Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

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ROOSTERS SET SIGHTS ON BROOKS

Luke Brooks is the reigning halfback of the year and remains without a deal heading into the 2020 season — the ideal scenario for a young halfback in the prime of his career.

The Roosters have emerged as a contender for his signature, eyeing the 23-year-old off as a replacement for Cooper Cronk who finishes his deal with the premiers in 2019.

Brooks is managed by Isaac Moses, who also brokered the deal for Tedesco to join the Roosters from Wests Tigers at the end of last year.

Tedesco and Brooks are close friends and it’s believed the two are keen to link up again at the Roosters.

The last time Brooks was off contract he was in a tussle with Tedesco, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses to remain at the Wests Tigers, and was the only player of ‘the big four’ to stay loyal — and for less than his current worth.

After his best season in the NRL to date and with few playmakers on the market, Brooks will be in high demand, with Eels, Raiders and Warriors also looking at their halves options beyond next season.

It puts plenty of pressure on the Wests Tigers to retain him, given he has been touted as a player the club want to build around.
https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/nrl/nrl-premiership/transfer-whispers-trent-merrin-linked-with-rabbitohs-while-the-tigers-are-under-pressure-to-keep-luke-brooks/news-story/b81b93cd56a4c4bb3b835aa040048820?__twitter_impression=true
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And so it begins. . .
 
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ROOSTERS SET SIGHTS ON BROOKS

Luke Brooks is the reigning halfback of the year and remains without a deal heading into the 2020 season — the ideal scenario for a young halfback in the prime of his career.

The Roosters have emerged as a contender for his signature, eyeing the 23-year-old off as a replacement for Cooper Cronk who finishes his deal with the premiers in 2019.

Brooks is managed by Isaac Moses, who also brokered the deal for Tedesco to join the Roosters from Wests Tigers at the end of last year.

Tedesco and Brooks are close friends and it’s believed the two are keen to link up again at the Roosters.

The last time Brooks was off contract he was in a tussle with Tedesco, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses to remain at the Wests Tigers, and was the only player of ‘the big four’ to stay loyal — and for less than his current worth.

After his best season in the NRL to date and with few playmakers on the market, Brooks will be in high demand, with Eels, Raiders and Warriors also looking at their halves options beyond next season.

It puts plenty of pressure on the Wests Tigers to retain him, given he has been touted as a player the club want to build around.
https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/nrl/nrl-premiership/transfer-whispers-trent-merrin-linked-with-rabbitohs-while-the-tigers-are-under-pressure-to-keep-luke-brooks/news-story/b81b93cd56a4c4bb3b835aa040048820?__twitter_impression=true

And so it begins. . .
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Yep, the chooks just buy who they want, and the rest can please themselves, the cap, what cap, ohh well we will know soon enough
 
If Cronk leaves they have the space, and that’s a very very tempting deal to give up if you’re Luke Brooks…..

You don’t think he was sitting at home watching his best mate winning the grand final and not thinking what if - hopefully for us tigers fans he’d prefer to stay here and win one at his junior club and be a one team player

Roosters are just managing there cap well, we shouldn’t be envying them we should be targeting to do it better than them....
 
The problem that I see regarding this is not the salary cap, rather it's players wishing to be part of a successful club. Every player wants to win a premiership during their career and that's fair enough. I'd hate to see Brooks leave but if your looking at it from his perspective it's a very tempting offer. He's also had to deal with 3, soon to be 4 coaches during his time at the Tigers. For any young player in the game, that would be immensely frustrating
 
NRL Salary Cap in 2019 is 9.6 million, with the minimum wage for players ranked 1-26 on earnings being $105,000 and $72,500 for players 27-30.
 
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ROOSTERS SET SIGHTS ON BROOKS

Luke Brooks is the reigning halfback of the year and remains without a deal heading into the 2020 season — the ideal scenario for a young halfback in the prime of his career.

The Roosters have emerged as a contender for his signature, eyeing the 23-year-old off as a replacement for Cooper Cronk who finishes his deal with the premiers in 2019.

Brooks is managed by Isaac Moses, who also brokered the deal for Tedesco to join the Roosters from Wests Tigers at the end of last year.

Tedesco and Brooks are close friends and it’s believed the two are keen to link up again at the Roosters.

The last time Brooks was off contract he was in a tussle with Tedesco, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses to remain at the Wests Tigers, and was the only player of ‘the big four’ to stay loyal — and for less than his current worth.

After his best season in the NRL to date and with few playmakers on the market, Brooks will be in high demand, with Eels, Raiders and Warriors also looking at their halves options beyond next season.

It puts plenty of pressure on the Wests Tigers to retain him, given he has been touted as a player the club want to build around.
https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/nrl/nrl-premiership/transfer-whispers-trent-merrin-linked-with-rabbitohs-while-the-tigers-are-under-pressure-to-keep-luke-brooks/news-story/b81b93cd56a4c4bb3b835aa040048820?__twitter_impression=true

And so it begins. . .

Yep, the chooks just buy who they want, and the rest can please themselves, the cap, what cap, ohh well we will know soon enough
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What are you on about, it would be Cronk’s money.
 
I've tried to remain positive throughout the last few months. Embrace a new coach and look to the future rather than dwell on recent setbacks. I believe we have improved as a team over the last 24 months. I'm also still hopeful that we are able to extend Brooks. If he leaves however I'll consider this the worst of Cleary's indiscretions. It must have been a disruption all the talk of NC possibly coming to the club for Brooks. He would have needed to start thinking about if and how he was going to fit in. To fail to deliver NC and unsettle the environment for our maturing half before leaving will sit very very badly with many WT's fans if it occurs. This shouldn't be blamed on Pascoe and Go if it happens.
 
