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

[yodellinhank]

Thought he would've got some confidence from his goal and turned his game/year around from there... then later he was fumbling around with the footy on the deck, unsure of himself and lost the bundle again.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

He was marginally better but he needs a couple of weeks in the VFL to fine tune his kicking imo.

 

[Yoda_]

The fact he was getting his hands on the pill playing mainly as a high half forward/wingman should be enough to suggest he is working harder.

Get the confidence back and he could return to those middle patches of last years form

 

[Blind Turn]

I like what he provided last night. I cursed him once or twice but why people need to have a whipping-boy has got me beat.

 

[Kong]

That piece of play where he sold two teammates into trouble, then jogged on the spot when Adelaide streamed forward..

 

[rines]

Anyone defending this game as an 'improvement' on last game should look at the tape.

Fumbled every ball he touched.. turned it over several times and was wasteful moving the ball forward.. so pretty much the same as last week.

I agree he wasn't our worst last night.. but right now I have seen more out of EKav, Gleeson, Asby and Z Merrett to suggest they are worth persisting with.

I just don't see how you keep him in the side.

 

[eth-dog]

Anyone defending this game as an 'improvement' on last game should look at the tape.

Fumbled every ball he touched.. turned it over several times and was wasteful moving the ball forward.. so pretty much the same as last week.

I agree he wasn't our worst last night.. but right now I have seen more out of EKav, Gleeson, Asby and Z Merrett to suggest they are worth persisting with.

I just don't see how you keep him in the side.

Yeah, nah

 

[rines]

Yeah, nah

Give the time stamp of his best 10 passages of play and I'll listen.

If any player is contributing less than 10 passages of positive play to the team, they are not doing enough.

 

[monty1104]

Give the time stamp of his best 10 passages of play and I'll listen.

If any player is contributing less than 10 passages of positive play to the team, they are not doing enough.

Guess Fletcher, Ambrose, Bellchambers, Baguley, Zaka and Daniher didn't do enough last night, based on your criteria.

 

[rines]

Guess Fletcher, Ambrose, Bellchambers, Baguley, Zaka and Daniher didn't do enough last night, based on your criteria.

Fletcher - yes.. stopped about 8 forward thrusts on his on. Had multiple key spoils.. his kick ins are always a highlight and structurally important.
Ambrose -no.. he was poor last night.. absolutely. Didn't have any impact other than structure and gut running. Needs to do more.
Belly - no.. hence why he was subbed.. had zero impact on the game.
Bag's - yes.. was beaten by betts and not one of his best games.. but laid several goal saving tackles and helped set up 3 scoring chains with pinpoint disposal out of the back half.
Zaka - yes.. 2 tackles but most importantly took 2-3 really good grabs up forward to generate three shots on goal. Carried the ball on the wing three times to get great attacking moves. Wasn't his best game.. very very poor first half but really stepped up in the 3rd quarter and again in the 4th.
Daniher- borderline yes.. had 2 goal assists and kicked one himself. He is a 19 year old Key position player.. and took 6 marks, 2 of which were contested.

I guess I judge Melksham on the standard that he is now a 100 game 'senior' player.. if he is not in our clearly best now.. then time is running out.

I can't believe I'm the only one that noticed that he didn't handle the ball cleanly all night..

 

[monty1104]

Fletcher - yes.. stopped about 8 forward thrusts on his on. Had multiple key spoils.. his kick ins are always a highlight and structurally important.
Ambrose -no.. he was poor last night.. absolutely. Didn't have any impact other than structure and gut running. Needs to do more.
Belly - no.. hence why he was subbed.. had zero impact on the game.
Bag's - yes.. was beaten by betts and not one of his best games.. but laid several goal saving tackles and helped set up 3 scoring chains with pinpoint disposal out of the back half.
Zaka - yes.. 2 tackles but most importantly took 2-3 really good grabs up forward to generate three shots on goal. Carried the ball on the wing three times to get great attacking moves. Wasn't his best game.. very very poor first half but really stepped up in the 3rd quarter and again in the 4th.
Daniher- borderline yes.. had 2 goal assists and kicked one himself. He is a 19 year old Key position player.. and took 6 marks, 2 of which were contested.

I guess I judge Melksham on the standard that he is now a 100 game 'senior' player.. if he is not in our clearly best now.. then time is running out.

