DCE to announce retierment

[BOZO]

We’ve seen enough of Brooks playing halfback at Tigers & even the game this season without DCE against south’s where he was the dominant half. He’s a very good 5/8 but isn’t cut out to lead a team at all, when he keeps it simple & play what’s in front of him is when we see him at his best

This is coming from the Tigers mouth ....
The Tigers fans had seen him for 10 unsuccessful years and if you go to their forum you will see they were glad to have seen him gone and he went from a million dollar player down to 600 grand a year player to Manly and there was no club willing to bid higher .
Every greedy player manager makes sure his client goes to the highest bidder
Manly was the highest bidder and we all get what we pay for .

Teams that Win a Grand final do it with elite quality halves
This is our year with DCE
If DCE goes then so do our Grand final Winning aspirations unless we unearth an elite half because Brooks is not one of them

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

And I wonder what young Walsh is like at clutch field goals. How about left footed?
40/20s?
Or bringing down monsters like Dave Fifita one on one a few metres from our line (I know DCE is criticised at times for shooting out of the line but his individual defence rarely misses)

Anyhow as a few are saying, exciting times ahead. However I've long suspected DCE's true worth will be best appreciated when we don't have him any more!

 

[Disco]

We need to let Walsh and Large develop at their own pace and not over hype them.

Neither have played a game for us yet and both are what 18?

We have this habit of building players up to completely unrealistic expectations then when they come in and play some solid games we tear them down because they haven't set up 6 tries and made 4 line breaks.

Lets stay measured, both have a long way to go

 

[Heckenberg]

We need to let Walsh and Large develop at their own pace and not over hype them.

Neither have played a game for us yet and both are what 18?

We have this habit of building players up to completely unrealistic expectations then when they come in and play some solid games we tear them down because they haven't set up 6 tries and made 4 line breaks.

Lets stay measured, both have a long way to go

We also have Jacob Arthur. Bit of a forgotten man but he could come into his own with a bit of luck on the injury front.

 

[Ohgeez]

Collective amnesia about him taking charge vs Newcastle and Canberra yet again... The problem with Brooks at 7, was the Tigers, not Brooks. South's game was a coaching failure to try and utilise Brooks better.

lmao no amnesia here, he played 5/8 in both those games & did well but also had a few quite games which is to be expected. Of course he is going to take charge at certain points in a season he’s a 10 year vet, personally I don’t see how that correlates to him being halfback for an entire season tho. Brooks has literally said himself he plays better without pressure & when he keeps it simple, to me that doesn’t sound like a guy I want playing the position with most pressure on the field. We will have to agree to disagree on this subject 🤝

 

[Tragic Eagle]

How can anyone replace DCE.

I am not always a fan of his, but he is an absolute legend of the club.

I'd say the best 7 we have had in 50 years.

Sadly we have no choice it has to be done at some stage.

 

[Mal Cochrane]

I am amazed that in what is arguably the hardest position in the NRL people seem to not see what we are going to be missing.

I understand there are frustrations with him but honestly if you think a kid, no matter how talented, can replace him I would like to have some of what ever you are on.

Lets have a look at the players who you might consider ahead of him ($ are zero tackle so who really knows...) and I am sure I have missed someone!

Nathan Cleary (1.2m)
Jahrome Hughes (900k)
Maybe Mitchell Moses (1.2m)
DCE (1m)
Then after him you would put
Ben Hunt (550...it is the broncs)
Jarome Luai (1.2M)
Nicho Hynes (1m)
Sam Walker (1m)

By way of further context Jackson Hastings is on 700k. I would argue there is a fair difference between the two platers

Not measuring by way of careers, but who i would take today ahead of DCE would be Cleary and Hughes as a no brainer, I dont rate Moses ahead of DCE at all, but I would go Hynes.

As for another comment regarding best half back in 50 years, god how we forget Toovey. Des was very good also, but ended up playing many positions. Id have DCE ahead of Orford though.

Every time I see a an old game with Toovey, it was amazing what he'd do, week in week out.

 

[Ohgeez]

Not measuring by way of careers, but who i would take today ahead of DCE would be Cleary and Hughes as a no brainer, I dont rate Moses ahead of DCE at all, but I would go Hynes.

As for another comment regarding best half back in 50 years, god how we forget Toovey. Des was very good also, but ended up playing many positions. Id have DCE ahead of Orford though.

Every time I see a an old game with Toovey, it was amazing what he'd do, week in week out.

Hynes is a good regular season player but has turned to water every time the heat has been on so far in his career. Against bottom 8 teams he is up there with the best players in the comp but I haven’t seen him stand up to teams like Penrith or Melbourne yet

 

[ManlyTragic]

Not measuring by way of careers, but who i would take today ahead of DCE would be Cleary and Hughes as a no brainer, I dont rate Moses ahead of DCE at all, but I would go Hynes.

As for another comment regarding best half back in 50 years, god how we forget Toovey. Des was very good also, but ended up playing many positions. Id have DCE ahead of Orford though.

Every time I see a an old game with Toovey, it was amazing what he'd do, week in week out.

… yeah! And what about Craig Field… don’t forget Craig Field !!….. ok I’m leaving!!