So, then...

[Pascoes_barber]


The Tigers will not make the 8 with this man in the team. He lacks the killer instinct to control games and does not have the ability to lead a team into the promised land of finals.

Luke Brooks has had a decade to solidify himself as a talent but year after year has failed to deliver. Despite being afforded a team to be structured around his so called strengths.

Luke Brooks has been described as the most maligned half in the game and it's clear to everyone from casual fans to journalists who report on the game that this man not get the job done. Tigers fans and NRL spectators alike have watched him progress for a boy making his debut in a brilliant fashion to now, a young man with a wealth of games under his belt that has never played finals football and more than likely... never will, at least, within the environment that is the Wests Tigers.

Luke Brooks is an average player that has never pushed himself to become a good or great player. Once he leaves the game, he will not be remembered or celebrated. Other than some worst of all time discussions such as, "players who played over 100 games yet never scored a try or players who played over a decade but never made the finals." A laughing stock, like how Nathan Hindmarsh never won a grandfinal, you will have Luke Brooks. The next Andrew Johns. The guy who played so many years yet never reached the finals. A guy who is happy to get paid and not actually do the job he is employed to do. A guy that the club of Wests Tigers invested in more than any other player for so many years with no return. A guy who does not care about the club, the fans, his team mates or even himself, to show some effort or organisation on the field.

We can make 100 threads and complain until the end of days but the way Luke Brooks has milked this club for every dollar and in return, allowed us nothing but disgust, confusion and annoyance in return can never be forgotten or forgiven. He should and will rank among Adam Blair, Josh Reynolds and Moses Mbye levels of disdain among fans for eternity.

This isn't an opinion piece by your favourite forum user but an honest explanation of how Luke Brooks is an abysmal player and a sub par rugby league player. Looks like we're stuck with him for another year, at least, maybe even two. Let the good times roll.... the fan club has dwindled and the shine has worn off. Even though Luke Brooks has a couple of defenders left, it's common knowledge to the world the guy is just simply.... not good enough.

Luke won't read this because he doesn't care to hear what the fans say and hides from social media because he doesn't want to hear the negative comments the country has to say about his playing ability. However, if you're out there Luke... please do the right thing. I don't have the answers to what the right thing actually is but it's either, be the half back the Tigers need... or walk away from the club, hell... walk away from the game. The charade can't go on forever.

I just wish the clown knew how to put up a spiral bomb or any bomb that puts the opposition under pressure. Its the same end over end dribble, straight down the fullbacks throat.

?

It's all been said.
The guy can't ball.

Nah guys it's Joey Johns' and Jonathan Thurston's fault, and our expectations are too high.

And he's excellent by 1990s standards.

 

[Demps]


The Tigers will not make the 8 with this man in the team. He lacks the killer instinct to control games and does not have the ability to lead a team into the promised land of finals.

Luke Brooks has had a decade to solidify himself as a talent but year after year has failed to deliver. Despite being afforded a team to be structured around his so called strengths.

Luke Brooks has been described as the most maligned half in the game and it's clear to everyone from casual fans to journalists who report on the game that this man not get the job done. Tigers fans and NRL spectators alike have watched him progress for a boy making his debut in a brilliant fashion to now, a young man with a wealth of games under his belt that has never played finals football and more than likely... never will, at least, within the environment that is the Wests Tigers.

Luke Brooks is an average player that has never pushed himself to become a good or great player. Once he leaves the game, he will not be remembered or celebrated. Other than some worst of all time discussions such as, "players who played over 100 games yet never scored a try or players who played over a decade but never made the finals." A laughing stock, like how Nathan Hindmarsh never won a grandfinal, you will have Luke Brooks. The next Andrew Johns. The guy who played so many years yet never reached the finals. A guy who is happy to get paid and not actually do the job he is employed to do. A guy that the club of Wests Tigers invested in more than any other player for so many years with no return. A guy who does not care about the club, the fans, his team mates or even himself, to show some effort or organisation on the field.

We can make 100 threads and complain until the end of days but the way Luke Brooks has milked this club for every dollar and in return, allowed us nothing but disgust, confusion and annoyance in return can never be forgotten or forgiven. He should and will rank among Adam Blair, Josh Reynolds and Moses Mbye levels of disdain among fans for eternity.

This isn't an opinion piece by your favourite forum user but an honest explanation of how Luke Brooks is an abysmal player and a sub par rugby league player. Looks like we're stuck with him for another year, at least, maybe even two. Let the good times roll.... the fan club has dwindled and the shine has worn off. Even though Luke Brooks has a couple of defenders left, it's common knowledge to the world the guy is just simply.... not good enough.

Luke won't read this because he doesn't care to hear what the fans say and hides from social media because he doesn't want to hear the negative comments the country has to say about his playing ability. However, if you're out there Luke... please do the right thing. I don't have the answers to what the right thing actually is but it's either, be the half back the Tigers need... or walk away from the club, hell... walk away from the game. The charade can't go on forever.

