Luke Brooks

[Geo]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

Doueihi was worse, but IMO deserves a bit more leeway as it was his first proper crack in the halves for 80 mins

I agree with @Strongee though , unless we sign Munster and Cleary tomorrow, give them their time in the sun as we don’t exactly have blokes knocking on the door anyway

I am a massive Doueihi fan but he was absolutely terrible. But he hasn't played 150 games in the halves.

So because of 150 games you want the guy to solve miracles ? I don’t understand this argument . A good kicking game wasn’t changing Morris and teddy destroying BJ .

He has no killer instinct, he does all the little things wrong and he never, ever motivates his teammates. At the moment he is the worst halfback in the NRL.

I disagree he is currently 15th ahead of DCE at the moment..

DCE is a great halfback, Brooks isn't fit to tie his boots, DCE may not be a top bloke, but he is a hell of a player

This year..not really..that was the discussion..

 

[upthetigers]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

Doueihi was worse, but IMO deserves a bit more leeway as it was his first proper crack in the halves for 80 mins

I agree with @Strongee though , unless we sign Munster and Cleary tomorrow, give them their time in the sun as we don’t exactly have blokes knocking on the door anyway

I am a massive Doueihi fan but he was absolutely terrible. But he hasn't played 150 games in the halves.

So because of 150 games you want the guy to solve miracles ? I don’t understand this argument . A good kicking game wasn’t changing Morris and teddy destroying BJ .

He has no killer instinct, he does all the little things wrong and he never, ever motivates his teammates. At the moment he is the worst halfback in the NRL.

If there are 2 options, you can guarantee Brooks will take the wrong one, almost every single time, he is not a first grade 7, 150 games and still no idea, time to cut our losses

He calls himself an instinctive player but I don't think there is anything instinctive about him. His gameplan yesterday was clearly to run more but he runs when nothing is on. I think it's laughable how he thinks his strength is his running game. I just wish he would play more of what's in front of him.

 

[The_Patriot]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

Doueihi was worse, but IMO deserves a bit more leeway as it was his first proper crack in the halves for 80 mins

I agree with @Strongee though , unless we sign Munster and Cleary tomorrow, give them their time in the sun as we don’t exactly have blokes knocking on the door anyway

I am a massive Doueihi fan but he was absolutely terrible. But he hasn't played 150 games in the halves.

So because of 150 games you want the guy to solve miracles ? I don’t understand this argument . A good kicking game wasn’t changing Morris and teddy destroying BJ .

He has no killer instinct, he does all the little things wrong and he never, ever motivates his teammates. At the moment he is the worst halfback in the NRL.

I disagree he is currently 15th ahead of DCE at the moment..

As his Number 1 supporter id like to ask you to run a poll on this forum with the simple question.

Do you want the club to keep Luke Brooks.

yes or no.

Id do it myself but no doubt it would be merged into a different thread or deleted.

 

[Geo]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

Doueihi was worse, but IMO deserves a bit more leeway as it was his first proper crack in the halves for 80 mins

I agree with @Strongee though , unless we sign Munster and Cleary tomorrow, give them their time in the sun as we don’t exactly have blokes knocking on the door anyway

I am a massive Doueihi fan but he was absolutely terrible. But he hasn't played 150 games in the halves.

So because of 150 games you want the guy to solve miracles ? I don’t understand this argument . A good kicking game wasn’t changing Morris and teddy destroying BJ .

He has no killer instinct, he does all the little things wrong and he never, ever motivates his teammates. At the moment he is the worst halfback in the NRL.

I disagree he is currently 15th ahead of DCE at the moment..


As his Number 1 supporter id like to ask you to run a poll on this forum with the simple question.

Do you want the club to keep Luke Brooks.

yes or no.

Id do it myself but no doubt it would be merged into a different thread or deleted.

Go for it..nothing stopping you..

 

[tigerbalm]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

Doueihi was worse, but IMO deserves a bit more leeway as it was his first proper crack in the halves for 80 mins

I agree with @Strongee though , unless we sign Munster and Cleary tomorrow, give them their time in the sun as we don’t exactly have blokes knocking on the door anyway

I am a massive Doueihi fan but he was absolutely terrible. But he hasn't played 150 games in the halves.

So because of 150 games you want the guy to solve miracles ? I don’t understand this argument . A good kicking game wasn’t changing Morris and teddy destroying BJ .

He has no killer instinct, he does all the little things wrong and he never, ever motivates his teammates. At the moment he is the worst halfback in the NRL.

I disagree he is currently 15th ahead of DCE at the moment..


As his Number 1 supporter id like to ask you to run a poll on this forum with the simple question.

Do you want the club to keep Luke Brooks.

yes or no.

Id do it myself but no doubt it would be merged into a different thread or deleted.

I got you Fam

 

[The_Patriot]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

Doueihi was worse, but IMO deserves a bit more leeway as it was his first proper crack in the halves for 80 mins

I agree with @Strongee though , unless we sign Munster and Cleary tomorrow, give them their time in the sun as we don’t exactly have blokes knocking on the door anyway

I am a massive Doueihi fan but he was absolutely terrible. But he hasn't played 150 games in the halves.

So because of 150 games you want the guy to solve miracles ? I don’t understand this argument . A good kicking game wasn’t changing Morris and teddy destroying BJ .

He has no killer instinct, he does all the little things wrong and he never, ever motivates his teammates. At the moment he is the worst halfback in the NRL.

I disagree he is currently 15th ahead of DCE at the moment..


As his Number 1 supporter id like to ask you to run a poll on this forum with the simple question.

