AFL Player #11: Jade Gresham

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Did not get the rub of the green either. Ball bouncing the wrong way a few times and a few fumbles. Almost like he was trying too hard to make something happen. Got burnt for speed a few times.
 

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sneakily good game again tonight.

7 inside 50's and 6 clearances on top of the 1 goal and 26 possessions
he played well, but his inside 50s were basically to space, not his strongest suit tonight
 
really do no understand the point of this guy.

the cynic in me says davey gets dropped next week so we can have guelfi and gresham as 'pressure' forwards... yuck
 

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Interesting fact second game he has not got a goal for us the other was against the Saints. In the two games we lost he kicked 3 goals in each game! Has 9 for the season.
 
His pressure/link up has been pretty good this year, with some of his goals being pivotal in our previous wins to change momentum (Hawks, Bulldogs, Adelaide).

Also doesn't do him any favours when his 3 goal hauls on two occasions came against the teams we lost to in Sydney and Port. One could also argue if we'd have been in touch with Sydney without his haul, or smashed even more by Port. But because they were losses, with one being a really bad one, it doesn't get remembered as much.

Going in tall and not having a chance to get more than 2 i50 tackles for a whole game (where it is usually our strong suit) probably didn't help. But if there was any game we wanted him to snag one or two, it was this match. However to say you see no point is a bit of stretch.
 
really do no understand the point of this guy.

the cynic in me says davey gets dropped next week so we can have guelfi and gresham as 'pressure' forwards... yuck


Good player with the ball. Liability without it.

At this point in time there is no alternative. Not that I think that matters. Because he's been signed to play 3 or 4 years so that's what he'll do.
 
Had the most forward half possessions on the ground (14), 8 of which led to a score.
We are in dire need of a fast pressure forward but Gresh was never recruited for that, he is performing the role asked of him pretty well.
 
when were going well he looks good, when were ok or worse he no doubt looks poor.
They basically sacrificed his game to be the Stringer / Caldwell decoy a bit and also just pushed him up to the contest so he was not really playing a small forward role as such. Did not have a great game for sure but he was basically playing the Snelling role which is not always productive.
If you look at his numbers they where not that bad.
16 disposals
2 marks
2 tackles
2 clearances
8 score involvements
1 tackle inside 50 (we had 2 for the game)
81% disposal efficiency.
0 clangers.
3 turnovers.
All of this not playing the traditional small forward role.
I think last week showed that if you allow him to play a more outside role he can play well and did we really play worse this week compared to last week ?
He is obviously not a fast pressure small forward which we really need but he has also not played that role. There was a lot of decoy stuff with Stringer and Caldwell and Gresham moving up and back out of half forward and the midfield.
 
Had a genius/idiot move with about 3 minutes to go, ran the ball over the boundary line then stopped but slipped the ball into the crowd to waste time. Could have cost us but got away with it.
I think that rushed kick from Marto against Port still haunts us from last year. Same reason why Drapes dived on the ball against the crows imo.
 

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AFL Player #11: Jade Gresham

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