Jackson Hastings #251

[jrtiger]

unsure if it's been mentioned yet and I apologise if it has, but Jacko did a podcast this morning with the Rugby League Guru and it's a bloody good listen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pEHclSfvZlAezg3pmeGDm?si=8045961654b54a0c

I like the fact that he says he wants to come over here shake Luke Brooks' hand and put his arm around him and tell him he supports him. this bloke is going to be sensational for us I think.

This is a classic example of a post that I’d respond to and get called a hater for being honest. How does him shaking Brooks hand amount to him being sensational? Sorry for not getting caught up in the romance of it and using my own superlatives but he could help old ladies cross the street, and it won’t amount to a thing he does on the field.

so sorry mate, but compassion goes a long way in some instances. given Luke Brooks and his family is battered from pillar to post from our fanbase and the wider rugby league community, the leadership and maturity Hastings shows for a bloke that he's competing with for their favoured position makes me happy that this bloke is going to be playing for us in a few months.

we don't have many leaders at this club, it looks like he will most certainly be one on field and off.

 

[hammertime]

There is an old saying "Self praise is no recomendation".Hastings needs to think before speaking,i know it's a fluff piece but what people say in them will be used against them by detractors for years

First time I’ve seen a player talk about what a good person they are. Usually that’s for others to judge.

Not many players have had the public publicity on the opposite viewpoint that they needed to defend. He also admited that he was in the wrong in the past.

He's about to reenter the media fire and he's trying to set the narrative.

I think you're being a bit harsh on the bloke.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

unsure if it's been mentioned yet and I apologise if it has, but Jacko did a podcast this morning with the Rugby League Guru and it's a bloody good listen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pEHclSfvZlAezg3pmeGDm?si=8045961654b54a0c

I like the fact that he says he wants to come over here shake Luke Brooks' hand and put his arm around him and tell him he supports him. this bloke is going to be sensational for us I think.

This is a classic example of a post that I’d respond to and get called a hater for being honest. How does him shaking Brooks hand amount to him being sensational? Sorry for not getting caught up in the romance of it and using my own superlatives but he could help old ladies cross the street, and it won’t amount to a thing he does on the field.

so sorry mate, but compassion goes a long way in some instances. given Luke Brooks and his family is battered from pillar to post from our fanbase and the wider rugby league community, the leadership and maturity Hastings shows for a bloke that he's competing with for their favoured position makes me happy that this bloke is going to be playing for us in a few months.

we don't have many leaders at this club, it looks like he will most certainly be one on field and off.

But none of that translates to how he plays. I guarantee you, if he doesn’t deliver where it matters, on the field, no one will care care about how good of a guy he is.

 

[Tiger5150]

unsure if it's been mentioned yet and I apologise if it has, but Jacko did a podcast this morning with the Rugby League Guru and it's a bloody good listen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pEHclSfvZlAezg3pmeGDm?si=8045961654b54a0c

I like the fact that he says he wants to come over here shake Luke Brooks' hand and put his arm around him and tell him he supports him. this bloke is going to be sensational for us I think.

This is a classic example of a post that I’d respond to and get called a hater for being honest. How does him shaking Brooks hand amount to him being sensational? Sorry for not getting caught up in the romance of it and using my own superlatives but he could help old ladies cross the street, and it won’t amount to a thing he does on the field.

so sorry mate, but compassion goes a long way in some instances. given Luke Brooks and his family is battered from pillar to post from our fanbase and the wider rugby league community, the leadership and maturity Hastings shows for a bloke that he's competing with for their favoured position makes me happy that this bloke is going to be playing for us in a few months.

we don't have many leaders at this club, it looks like he will most certainly be one on field and off.

But none of that translates to how he plays. I guarantee you, if he doesn’t deliver where it matters, on the field, no one will care care about how good of a guy he is.

The whole thing has major J Reynolds vibes. I remember Reynolds saying the same things about Brooks. Genuinely hope Im wrong.

 

[TigerJunior4]

Watching Jackson Hastings highlights of the million times I feel him and Diane Laurie are going to have a amazing combination

Im worried about this. I like Daine and he has been our best prospect at fullback since Teddy but Im not convinced he is a natural FB.

