Do you have any examples?Wigan_forever1985 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:19 am He always seemed obsessed with being a superstar which in itself isnt a bad thing but it seemed to focus most around the glitz and glam rather than the achievement.
I think this is why he loved Salford so much because he was treated like a god by their fans but when he came to Wigan we had seen people of his talent and better regular in our team
He prefers to be a big fish in a little pond IMO
Ex SL star Jackson Hastings refuses to train with NRL feeder team after being axed
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I'd say that's a fair assessment of himWigan_forever1985 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:19 am He always seemed obsessed with being a superstar which in itself isnt a bad thing but it seemed to focus most around the glitz and glam rather than the achievement.
I think this is why he loved Salford so much because he was treated like a god by their fans but when he came to Wigan we had seen people of his talent and better regular in our team
He prefers to be a big fish in a little pond IMO
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I follow him on Instagram and he's massively into american culture of sports, around basketball NFL the whole like "GOAT!" type thing. Loves a slowmo video of himself with a rap track backing. He was trying to change the NRL rules because he wanted to market his 31 number as a brand and obviously NRL dont have static numbers.nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:14 pmDo you have any examples?Wigan_forever1985 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:19 am He always seemed obsessed with being a superstar which in itself isnt a bad thing but it seemed to focus most around the glitz and glam rather than the achievement.
I think this is why he loved Salford so much because he was treated like a god by their fans but when he came to Wigan we had seen people of his talent and better regular in our team
He prefers to be a big fish in a little pond IMO
Its just an opinion but he comes across to me who would rather win a personal accolade than a team one
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i think some of it is a generational thing too. In the past a player (not necessarily RL) could earn sponsorship by doing public appearances / adverts on TV or magazinesWigan_forever1985 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:42 pmI follow him on Instagram and he's massively into american culture of sports, around basketball NFL the whole like "GOAT!" type thing. Loves a slowmo video of himself with a rap track backing. He was trying to change the NRL rules because he wanted to market his 31 number as a brand and obviously NRL dont have static numbers.nathan_rugby wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:14 pmDo you have any examples?Wigan_forever1985 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:19 am He always seemed obsessed with being a superstar which in itself isnt a bad thing but it seemed to focus most around the glitz and glam rather than the achievement.
I think this is why he loved Salford so much because he was treated like a god by their fans but when he came to Wigan we had seen people of his talent and better regular in our team
He prefers to be a big fish in a little pond IMO
Its just an opinion but he comes across to me who would rather win a personal accolade than a team one
nowadays, with the invent of the smart phone, with instagram, twitter, snapchat and other social media apps of the like they can earn much more money by spending time on their "Socials" as its all about the followers. I know this is an extreme example but Christiano Ronaldo earns millions from it, and for what, he's probably paying someone to do it for him
I turned 50 last year and work in IT, so far from a techno-phobe but i really dont buy into people wanting to make a career out of social media. I was at the in-laws 12months ago, and my nephew had done a piece of work at school about careers (they are 8-9 years old), and the majority wanted to be influencers / you tubers. No footballers, spacemen, policemen etc like we dreamed of when younger. they all want to p*ss around on their phone to make money
so, the young ones may see Jacko as a bit of a hero / legend as he's all over social media, whereas us older ones probably think he should just concentrate on playing the game and get on with it
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The thing is, he's not a superstar, is he? He's not a Reece Walsh or a Shaun Johnson. He never does the unexpected or the brilliant; he's a steady Eddie. Nothing wrong with that, but IMO the commentators massively over-praise him. Wigan certainly don't miss him.
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Well, Newcastle did well today beating Melbourne I guess. Coach was correct
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Were there any incidents at Wigan?
I seem to recall something with Hastings influencing Jai Field but cannot remember the specifics.
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Think sort of bullied him! I did see the way he belittled him at a fans get together at Robin Park after Covid & I commented to him that Kaide Ellis had signed & that he was originally from Dubbo, he disrespected him as well. Bad person full of his own hype IMOnathan_rugby wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:59 amWere there any incidents at Wigan?
I seem to recall something with Hastings influencing Jai Field but cannot remember the specifics.
Never liked the way he behaved towards Wigan Fans when Salford beat us at their place on the last game, for us, to be played in front of fans before Covid. He ignored the majority of Wigan fans after the game & went straight to Salford fans! He used Wigan IMO to get noticed by the NRL!
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