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

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What I'd like for everyone to take from last night is that he does have the skill and speed to be a seriously damaging player. No doubt that we want to see games more consistently but I think last night caps off a solid, hard working month of footy.

I wonder if he is on the verge of a Zaharakis-like mid year break out. Only time will tell.


Edit: nice post match interview too.
 

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I think he's been building nicely the last few weeks, elevated himself from complete liability to contributor... and last night was a genuine quality game. Still have doubts, but if he keeps it up I'll admit I was wrong.
 

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Have been flat knacker the past couple of weeks, so haven't been posting a lot.

Credit where it's due - it was probably Jake's second best game of his career last Friday. Was happy to see him get on the end of one & kick the second last goal, it's amazing what hard running can do. And again - worked well to get into position for the last one. Maybe this will be the start of some good consistent footy..? Hirdy pretty much confirmed that he is a project player & they have been putting extra work into him, so hopefully he will reap the benefits.


PS Get stuffed Carlton
 

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Was listening to the radio at the time so I didn't see the collision with Lynch, but it sounds like Jake took a heavy knock. In that case he did well to get back on the field and give us an advantage over GC in rotations etc.
In saying that the missed goals were frustrating especially the second on the run as he had options.
 

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Was listening to the radio at the time so I didn't see the collision with Lynch, but it sounds like Jake took a heavy knock. In that case he did well to get back on the field and give us an advantage over GC in rotations etc.
In saying that the missed goals were frustrating especially the second on the run as he had options.
Was that the one where we had 3 players running into the 50 and Watson handballed to Melksham? I think Watson should've taken responsibility for that goal. Passed to Melksham who was under pressure. Too fancy for mine.
 

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Was that the one where we had 3 players running into the 50 and Watson handballed to Melksham? I think Watson should've taken responsibility for that goal. Passed to Melksham who was under pressure. Too fancy for mine.
Yeah, that was the one. Maybe I'm being too hard on Melksham but I think he had another option over the top... Either way that passage should have resulted in a goal.
 

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Put his body on the line when he knew he was going to get crunched. That impressed me a lot. Was playing well up to that point, but after he came back on did not have as big an influence. Saying that he should have finished with 3 goals for the night, which would have had people saying he had a really good game.
 

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His game would have went from a C+ to a B+/A if he nailed those shots. Played okay did Melk, the missed shots were frustrating especially as he missed them both when Gold Coast got within 10 points in the third
 

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I think if he can continue on this form line for the rest of the year, pick up 15-20 possessions a game and kick a few goals then next year Could be his big rise. Is putting in huge amount of work and is getting the rewards. Throw in a consistent season and a pre season with the coaches going hard at him and he will be a really good player.
 

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Wasn't a great game but it's hard to get a good read on him after he copped that knock. He was doing really well before then I thought. Hird seemed happy enough with him in the presser.
Unlike the Carlton game, I don't think I really saw a glaring error. He kinda coulda maybe run away from the defender to get the ball to Joe for the running shot (but I'd normally prefer the guy with the momentum to take the shot, so that's hindsight heroics), and he shoulda (and normally would IMHO) slot the set shot, but he was pretty clean, had a good crack, got into clear space 4 or 5 times, and generally made good decisions.
Just fell down a bit on skill execution.
 

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Copped a heavy knock early.. hard to tell or judge a form line for a player after an injury early.

Also it is not his play against 'weaker' sides that has been most glaring.. more how he stands up under the real pressure of Geel/Hawks/Syd/Freo etc...

Maybe being dropped a couple of weeks ago was the wake up call he needed...
 
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