Luke Brooks

[earl]

Needs a few weeks in reserves. He is playing average, predictable football. Madden deserves a chance too based off his form.

Or a few months, really just no way he can continue as our 7. Douehi is what 6 games in to 5/8 and running rings around him already. At this stage we may as well just play a prop for 7.

Doueihi is so damn good, what a classy player. Was even taking runs like a prop when no one else wanted to. A true leader and a very good footballer.

He is a guy we can build around.

 

[cktiger]

He's got zero confidence and is a liability out there.

Madden is probably not the answer right now, but he's got potential to one day be it. No point watching Brooks make the same mistakes over and over again.

I hope he picks madden so when we concede over 30 and lose and you all have no scapegoat

And if Madden slays it ?
Will you concede ?

My very argument is that the halfback is far from our worst problem. So Madden slaying it will likely still result in countless tries down our edges and a disappointing loss. So no net change.

But if we’re winning it doesn’t matter

I don’t think this team will win many more games this year. Nathan Cleary in the 7 wouldn’t make much difference

Yes he would.

Maybe if he brings To’o, Chrichton, Luai, Kikau, fisher-Harris and Yeo with him ?

Of course that would help … but even without them he’s 10x a better player than Brooks.

 

[BAGNF05]

He's got zero confidence and is a liability out there.

Madden is probably not the answer right now, but he's got potential to one day be it. No point watching Brooks make the same mistakes over and over again.

I hope he picks madden so when we concede over 30 and lose and you all have no scapegoat

And if Madden slays it ?
Will you concede ?

My very argument is that the halfback is far from our worst problem. So Madden slaying it will likely still result in countless tries down our edges and a disappointing loss. So no net change.

But if we’re winning it doesn’t matter

I don’t think this team will win many more games this year. Nathan Cleary in the 7 wouldn’t make much difference

Yes he would.

Maybe if he brings To’o, Chrichton, Luai, Kikau, fisher-Harris and Yeo with him ?

Of course that would help … but even without them he’s 10x a better player than Brooks.

I agree but we’ve got too many duds, it’s not a one man game

 

[Lukic]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

 

[haberfield_tiger]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Well said

 

[hobbo1]

My first post on this thread is on page 1
I’ve stayed loyal !

Post #8

 

[Snake]

This whole Brooks situation ...the coach will be gone long before Luke plays reserve grade that's on page 10 of the Brooks excuse book get the coach punted 😂 I know who the fool is and it ain't Brooks!

 

[BAGNF05]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

 

[tigerap]

Brooks game management has been poor this year...he cannot put a decent grubber into the in goal.... his cross field kicks are mostly ineffectual....both the club and he needs a change of scenery

His cross field kicks are highly effective eg last week when we scored from one.

His success rate is poor...

 

[hobbo1]

Brooks game management has been poor this year...he cannot put a decent grubber into the in goal.... his cross field kicks are mostly ineffectual....both the club and he needs a change of scenery

His cross field kicks are highly effective eg last week when we scored from one.

His success rate is poor...

Chook lotto

 

[Lukic]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

 

[Snake]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

You see there lays the problem ...persist with something that's not working other than trying something different , smart operators seek to improve the others lose there jobs with inaction .

 

[BAGNF05]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

 

[hobbo1]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

It’s not just that mate .
We had 40 sets compared to there 26
It’s what Brooks doesn’t do when we have the ball in the opposition 20-30 meter zone ..
It’s chook lotto mate ..

 

[Celtic_Tiger]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

I don’t think anyone is saying Brooks was the only reason we lost but he was poor and there needs to be accountability for poor performances. There seems to be for other player, Liddell, Joey, Musgrove and Mikaele all dropped to reserve grade at different points this year.

His attempted grubber which hit the first defender for the nth time this season and led to a length of the field try to the Titans was just a horrible piece of play.

 

[BAGNF05]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

I don’t think anyone is saying Brooks was the only reason we lost but he was poor and there needs to be accountability for poor performances. There seems to be for other player, Liddell, Joey, Musgrove and Mikaele all dropped to reserve grade at different points this year.

His attempted grubber which hit the first defender for the nth time this season and led to a length of the field try to the Titans was just a horrible piece of play.

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

I don’t think anyone is saying Brooks was the only reason we lost but he was poor and there needs to be accountability for poor performances. There seems to be for other player, Liddell, Joey, Musgrove and Mikaele all dropped to reserve grade at different points this year.

