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All the AD love does my head in , to the point it’s clear how biased people are being , where they won’t even acknowledge how woeful he is defensively . He’s really , really , bad! And I think mainly he’s exposed a lot more because he’s standing next to Luci most of the game . If Blore can come into form , I’d like to see how well he goes next to AD. It doesn’t matter if he sets up 3 tries if he lets in 4 or 5.
Or barely anyone is talking about the lack of any strike down the edge we had all the strike last year . It gets to AD and the ball stops. It’s usually the right choice for him to keep it , as he’s big and strong , and dents the defensive line , but there are issues in attack and defence down that edge .
This isn’t to say AD sux though , as he’s been our best this year . That’s clear . But it’s to say , he what if we put someone there to get the ball to the edges early, and get AD running wider . It probably won’t work and we will go back to him at 6 , but it’s worth a shot . I get the idea.
Say what you will about brooksy , but when the ball gets spread to his edge , do you panic ? Do you think oh god , they’ll score here ? I do on the other side ! Every single time . That’s not ok . We fix that , and guys switching off for periods of the game , we should go better . I’d rather win 14-12 than lose 36-28 .
I can’t believe how it’s brooksy fault we didn’t win 42-36 ! That score line should never ever ever happen! No coach in the world would be happy about that . They’d go into the shed and throw stuff against the wall . Yet here we are taking about how our halfback is garbage because he could lay on the try to make it 36 all or 42-36. I’m not defending brooks , it’s clear he seems robotic . But in your quest to replace him, your totally refusing to see how bad AD is defensively , and how the ball stops for long periods of the game .
 
@strongee said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360157) said:
All the AD love does my head in , to the point it’s clear how biased people are being , where they won’t even acknowledge how woeful he is defensively . He’s really , really , bad! And I think mainly he’s exposed a lot more because he’s standing next to Luci most of the game . If Blore can come into form , I’d like to see how well he goes next to AD. It doesn’t matter if he sets up 3 tries if he lets in 4 or 5.
Or barely anyone is talking about the lack of any strike down the edge we had all the strike last year . It gets to AD and the ball stops. It’s usually the right choice for him to keep it , as he’s big and strong , and dents the defensive line , but there are issues in attack and defence down that edge .
This isn’t to say AD sux though , as he’s been our best this year . That’s clear . But it’s to say , he what if we put someone there to get the ball to the edges early, and get AD running wider . It probably won’t work and we will go back to him at 6 , but it’s worth a shot . I get the idea.
Say what you will about brooksy , but when the ball gets spread to his edge , do you panic ? Do you think oh god , they’ll score here ? I do on the other side ! Every single time . That’s not ok . We fix that , and guys switching off for periods of the game , we should go better . I’d rather win 14-12 than lose 36-28 .
I can’t believe how it’s brooksy fault we didn’t win 42-36 ! That score line should never ever ever happen! No coach in the world would be happy about that . They’d go into the shed and throw stuff against the wall . Yet here we are taking about how our halfback is garbage because he could lay on the try to make it 36 all or 42-36. I’m not defending brooks , it’s clear he seems robotic . But in your quest to replace him, your totally refusing to see how bad AD is defensively , and how the ball stops for long periods of the game .

Yep, it's all AD'S fault.
Before that was BM's fault.
Before that was RF's fault.
 
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.
 
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Maybe we see a little bit of that on the weekend, with Madden in the halves. I think he'd go great at 9; super good defender. Love to see him in the team when we FINALLY come good!
 
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL
 
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on
 
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

Safe to say.

150 games/no finals.

We need more.
This guy has been gifted a career and underperformed majority of it.

Honesty session + performance review needed.
 
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

No one argues that Brooks is putting in ...but he is the teams chief playmaker and needs to offer quality leadership ....if he can't ...he is a wasted plank of wood ...whether he is a junior or not ...or whether Brooks has shown loyalty simply doesn't matter ....
 
@happy_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360450) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

No one argues that Brooks is putting in ...but he is the teams chief playmaker and needs to offer quality leadership ....if he can't ...he is a wasted plank of wood ...whether he is a junior or not ...or whether Brooks has shown loyalty simply doesn't matter ....


