RE: Luke Brooks
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Seriously, there is not a half in the world that would have looked good in the Tigers side last year.We had forwards who had little forward momentum and soft in defence.JA was our best and he was ok but not anything special.Our backline was lacking penetration and was slow.We had no fullback,no goalkicker,and a bunch of guys who would be lucky to survive in the CC comp,who we kept moving around on the hope they might make some impact.
I disagree so if the forwards were that bad last season … why was Grant such a sensation ? You either have the the goods or not that is as simple as it gets . Yes a stronger pack makes a 7’s job easier but a 7 that has the goods will always stand out ! This rubbish about the forward pack is just falsely
Grant played with the same so called dud forwards that Brooks played with. Grant looked like a champ … Brooks well you either have it or you don’t!
The champs stand out whether there playing with champs or chumps that’s always been the way .
They played with the same dud forwards - yes.
But Grant wasn’t playing half.
He did when Liddle came off the bench …
I thought he played lock ???
Well he did …but he was playing in the 1st receiver role
We played our best footy then too. The more he has the ball the better we went
All he needs is a good 5/8 because he’s never had one. Might get that this year.
1st he needed a bigger stronger forward pack
He has that now
2nd he needed a stronger centre / winger combination who could stop leaking points and score more points
Jury is out on that
3rd he needs a decent Hooker/Dummy half who can get him the ball quick
That should be ok this year 
4th he needs a decent fullback who can chime in and give more options or create panick in the oppositions defence which may give Brooks more time to create some magic of his own
5th he needs some speed men around him
Hopefully Jet helps with that
Now he needs a decent 5/8
At some stage Brooks needs to stand up and take the game by the scruff of the neck and lead our team by Example
Take the ball to the line and take the defence on more often
And get his kicking game in order
We all know he can do it because he has done it before
He just needs to do it consistently
LAST CHANCE
He has the big forwards he needs, the speed he has needed and other options to go to
He doesn’t need to do it all himself
He just needs to pick the right play at the right moment
I hope he finally has a stand out year
He is becoming one of the most experienced halfbacks in the NRL
Now he needs to show it
global:posted_in, Season 2020