I just wish the clown knew how to put up a spiral bomb or any bomb that puts the opposition under pressure. Its the same end over end dribble, straight down the fullbacks throat.

?

It's all been said.
The guy can't ball.

Nah guys it's Joey Johns' and Jonathan Thurston's fault, and our expectations are too high.

And he's excellent by 1990s standards.

He'd make the perfect kid that hands Brett finch the kicking tea.

 

[Tigrrs]

No way is this team going to make the 8 with its non existent pattern, shape of defense or attack, its going to be another long awful season I dont Madge will last long at all

 

[Merlot]

an awful 2,3 more years be4 the lower grade kids kick in

 

[Fade.To.Black]

an awful 2,3 more years be4 the lower grade kids kick in

If we still have any of those players at our club by then. That's certainly not guaranteed if our past retention is anything to go by.

 

[Aceshigh]

Wow we are an enthusiastic mob on here with high hopes that the club is going places 😂😂

 

[BAGNF05]

Presumably, Madge HAS to make the 8's next year. No question. Anything short of that and I doubt he'll make another comeback. With Sheens looking over his shoulder, and a board having found already a scapegoat for 2022 (unless a miracle happens, and we find what we've been looking for, since 2005) ), sounds to me like a year fraught with danger, and uncertainty, with everyone pointing the finger every which way to protect their behind at the first sign of trouble...
Wouldn't be rugby league without dramas, now, would it?

I don’t subscribe to the have to make the eight theory anymore. I just want to see players ripping in (which should result in us being closer to the eight).

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Wow we are an enthusiastic mob on here with high hopes that the club is going places 😂😂

Bitter realism has replaced optimism when it comes to our club.

 

[Plisskin]

Wow we are an enthusiastic mob on here with high hopes that the club is going places 😂😂

19 failures out of 22 years, including 10 on the trot will do that.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Wow we are an enthusiastic mob on here with high hopes that the club is going places ??

19 failures out of 22 years, including 10 on the trot will do that.

And it's not even the failures TBH, most people can accept them to a point. It's when your club is at the bottom of s**t creek but still manages to find itself looking to sink further into the muck. That's the real trying part about being a WT supporter.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]


The Tigers will not make the 8 with this man in the team. He lacks the killer instinct to control games and does not have the ability to lead a team into the promised land of finals.

Luke Brooks has had a decade to solidify himself as a talent but year after year has failed to deliver. Despite being afforded a team to be structured around his so called strengths.

Luke Brooks has been described as the most maligned half in the game and it's clear to everyone from casual fans to journalists who report on the game that this man not get the job done. Tigers fans and NRL spectators alike have watched him progress for a boy making his debut in a brilliant fashion to now, a young man with a wealth of games under his belt that has never played finals football and more than likely... never will, at least, within the environment that is the Wests Tigers.

Luke Brooks is an average player that has never pushed himself to become a good or great player. Once he leaves the game, he will not be remembered or celebrated. Other than some worst of all time discussions such as, "players who played over 100 games yet never scored a try or players who played over a decade but never made the finals." A laughing stock, like how Nathan Hindmarsh never won a grandfinal, you will have Luke Brooks. The next Andrew Johns. The guy who played so many years yet never reached the finals. A guy who is happy to get paid and not actually do the job he is employed to do. A guy that the club of Wests Tigers invested in more than any other player for so many years with no return. A guy who does not care about the club, the fans, his team mates or even himself, to show some effort or organisation on the field.

We can make 100 threads and complain until the end of days but the way Luke Brooks has milked this club for every dollar and in return, allowed us nothing but disgust, confusion and annoyance in return can never be forgotten or forgiven. He should and will rank among Adam Blair, Josh Reynolds and Moses Mbye levels of disdain among fans for eternity.

This isn't an opinion piece by your favourite forum user but an honest explanation of how Luke Brooks is an abysmal player and a sub par rugby league player. Looks like we're stuck with him for another year, at least, maybe even two. Let the good times roll.... the fan club has dwindled and the shine has worn off. Even though Luke Brooks has a couple of defenders left, it's common knowledge to the world the guy is just simply.... not good enough.

Luke won't read this because he doesn't care to hear what the fans say and hides from social media because he doesn't want to hear the negative comments the country has to say about his playing ability. However, if you're out there Luke... please do the right thing. I don't have the answers to what the right thing actually is but it's either, be the half back the Tigers need... or walk away from the club, hell... walk away from the game. The charade can't go on forever.

I just wish the clown knew how to put up a spiral bomb or any bomb that puts the opposition under pressure. Its the same end over end dribble, straight down the fullbacks throat.

