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

[MattyB3150]

Hopefully by saturday evening you'll be thinking Melksham is a lock in their best 18

Melksham is a lock in Melbourne's best 18

 

[IggypopsTshirt]

Melk would have slotted seamlessly into that heartless rabble on Saturday.

 

[Doss]

I'm glad to see him doing well. He was pretty good against us I thought.

 

[Jade]

I'm glad to see him doing well. He was pretty good against us I thought.

Kicked four on Rance.

One of them is a spud, the other plays for Melbourne.

 

[Doss]

Oy vey.

 

[Jade]

Oy vey.

All of a sudden I want a melt in your mouth brisket served on rye...

 

[Zach Package]

He's certainly found his niche, Is it genius recruiting or a byproduct of them having so many better midfielders? We'll probably never know, but given it is Melbourne they don't exactly get the benefit of the doubt.

It makes sense really, not everyone can be a gun midfielder, it's a credit to him that he's managed to carve out a role and do it really well.

 

[Ambrosia]

He's certainly found his niche, Is it genius recruiting or a byproduct of them having so many better midfielders? We'll probably never know, but given it is Melbourne they don't exactly get the benefit of the doubt.

It makes sense really, not everyone can be a gun midfielder, it's a credit to him that he's managed to carve out a role and do it really well.

Melbourne tried to play him off HBF then as a midfielder so yeah more trial and error than anything else

 

[maskmcgee]

Lloyd compared our decision to trade him with the ones to trade Ted Richards and Houli.

 

[Howard Moon]

Lloyd compared our decision to trade him with the ones to trade Ted Richards and Houli.

Totally disregarded the fact all 3 probably needed the fresh start and maybe a little kick in the pants.

Just because they became great dosent mean they would have with us

 

[maskmcgee]

Not what Lloyd said. https://omny.fm/shows/3aw-is-football/match-preview-west-coast-eagles-v-melbourne?t=39m47s

 

[Lore]

Wasn’t it his choice to leave on a bigger contract for longer than we were willing to offer? He also wanted a fresh start (who wouldn’t for more money and better job security?) and was friends with Simon Goodwin who had moved over there too.

It’s not like we kicked him out the door. All quotes from the time tend to imply we were quite disappointed.

And we turned the pick we got for him into Mason Redman

 

[Beerfish]

Liyod

 

[citizen-erased]

Wasn’t it his choice to leave on a bigger contract for longer than we were willing to offer? He also wanted a fresh start (who wouldn’t for more money and better job security?) and was friends with Simon Goodwin who had moved over there too.

It’s not like we kicked him out the door. All quotes from the time tend to imply we were quite disappointed.

And we turned the pick we got for him into Mason Redman

We didn't do too badly with those trades.

Carlisle & Melksham into Francis & Redman (plus Bird).
Shame Morgan didn't work out.