Do you want the club to keep Luke Brooks.

yes or no.

Id do it myself but no doubt it would be merged into a different thread or deleted.

Go for it..nothing stopping you..

Done.

Ill give it less than 24 hours before it is removed or diminished. Probably stating player mental welfare or some such claim.

 

[Celtic_Tiger]

It's an absolute failure of recruitment that we are two rounds into the season with no alternative to a half back who was very poor last year and isn't showing any signs of improvement this year.

Brooks is on a downwards trajectory and this should have been identified and remedied long before now.

We can't afford to throw another season in the bin waiting for him to improve when it's clear to the vast majority of League watchers that he never will.

 

[hobbo1]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

I don’t understand how you can say that . He was one of the only guys in our team who posed an attacking threat . The kicking game for sure is on him . But that’s not why we lost . It wasn’t because we didn’t build pressure , it was because BJ can’t tackle , and every time they went anywhere near him , it was linebreak city . I’m not in the business of blaming one person usually , but if say half those tries scored were stopped by decent defensive play , then it’s a 20-6 game or less . The confidence stuff , and lack of direction isn’t on brooks alone either . No one was hitting the line at speed , and no one was supporting . You can say that’s on him , maybe , but if you run a block play and your outside men are jogging through , all you can do is die with the ball or give early ball.

Brooks put us on the back foot with poor kicks and giving away 7 tackle sets
Then our left side choked out ..
150 hit outs is way more than enough chances don’t you think ?
I was hoping they’d wrap him up in his banner and throw him in the skip !

 

[The_Patriot]

It's an absolute failure of recruitment that we are two rounds into the season with no alternative to a half back who was very poor last year and isn't showing any signs of improvement this year.

Brooks is on a downwards trajectory and this should have been identified and remedied long before now.

We can't afford to throw another season in the bin waiting for him to improve when it's clear to the vast majority of League watchers that he never will.

100% that is a failure on the recruitment.

They went all in a player who at this point in his career ie 150 games hasnt got it done.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Adam purposely gave him ball more for pity since it was hit 150th

 

[Deleted member 3518]

Brooks and Laurie were theonly ones who looked likely on Sunday . Just saying ! Doesn’t excuse his kicking game , As that’s just A grade at this point , but things like “he’s the worst footballer to play 150 games “ really show the irrationality of the person saying it , than reality . But yes his kicks are garbage . There’s no defending that .

He's not the worst player to play 150 games but I can't think of a less inspiring halfback playing NRL at the moment.

Yep , that’s fair . But it can change from week to week . Like I’ve said , I’ll reserve judgment until we play teams that don’t have 8-10 internationals. As there’s 2 competitions. The top 4-5 and everyone else .

Honestly he could have played against an under 10's team team yesterday and would have been outclassed. He's done. He's just not up to it anymore.

I don’t understand how you can say that . He was one of the only guys in our team who posed an attacking threat . The kicking game for sure is on him . But that’s not why we lost . It wasn’t because we didn’t build pressure , it was because BJ can’t tackle , and every time they went anywhere near him , it was linebreak city . I’m not in the business of blaming one person usually , but if say half those tries scored were stopped by decent defensive play , then it’s a 20-6 game or less . The confidence stuff , and lack of direction isn’t on brooks alone either . No one was hitting the line at speed , and no one was supporting . You can say that’s on him , maybe , but if you run a block play and your outside men are jogging through , all you can do is die with the ball or give early ball.

Brooks put us on the back foot with poor kicks and giving away 7 tackle sets
Then our left side choked out ..
150 hit outs is way more than enough chances don’t you think ?
I was hoping they’d wrap him up in his banner and throw him in the skip !

Lol ?

 

[The_Patriot]

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[mike]

Luke's 150th game presentation



 

[tigerbalm]

Luke's 150th game presentation



Thanks for the new screensaver.

 

[twentyforty]

Luke's 150th game presentation



Thanks for the new screensaver.

Yeh, they really enjoyed celebrating Brooks’ 150th, and why isn’t Pascoe wearing a hat . Here you go ?

 

[tigerbalm]

Luke's 150th game presentation



Thanks for the new screensaver.


Yeh, they really enjoyed celebrating Brooks’ 150th, and why isn’t Pascoe wearing a hat . Here you go ?

And mess up his hair? no thank you.

 

[Needaname]

Since the other thread is a yes and no vote.
This is more for this thread.
Why not offer the cowboys Luke Brooks. In a swap for Clifford.
Yes I know Clifford is signed to the knights next year but he has the kicking game we need. And by that I mean we’ll have a player that can kick from one end of the field to another when our sets can’t get any further than 30m off our goal line.
Next years next year.

 

[Sco77y]

They really should've done that presentation before the game.. They all look dejected as.. :joy:

 

[mike]

They really should've done that presentation before the game.. They all look dejected as.. :joy:

Yeah, pretty much an anticlimax after getting flogged.

 

[batboy]

All these years - I just wish Brooks got to play in a decent team.
His whole family are Tigers fans - and that may well be the problem.

Brooks has all the Talent in the world - And on that alone, I'd have him over most halves I seen on the weekend.

His biggest problem is - HE CAN'T SPEAK!!
You can't be a leader with zero voice.
He looks at the ground and mumbles his way through interviews.... always has done, and will do. He'll never - ever be a dominant half....

I've held out hope until this weekend....
Even in a losing team - Halfbacks still have a voice. He's just happy to be out there running around in the team colours. Not only does he need to not be our 7 - He needs not to be anywhere near our system. As long as he is, He'll be allowed to be a passenger every week..... We need a general - not a fanboy.