Marshall dropped

[Tim Sheens]

Stop making fun of his height

No dwarf jokes from me but have you ever heard Brooks actually speak? He couldn't string two words together let alone barking instructions and plays with a mouth guard in place! The best playmakers are hoarse by the end of a game Lockyer Cronk Johns all were speechless by games end cos they YELLED at their players - they owned the team!

Plenty of talk on the field from Brooks when you watch or listen if close enough.

 

[Cairnstigers]

After 5 years we are still looking for the right fit for mr brooks,and still we can’t find him is it because there is no right fit . The guy the bloke is not up to nrl


Dally M Halfback of the year 2018 says something different though.

Did he really win


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All Jokes aside
Brooks had a good year in 2018
That should have continued but it hasn't
He needs to pull his finger out
Brooks need some confidence
His kicking has been atrocious of late
If he can get that right, I believe the rest will follow

 

[tigerap]

Didn't someone say on here early in the season Benji wont be 5/8 come round 5...?

 

[Goanna57]

After 5 years we are still looking for the right fit for mr brooks,and still we can’t find him is it because there is no right fit . The guy the bloke is not up to nrl


Dally M Halfback of the year 2018 says something different though.

Has that Dally M helped his kicking game helped control a game helped close out a game I think not .Look sick and tired of having to knock my club and players.its borne out of frustration,i just want the club to be a good consistent club so I have to eat my words

 

[851]

Walters will get his chance if Reynolds doesn't fire at 5/8.

I hope you are right, I hope Grub goes alright, but I would like to see how Walters goes at 6 as well

 

[twentyforty]

Walters will get his chance if Reynolds doesn't fire at 5/8.

I hope you are right, I hope Grub goes alright, but I would like to see how Walters goes at 6 as well

This time presents a great opportunity for the young players to develop their combinations. I would love to see Walters, Grant, Brooks, Doueihi and Twal as full time starters each week.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

After 5 years we are still looking for the right fit for mr brooks,and still we can’t find him is it because there is no right fit . The guy the bloke is not up to nrl


Dally M Halfback of the year 2018 says something different though.

Has that Dally M helped his kicking game helped control a game helped close out a game I think not .Look sick and tired of having to knock my club and players.its borne out of frustration,i just want the club to be a good consistent club so I have to eat my words

Brooks' close kicking game and getting repeat sets is excellent. His long kicking game is usually the defensive bomb no doubt under instruction from Maguire. I remember his short kick or chip and chase were very effective and exciting to watch. This seems to have been coached out of his game. The large clubs bring in the Johns' brothers for one on one. Do we do the same or is it the same story of inequality in the NRL? Moses is getting Johns' coaching and then talks him up. Seems to be a straight forward conflict of interest insofar as rep selection is concerned.

 

[Madge]

Didn't someone say on here early in the season Benji wont be 5/8 come round 5...?

Yes @tigerballs

 

[851]

Walters will get his chance if Reynolds doesn't fire at 5/8.

I hope you are right, I hope Grub goes alright, but I would like to see how Walters goes at 6 as well


This time presents a great opportunity for the young players to develop their combinations. I would love to see Walters, Grant, Brooks, Doueihi and Twal as full time starters each week.

Mate that would work for me, time to move forward, looking back for years has never worked, but I would still love for Grub to have a run of games

 

[rihannafan1]

Brooks is good and not great. End of story. He'll never singlehandedly lead a team to a grand final, like Jonathan Thurston or Andrew Johns might have. And that's okay, 99% of the league couldn't do this either. His former partner Mitchell Moses can't. He does at times show a lack of urgency at the key moments. But in many losing and winning efforts he has also stood up eg. the final game against Cronulla last season.

I don't think Brooks has ever been the issue, he was either too young or part of really average teams. He certainly is not the problem now. He didn't leak 28 points against the Titans or 42 against the Knights. The team has an issue in general with focus and urgency. They have clocked off for significant portions of every game this year.

And our forward pack is average. Losing Matterson with no one in return was significant. Aloiai is not the leader of any pack, never will be. He's a great 3rd forward. Musgrove is inexperienced and not the answer. And we'll be really inconsistent for a few years until we clear the bad contracts and buy in their prime first-graders and the young blokes grow up and fill out. Brisbane are the perfect example of how too much youth is costly in the short-term.

Until then, we're the Wests Tigers we've known for the past 20 years. Sometimes awful, sometimes brilliant, mostly a hair below average.

Good post @rihannafan1 . Sure too many youngsters in the roster at the same time can be an issue. I haven’t heard anyone point out that the majority of Broncos players haven’t had more than 6 games together and imo this can be crucial for a team sport? imo

Yeah, games together helps especially when you've got an average team like the Broncos do. Good players tend to work it out a lot faster.

Too many youngsters has and will always be an issue in the NRL. Even when they're all really talented youngsters ie. the Panthers 2015 - 2019, you're still really inconsistent. It just means you are able to catch up a little bit faster, because of your talent, the inevitable deficit you concede in most matches.