What I mean by this is he always struggles to find his place when injecting into the backline or running off a pass. He always seems to stutter and gets picked off easily.

I was a (much) lower grade FB when young and what I think is wrong is something I used to do wrong as a kid and that is when you are running off your half/five eight you are looking at him and basing where you run on them but you need to be looking at the defence and run at the hole and let the 6/7 worry about hitting you.

If Laurie can get this part of his game sorted he will be the complete package but it doesnt seem to be natural to him.

Agree. He's a great broken field runner but Daine also looked out of sorts and got picked off with ease when chiming in on set backline plays. Gus reckons he's a 6. Say what you like about Gus, but I reckon he might be right on this one.

This once again highlights our lack of depth - play Daine at 6, and who is the fullback? No one recognised and as much as I rate Logen Dillon, he's not ready for FG - needs to prove himself in KOE first.

I agree he didn’t chime into the backline that well but I think that may be down to the shape of our attack. We were very flat and often ran those outdated x plays which were easy for opposition defences to pick off. We kind of limited our space on those plays. Hopefully we can fix this over the off-season.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

unsure if it's been mentioned yet and I apologise if it has, but Jacko did a podcast this morning with the Rugby League Guru and it's a bloody good listen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pEHclSfvZlAezg3pmeGDm?si=8045961654b54a0c

I like the fact that he says he wants to come over here shake Luke Brooks' hand and put his arm around him and tell him he supports him. this bloke is going to be sensational for us I think.

This is a classic example of a post that I’d respond to and get called a hater for being honest. How does him shaking Brooks hand amount to him being sensational? Sorry for not getting caught up in the romance of it and using my own superlatives but he could help old ladies cross the street, and it won’t amount to a thing he does on the field.

so sorry mate, but compassion goes a long way in some instances. given Luke Brooks and his family is battered from pillar to post from our fanbase and the wider rugby league community, the leadership and maturity Hastings shows for a bloke that he's competing with for their favoured position makes me happy that this bloke is going to be playing for us in a few months.

we don't have many leaders at this club, it looks like he will most certainly be one on field and off.

But none of that translates to how he plays. I guarantee you, if he doesn’t deliver where it matters, on the field, no one will care care about how good of a guy he is.

The whole thing has major J Reynolds vibes. I remember Reynolds saying the same things about Brooks. Genuinely hope Im wrong.

Reynolds is actually a good example. Great guy, also talked himself up, albeit to a lesser extent. No one cared about that though once it became obvious he didn’t fit in.

 

[TigerWest]

Watching Jackson Hastings highlights of the million times I feel him and Diane Laurie are going to have a amazing combination

Im worried about this. I like Daine and he has been our best prospect at fullback since Teddy but Im not convinced he is a natural FB.

What I mean by this is he always struggles to find his place when injecting into the backline or running off a pass. He always seems to stutter and gets picked off easily.

I was a (much) lower grade FB when young and what I think is wrong is something I used to do wrong as a kid and that is when you are running off your half/five eight you are looking at him and basing where you run on them but you need to be looking at the defence and run at the hole and let the 6/7 worry about hitting you.

If Laurie can get this part of his game sorted he will be the complete package but it doesnt seem to be natural to him.

?

 

[PJ_]

If he fails, he wouldn't be on anywhere near Reynolds coin.
If he gives his all and fails, that's all we can ask. My problem has always been with the players not giving 100%

 

[TigerWest]

Watching Jackson Hastings highlights of the million times I feel him and Diane Laurie are going to have a amazing combination

Yes that is something worth getting excited about.
Hopefully they bring Noffa back to his 2020 form as well.

That will be up to Nofo - his issues this year were attitude related. If he fixes that and decides to run straight and hard then he's a chance.

Upvote.

:-1:

What about neutral ?

😛oint_right:

It can get awfully uncomfortable sitting on the fence...Personally I'm looking forward to seeing what Hastings can bring to the side - we desperately need leadership in the side as that has been sorely lacking this year. Hopefully Jackson can bring that and perhaps direct the team a bit better around the field than those before him.

