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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 8:59:42 GMT
Firstly would kill to know what Hanley was saying to Jackson here.
Have to admit that I've shed a little tear watching all the Hastings coverage this week as the realisation has sunk in that the best player in a generation is about to quite possibly play the last game in a Salford shirt.
If there is ever a Jackson Hastings autobiography the Salford chapter simply must be titled Redemption!
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Post by johnh1 on Oct 11, 2019 9:58:35 GMT
I’m just glad to have seen another player who would be in my Salford team of all time greats. Put him in with the great team of the 70s and what a team that would have been.
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Post by eggfoo on Oct 11, 2019 14:59:44 GMT
Would you have Hastings over Kenny Gill ? Hasting certainly the best half-back i've seen since Gill.
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Post by JJR on Oct 11, 2019 15:06:38 GMT
Thought Dobson was great but slow at the end of his career, Fages good especially now he's matured.
Kent Gill, a stand off brilliant but lacked pace. Neil Baker had it all. Also never underestimate what Rob Lui did for Hastings, he played with Thurston and guided Hastings. Pity he's not there tomorrow, one one leg now and a bit overweight but still think he has it. We're missing him near the line. If he'd have had two good knees he'd have been a world beater.
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Post by eggfoo on Oct 11, 2019 15:44:04 GMT
Different times I guess with Gilly, with Fielding, Richards, Watkins, Hesketh etc who needs pace but what a footballer. I saw Andrew Johns when at Warrington absolutely magical and Benji Marshall in 2005 in Oz the best individual I've ever seen. Jako like a breath of fresh air around the club with his infectious manner, because of you sunshine Salford are back  |
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Post by dixon13 on Oct 11, 2019 15:51:54 GMT
Kenny Gill the best for me. Followed by Ken Richards and Nei Baker Kenny Gill didn't need legs with the players he had around him. The best I ever saw. Alex Murphy.
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Post by johnh1 on Oct 11, 2019 16:06:04 GMT
Would you have Hastings over Kenny Gill ? Hasting certainly the best half-back i've seen since Gill. No. I would have Hastings at scrum half, and Kenny Gill at stand off. Those are their positions. What a 6 and 7 partnership that would be. |
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Post by prestwichred on Oct 11, 2019 17:50:18 GMT
No one ever seems to mention Dunneman now he was class
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2019 18:24:59 GMT
Unfortunately I’m too young to have seen some of the greats mentioned in this thread although my dad does think Hastings compares well with a few.
I’ve seen some decent organisers and some good rugby brains but I’d say the only half backs I’ve seen that were borderline unplayable on their day were Hastings, Lui and Blakeley. Lui and Blakeley struggled for consistency though but Hastings looks dangerous every week - even on an off day he brings something to the team.
Blakeley always left that feeling that he could have kicked on another level. But then you look back at some of his performances like the 96 cup game against Wigan and think some people would give their right arm for just one game like that.
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Post by JJR on Oct 15, 2019 17:03:36 GMT
According to Fox Sports, Hastings happy and settled in England and not chasing to get back to Oz, even tho he has a get-out clause after one year of his contract.
So the story rumbles on.
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Post by dixon13 on Oct 15, 2019 17:57:33 GMT
According to Fox Sports, Hastings happy and settled in England and not chasing to get back to Oz, even tho he has a get-out clause after one year of his contract. So the story rumbles on. If the call does not come he can say he didn't want go to anyway. |
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