I can't believe I'm the only one that noticed that he didn't handle the ball cleanly all night.. and 50% disposal efficiency when 75% of your disposals are 'uncontested' is way way way too low. I'll put it another way.. he had the highest % of 'uncontested' possessions in the team.. and the lowest disposal effeciency.. by a long way..

Fair call. Agree with most of that. The thing I look at though, is that will Melksham's replacement, whoever that may be, give us more than Melksham will? If the answer is no (which I think it is at this stage) then Melksham stays in the team.

 

[rines]

Fair call. Agree with most of that. The thing I look at though, is that will Melksham's replacement, whoever that may be, give us more than Melksham will? If the answer is no (which I think it is at this stage) then Melksham stays in the team.

Well I've always seen EKav as being a replacement option.. and I would argue that EKav showed a bit last night.. I thought he was quite good.

Oh and I got the stats wrong.. Melksham actually had higher contested possessions than uncontested.. so that would explain the disposal efficiency stat...

 

[222EB]

Melksham has never been a one touch player but atleast last year his decision making had improved.
Unfortunately he's back to the fumbling bumbling player that usually sells us into trouble.
Plenty of players need improving in one way or another, but along with Bellchambers half-arsed efforts unless he's hit lace out, this drives me absolutely insane sometimes

 

[eth-dog]

Give the time stamp of his best 10 passages of play and I'll listen.

If any player is contributing less than 10 passages of positive play to the team, they are not doing enough.

7 tackles (2nd overall in the game), 17 CP's (1st in the game), 5 clearances (3rd for the game). That puts him as one of the top 2 inside mids in the game

 

[rines]

7 tackles (2nd overall in the game), 17 CP's (1st in the game), 5 clearances (3rd for the game). That puts him as one of the top 2 inside mids in the game

I'm happy to agree to disagree on this one.

I can see both sides of the argument, including your well made point.

 

[drew_j]

This guy has taken over Stanton's roll as whipping boy of EFC. The guy can play, but fails at it too often. Stupid for a guy thats played near 100 games, but he probably needs more time. He does the shit that you can't coach like find the football and make the effort. But too offten when he has a disposal the ball ends up going back over his head.

 

[Matthew_Lloyd]

Thought he was a bit scrappy and fumbly last night, but his performance was a huge improvement from the past few weeks. As long as there is improvement, I'm happy. Far better performance from Melksham last night, let's hope it's something to build on

 

[Browne Eye]

Meh. Not really impressed until he strings more than a few good games together.

 

[BrunoV]

Did not get to give game undivided attention last night but I thought Melksham was good and almost really good.

The frustrating things is that we are still in the build up. He doesn't yet have the confidence for those moments of brilliance.

The penny will drop in the next few weeks and he'll rip a game apart like he was doing last year. But the process takes way too long each year.

If Hocking wansn't doing as well as he is Melksham would be full time tagging in my team at least for the first few months of each season.

Someone needs to work out what make the boy tick. Because all evidence suggests he doesn't know and that no one at the club seems to know.

 

[Browne Eye]

Did not get to give game undivided attention last night but I thought Melksham was good and almost really good.

The frustrating things is that we are still in the build up. He doesn't yet have the confidence he needs to handle the ball cleanly and kick it well.

The penny will drop in the next few weeks and he'll rip a game apart like he was doing last year.

Someone needs to work out what make the boy tick. Because all evidence suggests he doesn't know and that no one at the club seems to know.

Reminds me of Brad Ebert before Ken Hinkley got a hold of him.

 

[BrunoV]

Reminds me of Brad Ebert before Ken Hinkley got a hold of him.

Think that many have forgotten how horrible Ebert was pretty much the entire time before 2013.

Scott Selwood is another.

 

[Browne Eye]

Think that many have forgotten how horrible Ebert was pretty much the entire time before 2013.

Scott Selwood is another.

He couldn't hit the side of a barn with his kicking.
Now look at him. Still plenty of hope for Jakey to go to an elite level.

 

[srobbo]

Was def better last night...still fumbled but I think we are all negatively biased when we evaluate his game.

Hunted the ball last night. Keeps his spot.

 

[yaco55]

Guess Fletcher, Ambrose, Bellchambers, Baguley, Zaka and Daniher didn't do enough last night, based on your criteria.

You are saying this because you gave Melksham 2 votes in the Big Footy Award. Melksham was no better than last week.

 

[yaco55]

Seriously - B.Ebert and S.Sellwood were much better players at 91 games - Think Sellwood had won a B and F at that stage of his career.