Cleary did it when he was 18 back in 2016 so yeah he could’ve done it. If Cleary could so could’ve Brooks. Taylor was shit no argument there but if an 18 year old Cleary could do it so could’ve Brooks at 22.
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It’ll be Knights. Only other team that could possibly come knocking is Parra and that’s if they lose Moses.
851
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I have said it before, it is not hate, it's called insanity doing the same thing over and over hoping for a different result.
Like I tried explaining to the other bloke, just because a team pays that amount doesn't make a player worth it, was Packer worth $800k, was Reynolds worth $900k, no they weren't, but we paid it. is Fifita worth $1.1million no he isn't but the Titans paid it, Penrith over payed for RCG, Blake and Mansour, then had to pay to have them play somewhere else.
Not only have we over payed for Brooks for quite a while, we have gotten no return on that money, so why go again and hope for a different result, I thought we are supposed to be learning from our mistakes
851
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Flanagan is not on $600k, and the Dogs have been trying to move him on for nearly all this year
There is no comparison between tamou and klemmer
Cleary is tracking to be the best halfback of his generation, had a two time premiership winner (and multiple more GFs) halves partner and a far superior forward pack.
Ridiculous to compare.
Not really considering our forward pack was better during that period. Todays roster yes but back then our whole roster was better to finish in 9th despite being coached by Taylor. If Cleary could get his team finals bound by 18 Brooks could’ve done it by 22 so its not ridiculous to compare.
weststigerman
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If the club does not re-sign Hastings to appease 2 juniors that have played 2 NRL games between them then the club is dumber than I thought.
Hastings is currently our best 7 and 13, it's beyond stupid to not try to keep the best players in their position unless they're over the hill.
Hastings is currently our best 7 and 13, it's beyond stupid to not try to keep the best players in their position unless they're over the hill.
In the 11 years we havnt played finals footy - which is what the aim is for every club - 8 half backs each season of varied abilities have got the job done.
balmain boy
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Any word on where the development contracts are going?
earl
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This isn't fair right. It's the typical extremist argument against Brooks.
You can't compare Brooks to those two.
Brooks has consistently been one of our best players as judged by unbiased observers who do things like the Dally M's. He has also consistently been on the park.
Your comparison in my opinion is crazy.
earl
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The comparisons are flowing thick and fast and they are ridiculous.
Have you seen those slums in India ? I'd prefer to live in the Palace of Versailles.
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earl
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Andrew Johns who is the best player I've ever seen won 2 premierships in a 14 year career.
The morale of the story is there is a lot more to a team than just the halfback.
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earl
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Will it be about this ? I think they've tried to re-sign him. I wonder if it's because he sees himself as a halfback rather than a 13.
Clearly.
diedpretty
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And yet he couldn't do it in 2019 when they had a much better team and he was more experienced.
InBenjiWeTrust
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He reminds of B Simmons - wants to play basketball and be paid 100k , but does not want to shoot the ball??
Brooks has been nowhere near our best. Not even close mate to one of our best. The argument is we paid Packer and Reynolds big money to do a job for us and they failed the same applies to Brooks as he’s playing one of the most important positions in the game yet he can’t even play the role right. Regardless of money Brooks isn’t doing his job and if he is moved on I won’t lose sleep over it he’s had his time to shine but yet he hasn’t. We’ve changed a lot of things but kept this guy some say it was out of loyalty yet no one else wanted him. Only reason Knights want him is because they don’t have any halves not because they think Brooks is good.
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