Luke Brooks - the plate is hot

[Macca777]

england here we come.... can take your BBQ too

 

[double hoops]

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

That is some smack from a former great half.

 

[Not Paul Kent]

Worth posting here also

 

[BirdMan4ever]

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

thanx for the clarification, that is an appauling stat

 

[joeboy]

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Worth posting here also

Never has senttiment and picture synched so perfectly with each other and aligned with my own personal views.

I thought he was a solid enough player but he has been absolute gash this year

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

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Worth posting here also

@XV-1

Public stoning going here as well

 

[bringbackbeaver]

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.

Haha okay

 

[madmax]

That is some smack from a former great half.

He should have included DCE in that quote!

 

[The '47ers]

@XV-1

Public stoning going here as well

Leave no stone unturned! (or player unstoned!)

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

Leave no stone unturned! (or player unstoned!)

We can line them up in order of stoning’s if you prefer , 1, the most stones , 30 no stones.

 

[tookey]

9 years of rubbish with the tigers and now the same at Manly

What ironstine thought that Brooks would improve here?

 

[XV-1]

9 years of rubbish with the tigers and now the same at Manly

What ironstine thought that Brooks would improve here?

Moses and Seibold

 

[Scorpio]

9 years of rubbish with the tigers and now the same at Manly

What ironstine thought that Brooks would improve here?

Just from observation/opinion, if DCE is the sole playmaker, the opposition pressure him whenever possible and then his game falters. So this really drove the need to have another solid playmaking 5/8 next to him. I don't know if summation is believed or accepted within the club but it might need more criticial evaluation in hindsight.

In 2023 we cycled between Schuster, Arthur, and Johns without much success (all while Schuster's contract as a 5/8 was being discussed), then we ended up pulling the trigger on Brooks.

If we had a Fogarty type halfback then maybe that would have freed up a lot more options...

 

[Under the Sticks]

Seibold suggesting they may debout Joey Walsh before the end of the season which means curtains for Brooks in 2026. The Fog and Walsh show for 2026. That's something I could get excited about.

 

[Under the Sticks]

The noise around Joey Walsh must have spooked him into action today with his two meat pies 🥧

 

[Carl]

I think brooks needs people around him playing well.

He can make a team playing well better, but he can't do anything for a team playing badly.

 

[Under the Sticks]

I think brooks needs people around him playing well.

He can make a team playing well better, but he can't do anything for a team playing badly.

He has leadership deficit disorder.

 

[TheSoaringEagle2023]

I think brooks needs people around him playing well.

He can make a team playing well better, but he can't do anything for a team playing badly.

Good for putting the nail in the coffin into teams, but bringing a team back from the brink isnt his thing.