You must not be watching the games. He put up a large variety of kicks up this year. Forced a number of errors from spiral kicks.

The post from @tcat is outright bullying. You should be ashamed to call yourself a fan of this club. Yes criticise his game, but don't attack his character. There is a reason he is not on social media anymore - because of people like you who want to have a go at him for non-football related things. Social media is not a platform that exists to give you the ability to harass someone.

 

[Guest]

Markets are up for next year and we are expected to run 15th.
Only Saints are rated lower.

 

[Demps]

Markets are up for next year and we are expected to run 15th.
Only Saints are rated lower.

Hopefully we can exceed expectations.

Struggling to see much improvement.
😔😪

Sorry guys.

 

[innsaneink]

Markets are up for next year and we are expected to run 15th.
Only Saints are rated lower.


 

[TYGA]

It’s a rebuild we won’t make the 8 next year and I’m betting the coach will see out his contract. What kind of fool would pay two coaches to coach a non competitive roster. Many don’t understand we are 5 years away. They’re will be a new coach to take us forward I’m guessing but we won’t make finals until 2025 at the earliest.

 

[Demps]

It’s a rebuild we won’t make the 8 next year and I’m betting the coach will see out his contract. What kind of fool would pay two coaches to coach a non competitive roster. Many don’t understand we are 5 years away. They’re will be a new coach to take us forward I’m guessing but we won’t make finals until 2025 at the earliest.

Light at the end of the tunnel 💯❤🙌

 

[Don Kershane]

Markets are up for next year and we are expected to run 15th.
Only Saints are rated lower.


That should convince Lomax to join a slightly higher rated team.

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Wow we are an enthusiastic mob on here with high hopes that the club is going places 😂😂

Just realists. Grim reality is there's minimal hope of improvement from the current (woeful) position for a few more years yet.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]


The Tigers will not make the 8 with this man in the team. He lacks the killer instinct to control games and does not have the ability to lead a team into the promised land of finals.

Luke Brooks has had a decade to solidify himself as a talent but year after year has failed to deliver. Despite being afforded a team to be structured around his so called strengths.

Luke Brooks has been described as the most maligned half in the game and it's clear to everyone from casual fans to journalists who report on the game that this man not get the job done. Tigers fans and NRL spectators alike have watched him progress for a boy making his debut in a brilliant fashion to now, a young man with a wealth of games under his belt that has never played finals football and more than likely... never will, at least, within the environment that is the Wests Tigers.

Luke Brooks is an average player that has never pushed himself to become a good or great player. Once he leaves the game, he will not be remembered or celebrated. Other than some worst of all time discussions such as, "players who played over 100 games yet never scored a try or players who played over a decade but never made the finals." A laughing stock, like how Nathan Hindmarsh never won a grandfinal, you will have Luke Brooks. The next Andrew Johns. The guy who played so many years yet never reached the finals. A guy who is happy to get paid and not actually do the job he is employed to do. A guy that the club of Wests Tigers invested in more than any other player for so many years with no return. A guy who does not care about the club, the fans, his team mates or even himself, to show some effort or organisation on the field.

We can make 100 threads and complain until the end of days but the way Luke Brooks has milked this club for every dollar and in return, allowed us nothing but disgust, confusion and annoyance in return can never be forgotten or forgiven. He should and will rank among Adam Blair, Josh Reynolds and Moses Mbye levels of disdain among fans for eternity.

This isn't an opinion piece by your favourite forum user but an honest explanation of how Luke Brooks is an abysmal player and a sub par rugby league player. Looks like we're stuck with him for another year, at least, maybe even two. Let the good times roll.... the fan club has dwindled and the shine has worn off. Even though Luke Brooks has a couple of defenders left, it's common knowledge to the world the guy is just simply.... not good enough.

Luke won't read this because he doesn't care to hear what the fans say and hides from social media because he doesn't want to hear the negative comments the country has to say about his playing ability. However, if you're out there Luke... please do the right thing. I don't have the answers to what the right thing actually is but it's either, be the half back the Tigers need... or walk away from the club, hell... walk away from the game. The charade can't go on forever.

I just wish the clown knew how to put up a spiral bomb or any bomb that puts the opposition under pressure. Its the same end over end dribble, straight down the fullbacks throat.

You must not be watching the games. He put up a large variety of kicks up this year. Forced a number of errors from spiral kicks.

The post from @tcat is outright bullying. You should be ashamed to call yourself a fan of this club. Yes criticise his game, but don't attack his character. There is a reason he is not on social media anymore - because of people like you who want to have a go at him for non-football related things. Social media is not a platform that exists to give you the ability to harass someone.

written by the same blokes that think Douhie is right up there with Munster and as good as greats of the past.
Halfback of the year 2018

 

[Pascoes_barber]

Halfback of the year 2018

Gee, he must've been really close to winning again this year.