Spot on @happy_tiger.
And that bit "team's chief playmaker" - that just takes me over the edge.
Only, if we had a real "team's chief playmaker."
 
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

The media is largely to blame for the high expectations. He was compared to Joey his first game and then they included him in the Big 4 .
 
@happy_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360450) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

No one argues that Brooks is putting in ...but he is the teams chief playmaker and needs to offer quality leadership ....if he can't ...he is a wasted plank of wood ...whether he is a junior or not ...or whether Brooks has shown loyalty simply doesn't matter ....

Is it the coach? Brooks played fantastic under Cleary.

I’ve said it many times before but I think Madge is happy to just have Brooks as a role player and let Laurie & Doueihi do the flashy stuff.

Brooks seems robotic & scared to try stuff. This could be the coaches instructions
 
@upthetigers said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360456) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

The media is largely to blame for the high expectations. He was compared to Joey his first game and then they included him in the Big 4 .

Exactly. I worry about our very own Daine Laurie in years to come...but he will likely be at another club anyways if we don’t pick up our act.

The term “superstar” gets thrown around pretty loosely these days
 
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360459) said:
@happy_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360450) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

No one argues that Brooks is putting in ...but he is the teams chief playmaker and needs to offer quality leadership ....if he can't ...he is a wasted plank of wood ...whether he is a junior or not ...or whether Brooks has shown loyalty simply doesn't matter ....

Is it the coach? Brooks played fantastic under Cleary.

I’ve said it many times before but I think Madge is happy to just have Brooks as a role player and let Laurie & Doueihi do the flashy stuff.

Brooks seems robotic & scared to try stuff. This could be the coaches instructions

I still have a theory that he either has a major calf or hamstring injury which restricts his running game and he is solely reliant on his game management and ball playing ...which isn't his strength

The calf injury is based on the fact when you add the weeks that Covid shut the game down and then he missed a few more weeks on top of that either side ......Your talking 8 weeks for a calf injury .....that is very rare

And he has had some other small hammy and calf issues ...

You don't put your biggest and best weapon in the cupboard unless there is a reason
 
@tiger_one said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360455) said:
@happy_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360450) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

No one argues that Brooks is putting in ...but he is the teams chief playmaker and needs to offer quality leadership ....if he can't ...he is a wasted plank of wood ...whether he is a junior or not ...or whether Brooks has shown loyalty simply doesn't matter ....


Spot on @happy_tiger.
And that bit "team's chief playmaker" - that just takes me over the edge.
Only, if we had a real "team's chief playmaker."

Ok ... which one my pick Munster...
 
@geo said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360519) said:
@tiger_one said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360455) said:
@happy_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360450) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

No one argues that Brooks is putting in ...but he is the teams chief playmaker and needs to offer quality leadership ....if he can't ...he is a wasted plank of wood ...whether he is a junior or not ...or whether Brooks has shown loyalty simply doesn't matter ....


Spot on @happy_tiger.
And that bit "team's chief playmaker" - that just takes me over the edge.
Only, if we had a real "team's chief playmaker."

Ok ... which one my pick Munster...

Wait isn’t Munster a 6 ? ....... ...
 
@elderslie_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1359251) said:
Apparently Canberra half Williams is certain to return to Super League openly reported in the UK home sick and partner is pregnant.
How would this go offer a swap deal BROOKS for TAPINE Ricky being ex lalf back might get the best out of Brooks.
Then we could wait for the thread How did we let Brooks go.

Read the Roosters' forum. Tapine may be one in 2022.
 
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360447) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

Safe to say.

150 games/no finals.

We need more.
This guy has been gifted a career and underperformed majority of it.

Honesty session + performance review needed.


Careful Demps.

These guys cant handle that kind of criticism.

Theyll come looking for you in other threads.

Creating second accounts and what not to have a go at you.
 
@happy_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360461) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360459) said:
@happy_tiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360450) said:
@speed2burn said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360443) said:
@demps said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360435) said:
@littlebittipsy said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360372) said:
Reckon Madge should try the Ben Hunt experiment and put him in at hooker. Just gotta tackle, give good service, have a dart and kick now and then. Keep it simple for him.