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[Tiger5150]

unsure if it's been mentioned yet and I apologise if it has, but Jacko did a podcast this morning with the Rugby League Guru and it's a bloody good listen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pEHclSfvZlAezg3pmeGDm?si=8045961654b54a0c

I like the fact that he says he wants to come over here shake Luke Brooks' hand and put his arm around him and tell him he supports him. this bloke is going to be sensational for us I think.

This is a classic example of a post that I’d respond to and get called a hater for being honest. How does him shaking Brooks hand amount to him being sensational? Sorry for not getting caught up in the romance of it and using my own superlatives but he could help old ladies cross the street, and it won’t amount to a thing he does on the field.

so sorry mate, but compassion goes a long way in some instances. given Luke Brooks and his family is battered from pillar to post from our fanbase and the wider rugby league community, the leadership and maturity Hastings shows for a bloke that he's competing with for their favoured position makes me happy that this bloke is going to be playing for us in a few months.

we don't have many leaders at this club, it looks like he will most certainly be one on field and off.

But none of that translates to how he plays. I guarantee you, if he doesn’t deliver where it matters, on the field, no one will care care about how good of a guy he is.

The whole thing has major J Reynolds vibes. I remember Reynolds saying the same things about Brooks. Genuinely hope Im wrong.

Reynolds is actually a good example. Great guy, also talked himself up, albeit to a lesser extent. No one cared about that though once it became obvious he didn’t fit in.

Both seem to rely on a "high energy" game and their vocal nature perceived as a strength.......makes me very nervous.

 

[earl]

But none of that translates to how he plays. I guarantee you, if he doesn’t deliver where it matters, on the field, no one will care care about how good of a guy he is.

Yep. We need wins. I'm hopeful Hastings is going to be a really good performer for us next year. I expect him to be one of our top 3 players. The thing is anything less than that to me is going to be a disappointment.

I have no problems with his comments though. It's just that all that matters is performance.

 

[Red88_Tiger]

unsure if it's been mentioned yet and I apologise if it has, but Jacko did a podcast this morning with the Rugby League Guru and it's a bloody good listen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1pEHclSfvZlAezg3pmeGDm?si=8045961654b54a0c

I like the fact that he says he wants to come over here shake Luke Brooks' hand and put his arm around him and tell him he supports him. this bloke is going to be sensational for us I think.

This is a classic example of a post that I’d respond to and get called a hater for being honest. How does him shaking Brooks hand amount to him being sensational? Sorry for not getting caught up in the romance of it and using my own superlatives but he could help old ladies cross the street, and it won’t amount to a thing he does on the field.

so sorry mate, but compassion goes a long way in some instances. given Luke Brooks and his family is battered from pillar to post from our fanbase and the wider rugby league community, the leadership and maturity Hastings shows for a bloke that he's competing with for their favoured position makes me happy that this bloke is going to be playing for us in a few months.

we don't have many leaders at this club, it looks like he will most certainly be one on field and off.

But none of that translates to how he plays. I guarantee you, if he doesn’t deliver where it matters, on the field, no one will care care about how good of a guy he is.

The whole thing has major J Reynolds vibes. I remember Reynolds saying the same things about Brooks. Genuinely hope Im wrong.

Reynolds is actually a good example. Great guy, also talked himself up, albeit to a lesser extent. No one cared about that though once it became obvious he didn’t fit in.

Brooks played better when Reynolds was fit and able for selection. Could be just coincidence though

 

[jirskyr]

Agree. He’s a great broken field runner but Daine also looked out of sorts and got picked off with ease when chiming in on set backline plays. Gus reckons he’s a 6. Say what you like about Gus, but I reckon he might be right on this one.

Thing is though, if Daine was getting muddled up and picked off chiming into the backline as fullback, I'm not sure why that's an argument to promote him up the chain to #6?

The five-eigth's key attribute is supposed to be knowing when to kick, pass or run - being decisive, because they are the last half to touch the football in attack. And the run is supposed to be a real threat, not just a last resort.

Arguably a fullback has less thinking time again than 5/8, so you could potentially argue that moving Laurie to #6 gives him some more time. But equally, that indecisiveness could simply rear it's ugly head earlier in the backline. He's definitely not a tackle-busting runner, so you aren't going to see him run if there are no gaps.

