Jackson Hastings #251

[Lauren]

No doubting it.....
Also never played at the Wests Tigers
- Or any team remotely as poor as the Wests Tigers.

Or had nuftie coaches like Jason Taylor...

This is what has been the most annoying thing in all this. The following articles are from 2013 and 2014, in which the club are selling both Brooks and Moses as our "saviours". The expectations placed on them back then was disgraceful and is part of the poor perception problem (it somewhat helped create it).
In hindsight, other than 2016 (I think?, was their best hope) they were never gonna rise to the challenge and take us to finals footy considering our roster over the years.

I don't mind if we are now being selective with information as I'm sick of enduring hearing the club feed the supporter base with false promises.

Wests Tigers' Mitchell Moses to make debut alongside great mate Luke Brooks

Rarely have two players who have played together so rarely created so much excitement.

www.smh.com.au

Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses happy to hold Wests Tigers' future in their hands

Just like Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall were for the best part of the last decade, teenagers Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks will be the face of the Wests Tigers for the next decade.

www.smh.com.au

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tigers-youngsters-to-be-let-out-of-den-come-season-2014/news-story/5a634bf6005b0e29e95ddf211aba8ba3

 

[batboy]

This is what has been the most annoying thing in all this. The following articles are from 2013 and 2014, in which the club are selling both Brooks and Moses as our "saviours". The expectations placed on them back then was disgraceful and is part of the poor perception problem (it somewhat helped create it).
In hindsight, other than 2016 (I think?) they were never gonna rise to the challenge and take us to finals footy considering our roster over the years.

I don't mind if we are now being selective with information as I'm sick of enduring hearing the club feed the supporter base with false promises.

Wests Tigers' Mitchell Moses to make debut alongside great mate Luke Brooks

Rarely have two players who have played together so rarely created so much excitement.

www.smh.com.au

Luke Brooks and Mitchell Moses happy to hold Wests Tigers' future in their hands

Just like Robbie Farah and Benji Marshall were for the best part of the last decade, teenagers Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks will be the face of the Wests Tigers for the next decade.

www.smh.com.au

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/wests-tigers-youngsters-to-be-let-out-of-den-come-season-2014/news-story/5a634bf6005b0e29e95ddf211aba8ba3

It was Putrid....
Like I said, to all the guys singing the "9 Years Brooks song" in the 1st of those years, He was 19 - With one game behind him...
The 2nd year he was 20 with 20 odd games more....

Sironen, Simona, Woods, Tedesco....
They were all kids and didn't have the right passage to NRL....

 

[BAGNF05]

Maloney made up for his mistakes.

He also had better teammates everywhere he went.

 

[crazycat]

Maloney made up for his mistakes.

I am with Bang05 and yes Maloney made up for his mistakes, he was a great player and I still can't believe he went for 600k.

Maloney was as skilled as Pearce and marginally worse then say DCE. He got the job done. Had we signed Maloney over Reynolds we would be in a very different place now.


Another lesson here is from the Warriors... Make mistakes.
I remember watching a few Stephen Kearney coached games. The completion rate was 95% and the Warriors were getting done. Boring football. You got to take risks and you got to make mistakes else the opposition will read you too easily. .

ôk not our problem, still Maloney took risks and sometimes they worked and sometimes they blew up in his face. We have to learn to take good risks.

 

[Needaname]

Twice this season. Same as Hastings and same as Madden.
I swear I read someone complain about Brooks kicking dead three times a week on here when the fact is it's just not justified. Find a relevant criticism or you're just making yourself look foolish.
And as others have said, good forwards create time and space for the half to execute his kick so it does in fact help.

You’d be surprised how much the dummy half matters.
We’ll see a difference with that alone!

 

[TrueTiger]

I dont care who you have at 1/2 back in the NRL,most will make a mistake at any given time such as kicking dead or out on the full,its pressure that they all know is coming ..
But the dissapointing thing about Brooks is that he knows it was his team,he knew how weak our packs have been and he still couldnt have the nous to work around that...it showed us all what a 7 really looks like when Hastings was here,yelled at the players,guided the team,played to his best with a broken leg and showed leadership with the same miserable forwards and a heap of ressie players...Put Brooks up on a pedestal all you like ...Hastings showed true leadership,something Brooks has never shown in that role...

