Hoffenheim Player of the Month: And here he is....Your #TSG-Player of the Month ➡️ John Anthony Brooks 👏 pic.twitter.com/whKMCISQET— TSG Hoffenheim EN (@tsghoffenheimEN) June 1, 2023
To be fair, this is exactly what Hoff wanted when they brought Brooks in. This campaign was about staying up and they did that. Good on Brooks for getting up to speed after a rocky couple games getting back to fitness.
Starts in friendly: Unsere Elf für heute Abend! pic.twitter.com/uiTToMZ2E3— TSG Hoffenheim (@tsghoffenheim) July 12, 2023
After beating FC Waldorf-Astoria 3-1, Brooks and the Hoff lost to Elversberg 2-1. Brooks came out as part of a multi-player sub rotation at the half when it was 1-1.
Started in 120 minute friendly against Feyenoord: our team for today! pic.twitter.com/4TbnUPCNXl— TSG Hoffenheim EN (@tsghoffenheimEN) July 22, 2023 Out at the 60th.
JAB doing JAB stuff: TSG Hoffenheim made an imposing start and already got into a dangerous position in front of the opposition goal in the first minute, but the cross from Marius Bülter, who had been picked out by John Anthony Brooks' lofted ball, was cleared by the Feyenoord defence as Ihlas Bebou waited to pounce. https://www.tsg-hoffenheim.de/en/news/overview/2023/07/convincing-victory-against-feyenoord/
Starts in cup match: 🔹 Unsere Startelf für die Saisoneröffnung 🔹 pic.twitter.com/Biu6Irprgi— TSG Hoffenheim (@tsghoffenheim) July 29, 2023
Out at the hour mark: A raft of #TSG changes on the hour mark:Justvan, Samassekou, Skov, Damar, Bischof, Beier, Akpoguma & Szalai enter the arena. Kramaric, Prömel, Kaderabek, Stiller, Ozan Kabak, Bülter, Brooks & Bebou are replaced.| 60' | 🔵 2-1 ⚪️#TSGRFC— TSG Hoffenheim EN (@tsghoffenheimEN) July 29, 2023 Ended 2-2.
Brooks not involved in the 1st Gers PK goal, and obvs not the second as he was on the bench. Dunno if he had any offensive contribution.
Started in friendly against Fulham: Dieses Team schickt Rino auf den Rasen! pic.twitter.com/bEy5EQAcU7— TSG Hoffenheim (@tsghoffenheim) August 5, 2023 They lost 2-1.
Brooks gets the starts in the Pokal against third tier Lubeck. 1-1 at the half. Brooks didn't look involved in either goal from the highlights, with Kramaric's goal for Hoffenheim a lot of fun - three cutbacks before shooting.
3-1 now - Bulter gets the goal that probably puts it away, in his first competitive match for the club.
In the 11 vs Heidenheim. L. Maloney starting on the other side for some Yank v Yank, Bundesliga edition!!
Did you actually watch the match? What about it was not a good showing? He had a Sofascore of 6.8 for his 53 minutes of work. JAB won his headers and made his usual line breaking distribution. MP made a tactical switch to a 2CB system in rainy conditions with Hoffenheim looking sluggish on offense and down 0-1 on a free kick goal. Ironic that 4 minutes later Heidenheim scored on a header off a corner. They scored from the center of the box in exactly the spot that Brooks was owning! Hoffenheim came bac to win 3-2 so MP's offensive scheme change paid off.
They changed up to 4 in the back around 52’ which isn’t a great fit for Brooks. Hoffenheim came back to win 3-2 denying Heidenheim from their first ever Bundesliga win/point.