Poupou Escobar > Randy HandlingerJune 8, 2025 at 11:52am
Solid as in he can do all the stuff we need from a 6. He is going as well as Sandon Smith right now but doesn't have the upside. For the same price you'd take Smith but why would they cost the same? There would be much more demand for the younger guy, which means he would cost a lot more.
NO surprise to say Brooks is going as well as Smith right now, but Brooks is playing complemtary to DCE, SS is actually leading the Roosters around the park. Btw SS is 22 years old, perfect time for him to come in under Moses and succed him long term.
Looked good when he first went to manly. With DCE calling the shots and being to play second fiddle it seemed to really unlock his strengths, i.e. running game. But unfortunately Manly coaching staff have failed and he has gone backwarda. If anything he was better in some of his earlier years at the tigers.
"Have many fullbacks been selected as a new HCs first pick to then transition to 6 inside of 12 months.
Its got nothing to do with working it's got to do with JR believes he has selected his fullback of the future.
Why is he all of a sudden gone hold…"
"What's so good about the Bulldogs bench? They have a 5/8, 2 pretty young and inexperienced forwards and Hayward. It doesn't exactly scream off the page as demonstrably better than ours."
"Iongi is not only learning to play Fullback in the NRL but is learning to be a regular in the NRL as it is. The kid has not played 6 since Tonga U18's, even then he barely played it. Why complicate his transition to NRL by putting him into a foreign…"
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Solid as in he can do all the stuff we need from a 6. He is going as well as Sandon Smith right now but doesn't have the upside. For the same price you'd take Smith but why would they cost the same? There would be much more demand for the younger guy, which means he would cost a lot more.
NO surprise to say Brooks is going as well as Smith right now, but Brooks is playing complemtary to DCE, SS is actually leading the Roosters around the park. Btw SS is 22 years old, perfect time for him to come in under Moses and succed him long term.
He'd probably do better than an entirely gaseous 6.
I suggest you watch some Manly games, his defence is rubbish and a constant target for opposition. There is nothing solid about Brooks's game.
Looked good when he first went to manly. With DCE calling the shots and being to play second fiddle it seemed to really unlock his strengths, i.e. running game. But unfortunately Manly coaching staff have failed and he has gone backwarda. If anything he was better in some of his earlier years at the tigers.
Thing about Brooks is hes not a half but if someone had turned him into a 9/14 I think he would of done well.
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Although I don't want us to have him the ship has sailed on Brooks he should go to super league he'd carve it up if beven French can Brooks can
Let's hope this is just a rumor like all the other bullshit I read on here.
Hell no!