On Tapau, word from the Roosters is he's desperate to join but they prefer TPJ, who's situation is clouded by the Bennet situation. Apparently Marty is in constant contact
I guess it confirms he wants out of Manly, he doesn't gel with DCE who is now back into the circle of trust as Dessie puts the band back together
Kiwi coach and hopefully fond memories of his coming of age as a first grader with the Tiges might just give us a chance if the Roosters thing doesn't come off
 
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I've tried to remain positive throughout the last few months. Embrace a new coach and look to the future rather than dwell on recent setbacks. I believe we have improved as a team over the last 24 months. I'm also still hopeful that we are able to extend Brooks. If he leaves however I'll consider this the worst of Cleary's indiscretions. It must have been a disruption all the talk of NC possibly coming to the club for Brooks. He would have needed to start thinking about if and how he was going to fit in. To fail to deliver NC and unsettle the environment for our maturing half before leaving will sit very very badly with many WT's fans if it occurs. This shouldn't be blamed on Pascoe and Go if it happens.
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You could also say that Ivan never intended to bring Nathan to the Tigers so Brooks could stay a Tiger and develop further and stay a one club player…..but who really knows,I reckon Ivan always knew NC was going to stay with his mates anyway..
 
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ROOSTERS SET SIGHTS ON BROOKS

Luke Brooks is the reigning halfback of the year and remains without a deal heading into the 2020 season — the ideal scenario for a young halfback in the prime of his career.

The Roosters have emerged as a contender for his signature, eyeing the 23-year-old off as a replacement for Cooper Cronk who finishes his deal with the premiers in 2019.

Brooks is managed by Isaac Moses, who also brokered the deal for Tedesco to join the Roosters from Wests Tigers at the end of last year.

Tedesco and Brooks are close friends and it’s believed the two are keen to link up again at the Roosters.

The last time Brooks was off contract he was in a tussle with Tedesco, Aaron Woods and Mitchell Moses to remain at the Wests Tigers, and was the only player of ‘the big four’ to stay loyal — and for less than his current worth.

After his best season in the NRL to date and with few playmakers on the market, Brooks will be in high demand, with Eels, Raiders and Warriors also looking at their halves options beyond next season.

It puts plenty of pressure on the Wests Tigers to retain him, given he has been touted as a player the club want to build around.
https://coupler.foxsports.com.au/api/v1/article/amp/nrl/nrl-premiership/transfer-whispers-trent-merrin-linked-with-rabbitohs-while-the-tigers-are-under-pressure-to-keep-luke-brooks/news-story/b81b93cd56a4c4bb3b835aa040048820?__twitter_impression=true

And so it begins. . .

Yep, the chooks just buy who they want, and the rest can please themselves, the cap, what cap, ohh well we will know soon enough

What are you on about, it would be Cronk’s money.
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Yeh, like Crighton is on Mattersons money next year 😱pen_mouth:, plus they will add Tapau or TPJ or someone else
 
on LU WT forum from a Tigers poster

Isaac Moses dislikes WT immensely & only recently emphasised to a heavy hitter in the Balmain juniors that he will do his utmost to get Brooks a gig elsewhere
 
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on LU WT forum from a Tigers poster

Isaac Moses dislikes WT immensely & only recently emphasised to a heavy hitter in the Balmain juniors that he will do his utmost to get Brooks a gig elsewhere
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Brooks appears to be quite a loyal character, very different to Tedesco. I don't believe his decision would be swayed by what Isaac Moses thinks of WTs.
 
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That heavy hitter is probably Paul Sironen
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No doubt Sirro would have an axe to grind, but it smells more like Roach to me. Could be wrong.

Brooks would be perfect for the Roosters and they know it. Imagine he and a Keary in the halves with Tedesco running off them! This is a danger, Brooks and Tedesco are still great mates and know each other’s games well. Tedesco would be in his ear telling him how great it is to be part of a winning team, how much he has improved as a player at Easts and he now has a premiership ring as proof.

I imagine all that would be very tempting for Brooks. We need to somehow wrap him up quick smart or else we will be looking for a new half in 2020\. It doesn’t help that he is still connected to that scumbag Moses. Why would such a nice kid get himself tied up with such an unscrupulous player manager. I can see Mitch Moses & Tedesco being led by this creep, but he and Brooks seem like a mismatch to me. Time to get a new agent son, there are plenty of better and more respectable ones out there.
 
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That heavy hitter is probably Paul Sironen

No doubt Sirro would have an axe to grind, but it smells more like Roach to me. Could be wrong.

Brooks would be perfect for the Roosters and they know it. Imagine he and a Keary in the halves with Tedesco running off them! This is a danger, Brooks and Tedesco are still great mates and know each other’s games well. Tedesco would be in his ear telling him how great it is to be part of a winning team, how much he has improved as a player at Easts and he now has a premiership ring as proof.

I imagine all that would be very tempting for Brooks. We need to somehow wrap him up quick smart or else we will be looking for a new half in 2020\. It doesn’t help that he is still connected to that scumbag Moses. Why would such a nice kid get himself tied up with such an unscrupulous player manager. I can see Mitch Moses & Tedesco being led by this creep, but he and Brooks seem like a mismatch to me. Time to get a new agent son, there are plenty of better and more respectable ones out there.
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I imagine it would be incredibly tempting for Brooks to move to a team like the Roosters and I wouldn't think less of him if he did. It would obviously hurt us massively but those are the breaks.
 
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