Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Sun Dec 15, 2019 10:35 pm  

For those who don't have insta.

'31 again for 2020! Lesgoo @wiganwarriorsrl'

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Sun Dec 15, 2019 11:28 pm  

Azul wrote:

That’s entirely fair enough. So why not just say that?

Apologies, it was harsh in hindsight and I didn't mean to aim it solely at you. Have a good Christmas and I hope he proves the majority wrong next season. FWIW I agree we're only getting one year out of him, but that's worth it as long as we use the opportunity to find out more about Smith.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:29 am  

We have to do that with Smith. Not only do we need to look down the track with replacing Hastings but we just need to give the lad a chance because he’s extremely talented. That last bench spot would be left open IMO to look at Smith and Bourouh. They’re both excellent young players and whilst later in the season in play off games and cup games you might want to go with four forwards or Tommy as your interchange hooker, I’d love to see us be brave early in the year and get plenty of minutes in to those two.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:10 pm  

Phil Wilko's spoke to Jackson in a 10 min interview. All seems well with Jackson as a Wigan player. PHEW!

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:26 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

Apologies, it was harsh in hindsight and I didn't mean to aim it solely at you. Have a good Christmas and I hope he proves the majority wrong next season. FWIW I agree we're only getting one year out of him, but that's worth it as long as we use the opportunity to find out more about Smith.

And yourself!
He’s hoping Jackson H helps to provide a good 2020!

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:57 pm  

I had some serious doubts but I never really thought he wouldn’t come.

I made a point somewhere in these 24 pages that I started to not see the point in signing him as we all know as well as him and the club that he will be off for 2021. I don’t really get the “train Smith up” mantra either and whilst I’m happy Smith will get an extra years development part of me queries whether we would have been better off just going with Smith and French at HB and putting the money invested into JH elsewhere like hooker.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:58 pm  

100% Warrior wrote:

I had some serious doubts but I never really thought he wouldn’t come.

I made a point somewhere in these 24 pages that I started to not see the point in signing him as we all know as well as him and the club that he will be off for 2021. I don’t really get the “train Smith up” mantra either and whilst I’m happy Smith will get an extra years development part of me queries whether we would have been better off just going with Smith and French at HB and putting the money invested into JH elsewhere like hooker.

If Powell carries on where he left off last year we’re fine at hooker, we’ll have Powell and Tommy rotating which is a good pair and we’ve got Borough and Roden coming through

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:04 pm  

KingRoss11 wrote:

If Powell carries on where he left off last year we’re fine at hooker, we’ll have Powell and Tommy rotating which is a good pair and we’ve got Borough and Roden coming through

Don't agree on Powell. If he can show the form he showed 3/4 of the way through, he will be fine. But he faded at the end of the season and offered no threat going forward.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:07 pm  

100% Warrior wrote:

I had some serious doubts but I never really thought he wouldn’t come.

I made a point somewhere in these 24 pages that I started to not see the point in signing him as we all know as well as him and the club that he will be off for 2021. I don’t really get the “train Smith up” mantra either and whilst I’m happy Smith will get an extra years development part of me queries whether we would have been better off just going with Smith and French at HB and putting the money invested into JH elsewhere like hooker.

One would hope/assume that training alongside Hastings at a time when he's getting some SL gametime might improve Smith. We also give ourselves the opportunity to take him out of the firing line if he's struggling/takes a knock/we're in a big game. As I wrote earlier, French and Smith have about 3 SL games in the halves between them; starting with one of them in the halves is a risk, never mind going into the season with both of them there as first choice.

Re: Jackson Hastings-U turn... : Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:50 pm  

KingRoss11 wrote:

If Powell carries on where he left off last year we’re fine at hooker, we’ll have Powell and Tommy rotating which is a good pair and we’ve got Borough and Roden coming through

Really don’t rate Powell in the slightest...he wouldn’t get a big minutes gig in any other sl side other than us. (If Huddersfield replace leeming)