Luke Brooks - the plate is hot

[Frogz]

Seriously thought this guy was a great buy at the time. Major disappointment this year, especially when he was needed more than ever.

 

[JakeyB789]

We signed Brooksy to appease $CE and give him an experienced halves partner after he had failed with everyone else he played with not named Foran, now with the flog leaving there is no real need for Brooks anymore.

Give Walsh the last three games to finish the year and he can take the 6 jersey next year, let Brooks go to super league where he was going to end up before we signed him anyway.

 

[XV-1]

We signed Brooksy to appease $CE and give him an experienced halves partner after he had failed with everyone else he played with not named Foran, now with the flog leaving there is no real need for Brooks anymore.

Give Walsh the last three games to finish the year and he can take the 6 jersey next year, let Brooks go to super league where he was going to end up before we signed him anyway.

What super league team is going to pay 600k for Brooks?

Zero

 

[Super Coach Eagle]

One of the worst first graders to have played 250 games.

Honestly no wonder the Tigers were a rabble for a decade with him pulling the strings.

I reckon he has been lucky to have played any better then a 7/10 a dozen times in his career.

 

[BirdMan4ever]

Brooks in 2025
1. Zero game management
2. Has very little try assists
3. Has had a terrible halfback partner
4. Has defended well.

 

[The Who]

Brooks in 2025
1. Zero game management
2. Has very little try assists
3. Has had a terrible halfback partner
4. Has defended well.

5. Has one of the best attacking backlines in the NRL to work with yet Manly has eked out the lowest number of points in four consecutive matches for 50 years.
Game over for Brooks!

 

[KaZa]

Send him to super league. Not good enough

Walsh and Fogarty in halves. Let them build as soon as possible.

 

[BirdMan4ever]

Send him to super league. Not good enough

Walsh and Fogarty in halves. Let them build as soon as possible.

I can't agree more

 

[bringbackbeaver]

Greg Alexander... "Alexander also savaged Manly five-eighth Luke Brooks, saying: “Luke Brooks may as well not play, I’m serious, because he offers nothing.”
WOW .. Says it all really. Time to go

 

[bringbackbeaver]

Brooks in 2025
1. Zero game management
2. Has very little try assists
3. Has had a terrible halfback partner
4. Has defended well.

he is third highest in the comp for missed tackles at 78... He has not defended well.

 

[Macca777]

time to go with the rest of the old age pensioners and non performers, Joey will be ready soon and id get sandon smith, roosters letting him go

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

Can I suggest a new thread title?

‘Luke Brooks - the plate is now cold and split in two, because it wasn’t microwave safe’

 

[Phobia]

he is third highest in the comp for missed tackles at 78... He has not defended well.

I've seen some evidence that said that Brooks was in the lowest 10 NRL-wide for average metres conceded per missed tackle. In other words, the tackles he does miss, the player usually ends up being taken down anyway.

Unweighted stats on their own can be incredibly deceiving, and this is probably one of the best examples of it. You can have a low missed tackle count, and be a terrible defender. In this case it's the opposite.

Many people were defending Garrick's defence last year on the basis of his low missed tackle rate. Of course this didn't match the eye test. That's another example.

IMO missed tackle stats are one of the most overrated measures. The Bulldogs have had thirty million missed tackles over the past two years, and yet they've made the finals, and improved, while keeping missed tackles.

 

[Rocky]

I actually think Brooks best position would be......wait for it.....hooker. Can defend in the middle no problem.

It would be the Manly way to turn him into one as well.

I'm half serious and half taking the pi55, incidentally.

 

[XV-1]

I actually think Brooks best position would be......wait for it.....hooker. Can defend in the middle no problem.

It would be the Manly way to turn him into one as well.

I'm half serious and half taking the pi55, incidentally.

I'll take the piss. Just what we need another half playing hooker - not.

 

[Rocky]

I'll take the piss. Just what we need another half playing hooker - not.

But that's the Manly way

 

[Under the Sticks]

Seriously thought this guy was a great buy at the time. Major disappointment this year, especially when he was needed more than ever.

He lost me last year on that wet night against an under strength Souths when all the stars were on origin duty and he turned in an insipid performance devoid of all leadership.

Totally useless myth (unless you are a Tigpies fan who already knew this).

 

[The Insomniac]

Yes, he's panned out to be a poor buy. I was hoping for much better. 4 out of 10 from me.