Premiership Window

[Demps]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

 

[Demps]

**To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.**

 

[MacDougall]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

 

[Demps]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

I think any club with a clue would sit down and do an assessment and the decision would've been made long ago.

?

 

[Camel2281]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

Luke Brooks will never be a Premiership winning halfback

 

[GNR4LIFE]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

Luke Brooks will never be a Premiership winning halfback

He’s not the only halfback running around that isn’t.

 

[hank37w]

Is there an actual article explaining the logic behind the predictions. Penrith have a 7 year window, we get 6 and the others 2-4 years?

It would be great if we could get 6 consecutive years of quality but we can barely put 6 consecutive sets together at the moment.

Or even 6 tackles to make a good set.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

Even Bennett couldn't win a comp with Brooks. He couldn't win one with Adam Reynolds who has way more footy smarts than Brooks has.
Brooks is a first-grader but he just doesn't have the necessary nouse and bold character that premiership-winning halfbacks have. Look at all of the premiership winning halfbacks of the last 30/40 years, there wouldn't be a meek character amongst them. Premiership winning halfbacks have mongrel and that inner drive to want to be the most dominant character in their team. That just isn't Brooks.

 

[PJ_]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

Yes he would.
He won a comp in 06 with perry at half.
The old fart can do anything

 

[PJ_]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

Yes he would.
He won a comp in 06 with perry at half.
The old fart can do anything

Except beat penrith?

 

[Tiger5150]

WESTS TIGERS


To put it bluntly, the Tigers won’t win the premiership until they realise that Luke Brooks isn’t the answer.

This is no knock on Brooks. He has the talent, but the 26-year-old just isn’t fulfilling what the Tigers need. After eight full seasons in the halves, it’s time for the club and Brooks to part ways. It’ll be a tough — and awkward — conversation. Brooks is a local junior and grew up as a big supporter of the club, but a fresh start would allow him to work on his craft in a new system. What the Tigers have been doing simply hasn’t worked.

The Tigers were seriously poor this year. They had great moments, like that thrilling round six game against the Rabbitohs, but for every good performance there were two bad performances.

The team earned the reputation of being consistently inconsistent and until they can shake that tag, a premiership will be well beyond their reach.

Fed up with being average, the Tigers have started to take action. Coach Michael Maguire is on his last chance and Tim Sheens — the last man to take the club to a premiership — is back in the fold.

Players like Daine Laurie, Adam Doueihi and Luciano Leilua provide the long-suffering fans a glimmer of hope, while 2022 recruits Jackson Hastings and Oliver Gildart both have points to prove.

A premiership is still at least four years away, but if the club can hang onto the gun players in their lower grades and make smart roster decisions, the Tigers can be back in the winner’s circle.

Premiership window: 2025-2030

Real question. If Wayne Bennett came to Concord and managed to bring with him his usual level of competence and signed everyone he wanted to play with Brooks. Do you think Brooks could win a comp? Or do you think even for Bennett to do his thing here he'd need to move Brooks on?

Just more of a thought experiment than anything... I actually don't know how I'd answer that lol.

Even Bennett couldn't win a comp with Brooks. He couldn't win one with Adam Reynolds who has way more footy smarts than Brooks has.
Brooks is a first-grader but he just doesn't have the necessary nouse and bold character that premiership-winning halfbacks have. Look at all of the premiership winning halfbacks of the last 30/40 years, there wouldn't be a meek character amongst them. Premiership winning halfbacks have mongrel and that inner drive to want to be the most dominant character in their team. That just isn't Brooks.

Bennett won a comp with Shane Perry at halfback.

EDIT : PJ beat me to it. Bennett also won a comp with Ben Hornby at 7.

 

[happy_tiger]

Starting to think our premiership window was 2010-2012.

BC

We had some Greek superstars Aristotle....Archimedes .....Effie from Acropolis Now

 

[Russell]

Who wrote this window crap?......

 

[TigerSJ]

Garbage article - the only thing I can see is the top 6 clubs this year are going to be in the eight again next season, and the last two spots will be a battle between the sharks, titans, raiders, broncos and maybe us (only if we can pick up 3-4 additional “leaders/competitors” in positions such as Hooker, prop, second row, centre). Knights, cows, dragons, warriors and Dogs will disappoint their fans - only my personal opinion. As for a premiership window, a club like the Storm have “air conditioning”!

 

[needsanewusername]

Quite a smart article.
Can’t be proven wrong for years and by that stage, many excuses would have presented themselves.

 

[hobbo1]

Who wrote this window crap?......

@Demps wrote it

 

[Chicken_Faced_Killa]

Is there an actual article explaining the logic behind the predictions. Penrith have a 7 year window, we get 6 and the others 2-4 years?

It would be great if we could get 6 consecutive years of quality but we can barely put 6 consecutive sets together at the moment.

There is. In the analysis for the Tigers the first comment was "The Tigers won't win a Premiership until they finally get rid of Luke Brooks". Seems valid

I thought you were joking until I saw Demps post.

 

[the_third]

im just surprised we got a window

 

[GNR4LIFE]

im just surprised we got a window

It’s a dolls house window

 

[hank37w]

im just surprised we got a window

Lucky if we don't get shown the door.