Barry Brooks

[Passion Blue]

Barry Brooks first round draft pick a few years ago by Port then traded the following year to the Saints for a first and 2nd round pick.

Does anyone know if he's out of contract?
If so what about picking him PSD?

 

[Jeremias]

Don't know if he is out of contract, but he may well be delisted.

I would look at him for the PSD, but only if there is noone better available. If we have our eye on someone in the ND, and they fall through, take them.

Brooks could be the ruckman we need, was rated very highly a few years back. Worth the punt, he is still quite young.

 

[mcphee_is_a_gun]

Don't know if he is out of contract, but he may well be delisted.

I would look at him for the PSD, but only if there is noone better available. If we have our eye on someone in the ND, and they fall through, take them.

Brooks could be the ruckman we need, was rated very highly a few years back. Worth the punt, he is still quite young.

he looks like more of a key forward than ruckmen to me.

 

[Jeremias]

he looks like more of a key forward than ruckmen to me.

IIRC he was drafted predominantly as a ruckman, not a key forward.

Is supposed to be quite good in the ruck, so he is definitely worth a look.

 

[bluesfan]

I reckon he's worth a punt on in the PSD if he is delisted by the Saints and if he nominates for the PSD which I think he will. The only ruckmen in the PSD that we could go for our: Barry Brooks (StK), Clark Keating (BL) and Cameron Cloke (Coll). Like Keating but Brooks has alot of more years left in him as a 22, 23 year old.

 

[Saint Corin]

Brooks will sign and be at saints next year. Has got a bucket load of talent no doubt... Though you have to ask yourself this, if the saints have arguably one of the worst ruck units in the League, that should make it easier to get the no.1 gig (Gardiner will walk into it) Why hasn't brooks done anything in recent years when we needed it most?...

Though this year he had a decent one, 1 game against Brisbane and looked OK, and VFL form wasn't bad as always, kicks goals. I think he could be upto AFl just needs game time..

 

[its just sporn mum]

inside information from a saints player that brooks has been offered 2 years.

 

[stokesy]

The one game Brooks played for the Saints this year showed the talent he does have... he is not getting the chance at the Saints so I would hope Carlton would think about giving him a decent crack.

Still young, with talent. I'd prefer him over Bryan and McLaren.

 

[Saint Corin]

I would just like to see him play AFL even if it for the saints... I would be anyoed since we put a lot of time into him and gave away good picks. Though its not quite that he isn' getting the opportunity... He just hasn't earned it as such.

In VFL he has been played as a forward in recent times, god knows why, He should be rucking, though when he does he goes ok, and thatt's what ahppened, he played a blinder and strung some awsome weeks togeather and got selected for the game against Brisbane.

Gardiner and Brooks would be a decent combo
As would Gardiner and Rix...

While Ackland is serviceable, he aint the same as his first season and his jump is out of time.

 

[Silvagnis]

He's a forward like McPhee stated and he isn't that good.

 

[Hawaii 5 0]

Grant Thomas wasn't big on playing decent ruckman.

 

[Bluebear]

With Gardiner signing, you would think one of Brooks, Rix, or Ackland would be de-listed.
Worth taking any of them?
Probably not our long term solution but maybe better than what we have ATM.

 

[Go_Blues!]

I reckon he's worth a punt on in the PSD if he is delisted by the Saints and if he nominates for the PSD which I think he will. The only ruckmen in the PSD that we could go for our: Barry Brooks (StK), Clark Keating (BL) and Cameron Cloke (Coll). Like Keating but Brooks has alot of more years left in him as a 22, 23 year old.

I agree that Brooks would be the best of those if availible but the other ruckman who might nominate is Jesse Wells from WB. Does anyone know what this guy is like? He was pretty highly rated when he was drafted.

 

[OZBomb]

As I've said before when his name has been brought up... His nickname at St.Kilda was "Stupid." When Fraser Gehrig was asked why this was his nickname he said "Why do you think?"

Another hack who no-one's seen, but we pump them up as a good pick. Trust me I've seen a lot of him, he's hopeless. And I don't like calling blokes hopeless, but he is. A good VFL Full Forward.