Hastings - Reasons for leaving

[Tucker]

If the rest of the team cared like he did we wouldn't have won the spoon.

Wouldn't have made the 8 either, but there wouldn't have been a couple of 50+ point dickings either in the last few rounds.

100%.
That’s all we ask of this year…If a few go above and beyond, we play finals.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Hastings would think well of the club for releasing him to take up what must be a fairly generous offer. It's a win win for both parties as it opens up an opportunity at 13 meaning lots of competition in pre-season.

the club could have held Hastings to play 13, they didn't and Hastings gets to play in the preferred 7 position and a pay rise from Newcastle. I would expect him to be very grateful to the club.

 

[Telltails]

the club could have held Hastings to play 13, they didn't and Hastings gets to play in the preferred 7 position and a pay rise from Newcastle. I would expect him to be very grateful to the club.

He did serve us well in a difficult year that earned him that contract with Newcastle. Rewarded for a good year of footy, just not at WTs.

 

[diedpretty]

If the rest of the team cared like he did we wouldn't have won the spoon.

Wouldn't have made the 8 either, but there wouldn't have been a couple of 50+ point dickings either in the last few rounds.

You mean the reserve grade side we had running around.

 

[balmain boy]

He just didn't fit in with the style of play we're going for. And his passion will hopefully be replaced by Bateman, Klemmer, Papa, Api....

 

[Asu Kepaoa's #1 Fan]

His reasons for being apprehensive towards playing lock were fair.

• Said he didn't have a quick PTB,
• That the other middle forwards had to get through more work with him there,
• And that he was clashing with Brooks and Doueihi in terms of on-field voices.

As another poster said, he got a big pay rise and a more suited role. We got a good middle forward which is what we needed. All parties win.

 

[earl]

As another poster said, he got a big pay rise and a more suited role. We got a good middle forward which is what we needed. All parties win.

I don't think it was a trade though. Newcastle wanted Klemmer off their books. We just let Hastings go. We could have kept him but the club decided he wasn't worth it.

 

[tiger_one]

Answer = $$$

 

[Bigtom]

Only the die hard Brooks fans would believe that or people who believe that Sheens is never wrong.Personally i feel we kept the wrong half out of the 3 we had in 2022

x2

 

[sleeve]

x2

Don't think it has anything to do with Brooks fans . That's the decision of the club, with 4 of the smartest guys in the game making the call. Sorry it does not meet your superior judgment. But as the old saying goes -- suck rocks.

 

[Tim Sheens]

Hastings played okay, better in the 13 for mine and now gets an opportunity to play in his preferred position this year, so what's not to like for him?

Good thing for all parties involved, is that they get their chance to sort it out in round two, and I am looking forward to it.

 

[happy_tiger]

I don't think it was a trade though. Newcastle wanted Klemmer off their books. We just let Hastings go. We could have kept him but the club decided he wasn't worth it.

I think it will prove we got the better end of the stick

 

[sleeve]

Everything that can be said, has been said. Hastings is long gone, so should this subject.

 

[Merlot]

Everything that can be said, has been said. Hastings is long gone, so should this subject.

how long do you think the Luke Brooks thread will be here for after he is gone ? hhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[sleeve]

how long do you think the Luke Brooks thread will be here for after he is gone ? hhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa

So right Melot; just tired of the same theme repeated by the cigar smoker and the cave dwellers.

 

[Merlot]

So right Melot; just tired of the same theme repeated by the cigar smoker and the cave dwellers.

do those 2 have pictures or a letter for their avi's . what will b will b

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

You mean the reserve grade side we had running around.

They were awful too.

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

Pack was in urgent need of attention for us. Klemmer on a discount rate for Jacko was a good deal.

The pack is now dealt with for the most part, now we can worry about the backs.

 

[twentyforty]

Interesting the narrative was always Salford had no money for him after the GF appearance - I’m of the belief clubs make the money available for a player that had such an effect on the team / comp.

He said in the pod that he wanted to test himself at an elite club - and deal with the expectations that come along with it?

Also came across that the fact that “another club” had moved him on and the dint to his pride that it had happened again that hurt most…

Yeah thought we looked best last year with him at 13, and with more time there - who knows… History won’t know, he’s moved on.

I’m not so sure about us looking better with Hastings at 13? Possibly looked “different” than the 13s before him.
I recall watching a game where our 13 had 90 possessions, 20 tackles, while our half had 60 possessions and 30 tackles. IDK? He may have been instructed to take pressure off Brooks but regardless, it wasn’t flowing .

 

[Lauren]

‘He didn’t want to play No.13’: Sheens says only one reason Hastings left Tigers

Tim Sheens sets the record straight on Jackson Hastings’ hasty exit, and when Wests Tigers fans can expect to see English recruit John Bateman.

www.smh.com.au