Jackson Hastings #251

[BAGNF05]

Think the stumbling block with Hastings was a 200000 quid transfer fee to break his contract,which gets counted against our cap and is essentially dead money
But were a dead and buried club in 2021 unless we get a defence coach AND an organising half,and neither Brooks nor Douhi nor Mbye are the latter
Madge has to roll the dice on Hastings to save his own coaching career IMO...he's bought more deadwood than Ivan tbh, with only Lucy and Laurie having a crack and looking like NRL contenders.
Joffa/Tamou/Douhi/JoeyL and Koepa either underperforming or just dont have sufficient skills to make it,and JtJ too early to tell whether he still has it
I like Madge,but so far Im VERY underwhelmed.Needs stronger recruitment and retention plus player indivudual skill development (most are going backwards),and new approaches to fire up motivation and ownership
Were heading for the Broncos spoon unless something changes..fast

I think you are being too critical of Joffa and Tamou.

Nah.....theyre both recent SOO players and were comprehensively out played by Roosters reserves.Aggression was what got Joffa there a few yrs ago,and hes just going thru the motions.Tamou hired for leadership ..lack of talk was damning,but the brush off by Collins said it all.Think Stefano and Musgrove will offer twice as much at half the price
Early days,but both big bucks props are both shaping up as Packer 2.0
Madge chose em,and its his job to motivate them

Disagree, the mistackle by Tamou was disgraceful but both he and Joffa have been solid outside of that and fulfilled their roles. In saying that I think Stefano has shown some good signs and am very pleased to have Musgrove back.

if you watch it again you’ll see Liddle slipped over which made Tamou look like he made a clean miss, it was a 4m wide gap to run into down main st.

Tamou had an opportunity but got a big dont argue from NRLs journeyman.Effort...

His weight was moving away from the ball carrier as Liddle was there a moment earlier but slipped on the wet ground. Collins was Liddle’s assignment. I’m not pinning that on JT.

 

[cochise]

Think the stumbling block with Hastings was a 200000 quid transfer fee to break his contract,which gets counted against our cap and is essentially dead money
But were a dead and buried club in 2021 unless we get a defence coach AND an organising half,and neither Brooks nor Douhi nor Mbye are the latter
Madge has to roll the dice on Hastings to save his own coaching career IMO...he's bought more deadwood than Ivan tbh, with only Lucy and Laurie having a crack and looking like NRL contenders.
Joffa/Tamou/Douhi/JoeyL and Koepa either underperforming or just dont have sufficient skills to make it,and JtJ too early to tell whether he still has it
I like Madge,but so far Im VERY underwhelmed.Needs stronger recruitment and retention plus player indivudual skill development (most are going backwards),and new approaches to fire up motivation and ownership
Were heading for the Broncos spoon unless something changes..fast

I think you are being too critical of Joffa and Tamou.

Nah.....theyre both recent SOO players and were comprehensively out played by Roosters reserves.Aggression was what got Joffa there a few yrs ago,and hes just going thru the motions.Tamou hired for leadership ..lack of talk was damning,but the brush off by Collins said it all.Think Stefano and Musgrove will offer twice as much at half the price
Early days,but both big bucks props are both shaping up as Packer 2.0
Madge chose em,and its his job to motivate them

Disagree, the mistackle by Tamou was disgraceful but both he and Joffa have been solid outside of that and fulfilled their roles. In saying that I think Stefano has shown some good signs and am very pleased to have Musgrove back.

if you watch it again you’ll see Liddle slipped over which made Tamou look like he made a clean miss, it was a 4m wide gap to run into down main st.

Tamou had an opportunity but got a big dont argue from NRLs journeyman.Effort...

His weight was moving away from the ball carrier as Liddle was there a moment earlier but slipped on the wet ground. Collins was Liddle’s assignment. I’m not pinning that on JT.

Do you think he was happy with his attempt?

