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

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I can't even believe we still have to talk about him.. I don't know any other player that could have this many bad games.. for one decent one.. and make the team every week.

Baffling.
 

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I must be mad but he was far from our worse player on Friday night. He did a very good job on Steve Johnson I thought.

Merrett of the Jackson variety, Hardingham and Chapman at least should be dropped before Melksham based on Friday night. Melksham played a role, the others just played.
 
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I must be mad but he was far from our worse player on Friday night. He did a very good job on Steve Johnson I thought.

Merrett of the Jackson variety, Hardingham and Chapman at least should be dropped before Melksham based on Friday night. Melksham played a role, the others just played.
You can throw Howlett on that list as well.
 
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I can't even believe we still have to talk about him.. I don't know any other player that could have this many bad games.. for one decent one.. and make the team every week.

Baffling.
When you've gone from being a ball wining mid to doing a half-decent job on an opposition player, it's time for your education to continue in the 2's.
 

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When you've gone from being a ball wining mid to doing a half-decent job on an opposition player, it's time for your education to continue in the 2's.
What has his instruction been? Wear Johnson like a glove as priority A, or play away from Johnson and try hunt your own pill?

He's not a great tagger but I thought Johnson's stats overstate his influence on the game, Jake effectively nullified him imo. I'd like to see Jake do the same on Boak this week letting Hocking take on someone like Hartlett.
 
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What has his instruction been? Wear Johnson like a glove as priority A, or play away from Johnson and try hunt your own pill?
That's the problem in a nutshell. In form, Melksham's role is to hunt the ball. Now, their just creating roles for him to cover up the cracks in his game.

Surely he can 'learn' to play a different role or get back to being a pure inside/outside mid in the 2's.
 

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That's the problem in a nutshell. In form, Melksham's role is to hunt the ball. Now, their just creating roles for him to cover up the cracks in his game.

Surely he can 'learn' to play a different role or get back to being a pure inside/outside mid in the 2's.
I'd prefer his 2014 form to J Merrett's 2014 form.

Merrett started out with 2 or 3 cracking games, then did nothing until he got injured, then has done nothing on his return.

The positive for Melksham is he has shown a defensive game which is adding value. It could also be a way toshow him that he hasn't been working hard enough by playing him on hard working midfielders whilst still having him perform a role for us.

Who do you directly replace Melksham with? I'd like to see Kav but not at the expense of Melksham this week given the depth of Ports midfield.

At the end of the day I think he'll be lucky to survive in the seniors for much longer, it just depends on when he gets dropped. For me it should not be this week.
 
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I'd prefer his 2014 form to J Merrett's 2014 form.

Merrett started out with 2 or 3 cracking games, then did nothing until he got injured, then has done nothing on his return.

The positive for Melksham is he has shown a defensive game which is adding value. It could also be a way toshow him that he hasn't been working hard enough by playing him on hard working midfielders whilst still having him perform a role for us.

Who do you directly replace Melksham with? I'd like to see Kav but not at the expense of Melksham this week given the depth of Ports midfield.

At the end of the day I think he'll be lucky to survive in the seniors for much longer, it just depends on when he gets dropped. For me it should not be this week.
I think Melksham can consider himself lucky that Browne is out for the year and guys like Gleeson, Kenny & Kav have had injuries over the last 2 months.

Preferably, I would like to see Kav/O'Brien given a chance over Melksham/Howlett sometime in the near future.
 
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