One might also argue that the lack of established 5/8 in 2020 led to many of Daine's issues with not having a clear role to play in attack.

 

[Guest]

Agree. He’s a great broken field runner but Daine also looked out of sorts and got picked off with ease when chiming in on set backline plays. Gus reckons he’s a 6. Say what you like about Gus, but I reckon he might be right on this one.

Thing is though, if Daine was getting muddled up and picked off chiming into the backline as fullback, I'm not sure why that's an argument to promote him up the chain to #6?

The five-eigth's key attribute is supposed to be knowing when to kick, pass or run - being decisive, because they are the last half to touch the football in attack. And the run is supposed to be a real threat, not just a last resort.

Arguably a fullback has less thinking time again than 5/8, so you could potentially argue that moving Laurie to #6 gives him some more time. But equally, that indecisiveness could simply rear it's ugly head earlier in the backline. He's definitely not a tackle-busting runner, so you aren't going to see him run if there are no gaps.

One might also argue that the lack of established 5/8 in 2020 led to many of Daine's issues with not having a clear role to play in attack.

Fair point. I can't see him being moved from fullback next season anyway but with AD sidelined, it will be interesting to see who lines up at 6.

 

[TheDaBoss]

Agree. He’s a great broken field runner but Daine also looked out of sorts and got picked off with ease when chiming in on set backline plays. Gus reckons he’s a 6. Say what you like about Gus, but I reckon he might be right on this one.

Thing is though, if Daine was getting muddled up and picked off chiming into the backline as fullback, I'm not sure why that's an argument to promote him up the chain to #6?

The five-eigth's key attribute is supposed to be knowing when to kick, pass or run - being decisive, because they are the last half to touch the football in attack. And the run is supposed to be a real threat, not just a last resort.

Arguably a fullback has less thinking time again than 5/8, so you could potentially argue that moving Laurie to #6 gives him some more time. But equally, that indecisiveness could simply rear it's ugly head earlier in the backline. He's definitely not a tackle-busting runner, so you aren't going to see him run if there are no gaps.

One might also argue that the lack of established 5/8 in 2020 led to many of Daine's issues with not having a clear role to play in attack.

Fair point. I can't see him being moved from fullback next season anyway but with AD sidelined, it will be interesting to see who lines up at 6.

I got a feeling it will be hastings and peachy as bench utility...

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Agree. He’s a great broken field runner but Daine also looked out of sorts and got picked off with ease when chiming in on set backline plays. Gus reckons he’s a 6. Say what you like about Gus, but I reckon he might be right on this one.

Thing is though, if Daine was getting muddled up and picked off chiming into the backline as fullback, I'm not sure why that's an argument to promote him up the chain to #6?

The five-eigth's key attribute is supposed to be knowing when to kick, pass or run - being decisive, because they are the last half to touch the football in attack. And the run is supposed to be a real threat, not just a last resort.

Arguably a fullback has less thinking time again than 5/8, so you could potentially argue that moving Laurie to #6 gives him some more time. But equally, that indecisiveness could simply rear it's ugly head earlier in the backline. He's definitely not a tackle-busting runner, so you aren't going to see him run if there are no gaps.

One might also argue that the lack of established 5/8 in 2020 led to many of Daine's issues with not having a clear role to play in attack.

Fair point. I can't see him being moved from fullback next season anyway but with AD sidelined, it will be interesting to see who lines up at 6.

I got a feeling it will be hastings and peachy as bench utility...

Unless we sign a centre, that’s where I think the Peach slots in.

 

[jirskyr]

Agree. He’s a great broken field runner but Daine also looked out of sorts and got picked off with ease when chiming in on set backline plays. Gus reckons he’s a 6. Say what you like about Gus, but I reckon he might be right on this one.

Thing is though, if Daine was getting muddled up and picked off chiming into the backline as fullback, I'm not sure why that's an argument to promote him up the chain to #6?

The five-eigth's key attribute is supposed to be knowing when to kick, pass or run - being decisive, because they are the last half to touch the football in attack. And the run is supposed to be a real threat, not just a last resort.

