This word has been automatically removed]ing statement to make...
It's been clear Luke Brooks has shown no real interest in ever leaving!!
How the hell would you know what 15 Football depts. in the NRL are thinking...

Cameron Smith has come out and said the Storm were seriously looking at him before he re-signed with us.... Greatest coach in the last 20 years....

So there's 1 for you...

Matty Johns has been on TV saying Newcastle were 100% sure they had him last year - There's another.

 

[Tiger_Fanatic3]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1545746764053233664

 

[Tim Sheens]

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.

Catching the replay on Kayo now and watched that play about fifteen minutes ago.

It was obviously a set play and clearly set up and orchestrated by Hastings. Not executed well by Brooks, yeah, sure, blame him for that part. It is though not fair to blame him for the "brain dead option" part, as that was Hastings' role.

 

[earl]

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.

I don't think he is bog average or if he is than Hastings and Doueihi are worse than bog average.

None of them deserve excuses.

The real problem with Brooks is that the alternatives aren't stating well I'm the man for the job. Hastings has put in some good performances but he has regressed badly.

 

[earl]

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

Nailed it.

Hastings:- has had his moments but not good enough lately. A good medium kicking game but poor long kicking game. I haven't seen enough of his short kicking game to judge.
Doueihi:- a passenger.
Brooks:- he does everything right until the key moments and then he comes up with a dud play.
Laurie:- ordinary.
Nu Brown:- pretty good at times and he hasn't been bad.
Liddle:- talk about a god of state cup.
Simpkins:- not good enough yet but maybe he'll get there in a couple of years time.

 

[Tcat]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1545746764053233664

Poor Luke. His dads a real a@#hole.

 

[bigsiro]

It was a shit option that didn't work out.
Anyone would think it never happened before....
Or Luke Brooks was the only half in history to do it.

I remember Benji doing it not so long ago (With 300 games behind him) on the
1st (out at Campbelltown I think)

1st tackle, We were on the attack - Inside their 20-30, Very late in the game...
We lost the game by less than a try
This is the generational player that changed the game... Club legend - And all that.

Seriously, If anyone else in the game did it - No one would have even mentioned it.

Let me tell you, every single time Benji made a play like that there was a reaction.
You can’t compare Brooks to a player who actually won matches (on his own), our greatest player, golden boot winner etc etc.
Benji was rocks or diamonds. Brooks is just rocks.

 

[TIGERPOWER]

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.

It overshadows the good stuff he does. So frustrating

 

[BAGNF05]

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.

I hope he goes to another club and finds his confidence and finishes with a legacy other than WT whipping boy.

 

[bigsiro]

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.

No one sees potential in him anymore.
We all did once.
We were all wrong.
Some just took longer to realize it or admit it.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

There is a reason Brooks is continually picked. It's because he has a good long kick on him. He can get it high and around the oppositions 10m from our own half. No one else at the club has a boot like that.

Watching Jock Madden in the earlier game, he puts a bomb up from halfway and it lands on the 20m line. Hastings doesn't have a big boot on him. Doueihi can put those torpedoes up but doesn't have a good end-over-end bomb.

 

[Tim Sheens]

It was a shit option that didn't work out.
Anyone would think it never happened before....
Or Luke Brooks was the only half in history to do it.

I remember Benji doing it not so long ago (With 300 games behind him) on the
1st (out at Campbelltown I think)

1st tackle, We were on the attack - Inside their 20-30, Very late in the game...
We lost the game by less than a try
This is the generational player that changed the game... Club legend - And all that.

Seriously, If anyone else in the game did it - No one would have even mentioned it.

Poor all around.

Poor choice by Hastings instigating the play and similarly poor execution from Brooks.

 

[GCfan]

So is the refs fault now?

Yelp I thought we got the benefit of the doubt with a lot of refs calls last night too so they evened out across the game. Some of the eels disallowed tries I thought were harsh anyway so the ref wasn’t why we lost last night.

 

[Tim Sheens]

I hope he goes to another club and finds his confidence and finishes with a legacy other than WT whipping boy.

I just watched him save another try, stopping Mahoney from scoring.

Whipping boy alright, as Joffa is the only other player that puts in nearly as much.

 

[1eyedmel]

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

This is the norm.

 

[BAGNF05]

I just watched him save another try, stopping Mahoney from scoring.

Whipping boy alright, as Joffa is the only other player that puts in nearly as much.

The thing about losing is it robs you of confidence. Then all the effort results in errors and it’s a vicious cycle. Needs to go somewhere where he can win, smile and he’ll play better footy.

 

[bigsiro]

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

Ability to execute in his role is what counts. But no matter how great his effort, Brooks does not have the ability. Thus, he can only be a massive liability.
The “effort” argument is irrelevant and superfluous.

 

[BAGNF05]

Ability to execute in his role is what counts. But no matter how great his effort, Brooks does not have the ability. Thus, he can only be a massive liability.
The “effort” argument is irrelevant and superfluous.

I don’t agree. It’s a confidence issue. Bad players don’t win some of the awards and praise he has had. He’s a skilful player who has just lost too many games at WT and lost his confidence. It’s a bad marriage.