We were in trouble without a decent quality 7 because Brooks never has been and never will be one. He's a passable 6 who can be a good player on his day.Some of you seem to know more about player talent than all the ex players who now work on Fox Sports and Channel 9 who unanimously say Luke Brooks is a quality player and will be a big loss.
I’m optimistic we can get someone like Braydon Trindall, but if we don’t get a decent quality 7 we are in far bigger trouble than many of you would like to admit.
Fact is we're in last place with him and haven't done much better the past few years. He's played every game this year bar one so it's not like we're losing the key piece of a successful side. We're losing a pretty average and overpaid player in an unsuccessful side.
Of course the media are going to say he's a good signing ... what do you want them to do? Publicly shame him on TV? No signing has ever been called bad at the time it was made.