Arguably a fullback has less thinking time again than 5/8, so you could potentially argue that moving Laurie to #6 gives him some more time. But equally, that indecisiveness could simply rear it's ugly head earlier in the backline. He's definitely not a tackle-busting runner, so you aren't going to see him run if there are no gaps.

One might also argue that the lack of established 5/8 in 2020 led to many of Daine's issues with not having a clear role to play in attack.

Fair point. I can't see him being moved from fullback next season anyway but with AD sidelined, it will be interesting to see who lines up at 6.

I got a feeling it will be hastings and peachy as bench utility...

I would not be surprised at all if Hastings goes to 7 and Brooks plays 6 at the start of the year, with Brooks having a stronger directive to run the footy, and Hastings doing more of the kicking. This leaves Brooks as the left-foot option for the alternate side of the field. It may have been different if Doueihi was fit.

Brooks will then touch the football noticeably less often than Hastings will.

 

[Snake]

Agree. He’s a great broken field runner but Daine also looked out of sorts and got picked off with ease when chiming in on set backline plays. Gus reckons he’s a 6. Say what you like about Gus, but I reckon he might be right on this one.

Thing is though, if Daine was getting muddled up and picked off chiming into the backline as fullback, I'm not sure why that's an argument to promote him up the chain to #6?

The five-eigth's key attribute is supposed to be knowing when to kick, pass or run - being decisive, because they are the last half to touch the football in attack. And the run is supposed to be a real threat, not just a last resort.

Arguably a fullback has less thinking time again than 5/8, so you could potentially argue that moving Laurie to #6 gives him some more time. But equally, that indecisiveness could simply rear it's ugly head earlier in the backline. He's definitely not a tackle-busting runner, so you aren't going to see him run if there are no gaps.

One might also argue that the lack of established 5/8 in 2020 led to many of Daine's issues with not having a clear role to play in attack.

Fair point. I can't see him being moved from fullback next season anyway but with AD sidelined, it will be interesting to see who lines up at 6.

I got a feeling it will be hastings and peachy as bench utility...

I would not be surprised at all if Hastings goes to 7 and Brooks plays 6 at the start of the year, with Brooks having a stronger directive to run the footy, and Hastings doing more of the kicking. This leaves Brooks as the left-foot option for the alternate side of the field. It may have been different if Doueihi was fit.

Brooks will then touch the football noticeably less often than Hastings will.

Hopefully Hastings will know what to do with the ball .. that would be a positive!

 

[batboy]

Watching Jackson Hastings highlights of the million times I feel him and Diane Laurie are going to have a amazing combination

Im worried about this. I like Daine and he has been our best prospect at fullback since Teddy but Im not convinced he is a natural FB.

What I mean by this is he always struggles to find his place when injecting into the backline or running off a pass. He always seems to stutter and gets picked off easily.

I was a (much) lower grade FB when young and what I think is wrong is something I used to do wrong as a kid and that is when you are running off your half/five eight you are looking at him and basing where you run on them but you need to be looking at the defence and run at the hole and let the 6/7 worry about hitting you.

If Laurie can get this part of his game sorted he will be the complete package but it doesnt seem to be natural to him.

I think he's not in the Frame in Defence as much as he should be as well... I think he gets lazy or too Gassed to get there.
I also think that may be in Part because he's always taking dirty hit ups he doesn't have the Frame for and gets flogged about a fair bit.

 

[innsaneink]

Watching Jackson Hastings highlights of the million times I feel him and Diane Laurie are going to have a amazing combination

Im worried about this. I like Daine and he has been our best prospect at fullback since Teddy but Im not convinced he is a natural FB.

What I mean by this is he always struggles to find his place when injecting into the backline or running off a pass. He always seems to stutter and gets picked off easily.

I was a (much) lower grade FB when young and what I think is wrong is something I used to do wrong as a kid and that is when you are running off your half/five eight you are looking at him and basing where you run on them but you need to be looking at the defence and run at the hole and let the 6/7 worry about hitting you.

If Laurie can get this part of his game sorted he will be the complete package but it doesnt seem to be natural to him.

?

Good post...he needs to be hitting the line / holes hard ...if the halves aint ready they just gotta take the hit up

But at times it looked like our blokes all only just met that morning so not easy to look as smooth and silky as Joe Cool in our backline