Don Muraco
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What a bargain!
Toast Toast for Jerka!
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What a bargain!
He did seem to like the space when he was our key forward and really stood up in the 2nd half
Developing into a very good CHF, if he continues to improve as he has been, teamed up as a CHF/FF combo with Walker, could allow Sando to play Tippett as the 3rd tall/2nd ruck role quite comfortably without compromising the quality of our forward structure too much.
Magma
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said we should never have dropped him. big, mobile, can ruck, take a mark and kick a goal. what's not to like?
swanfan
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Thanks Essendon. Cheque is in the mail.
No he deserved to be dropped, had done nothing for 3 weeks straight. 1 goal in 3 games is not enough for a KPF, he wasn't even contributing in the ruck. Last week he showed some really good signs though for those who were watching and this week was even better. I don't think his dropping was a bad thing, as long as they're given a decent run of games, and not in and out like a yo-yo, I don't think switching between SANFL and AFL is such a bad thing for first year players. They often have trouble maintaining form at the highest level and it's good to go back to the SANFL and work on certain things.
smoovy
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I think he prefers it to Leroy.
Hopefully Josh stands on more heads rather his getting stood on like the famous other Jerka.
leeeeroy
A very good complementary player is Jenkins! Complements the forward line and also ruck!
my complements go to Essendon, for giving him up
he was good today. i didnt see him at the bombers but i'll guess today was his best game at this level.
i really like his confidence. and this is the difference i think with him and smack. Jenkins believes he's good enough at this level. smack, i'm not so sure.
It is amazing the difference in confidence between the two and work ethic as well, because they are almost the same type of player...my complements go to Essendon, for giving him up
he was good today. i didnt see him at the bombers but i'll guess today was his best game at this level.
i really like his confidence. and this is the difference i think with him and smack. Jenkins believes he's good enough at this level. smack, i'm not so sure.
Don Muraco
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Jenkins seems to have better balance and composure.
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And.......
INTENSITY
Something McKernan will never have as long as his "ring" points to the ground!!!!
Loved Jenkins game today. He attacked the ball vigorously both in the air and on the ground. As Bicks has said above ..... with intensity!!
Hopefuly that will be his break-out game for the year and we'll see that sort of game every week from him, as that was the performance of a good footballer.
Sando said we hadn't seen the best of him, and as usual Sando was right.
Hopefuly that will be his break-out game for the year and we'll see that sort of game every week from him, as that was the performance of a good footballer.
Sando said we hadn't seen the best of him, and as usual Sando was right.
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He only spent a year on Essendon's rookie list, and spent the whole season in the VFL, scalping AFL Grand Final tickets on the side. Before that he played a year of amateurs and prior to that he was on the roster of the Townsville Crocodiles in the NBL.
This is a really good article about Josh and how he came to be in the AFL, that I read in The Australia a few months ago. Surprised it wasn't mentioned on here, as it has a lot of information that isn't general knowledge.
Thanks Thommo, great article. He was very impressive again yesterday. McKernan's injury and the uncertainty over Tippett gives him a great opportunity to cement his place. He has the talent - just needs to become more consistent.
I must admit I didn't pay enough attention to be able to answer this question myself yesterday - how was he in the ruck? We were getting smashed in the middle in the second quarter, then seemed to turn it around a bit in the second half. Was this mostly Jacobs' influence or did Jenkins step up?
swanfan
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The Sauce was strong in this one.
love his sticky hands, he will soon have a game where he takes a host of marks inside 50 and finishes with 4-5 goals
In the games prior to yesterday IMO he had done all the hard work and then dropped marks at crucial time. He was great yesterday particularly after Tippet went down.
