AFL Player 11: Jade Gresham

[Beerfish]

Contract: Unrestricted Free Agent 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 28, mcgrath_truther

 

[Yoda_]

I’m preparing to stick a fork in him.

Yelling at Travis Cloke when Cloke was trying to get Durham into the goal square is ****ing embarrassing

Watching the replay and seen this (2nd quarter, 7 minutes left)

horrendous look and 200% selfish. Realises Durham is injured and carries on like a bratty child

Get out of my club if your going to act like that

 

[Petrify]

His first half was awful and I was calling for his head but to his credit he turned it around in the second half.

Brad said he had a cork in his hip in the 1st half and was very proppy so perhaps thats where the argument with Durham was from... "i'm injured too"?

 

[Howard Moon]

The Oscar smartt role

 

[naraku]

Still better than Jye Menzie and Alwyn Davey.

All 3 should be gone at the end of the season.

 

[eth-dog]

Still better than Jye Menzie and Alwyn Davey.

If he's better than Menzie (which I'm not 100% sure about) it isn't by a lot. Plus we'd be paying Menzie a hell of a lot less coin

 

[DERO]

If he's better than Menzie (which I'm not 100% sure about) it isn't by a lot. Plus we'd be paying Menzie a hell of a lot less coin

Has a touch more class although wasn’t flash last night.

 

[joey_jo_jo]

Has a touch more class although wasn’t flash last night.

needs to do it more often but he did contribute in a big way to Caddy's GOTY.

 

[jannissary]

needs to do it more often but he did contribute in a big way to Caddy's GOTY.

feel like he'd internally be fuming that it wasn't his goal.

 

[JT_the_Man]

I actually liked his second half a lot last night, but jeez he's been underwhelming on the whole.

 

[ant555]

Does a bit of good stuff that you do not notice until you have another look but he just does not maximize his opportunities. Most weeks he has chances to kick 2 or 3 goals but often it ends up being 1.2 or 0.1. He will be on the highlight reel via the Caddy goal for ever

 

[ant555]

Managed to scratch out a couple of goals but he is just too slow and keeps getting caught trying to beat blokes with his average side step that fools very few. Has half the pressure acts and tackles he should be having most weeks.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Is actually my personal number one whipping boy as I watch on the couch.

He is deeply mediocre

Good enough to get games, always a bit disappointing

Matched with what looks to me like a slightly entitled attitude

I haven’t had these feelings since late era Devon Smith

5

Devon Smith

Age

32

Ht

176cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.8

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

7.8

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

5.3

5star

G

0.9

4star

D

16.3

4star

K

9.1

4star

HB

7.1

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

5.0

5star

G

0.6

4star

D

15.6

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

4.0

5star

G

0.2

3star

. But at least peak Devon was a weapon. Gresh has never hit those heights.

 

[eth-dog]

I'd trade him for El Achkar/Sweid points.

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

He was a mistake wasn’t he…

 

[Old man fletch]

I'd trade him for El Achkar/Sweid points.

In a heartbeat. Who takes him on his contract though unless we're paying a chunk?

 

[eth-dog]

In a heartbeat. Who takes him on his contract though unless we're paying a chunk?

I mean it's one year and I'd be happy to absorb his contract with how much cap space we have to get more points tbh

 

[Zach Package]

We will look back at Gresham’s time with Essendon and say ‘he certainly was a player that allowed us to meet the salary cap floor’.

 

[carnthedons]

We will look back at Gresham’s time with Essendon and say ‘he certainly was a player that allowed us to meet the salary cap floor’.

He’s a more expensive and worse Josh Green

 

[Schnitzengruben]

I don't want to ever see this bloke again. Absolute fraud.

 

[jmoo wan]

he was a good pickup - he made sure we didn’t look foolish at dreamtime

(despite what the media thinks Kako doesn’t count)

 

[naraku]

Pity that ADJ or Menzie is knocking on the door to drop this guy.

Maybe Smartt?

 

[quotemokc]

Says a lot about a player when you aren't happy when he kicks a goal

 

[Skipper_]

Pity that ADJ or Menzie is knocking on the door to drop this guy.

Maybe Smartt?

We desperately need at least 2 more quality small forwards on the list.

Seems like ADJ and Menzie have had their papers stamped, so I'm sure Rosa and co. are aware of this.

 

[eth-dog]

We will look back at Gresham’s time with Essendon and say ‘he certainly was a player that allowed us to meet the salary cap floor’.

Agreed

He’s a more expensive and worse Josh Green

More expensive yes, worse no

 

[naraku]

What would we get for him? A Pick in the 40s?