Surely the halves experiment is over?

[pHyR3]

No half can be considered good enough if he can't tackle.
Moses tackles better than Brooks but his attack has been non existent.

To those saying to hang tight and be patient: we have been patient for years so spare me this investment vs experiment garbage.
I'm a Brooks fan but I was also a Jacob Miller fan. Where did that investment go?

But damn I wish we "invested" in DCE or Thurston or Cronk.

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all of those 3 players weren't even starting a first grade roster at 20 years old.

their clubs probably would have been better off debuting them at 18 or 19 then throwing them away a year later rather than waiting until theyre 21-22.

 

[cattivo]

How about Drinkwater along side Brooks???

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[pHyR3]

How about Drinkwater along side Brooks???

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crap in NSW Cup today, wont offer us anything extra in attack and mitch/brooks have so much more upside in terms of potential than drinkwater

 

[littletiger]

How about Drinkwater along side Brooks???

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crap in NSW Cup today, wont offer us anything extra in attack and mitch/brooks have so much more upside in terms of potential than drinkwater

Nsw cup haven't a decent forwArd pack after a few injuries to grahame and the like. The old saying halve as good as forwards. He offers a kicking game.

 

[wicked_j]

I actually blame Farah or JT more than the halves. It was quite clear we weren't going to crack their right-side defense aa easily any more, yet we still kept going left in attack. Moses was trying to set the up on the right but couldn't get the ball.

 

[Goose]

No half can be considered good enough if he can't tackle.
Moses tackles better than Brooks but his attack has been non existent.

To those saying to hang tight and be patient: we have been patient for years so spare me this investment vs experiment garbage.
I'm a Brooks fan but I was also a Jacob Miller fan. Where did that investment go?

But damn I wish we "invested" in DCE or Thurston or Cronk.

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None of those were in first grade at Moses or Brooks' age. Maybe we have invested in someone who goes on to be that good.

Moses and Brooks have been sooo dominant at every level until NRL. But are still very much learning their trade. Most of their contemporaries are running around in lower grades or just starting to get a go in first grade.

There is a good reason people are staying patient, because 20 yo dont dominate immediately. We are not getting belted, we are 3 and 4\. We have been in every game so far. Bombing 2 games is very frustrating, but long term, it shows potential.
This is a very young side, the downside is that young players make young player mistakes. Inconsistency is going to happen, young players switch off, all of them.

 

[bigsiro]

Fair points goose and phyr3.

Made me think: DCE and Cronk were admittedly way better when they first came into the comp than either of our current halves, but Thurston was a bit of an unknown and was released by the Dogs in favour of Sherwin in what might be one of the worst decisions they have made in the last 20 years.
That is definitely a lesson we should take heed of.

I'm not advocating to get rid of our halves at all, I am just frustrated I guess.

 

[razor7]

The worry with Brooks is that he had the most number of missed tackles of any player in the NRL last season and things have not improved. He appears to be a turnstile . His attack looks promising but he must be able to defend to some degree to be in first grade. We are still not seeing evidence of that.

 

[TrueTiger]

razor7,I agree,if we look through history every good half back was an excellent defender,the likes of S.Mortimer,P.Sterling etc…

His defence has to sharpen up,if it doesn't there will be heaps of added pressure on our forwards and plenty of tries scored against us...,

 

[Goose]

Thurston is leading missed tackles this year.

 

[cqtiger]

There's a reason Brooks and Thurston are leading missed tackles … They're run at the most to slow them down in attack.

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