AFL Player 46: Lachlan Blakiston - Re-signed for another year! - 10/9

[JT_the_Man]

Honestly? Brightest spot of the night. Re-sign him.

 

[jannissary]

had a pretty good game. looks dynamic and actually impactful in the ruck

 

[Happyskeret]

The one thing I do like about him is that he plays on quickly but in the backline that is live by the sword die by the sword sort of stuff. I’m the ruck that sort of play is a lot less risky and it can pay off. John Barnes was very good at moving the ball quick and was sort of like another midfielder. That’s the player I hope he is but I haven’t seen enough him.

 

[King Patty]

Reid would look the same in the ruck at AFL level.

Reid would be our best Ruck and best defender now if he was fit.

 

[bombadeer]

Probably on of our best tonight. Some nice, aggressive, accurate kicks down the line.

I would persist with him.

 

[craffles]

Please keep him. Still young enough to have another 7 years ahead of him. Good skills and versatile.

 

[jannissary]

it became apparent last night to me that he moves extremely well for a big bloke, similar to luke jackson

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Luke Jackson

Age

24

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

(though probably worse)

 

[bennyg12]

Would give him a 1 year deal looks ok

 

[MiguelM]

Would give him a 1 year deal looks ok

I think he was taken for 18 months like May.

 

[eth-dog]

I think he was taken for 18 months like May.

Nope. May the only one

 

[Westlo]

Ruck to back is the new half back to mid.

I mean after Richards and Bergman and all the talk about NWM moving to midfield eventually it's not like Dodo had the wrong idea, just ****ed up the execution outside of Hepell.

 

[Zach Package]

I don’t know whether he has played a bit of forward at WAFL level before but if he is your 3rd string ruck and he can also give you a really honest contest back or forward that’s basically a 3 for 1 in terms of spots on the list, which we know will be tight.

I think Garry Lyon has done our last 3 games and obviously has no idea he is almost 27, keeps referring to him as a young man just trying to find his way.

He’ll probably be our 7th oldest player next week.

 

[jmoo wan]

I don’t know whether he has played a bit of forward at WAFL level before but if he is your 3rd string ruck and he can also give you a really honest contest back or forward that’s basically a 3 for 1 in terms of spots on the list, which we know will be tight.

I think Garry Lyon has done our last 3 games and obviously has no idea he is almost 27, keeps referring to him as a young man just trying to find his way.

He’ll probably be our 7th oldest player next week.

at the risk of coming across all Garry Lyon, is he really almost 27?!?

 

[FootyGuru]

I think we should keep him on the list,

We need ruck and key back cover and he ticks both boxes.

I just like him, seems adaptable and competitive.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

We’ve been looking for our Blicavs with Cox and Jones. We may have found him here. A few blunders early with his kicking but after that was really sublime ball in hand. Him, Reid and Ridley could be a nice grouping of talls.

 

[ant555]

After the first two poor kicks he seemed to settle into the game okay. Like a few have said already I would be looking to keep him for at least another season as a rookie. Gives back up in a couple of spots. It is actually a decent achievement that he has been able to do some okay stuff in defense at AFL level after not ever having played there other than as a ruck dropping back behind the footy in the WAFL.

 

[Zach Package]

at the risk of coming across all Garry Lyon, is he really almost 27?!?

26 turning 27.

Which is fine, he’s spry and a fantastic mover, I’m not really concerned about his age, it’s just funny that Lyon consistently references him as a young man.

 

[King Patty]

Ruck to back is the new half back to mid.

do you guys forget Sheedy playing Ryder at CHB in his early days, jsut to get games into him / cover injuries.

 

[Lore]

Apparently got fined for rough conduct on Taranto, 3k or 2k with an early plea

His match fee as a mid-season rookie is only 4k total... bit rough

 

[Phone]

yeah the incident was worthy of punishment, but this is an example of why the AFLPA are uncomfortable with the way fines are used by the MRO/AFL, something that typically doesn't get a lot of sympathy from fans. the aflpa is in the right imo

 

[Lore]

yeah the incident was worthy of punishment, but this is an example of why the AFLPA are uncomfortable with the way fines are used by the MRO/AFL, something that typically doesn't get a lot of sympathy for fans. the aflpa is in the right imo

yeah it should scale with a min and a max and based on percentage of annual base wage or something. However they calculate wages for free agency would be the same way they should calculate the base wage for fines

 

[fairbump_playon]

He’s way more agile than I thought

Interesting proposition

Has taken to AFL surprisingly well.

 

[MiguelM]

Play him and Vigo in the ruck.

Goldy to pasture.

 

[cobra land]

Play him and Vigo in the ruck.

Goldy to pasture.

Looked more than capable when in the ruck, I agree Miguel play them both..if we are in a rebuild then do it properly and put games into these guys.

 

[Yoda_]

Late to the party but I might be a convert

been very good tonight