His attempted grubber which hit the first defender for the nth time this season and led to a length of the field try to the Titans was just a horrible piece of play.

Agree 100%, bad play.

But brooks would be about the 8th player I’d replace (if the organisation could actually attract anyone) I’m just defending him against the “it’s all his fault” comments

 

[cochise]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

I don’t think anyone is saying Brooks was the only reason we lost but he was poor and there needs to be accountability for poor performances. There seems to be for other player, Liddell, Joey, Musgrove and Mikaele all dropped to reserve grade at different points this year.

His attempted grubber which hit the first defender for the nth time this season and led to a length of the field try to the Titans was just a horrible piece of play.

and a momentum turner.

 

[BAGNF05]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

It’s not just that mate .
We had 40 sets compared to there 26
It’s what Brooks doesn’t do when we have the ball in the opposition 20-30 meter zone ..
It’s chook lotto mate ..

I’ll give you that the hand off to Twal on the fourth does my head in . I’m raging too. But we scored 28 points mate, at the end of the day it’s the guys that are lazy or just plain bad at defence that are killing us, and that’s not brooks.

 

[hobbo1]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

It’s not just that mate .
We had 40 sets compared to there 26
It’s what Brooks doesn’t do when we have the ball in the opposition 20-30 meter zone ..
It’s chook lotto mate ..

I’ll give you that the hand off to Twal on the fourth does my head in . I’m raging too. But we scored 28 points mate, at the end of the day it’s the guys that are lazy or just plain bad at defence that are killing us, and that’s not brooks.

The poor kicking game also puts us on the back foot ..
Hospital passes also put us on the back foot..

 

[BAGNF05]

Man this thread is always a laugh when people try to defend Brooks by blaming the rest of the team. That and the ones that think he'd go well at Melbourne or the Roosters.

He is the worst player currently in first grade. He is the worst player to ever play 150 games. Reconsider your understanding of this sport if you think he is any way redeemable.

He offers nothing. He has no composure. Terrible kicking game. Ineffective running game. The game is just too quick for him and he's a physically average player. Rating him because he's gone from a speed hump to an ok defender as a half is like saying you like ferraris because they smell nice inside. Halves get picked for everything but their defence.

People also need to call a spade a spade and recognise that magical 2018 dally M halfback of the year was the best year of his career and a complete fluke. A year where he was still a below average halfback, but was on a team with no star players that won a considerable number of scrappy games 12-8 or so and he scored a bunch of tries from lost balls or offloads to get points clueless judges.

Everyone defended him saying he needed Benji and Farah to go so he could make the team his own. He's had 8 years to make the team his own and has done nothing, only hurt the team. Now the new line is that Doueihi needs to take charge so Brooks can play his natural game.

Brooks natural game is being a number 14 in NSW cup.

If you're a player coming to the Tigers and you know Brooks is going to be the halfback for the next few years, you know you're not going there to be a contender or win titles. You're there to collect a paycheck because a team with Brooks in first grade is never going to make the finals and if they do, it'll be 8th and they'll get slapped out in week one.

The club's failure to recognise just negatively he impacts our team is truly mind boggling. Madge's failure to drop him is due reason for sacking in itself.

Be sure to come back and tell us whose fault it was when we get belted with madden playing 7

That's not my point though. We're not a good team. We're still going to get belted on occasion by elite teams, regardless of who's in the halves. But look at Doueihi's performances compared to Brooks'. Doueihi is setting up tries, scoring them and looking likely even in a team that's performing poorly. Brooks doesn't look good. You can still be a problem even if you aren't the only problem so the fact that our team isn't good doesn't change the fact that Brooks being replaced should be one of our top, if not the top priority.

Three things that should be top priority after today
1. Left winger could not catch
2. Right edge could not tackle
3. Entire side lacked urgency

Brooks is just a scapegoat

I don’t think anyone is saying Brooks was the only reason we lost but he was poor and there needs to be accountability for poor performances. There seems to be for other player, Liddell, Joey, Musgrove and Mikaele all dropped to reserve grade at different points this year.

His attempted grubber which hit the first defender for the nth time this season and led to a length of the field try to the Titans was just a horrible piece of play.

and a momentum turner.

But but Doueihi and Laurie both punted kicks way dead too, also killed momentum, where’s there bashing threads?