Hasn't got the heart for it...
The guys been frauding as a 7 his whole career.
Sure way to get the worst out of him, LOL

I actually reckon Brooksy tries his heart out. He just hasn’t got it / or our expectations are that we expect him to be an elite half when he is more just an average one.

Hopefully Madden kills it this weekend and shows us what we’ve been missing out on

No one argues that Brooks is putting in ...but he is the teams chief playmaker and needs to offer quality leadership ....if he can't ...he is a wasted plank of wood ...whether he is a junior or not ...or whether Brooks has shown loyalty simply doesn't matter ....

Is it the coach? Brooks played fantastic under Cleary.

I’ve said it many times before but I think Madge is happy to just have Brooks as a role player and let Laurie & Doueihi do the flashy stuff.

Brooks seems robotic & scared to try stuff. This could be the coaches instructions

I still have a theory that he either has a major calf or hamstring injury which restricts his running game and he is solely reliant on his game management and ball playing ...which isn't his strength

The calf injury is based on the fact when you add the weeks that Covid shut the game down and then he missed a few more weeks on top of that either side ......Your talking 8 weeks for a calf injury .....that is very rare

And he has had some other small hammy and calf issues ...

You don't put your biggest and best weapon in the cupboard unless there is a reason



Or simply he is not suited under the new rules as he doesnt play heads up and all his best work was on the back on block plays that no longer exist.
 
@cktiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360566) said:
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@cktiger said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360336) said:
@strongee said in [Luke Brooks](/post/1360157) said:
All the AD love does my head in , to the point it’s clear how biased people are being , where they won’t even acknowledge how woeful he is defensively . He’s really , really , bad! And I think mainly he’s exposed a lot more because he’s standing next to Luci most of the game . If Blore can come into form , I’d like to see how well he goes next to AD. It doesn’t matter if he sets up 3 tries if he lets in 4 or 5.
Or barely anyone is talking about the lack of any strike down the edge we had all the strike last year . It gets to AD and the ball stops. It’s usually the right choice for him to keep it , as he’s big and strong , and dents the defensive line , but there are issues in attack and defence down that edge .
This isn’t to say AD sux though , as he’s been our best this year . That’s clear . But it’s to say , he what if we put someone there to get the ball to the edges early, and get AD running wider . It probably won’t work and we will go back to him at 6 , but it’s worth a shot . I get the idea.
Say what you will about brooksy , but when the ball gets spread to his edge , do you panic ? Do you think oh god , they’ll score here ? I do on the other side ! Every single time . That’s not ok . We fix that , and guys switching off for periods of the game , we should go better . I’d rather win 14-12 than lose 36-28 .
I can’t believe how it’s brooksy fault we didn’t win 42-36 ! That score line should never ever ever happen! No coach in the world would be happy about that . They’d go into the shed and throw stuff against the wall . Yet here we are taking about how our halfback is garbage because he could lay on the try to make it 36 all or 42-36. I’m not defending brooks , it’s clear he seems robotic . But in your quest to replace him, your totally refusing to see how bad AD is defensively , and how the ball stops for long periods of the game .

Yep, it's all AD'S fault.
Before that was BM's fault.
Before that was RF's fault.

Here’s the deal Champ! Fix the defence and put whoever in the halves . I don’t care who you put there . But the defence is beyond garbage . And with all those other guys , we never leaked 30 points a game . Which is HISTORICALLY BAD!!! Not just bad , The WORST DEFENCE EVER! Statistically . And it’s down the right hand side mostly . It’s terrifying every time a garbage tram goes wide .
I don’t know what game you watch , but it’s clearly not the same one as me . And if you have the worst defence ever , your not winning much . **So go away idiot !**

Hahaha... but sorry, not going anywhere.
Good to see I've been added to one of the many you have chosen to personally abuse.
Thanks I suppose, but do you really think anybody who has been following your rants actually believes you don't care who plays half?
Also not surprising to see the names of the guys who upvoted your response.
For the record I do care who plays halfback next year ... and, the way he's going now, hope it's anybody except your buddy Brooksy.


Do they even moderate around here.

Cant discuss the issue without the personal insults.
 
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