The past few days sum up the 21-year-old's hot-and-cold campaign perfectly. On Saturday in the 1-0 win over Dortmund, Brooks was the star of the show with an uncompromising, flawless display at the heart of the Hertha defence. "World class!" said local paper Berliner Kurier about his performance. "He showed the extent of quality and potential." The paper indirectly compared him to Bayern Munich centre-back and World Cup winner Jérôme Boateng, who had cut his teeth playing for Hertha in his youth. BSC coach Jos Luhukay offered praise, too. "That was his best game of the year and this is the John I'd like to see," said the Dutchman. "He was there to meet every danger in and around the box, in the air and on the ground." Read more http://www.espnfc.us/german-bundesl...abian-johnson-timothy-chandler-seasons-so-far
