West Tigers vs Ivans Panthers *live game thread*

[Snake]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

Has been for many seasons … the failure looks like continuing next season YIPPEE! Management with no backbone ..

 

[Guest]

Loved mbyees diving tackles with pyke

He could get a job as a stuntman in martial arts movies with aerial tricks like he pulled off today - doesn't even need the Hollywood wire to land those moves!

 

[avocadoontoast]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

I agree, ive been fairly complimentary of him lately but he was poor today. His passing was particularly bad.

 

[Geo]

I would like to see Twal come off the back fence every now and then..

 

[Madge]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

He was very poor today. Brooks seems to be a bit limited at the moment. Can only really bounce between a good game and a poor one. He needs to take the next level and I don't see that happening at our club tbh.

 

[JC99]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

He was very poor today. Brooks seems to be a bit limited at the moment. Can only really bounce between a good game and a poor one. He needs to take the next level and I don't see that happening at our club tbh.

He's a long way off the good halfbacks

 

[mike]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

He was very poor today. Brooks seems to be a bit limited at the moment. Can only really bounce between a good game and a poor one. He needs to take the next level and I don't see that happening at our club tbh.

The next level? He doesn’t have one as halfback.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Stefano will play Origin next year. Would already be one of the top 5 props in the game.

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

one definition of madness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
How far from that are we when keep selecting the same plyers and expecting a different result?
This refers to Mbye, Nofoaluma, Talau, C-K, Tamou, L Leilua.
It is frustrating that we don't try (auntil today with Madden) anything new, and we could try Cooper, Dias, Hoffman, Pauga...

 

[Madge]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

He was very poor today. Brooks seems to be a bit limited at the moment. Can only really bounce between a good game and a poor one. He needs to take the next level and I don't see that happening at our club tbh.

The next level? He doesn’t have one as halfback.

I think 2018 dally M medallist says otherwise. In my opinion, that year was another level to the Brooks we are seeing at the moment.

 

[mike]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

He was very poor today. Brooks seems to be a bit limited at the moment. Can only really bounce between a good game and a poor one. He needs to take the next level and I don't see that happening at our club tbh.

The next level? He doesn’t have one as halfback.

I think 2018 dally M medallist says otherwise. In my opinion, that year was another level to the Brooks we are seeing at the moment.

The game has moved on since 2018 and Brooks is not halfback material in V’landys Rugba League.

 

[Demps]

I'm not trying to be offensive

I only got to watch the first half on my phone.
But I've heard from a reliable source that Nathan Cleary wore make up during this game in an attempt to hide his acne ?

Can anyone confirm this?

 

[avocadoontoast]

Stefano will play Origin next year. Would already be one of the top 5 props in the game.

We need to upgrade and extend him ASAP.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Stefano will play Origin next year. Would already be one of the top 5 props in the game.

We need to upgrade and extend him ASAP.

We do. But why would he want to extend atm? I’m sure he’d be in no hurry, and he’d have his manager telling him he’s going to cash in once his contract is up. The club can only do so much.

 

[hank37w]

Great work Liddle and nice support by Stefano

He can get up and go for a big unit.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Stefano will play Origin next year. Would already be one of the top 5 props in the game.

We need to upgrade and extend him ASAP.

We do. But why would he want to extend atm? I’m sure he’d be in no hurry, and he’d have his manager telling him he’s going to cash in once his contract is up. The club can only do so much.

We have a heap of salary cap for next year that we won’t be able to spend and he’s not on a lot of money now. You don’t want him another club to throw some big cash at him so he does an Aloiai. He’s the future of the club. Tie him to a lucrative long term contract and build around him.

 

[TrueTiger]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

He was very poor today. Brooks seems to be a bit limited at the moment. Can only really bounce between a good game and a poor one. He needs to take the next level and I don't see that happening at our club tbh.

Maybe giving him the captaincy as well as the playmaker role is way to much for him to deal with....

 

[hank37w]

4 tries in the 10 min before half time?

Not quite, but good to see we are keeping up the tradition of conceding a try in the 5 minutes before and after half time.

 

[bigsiro]

Luke Brooks was absolutely invisible today. Barely ran the footy, 10 missed tackles, our attack was completely unorganised and his kicking game once again average

And before you say it (because I know someone will) NO I am not blaming him solely for our loss, just think individually he was very average today

He was very poor today. Brooks seems to be a bit limited at the moment. Can only really bounce between a good game and a poor one. He needs to take the next level and I don't see that happening at our club tbh.

Maybe giving him the captaincy as well as the playmaker role is way to much for him to deal with....

Yeah that's the reason for sure.

 

[hank37w]

Cheekam surprised the ball was coming to him 🤪

Can't blame him.

Who would suspect that in a game of rugby league that someone might pass the ball to you, or even more surprising that they would actually expect you to catch it.