https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/drive-with-joel-fletch/id1536354819?i=1000548779856
Interesting Tim Mannahs love for Cayless and Douiehi saying Hastings is "filling in at 6".
If they win hd won't be filling in anywhere
Exactly & I actually believe Douiehi is a better centre than a number 6. We can use his height out wide to catch cross field bombs & kicks. I recall a game he played against Manly last year where he was awesome & probably had his best game for the year he was playing left centre. I also believe Brooks is a running number 6 with Hastings as our organiser that will take the pressure off him & if Madge uses him as a running number 6 then he will have his best year ever.
Wishful thinking, but as long as Hastings is competitive and dogged in his pushing the boys around the park, then I’d suppose it’s quite possible he’s no fill in
Reynolds did the exact same thing when he was here. It’s great to have that competitiveness, but it gets thrown around like it’s the be all, end all. He needs to step up to a level he’s been away from for 4 years.
That’s what I see as the issue… nothing like the top flight… he’s conditioned as an Aussie though, as opposed to Gildart (and looks much more solid) so hopefully is a more reliable bet to succeed.
I’ve been a fairly staunch Brooksy fan but if he’s to succeed and force Adam into centres - because those two together in the halves do not balance each other - then it will be as a virtual f/e with 7 on his back. IMO, he is much less likely to rediscover Dally M halfback form than Hastings being able to steer us around.