 

[Merlot]

agree Read,and the guy on sunday who looks like he just woke up and there is pizza in his pocket 4 breakfast r the only sane ones in the room at times

 

[BAGNF05]

Think the stumbling block with Hastings was a 200000 quid transfer fee to break his contract,which gets counted against our cap and is essentially dead money
But were a dead and buried club in 2021 unless we get a defence coach AND an organising half,and neither Brooks nor Douhi nor Mbye are the latter
Madge has to roll the dice on Hastings to save his own coaching career IMO...he's bought more deadwood than Ivan tbh, with only Lucy and Laurie having a crack and looking like NRL contenders.
Joffa/Tamou/Douhi/JoeyL and Koepa either underperforming or just dont have sufficient skills to make it,and JtJ too early to tell whether he still has it
I like Madge,but so far Im VERY underwhelmed.Needs stronger recruitment and retention plus player indivudual skill development (most are going backwards),and new approaches to fire up motivation and ownership
Were heading for the Broncos spoon unless something changes..fast

I think you are being too critical of Joffa and Tamou.

Nah.....theyre both recent SOO players and were comprehensively out played by Roosters reserves.Aggression was what got Joffa there a few yrs ago,and hes just going thru the motions.Tamou hired for leadership ..lack of talk was damning,but the brush off by Collins said it all.Think Stefano and Musgrove will offer twice as much at half the price
Early days,but both big bucks props are both shaping up as Packer 2.0
Madge chose em,and its his job to motivate them

Disagree, the mistackle by Tamou was disgraceful but both he and Joffa have been solid outside of that and fulfilled their roles. In saying that I think Stefano has shown some good signs and am very pleased to have Musgrove back.

if you watch it again you’ll see Liddle slipped over which made Tamou look like he made a clean miss, it was a 4m wide gap to run into down main st.

Tamou had an opportunity but got a big dont argue from NRLs journeyman.Effort...

His weight was moving away from the ball carrier as Liddle was there a moment earlier but slipped on the wet ground. Collins was Liddle’s assignment. I’m not pinning that on JT.

Do you think he was happy with his attempt?

It’s the NRL mate you don’t get too many front rowers can cover two guys from 15m out. I think he would say he was wrong footed rather than made a poor effort.

 

[cochise]

Think the stumbling block with Hastings was a 200000 quid transfer fee to break his contract,which gets counted against our cap and is essentially dead money
But were a dead and buried club in 2021 unless we get a defence coach AND an organising half,and neither Brooks nor Douhi nor Mbye are the latter
Madge has to roll the dice on Hastings to save his own coaching career IMO...he's bought more deadwood than Ivan tbh, with only Lucy and Laurie having a crack and looking like NRL contenders.
Joffa/Tamou/Douhi/JoeyL and Koepa either underperforming or just dont have sufficient skills to make it,and JtJ too early to tell whether he still has it
I like Madge,but so far Im VERY underwhelmed.Needs stronger recruitment and retention plus player indivudual skill development (most are going backwards),and new approaches to fire up motivation and ownership
Were heading for the Broncos spoon unless something changes..fast

I think you are being too critical of Joffa and Tamou.

Nah.....theyre both recent SOO players and were comprehensively out played by Roosters reserves.Aggression was what got Joffa there a few yrs ago,and hes just going thru the motions.Tamou hired for leadership ..lack of talk was damning,but the brush off by Collins said it all.Think Stefano and Musgrove will offer twice as much at half the price
Early days,but both big bucks props are both shaping up as Packer 2.0
Madge chose em,and its his job to motivate them

Disagree, the mistackle by Tamou was disgraceful but both he and Joffa have been solid outside of that and fulfilled their roles. In saying that I think Stefano has shown some good signs and am very pleased to have Musgrove back.

if you watch it again you’ll see Liddle slipped over which made Tamou look like he made a clean miss, it was a 4m wide gap to run into down main st.

Tamou had an opportunity but got a big dont argue from NRLs journeyman.Effort...

His weight was moving away from the ball carrier as Liddle was there a moment earlier but slipped on the wet ground. Collins was Liddle’s assignment. I’m not pinning that on JT.

Do you think he was happy with his attempt?

It’s the NRL mate you don’t get too many front rowers can cover two guys from 15m out. I think he would say he was wrong footed rather than made a poor effort.

