AFL Player #29: Jake "Bull" Kelly 🐂

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2023: Claim here

 

[RedmanWasHere]

WAITI!

Mentionings of Kelly, Langford and Shiel and we all overlook Murky Waterman?

The nerve of us.

 

[The Donners]

Welcome to Essendon, Jake Kelly!

It's about time the Hank Slattery role was reprised;
Dour lockdown small defender
Whipping boy

Only Slattery was beaten by every small forward in the competition.

 

[The Donners]

I love what Truck is building.

I’ll stop here.

Most confidence I’ve had in an Essendon coach since Sheedy circa 2003.

 

[ghostdog]

Only Slattery was beaten by every small forward in the competition.

/whipping boy.

Was he actually though?

 

[Godzke]

Was Redman actually attracting the best small forward? I thought Ridley was. As noted by BJ on Trade Radio, Kelly's arrival frees up Ridley to reprise his role of a high-up intercepting defender on a 3rd KPF rather than zoning off a small forward.

 

[eth-dog]

Was Redman actually attracting the best small forward? I thought Ridley was. As noted by BJ on Trade Radio, Kelly's arrival frees up Ridley to reprise his role of a high-up intercepting defender on a 3rd KPF rather than zoning off a small forward.

It depended on the team. Ridley sometimes went tall, sometimes went small.

 

[The Donners]

/whipping boy.

Was he actually though?

Yes. I love small nuggety defenders that can defend. He was small and nuggety. He was no good with or without the ball. I assumed he got a game because of his off-field ethic under Knights. Hird came along and didn’t see his value. No other club picked him up at 26, most players’ peak, when he left the club which supports said argument.

 

[srobbo]

That hybrid lockdown to play on the Papley’s Fritch’s, Weightmans of the world that normally light us up. Huge acquisition to balance out our back 6!

Im rapt.

 

[yodellinhank]

Does he go with #47?

 

[quotemokc]

Who does he push out of the starting 22?

 

[eth-dog]

Who does he push out of the starting 22?

Cutler

 

[bomberman500]

IMO back 6 locks regardless of opposition
Ridley
Laverde
Hind
Redman

Last 2 spots up for grabs
Heppell (probably a lock based on status as captain)
Kelly
Stewart
Reid
Cutler
Francis

 

[Bjchan13]

IMO back 6 locks regardless of opposition
Ridley
Laverde
Hind
Redman

Last 2 spots up for grabs
Heppell (probably a lock based on status as captain)
Kelly
Stewart
Reid
Cutler
Francis

I think we'll see Francis forward and Reid developed in the VFL. Cutler as depth again.

7 defenders

Kelly Stewart Hind
Redman Laverde Ridley
Heppell

 

[Haychh]

Given he was #8 at Adelaide he probably gets it now that it’s free?

 

[eth-dog]

Given he was #8 at Adelaide he probably gets it now that it’s free?

Yeah I suspect that would be the case.

 

[VelvetSledge]

He is very vascular.

 

[fairbump_playon]

He is very vascular.

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I believe this is what they call a mature body

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Was Redman actually attracting the best small forward? I thought Ridley was. As noted by BJ on Trade Radio, Kelly's arrival frees up Ridley to reprise his role of a high-up intercepting defender on a 3rd KPF rather than zoning off a small forward.

Surely Kelly down back allows Ridley to roam free, create play and take bulk intercept marks?

 

[Towno78]

Surely Kelly down back allows Ridley to roam free, create play and take bulk intercept marks?

Isn't that exactly what he was saying?

 

[Lore]

Pre-season | Jake Kelly

Defender Jake Kelly runs through how his pre-season is tracking as training ramps up ahead of practice matches.

www.essendonfc.com.au

• Working closely with Gia and Ridley to figure out their positioning so that Ridley can go up the ground more and do what he wants to do. Doesn't mind where he plays, wherever they need him, but that's where it's going at the moment.
• Gets on well with McGrath, Merrett and Smith. Interesting comment about Merrett talking in team meetings, doesn't just talk for the sake of talking but actually says something really compelling when he speaks up.
• In the best shape he's ever been, working with the coaches and such, apparently he's an old bloke now hah.
• Some interesting comments about the team being really driven towards a premiership, the coaches having a really clear plan of how to get there, and the whole club being aligned to that.

Bit of fluffy stuff as well, comparing to Adelaide before they made the grand final in 2017 and stuff like that.

 

[yodellinhank]

Win all your games especially the last 4. That'd be my plan.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Win all your games especially the last 4. That'd be my plan.

Love it. Drop your resume off at the club, flawless

 

[fairbump_playon]

Win all your games especially the last 4. That'd be my plan.

Last three

(Straight through to prelim)

 

[Bjchan13]

Back pocket bull

 

[Lore]

Jake Kelly

“Just a little side strain and we decided to not play him today, he’ll most likely play next week.”

Essendon provides updates on Hurley, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Kelly, Langford + more

“He’s probably ahead of schedule where we first thought he’d be."

www.sen.com.au