 

[batboy]

I dont care who you have at 1/2 back in the NRL,most will make a mistake at any given time such as kicking dead or out on the full,its pressure that they all know is coming ..
But the dissapointing thing about Brooks is that he knows it was his team,he knew how weak our packs have been and he still couldnt have the nous to work around that...it showed us all what a 7 really looks like when Hastings was here,yelled at the players,guided the team,played to his best with a broken leg and showed leadership with the same miserable forwards and a heap of ressie players...Put Brooks up on a pedestal all you like ...Hastings showed true leadership,something Brooks has never shown in that role...

Resulting in the clubs worst ever season - and the wooden spoon

Right?

 

[hammertime]

“As a club we are obviously not satisfied that we finished last in 2022 and tough decisions need to be made," said Tigers boss Justin Pascoe.

Not everyone will be happy with some decisions we make, but we do not apologise for these decisions.”

That sounds pretty close to linking the spoon with Hastings’ performances this season, which I don’t know if it’s deliberate or not but I would sure be stung by it.

That's funny because Jacko being likeable or not, his Efforts contributed massively to the FEW games Tigers did win.

Late to this thread but damn that is a DUMB comment by Pascoe. Hastings wasn't even in the plans to be released and somehow, that was a decision based on 2022??

Deadset can't even make the right statements. Just does a ctrl + c, ctrl + v. Hastings deserved better.

 

[happy_tiger]

Late to this thread but damn that is a DUMB comment by Pascoe. Hastings wasn't even in the plans to be released and somehow, that was a decision based on 2022??

Deadset can't even make the right statements. Just does a ctrl + c, ctrl + v. Hastings deserved better.

Has Pascoe apologized for the spoon ...or was that part of the second 5 year plan

 

[barnzee]

Can we shut this down now Hastings is gone , that will leave one less place to whinge about Brooks

 

[TrueTiger]

Resulting in the clubs worst ever season - and the wooden spoon

Right?

Thank Sheens and admin for sacking Madge mid season and letting players go....nothing works better to destabile a team ....cant blame the players all the time,they may or may not have been fond of Madge,but being highly paid proffessionals you would think they would perform for the pay check...
Thats why we got the spoon...destabiled team,uncertainty of future and a fillin coach who was trying his best but not up to the level of others....

 

[rihannafan1]

Thank Sheens and admin for sacking Madge mid season and letting players go....nothing works better to destabile a team ....cant blame the players all the time,they may or may not have been fond of Madge,but being highly paid proffessionals you would think they would perform for the pay check...
Thats why we got the spoon...destabiled team,uncertainty of future and a fillin coach who was trying his best but not up to the level of others....

Or the club, led by Sheens, tanked on purpose to make the decision to sack everyone easier and also make this 'transition' season look much better. We joke about coming 9th but no one jokes about coming last.

 

[TonyTiger]

Or the club, led by Sheens, tanked on purpose to make the decision to sack everyone easier and also make this 'transition' season look much better. We joke about coming 9th but no one jokes about coming last.

We’ve learnt how to move players on - that’s a skill in itself!
We’re up in the dry dock, scraping the barnacles off the hull.
Sheens is the king of tough love - just the panacea we’ve needed.
Keep wielding that axe, the jersey grabbers are dropping like 9 pins ..

 

[happy_tiger]

We’ve learnt how to move players on - that’s a skill in itself!
We’re up in the dry dock, scraping the barnacles off the hull.
Sheens is the king of tough love - just the panacea we’ve needed.
Keep wielding that axe, the jersey grabbers are dropping like 9 pins ..

I think we are scraping the crud off the barnacles ...the barnacles are still around

 

[Demps]

 

[Halbrowne61]

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Shame, damn shame.
Have a good season JH, except when you play us !

 

[tigerfan59]

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He should still be a tiger 🐯

 

[sleeve]

He should still be a tiger 🐯

A smart footballer, who gave his all . The only problem was ,that he wasn't a half, and the club was right. They said lock, and i think he thought his body would not last the distance, i agree. Newcastle, about as sensible as batmans butler, offered him more dollars as well as the half , and the Tigers graciously released him.
A great deal for all concerned. So why are you whinging ?

 

[the_third]

Not sure how a strong pack is going to stop him kicking over the dead ball line.

score

 

[TIGERPOWER]

Today at my kids oztag I had a chat to a current tigers player . Hastings came up. To summarise
- no real issue from tne playing group about him leaving
- very independent player who didn’t make any effort to mix with the players
- put himself above the team

Almost word for word what I got told. Thought it was very interesting.

Some other things he told me. Training has stepped up immensely. Benji/sheens/Farah being very well received and leaving a great impression on tne players.