Luke Brooks

[bigsiro]

Putting my hand up, Brooks has proved me wrong. Since about round seven has has shown that he does have the skills to steer a team around the paddock, he is a talented half back and deserves to be in first grade. Apologies.
In a better team, he would have been NSW's half in the last SOO not that gutless wonder that used to play for us.

If Brooks has middles that are matching their opponents he is a competent first grade half back who can generate a lot of points. Also a strong defender. The poor bloke has just played behind too many weak forward packs.

You’re 100% correct.
At best he’s a ‘competent’ halfback.
Competent hasn’t got us anywhere in 9 years.

Loyal kid with a shit club

Loyalty has never been tested.
But yes, he is with a shit club.

 

[bigsiro]

It would be the most wests tigers thing ever to release him now

It would be the best wests tigers thing to do in our recent history.

 

[Hearse]

I’ve had enough of Brooks, let him take off for the big bucks elsewhere. Who cares.

If so, sign up Milford for peanuts and give him the #14 jumper next year whilst acting as backup to Doeuhi and Hastings.

 

[happy_tiger]

I knew this would happen ...finally fall in love with him ...and now he is off ...typical

 

[TigerSJ]

I for one would be very sad to see Brooks pushed out of the club for many reasons, not the least being that he is one of the few players who tries his heart out every game and the suggested replacement being better than him is debatable at best.

 

[Tigers_Tale]

Has Buzz ever said anything good about the Tigers, and the majority of the crap he comes out with is total BS. Guarantee he has quoted this current story of his out of context, as he has done many times. Buzz is a Grub.

 

[Geo]

Fwiw. Big reveal on the future of Luke Brooks was on NRL 360. Bit hard to put the content into text but. Let’s just say we’ll have a new halfback next year and a couple of senior forwards as a replacement.


Is there a replay anywhere?

It’s since been mentioned that it was Canberra and one of the two players were Hudson Young.

Yes I saw it now ..Buzz 2 weeks ago said a coach was approached to take Brooks for 2 forwards (not named) to which the reply was No..

Lol so they asked if we would swap him , we said sure , give us your best 2 forwards , and they said no way .

It’s literally like asking for 2 all star caliber players for your above average player in any sports video game . The AI says no god damn way every time . Because it’s ludicrous .
If Canberra did say yes , It would be absolutely stupid .
Also wasn’t this around the same time that Brooks manager was shopping him after Williams bolted back to the motherland ? Mainly because , like right now , Brooks gets no love for the wins and all the hate for the losses ?

Pooper replied to Buzzard the Wests Tigers aren’t shopping Brooks around but if the bottom of your bourbon glass says something it must be true..

 

[tony soprano]

It would be the most wests tigers thing ever to release him now

It would be the best wests tigers thing to do in our recent history.

The only thing he lacks is talk in the sheds and on field

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

if we didn't or couldn't push Tommy talau down to Melbourne for JAC then we sure as he'll shouldn't be pushing Brooks out for Young and Tapine

 

[tony soprano]

Kent would of told buzz to leak it on show so he doesn't look like Ricky puppet again.

Just don't know what Canberra get out of leaking it. Pretty dirty

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Fwiw. Big reveal on the future of Luke Brooks was on NRL 360. Bit hard to put the content into text but. Let’s just say we’ll have a new halfback next year and a couple of senior forwards as a replacement.


Is there a replay anywhere?

It’s since been mentioned that it was Canberra and one of the two players were Hudson Young.

Yes I saw it now ..Buzz 2 weeks ago said a coach was approached to take Brooks for 2 forwards (not named) to which the reply was No..

Lol so they asked if we would swap him , we said sure , give us your best 2 forwards , and they said no way .

It’s literally like asking for 2 all star caliber players for your above average player in any sports video game . The AI says no god damn way every time . Because it’s ludicrous .
If Canberra did say yes , It would be absolutely stupid .
Also wasn’t this around the same time that Brooks manager was shopping him after Williams bolted back to the motherland ? Mainly because , like right now , Brooks gets no love for the wins and all the hate for the losses ?

Pooper replied to Buzzard the Wests Tigers aren’t shopping Brooks around but if the bottom of your bourbon glass says something it must be true..

As if you would shop a guy who’s clearly as talented as any half in the competition , but has struggled for form and consistency, once he finds the form and consistency. What was the point of waiting all those years .
Look at the anti brooks vultures circling . They’re so keen to be proven right about how bad he is , they want to put. Failed half who’s killing it in Reserve grade , I mean Super league , who’s 2 years away from being permanently moved to lock , as he’s as slow as a wet week . Unbelievable. If it was Jock Madden that was getting the push , I’d understand that , but Hastings ? Seriously , that’s crazy talk .

