Jackson Hastings #251

cktiger said:
How does it smell like that?
More so a senile Sheens thinking he can magically make Brooks into a half without inserting a football brain into his head.
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The news about him not getting along with batemen
Him not wanting to play lock when it did seem like it suited the team better (Brisbane, cowboys games)
Now he signs with the knights for supposedly a hefty pay rise

Good luck to him, but doesn’t seem like a team first kind of guy his persona portrays in the media

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Telltails said:
Geezus he left because Sheens doesn't want him and Newcastle do. He has done nothing to deserve being bagged out for that. If anything by going it ensures the club gets Klemmer now with a full preseason and Sheens can start his campaign to focus on Brooks career revival
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Sheens wanted him as a 13 Hastings didn't want that he wanted the 7
the guy has had 7 clubs in 11 years over 2 competitions, he doesn't seem to stick around
 
Earl said:
This is a good way to look at it. I'm concerned about Bateman but we are desperate for an edge backrower.

Some big upgrades in Klemmer and especially Api. Papalli is a gun player as well. Luc was real good as well but Papalli is better.

Next year will be interesting.
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We should have 3 spots left on the roster if we can fill them with Bateman, Klemmer and Nathan Brown it’s the best offseason recruitment in Wests Tigers history. I hope we keep big Ken he’s rumoured to be going back to NZ.
 
Jedi_Tiger said:
Sheens wanted him as a 13 Hastings didn't want that he wanted the 7
the guy has had 7 clubs in 11 years over 2 competitions, he doesn't seem to stick around
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Please - if Sheens saw him as our future 13 he would have blocked him from going, would be negotiating a contract extension and wouldn't have gone after Bateman. He is a 7 and always has been but he was never going to be our 7 while Brooks and Sheens are at the club. Newcastle going after Hastings couldn't have gone any better for Sheens - probably instigated it himself.
 
Telltails said:
Geezus he left because Sheens doesn't want him and Newcastle do. He has done nothing to deserve being bagged out for that. If anything by going it ensures the club gets Klemmer now with a full preseason and Sheens can start his campaign to focus on Brooks career revival
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10000% this...

Jacko has the right to want to play 7.

Sheens also has the right to not play him 7....and not offer him a long term deal.

Neither are to blame and Jacko had every right to accept 7 'and' long term after we did not offer him it.

Long term we will see who was right.

Personally, I'd have much rather kept Hastings...and sent Brooks to Knights.

Let's hope Sheens has backed the right horse.
 
ElleryHanley said:
10000% this...

Jacko has the right to want to play 7.

Sheens also has the right to not play him 7....and not offer him a long term deal.

Neither are to blame and Jacko had every right to accept 7 'and' long term after we did not offer him it.

Long term we will see who was right.

Personally, I'd have much rather kept Hastings...and sent Brooks to Knights.

Let's hope Sheens has backed the right horse.
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Agree but don't you think all the talk last year was all fluff?
 
TYGA said:
I thought Hastings was an astute recruitment. He’s a half back so it was a decision about the style of half Benji wants. Have to look at recruitment and retention as a whole. I also suspect Brooks will be extended and his halves partner is not on the roster. I can’t see Benji wanting Douihei in the halves either. I like him as a centre that’s he’s position since the injuries.

So far deals done and or to be finalised:

Klemmer> Musgrove
Papalli > Luciano
Bateman> Garner
Api > Liddle
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Certainly makes more sense for Newcastle over Brooks.
If they are serious about wanting to play KP at 5/8 they have to make room for him. KP likes the left corridor and as that is Brooks home it would of made things rather difficult.

Also feel Doueihi will be the direct replacement for Hastings at lock. Might start games at 5/8 but like in the Lebanon WC games will shift to lock part way through the game.
Could this mean Daine to become a super sub / ease him into a half role?
 
Telltails said:
Geezus he left because Sheens doesn't want him and Newcastle do. He has done nothing to deserve being bagged out for that. If anything by going it ensures the club gets Klemmer now with a full preseason and Sheens can start his campaign to focus on Brooks career revival
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The real shame about Jacko going is it was the first time in years we had a quality leader playing in the 7 jumper,now thanks to the Knights giving him a chance to play in his prefered position and us getting Klemmer we are still stuck with the bloke who has had more excuses per season than any other player gets afforded...hope Shifty has plenty of excuses at the ready if Brooks cant improve....sad really....
 
Telltails said:
Please - if Sheens saw him as our future 13 he would have blocked him from going, would be negotiating a contract extension and wouldn't have gone after Bateman. He is a 7 and always has been but he was never going to be our 7 while Brooks and Sheens are at the club. Newcastle going after Hastings couldn't have gone any better for Sheens - probably instigated it himself.
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Blah, blah, blah…
Hastings couldn’t even play 7 in England, played severss as l positions! What does that tell you?? Even in a mickey mouse competition he still couldn’t crack the 7 regularly.
Only thing Hastings was consistent at was rubbing people up the wrong way, we know about Australian issues and then we find out about Bateman! Sounds like a prickly fellow…
 
TrueTiger said:
The real shame about Jacko going is it was the first time in years we had a quality leader playing in the 7 jumper,now thanks to the Knights giving him a chance to play in his prefered position and us getting Klemmer we are still stuck with the bloke who has had more excuses per season than any other player gets afforded...hope Shifty has plenty of excuses at the ready if Brooks cant improve....sad really....
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7 clubs in 11 years for Hastings, the guy is prickly and probably not captain material
 
batboy said:
Was thinking the other day - he’s 26 and had more starts than paleface adios…
Doesn’t seem to last much more than a couple years
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lol paleface adios nice one
DCE and Bateman at least 2 players in 2 different competitions
Tears ahead at Newcastle with Andre and his son, Hastings and O'Brien lol
 
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