Jason Gram

[Lingsface]

looked impressive

 

[Kildonan]

Has been red hot in preseason training.
Needs to get games under his belt and he will be a good player for us.

 

[Munga]

He will be excellent if his hammies hold up

 

[ChrisL#12]

Has a stack of talent but needs a regular game to prove it. Would be good off the bench to create a spark if needed.

 

[bluejay]

There is a moment in which one of the TV commentators compares him with Deledio, about his way of running through traffic and his style when running. I also liked his performance.

 

[evertonfc]

Has shown some form, but needs to show much more.

A tad stocky for my liking, it seems to offset his pace a little bit.

Runs through the lines but has to keep working hard if he's set to fufill his potential. We traded Pick #22 for him, didn't we?

That's a reasonable number - he should have done more thus far, and he needs to play 10+ really solid games this year to justify his position.

 

[sammm]

Has shown some form, but needs to show much more.

A tad stocky for my liking, it seems to offset his pace a little bit.

Runs through the lines but has to keep working hard if he's set to fufill his potential. We traded Pick #22 for him, didn't we?

That's a reasonable number - he should have done more thus far, and he needs to play 10+ really solid games this year to justify his position.

i may be wrong but i thought that gram was a later pick than that

 

[Kildonan]

i may be wrong but i thought that gram was a later pick than that

It was actually pick #23 that we traded for him in 2003 after they (Brisbane) picked him up from the 2001 draft with with their first pick, pick #19.

Gram Puts His Hand Up !!
2:20:51 PM Tue 7 March, 2006
Scott Spits

Jason Gram wants to cement a spot in St Kilda's best 22 this season and the 21-year-old has already pinpointed his preferred position.

"With Aussie Jones going, I want that spot off half-back, setting up the plays, pretty much a quarter-back role - a running half-back," Gram told afl.com.au, reflecting on the surprising decision by Jones to hang up the boots after 226 AFL matches.

"That would be a great spot for me - a running half-back. I went alright (against Collingwood in the NAB Cup). That's where I've played most of my footy the last few years."

After being drafted by the Brisbane Lions with the No.19 selection in the 2001 NAB AFL Draft, Gram has only managed a handful of senior matches in four seasons and is acutely aware of the need to make his mark with the Saints in 2006.

"I've been in the system now for five years, I've got to show I can do something. I've only played nine games," Gram said.

"Over the break I pretty much sat down and thought about it. I really don't want to have to go out and work. I want to play footy."

Gram was Brisbane's first-round selection in 2001, but struggled to break into the powerful Lions' side at the height of its triple-premiership winning form and was traded to the Saints at the end of 2003 having made just two senior appearances.

A member of the highly-rated draft class of five years ago, Gram wants to establish himself as a regular senior player alongside the likes of teammates Nick Dal Santo and Matt Maguire, who were both drafted in the same year.

"They're consistently in the best 22 and they were in the same draft as me. I want to put my name up there alongside those two," he said.

His chances of doing just that have improved significantly after a pre-season that he rates as his best yet, emerging injury-free for the first time.

"I put everything into it and I've had the best pre-season I've ever had," Gram said.

"I think I probably missed only one or two sessions - it's the best pre-season I've ever had because I've pretty much gone through a whole one.

"I've always had some sort of niggle, hamstrings or a broken collarbone last year, things like that."

St Kilda is under pressure to nail a premiership this year after top-four finishes in the past two seasons, but Gram says the Saints still have time on their side.

"People on the outside are saying St Kilda should be winning premierships, now is their time and that sort of stuff. But if it was our time then we should have won one (already)," he said.

"We're all still young guys. Most of the group is around the age of 21 or 22 - when Brisbane won all their premierships they were 26, 27, 28 (years of age).

"This year should be a good year. We're very focused on what's ahead."

Personally, I think Xavier might be first pick for the "Aussie Jones" role.

 

[Rough_Edges]

Huge year for Grammy.

Perhaps filling in Aussies role this year.

 

[wez10000]

Played a great game today. Just kept getting the ball

 

[Kildonan]

Riewoldt's radar awry as Dogs win
By Roger Vaughan
March 10, 2006

St Kilda defender Jason Gram racked up 28 touches in another pleasing performance for the Saints.

Thomas said Gram had been the standout for St Kilda through the pre-season.

With Aussie Jones retired, Gram looks set to take over the "sweeper" role across half-back.

 

[Kildonan]

Would have to be considered great value for the Dream Team comp - a must have.