I'm not disagreeing with that assessment, but someone of his quality would be disappointed with that attempt. Anyway we are off topic so lets leave it there lol.

 

[TIGERPOWER]

Please tigers officials make this happen. It has become obvious to the tigers management and coaching staff that Brooks doesn’t have it. They can talk fluff about him playing lock but he is only coming here for one reason and that is to play in the halves. Hopefully that means a reunion for Brooks with Payten and a chance for us without the common denominator in us not playing finals football in the last 7 years.

 

[Tigerlily]


The see you soon might be a subtle hint of yes, no, maybe?...So I hope he does see you soon Jim.🤞🐯

 

[hugh1954]

I hope talks have been going on for a number of months and we are just not looking like a total panic situation as we already look on the field.
Need to settle down and get into our season we have to many young guns to have them experience this type of panic mode if this is what it is ?

 

[innsaneink]


The see you soon might be a subtle hint of yes, no, maybe?...So I hope he does see you soon Jim.🤞🐯

Jim who?

 

[boonboon]

Madge quoted in the telegraph confurming we are in discussions

Id imagine hastings is signed any day

 

[Tiger_heart]

Why has t taken 2 games into the premiership to realize we had an issue with Brooks? He hasn't played any differently since he's come to grade, should have just started with a new combo, it's not like an injury crisis call, is it? But once again, who is making the calls at this club???

 

[weststigerman]

I wonder if the fact they’ve left him out of the team this weekend for no particular reason means the deal is done?


That or quarantine still? Or not enough training post quarantine?

He’s out of quarantine, but the coach said he hasn’t trained enough with the team which seems odd.

If he has been out of quarantine he would of had last week and this week with the squad. It’s not just about training with the squad it’s also about getting his fitness levels up & body contact flowing. He hasn’t played a game for 12mths and missed a whole preseason. He is 3mths behind everyone at the moment.

Yeah I understand that, but as far as I know there is no known injury concerns. He also played up until the end of November last year.

Could you imagine Canberra letting George Williams take an extended holiday knowing that he’d likely miss the first couple of rounds?

 

[Geo]

**The media is going full alarmist on the Tigers this week and half of you are going with them. Now it's alarm bells because Joey was critical of Brooks' game and Chammas has got wind we're working on the Hastings deal that we've been working on for some 6 months.**

It's not alarm bells losing to two competition heavyweights first two weeks. It's not good reading but can absolutely be turned around. This media stuff is becoming a beat-up because, again, it helps to sell papers and drive these click-bait narratives around popular clubs.

Where is the hullabaloo around Manly or Cowboys or Broncos or Dragons?

Someone mentioned Chammas has close connections to the club, so why is this latest article out? If this is coming from the club then why now when the team are down and out and already feeling the pressure?
Or have I simply misinterpreted, and not all Tigers related stuff he prints is directly from us.

I know there's been some worrying signs in our first two performances but it also makes the club look noncomitted to their plans. Not saying there's anything wrong with having a Plan B but because it's only 3 weeks in it looks like a knee jerk reaction or another possible bandaid solution.
Or can someone confirm if it hasn't been decided on a whim as suggested by other reports.

Chammas has closer connections to Sam Ayoib

 

[hobbo1]

Who’s next Todd Carney? Julian O’Neill? Hoppa?

O’Neil would be a shoe 👞 in

 

[Tigerlily]


The see you soon might be a subtle hint of yes, no, maybe?...So I hope he does see you soon Jim.??

Jim who?

It’s his grandfather.

 

[tony soprano]

https://twitter.com/jackohastings/status/1375181380611637254?s=21

 

[Speed2burn]

https://twitter.com/jackohastings/status/1375181380611637254?s=21

Hahahaahha

So who’s the liar here?

I think he’s a flog anyway

 

[avocadoontoast]

It’s pretty much already wrecked so not sure what harm he could do.

 

[JC99]

Wigan don't want to release him apparently

 

[The_Patriot]

A player with an ego who has a bit of an abrasive personality

or

A nice guy who jokes and laughs with the opposition after get smashed.

Ive already made my decision.