 

[hodgo]

if we didn't or couldn't push Tommy talau down to Melbourne for JAC then we sure as he'll shouldn't be pushing Brooks out for Young and Tapine

while i dont think its true i would do that swap tomoz

 

[Deleted member 3518]

if we didn't or couldn't push Tommy talau down to Melbourne for JAC then we sure as he'll shouldn't be pushing Brooks out for Young and Tapine

while i dont think its true i would do that swap tomoz

Yea , that’s why it’s not true . That would be a game changing trade . As good as brooks is , the game is won and lost in the forwards. Ricky would be trading his set of issues for ours . Ie. creating enough room for his backs to work .

 

[earl]

Look at the anti brooks vultures circling . They’re so keen to be proven right about how bad he is

It's bizare right. Even my mate @happy_tiger is stating Brooks is performing. I don't understand the hate for Brooks.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Look at the anti brooks vultures circling . They’re so keen to be proven right about how bad he is

It's bizare right. Even my mate @happy_tiger is stating Brooks is performing. I don't understand the hate for Brooks.

Yea I don’t get it. I guess it means I’m a fanboy , because I defended a guy who was clearly in a slump. And now I’m defending his right to be in the team . But seriously , there’s some dudes on here who I wonder do they even watch the games , or check the box score at the end .

 

[earl]

Look at the anti brooks vultures circling . They’re so keen to be proven right about how bad he is

It's bizare right. Even my mate @happy_tiger is stating Brooks is performing. I don't understand the hate for Brooks.

Yea I don’t get it. I guess it means I’m a fanboy , because I defended a guy who was clearly in a slump. And now I’m defending his right to be in the team . But seriously , there’s some dudes on here who I wonder do they even watch the games , or check the box score at the end .

They can't be watching or alternatively they are watching for any fault Brooks makes and ignoring any other issue.

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Look at the anti brooks vultures circling . They’re so keen to be proven right about how bad he is

It's bizare right. Even my mate @happy_tiger is stating Brooks is performing. I don't understand the hate for Brooks.

Yea I don’t get it. I guess it means I’m a fanboy , because I defended a guy who was clearly in a slump. And now I’m defending his right to be in the team . But seriously , there’s some dudes on here who I wonder do they even watch the games , or check the box score at the end .

They can't be watching or alternatively they are watching for any fault Brooks makes and ignoring any other issue.

The try assists and making it a Brooks or AD argument is dumbfounding as well . “AD is controlling the team , you can see it “ . Can you? Because I see a half screaming at his pigs to get to a post , then screaming at his 6 to get the right shape for the play , they just decided to run .

But I guess if your not the one throwing the pass , then you mustn’t be the one controlling ? Or something ?

I dunno . We don’t lose because brooks is a bad organiser . We lose because we don’t control the ruck in defence , and teams get to our edges with shape .

You can’t win it all with 36-34 score lines , even with the rule changes . Momentum is impossible to shift your way at the moment . That second half for us is case in point of this . It was 18-10 at halftime , and most would say the broncos were all over us . But we ended up with 42 .
You can’t expect to win if you know you have to score 32 points to even have a sniff .

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Brooks played tremendously well last Sunday. He didn't overplay his role and fed Doueihi and his backs. That floating bomb and his cross field kicks create pressure on opposition. Interestingly, is was Maumolo who attacked the ball and we scored.

 

[earl]

Brooks played tremendously well last Sunday. He didn't overplay his role and fed Doueihi and his backs. That floating bomb and his cross field kicks create pressure on opposition. Interestingly, is was Maumolo who attacked the ball and we scored.

We want him playing like has has been for a while now. It'd be funny to get rid of him but we've gone out and bought Hastings. Maybe Hastings is really good.

Doueihi is a special player. You give him the ball and he does something. I don't think Brooks is as good as Doueihi but they can work together just fine.

 

[tony soprano]

Brooks played tremendously well last Sunday. He didn't overplay his role and fed Doueihi and his backs. That floating bomb and his cross field kicks create pressure on opposition. Interestingly, is was Maumolo who attacked the ball and we scored.

Good to see Brooks owned the majority of kicking and kept to a strategy kicking to Ken that paid off. Brooks just need to talk, display confidence like Hastings does its what the side needs atm