Traded #17: Jake Melksham - Traded to Melbourne for pick 25

[eth-dog]

A couple of howlers let Hartlett in, but beat him today. 24 touches at 75% compared to 20 touches at 70% gives him a win.

That snap though

 

[pepsi]

Another solid game from Jake and good to see it has now been a run of a few games. Yes the snap made me tear some hair out, but had some great kicks throughout the game. Keep this going Jake.

 

[matty lloyd the champ]

Had a good game again although he still has his one or two brain fades a game.

How good was his kick to Winderlich in the 3rd?

 

[blitzer]

Playing some pretty good and consistent footy the last few weeks. This second half of 2013 could be the emergence of Melksham as a very handy midfielder. Made the one bad mistake by playing on from that mark in the forward 50, although watching the replay the port player really did look like he wasn't paying attention so he got tricked on that one but I can understand why he tried it.

Seeing our maligned players like Hooker, Myers and Melksham playing so well is just so fantastic for us.

 

[BrunoV]

Melksham is putting together a very nice season. He is starting to nail difficult kicks with regularity which I think before June 2013 he was probably not even attempting.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Was very good again. Onya Melky.

 

[Cristiano Ronaldo]

24 touches? tbh i thought he had under 20, didn't notice him much during the game. but that's great signs. 24 touches for 2 consecutive weeks, really happy

 

[RearNaked]

turned into BT with the play on smother BOY OH BOY WOWEE NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

 

[Autobahn]

He really is Jekyll and Hyde.

 

[Keystone agony]

Keystone agony

can I please have a ticket?

was very good again when the going was tough

That and the TBC one?

 

[DonGotti]

Melksham's turning a corner I think!

 

[gO_bOmBeRz]

Great game that was soured by one incident. Made it easier to swallow when Monfries went and did the same thing after 5 minutes.

Haha loved Melk putting his hands up during the melee. Once a boxer, always a boxer.

 

[Old Campaigner]

The Melksham-est of games. So much brilliance, a goal from out of bounds (just for the extra degree of difficulty lol), a goal right when we needed it at the end, three F/A, and plenty of brain fades.

 

[Yoda_]

He reminds me sooooooo much of a younger Brent Stanton!!

capable of the brilliant, and follow it up with the poor.

Wont be as big a ball winner as Stanton

 

[Old Campaigner]

He reminds me sooooooo much of a younger Brent Stanton!!

capable of the brilliant, and follow it up with the poor.

Wont be as big a ball winner as Stanton

He's more damaging than Stanton though. Stants can be pretty vanilla with his disposal, when Melksham isn't being stupid he can really hurt sides.

 

[BrunoV]

I really liked Melksham's games against the Dogs. He was disciplined and stuck at the task against Griffen really well, doing about as much as he could do for as long as he could (was literally hanging off Griff at stages). Hitting scoreboard, 1.2, while tagging is the sign of a smart player and good tagger.

 

[laxation]

I admit i am fairly terrible at noticing when a midfielder is playing out of his mind. I sometimes won't notice someone getting 30 touches because so many are handballs in close, often far away from where I'm sitting.

Outside of kicking timely goals, I never notice Melksham do anything good... just stuffing up with complete brain fades or putting in lazy efforts.

 

[GUMBLETRON]

Loved that tackle on Griff late on.

 

[vantheman32]

was really good yesterday, ran his ass into the ground couple of very nice goals too! good work jakey

 

[Beerfish]

Loved that tackle on Griff late on.

Gifworthy

 

[FlyingV]

Averaging around 20+ touches a game last three weeks, kicking important goals, laying tackles, he looks stronger.
LOVE IT.

 

[Old Campaigner]

He looks angry too. The coaches must have put a bit of fire in his belly.

 

[Zach Package]

He looks angry too. The coaches must have put a bit of fire in his belly.

he's always looked angry, would be an absolute pest to play against

 

[jono18]

Melksham is definitely getting better, I think its just a matter of confidence.
I have a Bomber friend of mine who absolutely hates Melksham. We regularly debate his spot in the side. He is convinced that Kane Lucas from Carlton is a better player. I'm hoping Melksham can keep up his form and become the player we all know he can be.

 

[Yoda_]

Melksham is definitely getting better, I think its just a matter of confidence.
I have a Bomber friend of mine who absolutely hates Melksham. We regularly debate his spot in the side. He is convinced that Kane Lucas from Carlton is a better player. I'm hoping Melksham can keep up his form and become the player we all know he can be.

Who is Jake Melksham similar to?

Who should he aspire to get to a similar level?