Jackson Hastings #251

tony soprano said:
Brooks and Hastings went down hill after the parra game and didn't score much points

Our attack looked best when Hastings was 13 (Cowboys game) but apparently he doesn't like the tough stuff similar to what Murray does without complaints.
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Only problem with Murray is that he is possibly only a head knock or two away from giving the game away and maybe Jacko doesn't want to go down that road.

I agree that we looked the best when Jackson played at 13 but we need his organisational ability on the field for 80 minutes which is a pretty big ask playing in the middle.
 
happy_tiger said:
Probably didn't help Douehi wasn't available for the 1st 3 months ...but our spine was 16th/16 ....and before someone says Newcastle I'd take Ponga and Brailey with Happy and Hobbo in the 6 and 7 over our spine ...well maybe not Hobbo ...happy and Ink perhaps lol ..but you get my drift
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We were a mess this year Happy.
Madge had to fall on his own sword.
Physio team was shithouse too.
I liked Sheens talking about Blore
& Talau being like new signings.
A lot to improve on end of the day
 
isn't everyone afraid he will punch someone at the awards ceremony ....drops Mic ...leaves room

Smith is a handy 14 ......but I think if we are moving Talau to teh backrow he becomes the ideal 14 ...especially if Hastings is in the 13 jersey
 
batboy said:
For sure mate....
From my point - He's 2/3 at Lock (With a 2 point Loss in the 3rd against Penrith)

I can promise you what the argument would be if he were playing lock
(As was bought) with the same stats at 7
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I don't have a problem with Hastings at 13 ...but we better bulk up the rest of our pack ...and improve our back 5 as well .....we struggle for metres as it is and i guess you take Twal and Jo O and put them on the bench ....two of our bigger metre eaters in the forwards .....you just screw with our go forward and we don't have a big long kicking game ...you just invite teams to camp in our half all game ...an then you throw in Tim's timidness in regards to us being a defensive powerhouse .....2023 could be an even bigger mess than 2022
 
You know things are bad when people use the argument that Hastings was halfback for 3 of our 4 wins as justification for keeping a player & how crucial said player is to the team and our future despite coming clear last and finishing biggest margin outside the top 8 for over a decade.

If we are benchmarking a player on getting us 3 wins out of 4 wins for a full season they are replaceable.
 
happy_tiger said:
I don't have a problem with Hastings at 13 ...but we better bulk up the rest of our pack ...and improve our back 5 as well .....we struggle for metres as it is and i guess you take Twal and Jo O and put them on the bench ....two of our bigger metre eaters in the forwards .....you just screw with our go forward and we don't have a big long kicking game ...you just invite teams to camp in our half all game ...an then you throw in Tim's timidness in regards to us being a defensive powerhouse .....2023 could be an even bigger mess than 2022
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Don't disagree....
The fact we've released about 4-5 Players out of our pack (That was already considered short) and signed 1 makes me think there 'has' to be movement there....
 
happy_tiger said:
Probably didn't help Douehi wasn't available for the 1st 3 months ...but our spine was 16th/16 ....and before someone says Newcastle I'd take Ponga and Brailey with Happy and Hobbo in the 6 and 7 over our spine ...well maybe not Hobbo ...happy and Ink perhaps lol ..but you get my drift
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Well, at least you you take up a good bit of space in the defensive line nowadays, so they would get tired running around you.
 
hank37w said:
Only problem with Murray is that he is possibly only a head knock or two away from giving the game away and maybe Jacko doesn't want to go down that road.

I agree that we looked the best when Jackson played at 13 but we need his organisational ability on the field for 80 minutes which is a pretty big ask playing in the middle.
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Agreed Murray is the terminator
 
Earl said:
No. In an interview. He clearly stated "I'm the 6".

I haven't heard it directly out of Hastings mouth but I'm pretty confident he wants to play 7 rather than 13 and I don't blame him. I'm not sure if his body will hold up over the course of a season at lock.

Just so you don't think I'm a Brooks fanboy my personal opinion is that it's better if Brooks leaves and we try Hastings at 7 and AD at 6.
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Earl, are you serious ? That's your pick for the halves to take us forward ! Do you promote suicide for the fans ?
 
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