Jackson Hastings #251

Kaito said:
Cam Murray, Victor Radley, Jurbo
But Hastings is a much better ball
And kicks too, he'll be a revelation
Once his healthy and with our new
Shapes under some of the best.

The 3 pronged attack on either
side of the ruck and up the middle
Stripping the opps for numbers
By playing eyes up.. We were
Scoring at will at times with Jacko
Steering the ship & Laurie/Brooks
Sweeping through the backline.

The year just finished but I'm very
Excited and positive about nxt yr.
The injuries/suspensions & coach
Drama shouldn't be used as an
Excuse, but when you do the
Roundup we're better than 16th.

Api scheming out of dummy half
And playing our men onto the ball
Is another super Underrated feature for next year too. Not all
doom & gloom, I'm quite positive
with where we're at as a club
moving forward.. I do understand where some of the scepticism is
coming from though no doubt.
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I like your positivity re Jacko and the incoming cattle but I'm still not convinced Sheens and Benji are the right people. That said, I do hope they prove me wrong.
I also think we need some higher grade recruitments - the young kids will learn but they need good role models - something we have tried to recruit before but always with no success.
 
Kaito said:
But Hastings is a much better ball player
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This is a big difference compared to Yeo or Murray or Radley. Hastings also has a much better kicking game than those 3 players.

Hasings is much more a halfback compared to those players.

You got to talk about the downside though. He doesn't have the power game or defense those players have.

The bonus from Hastings at 13 is that it allows our halves in Brooks and Doueihi who have flaws in their game to play to their strengths which is their running games.

Hastings is the centrepiece of the team. I'm not sold on this just yet because Hastings can play the same game at 7 and you could get rid of one of our overpaid and under performing halves or just move Doueihi to centre.

I suppose a lot comes down to Brooks taking a pay cut for an extension and Doueihi accepting a fair salary for another couple of years. If these guys don't play ball you just let them go.

We really need to attack a lot better and a lot more. I liked Sheens stating that a good attack is a form of defense.
 
%💯 Earl, he's not a small body
Either, I don't think he would mind
Not having to starve himself in
Order to play a traditional 7 role,
This suits his body type well and
Playing style well imo. He can still
Churn out hard earned meters and
Use his frame to crash over thru
The middle if teams are marking
Up out wide and slide 2 quickly
 
Kaito said:
%💯 Earl, he's not a small body
Either, I don't think he would mind
Not having to starve himself in
Order to play a traditional 7 role,
This suits his body type well and
Playing style well imo. He can still
Churn out hard earned meters and
Use his frame to crash over thru
The middle if teams are marking
Up out wide and slide 2 quickly
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Jacko = Glen Stewart like
 
Jackson's toughness is underrated. In the games he played lock, he was doing so much work. He may not hit as hard as Radley, but he's always there. His work from marker was outstanding. He's also one of the few players in our team that can read and clean up a kick.

On the topic of cleaning up kicks, is this not being coached at any level at our club? Watched our Jersey Flegg team play for the first time in that semi, and none of them knew how to clean kicks up. Most of our FG side are clueless too.
 
Just questioning whether we need Hastings in that Lock/Distributor role with Api in the side. You would think there will be more go forward with Api's better service and his running from dummy half so a more orthodox half back role might be what is required. What we need is someone who can handle the secondary dummy half role similar to Dean Halatau, the dummy halves this year were too slow and very unimaginative.
 
Bring back Olaf Prattl said:
Just questioning whether we need Hastings in that Lock/Distributor role with Api in the side. You would think there will be more go forward with Api's better service and his running from dummy half so a more orthodox half back role might be what is required. What we need is someone who can handle the secondary dummy half role similar to Dean Halatau, the dummy halves this year were too slow and very unimaginative.
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Strike from across the park.

It's innovative and will definitely work for us.
 
Bring back Olaf Prattl said:
Just questioning whether we need Hastings in that Lock/Distributor role with Api in the side. You would think there will be more go forward with Api's better service and his running from dummy half so a more orthodox half back role might be what is required. What we need is someone who can handle the secondary dummy half role similar to Dean Halatau, the dummy halves this year were too slow and very unimaginative.
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I’m hoping Rua can play that Halatau role.
 
I guess it’s kinda like giving an emoji when you agree with part of the post but not all of it.
Of yours I don’t think you need to be that critical of him. He has spent two games in the role but certainly shown to me a greater hunger in all areas than of which he did at half or five eight.

The part I do agree with though is that nonsense that we have revolutionised the game with him there and the few you mentioned have already played that way for the past 3 seasons.

Jacko just needs to keep improving his technique and toughness in contact and he will work out really well for us in the role.
 
Needaname said:
The part I do agree with though is that nonsense that we have revolutionised the game with him there and the few you mentioned have already played that way for the past 3 seasons.
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My opinion is that those other players mentioned are skillful middle forwards whereas Hastings is a halfback moved to play a ball playing lock role. I get that it's the same role. I just think those guys would struggle playing in the halves whereas Hastings can do it no problems. I think he is more skillful than the other ball playing locks in the comp.
 
Earl said:
My opinion is that those other players mentioned are skillful middle forwards whereas Hastings is a halfback moved to play a ball playing lock role. I get that it's the same role. I just think those guys would struggle playing in the halves whereas Hastings can do it no problems. I think he is more skillful than the other ball playing locks in the comp.
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They basically took different paths to get to the same location but your right that hastings is a better ball player and can be involved more, the downside is he also has less impact than yeo,radley etc
 
Dino said:
They basically took different paths to get to the same location but your right that hastings is a better ball player and can be involved more, the downside is he also has less impact than yeo,radley etc
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Respectfully disagree. He has a
A boot in his arsenal too.. next
Year we're kicking from 6,7,9 & 13.
He doesn't need impact he's not
That guy, he's the guy to steer us.
If Brooks wants it to zing left he's
Got it, conversely if Doueihi wants
The pill to go right he's got it too.
Victor and Cam are forwards that
Pass, Jacko can do that and more
 
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