Luke Brooks

[bathursttiger1]

The tackle on Dylan Edwards - highlight of the night.

If anyone watches the replay of Edwards run just have a look at Tamou chase and was there at marker.

 

[The_Patriot]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

TBH, I think he is playing very well with Mbye along side him, so would a dominate 6 be detrimental to him?

I said dominant, not a nuffy who is out the door munching on his hamburger lol.

 

[TCL]

Always been a fan. Has had his ups and downs but overall I think he has been one of our most consistent players.

I’ll keep saying it, the team has improved around him. It’s not players in this positions or that, it is a team sport and the team has lifted in intensity.

There were a lot of things we did poorly in the last two wins, that we also did in earlier rounds however, we just were not made to pay for them because we defended well and forced errors.

If we played like we did last night against a full strength pamfers we lose by 40. But I’ll take the 2 points and enjoy my weekend. Thank you footy gods!

 

[rihannafan1]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

I was thinking the same and I actually think AD is a good partner. He's intelligent and ateam player and if he's asked to fall back a bit and organise, he'll willingly do it I think. And he's still a talented player who can make things happen without being as involved.

 

[jadtiger]

What i really loved about Brooksy was all the yelling. He is screaming at his defenders, screaming at his team on where to be and it seems to have finally clicked that he is in charge

It was very noticable last night,he was like a mongrel dog racing around barking out orders.I love it

 

[Geo]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,

 

[hobbo1]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,

And yet you tipped the Pamfers ..
Shame files ?

 

[Muffstar]

Has Brooks started playing better since the club officially signed Hastings ? The last few weeks he has been great.

 

[Geo]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,

And yet you tipped the Pamfers ..
Shame files ?

Did I..forgot actually got the away teams..well that sucks..

 

[Snake]

Has Brooks started playing better since the club officially signed Hastings ? The last few weeks he has been great.

It has taken a while for it to sink in but I would say yes ... There is a new boy coming to town . Brooks is playing Atm the way most know he can and good luck to him he is defending his position in the team and that's not a bad thing .

 

[TrueTiger]

Has Brooks started playing better since the club officially signed Hastings ? The last few weeks he has been great.

I dont think so,Madge has always backed Brooks as our halfback....you can all bag me if you like,but Mbye next to Luke has made a world of difference in letting Luke play his natural game and his game has gone up a couple of levels since Madge has made the changes ie,AD to centres and Mbye to 5/8....not resigning Benji has been another major factor where he isnt in the halves overcalling Luke....

 

[The_Patriot]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,

Agreed on Liddle, has made a big difference now he is adding to it.

Do you really think we can win a comp without a dominat 5/8

 

[hobbo1]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,

And yet you tipped the Pamfers ..
Shame files ?

Did I..forgot actually got the away teams..well that sucks..

Sure ?

 

[Geo]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,


Agreed on Liddle, has made a big difference now he is adding to it.

Do you really think we can win a comp without a dominat 5/8

Mate ..lets not get ahead of ourselves..

I'm more concerned with winning 1 NRL game in a row...

 

[The_Patriot]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,


Agreed on Liddle, has made a big difference now he is adding to it.

Do you really think we can win a comp without a dominat 5/8

Mate ..lets not get ahead of ourselves..

I'm more concerned with winning 1 NRL game in a row...

You entered my conversation about the future lol.

 

[Geo]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,


Agreed on Liddle, has made a big difference now he is adding to it.

Do you really think we can win a comp without a dominat 5/8

Mate ..lets not get ahead of ourselves..

I'm more concerned with winning 1 NRL game in a row...


You entered my conversation about the future lol.

Next week is the future..lets hope they continue to back it up..

 

[TigerNeddyK]

At the start of the year i was saying Maguire is going to throw his support behind Brooks come what may. The pressure Maguire was under coincided with Brooks's poor form. Rumours were around that the board were looking at other options.

How times have changed.

Brooks has been back to his best since coach removed Doueihi from the halves. It was exactly what Brooks needed to take control of the team.

Full credit to his form. I hope he can keep it up and imporve on his talk and on field leadership on the back of the renewed confidence.

My concern however is removing Doueihi a good young 5/8 improved his form. Last night when Moses went down Brooks played even better, took on more responsibility.

We are however playing this game to win a premiership. To do that and to beat top 4 sides you need two quality halves.

Can Luke still play this well with a dominant 5/8 outside of him. This is where i have my doubts and i hope we dont end up back at the start of this cycle where Luke is under pressure because his form drops again as we improve the 5/8 position.

Adding a Munster, Luai, Walker type 5/8 to this team is essential if we want to challenge for the comp. Can he handle that kind of presence on the field?

Im yet to see it and ill remain a critic until i see him play this well with a dominant 5/8 beside him.

Brooks hasn’t changed that much apart from form..

The difference between having Mbye and Doueihi is they are different 5/8 in the way they play... Mbye is a distributor 1st and foremost whilst Doueihi is give me the ball and I’ll do it myself runner which is great as well but often stops the flow of attack.. Doueihi needs to work on when to do that and when to simply distribute the ball like Mbye has been doing

Another interesting change has been Liddle playing 1st receiver in good ball range allowing Brooks to be wider of the ruck and the. Attack to stand deeper..re-uniting with Garner and having a Blore has added a new threat ...Brooks threw 6 short ball passes in the game all were caught and all put either back rower in space.. or drew extra defenders to cover...we are suddenly having options in attack,,


Agreed on Liddle, has made a big difference now he is adding to it.

Do you really think we can win a comp without a dominat 5/8

Mate ..lets not get ahead of ourselves..

I'm more concerned with winning 1 NRL game in a row...

3 weeks ago I wanted McGuire sacked and Brooks dropped, for 2 weeks in a row I am ecstatic to have been proved wrong. Brooks has played like the player I had always wanted him to play like and the teams attack looks like an NRL team all of a sudden..I just hope and pray that it’s the beginning of a trend and not just an aberration....Blore is all class as well, Seyfarth is a team player that players love to have next to them and when they bring in Tuilagi and Cini and Madden for Mbye we have the basis of a very good young team for the next few years......As long as Brooks maintains his form of the past 2 games, he seems to have found confidence and some mongrel all of a sudden.

 

[weststigerman]

He’s playing well the last month. I’m not sure why but hope it’s his turning point. It’s great to see him doing well.

Maguire was blamed for him not playing his best previously, does he also get the credit for getting the best out of him?

 

[Tim Sheens]

He’s playing well the last month. I’m not sure why but hope it’s his turning point. It’s great to see him doing well.

Maguire was blamed for him not playing his best previously, does he also get the credit for getting the best out of him?

He has gotten it from me, especially for the changes that needed to be made.

 

[JC99]

I really like how he is targeting defenders - earlier in the season he'd go to run then dummy and go back inside and get tackled. Now he's straightening up, using his speed to burn his opposition player and creating gaps for Garner and overlaps out wide

Worked brilliantly last night Garner was continually finding room to run because of it. Brooks certainly has his confidence back