AFL Player #11: Jade Gresham

[Beerfish]

Contract: Unrestricted Free Agent 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 28, mcgrath_truther

 

[ant555]

Maybe just play him as a forward pocket and he will kick 30 goals.

 

[jannissary]

think this was his best game for the club. stood up when he needed to.

 

[faible]

Maybe just play him as a forward pocket and he will kick 30 goals.

I think we've got a number of players that can do up-field what he does, but very few with any goal sense. So keep him closer to goal.

 

[P Money]

Isn't he leading our goal assists for the season? Agree he looked great closer to goal but he's clearly doing something right playing a bit higher up the ground

 

[naraku]

Just 18 goals with a game to play.

I understand he has been pulled up the ground a bit, but he simply doesn't do enough.

 

[Jobe Watson]

Spud.

 

[Yoda_]

Just 18 goals with a game to play.

I understand he has been pulled up the ground a bit, but he simply doesn't do enough.

Compare Will Snelling &/or Jye Menzie to Jade Gresham.. Paying a bloke the rumoured $500,000 - $600,000, I would want a markedly improved output on the ones he has replaced.

 

[naraku]

Compare Will Snelling &/or Jye Menzie to Jade Gresham.. Paying a bloke the rumoured $500,000 - $600,000, I would want a markedly improved output on the ones he has replaced.

Hoping if we can get a Kako(I'm not sure if he is a straight in type of player) and another marking forward into our side, this would help Jade.

Like you've said though, his wage/performance output isn't any better than the guy's you mentioned.

 

[ant555]

Compare Will Snelling &/or Jye Menzie to Jade Gresham.. Paying a bloke the rumoured $500,000 - $600,000, I would want a markedly improved output on the ones he has replaced.

just above average wage.

 

[Skipper_]

Compare Will Snelling &/or Jye Menzie to Jade Gresham.. Paying a bloke the rumoured $500,000 - $600,000, I would want a markedly improved output on the ones he has replaced.

I believe Twomey reported at the time that it was around $700,000.

 

[Zach Package]

Guys, we all knew that this was an exercise in front ending dumping some salary cap and getting some cheap immediate depth yeah?

 

[bombreys]

Guys, we all knew that this was an exercise in front ending dumping some salary cap and getting some cheap immediate depth yeah?

I’m fine with it - as long as Scott has the guts to dump him if/when someone else is ready to take over the roll

 

[ydc55]

I thought Gresham worked hard last night.
His kicking let him down but really the only forward with flair

 

[Darealrath]

just above average wage.

Would be way above the median, which I'd suggest is more relevant.

 

[jdBombers3598]

I think the club are using him as a stopgap until we get some elite small forwards in, as we have nothing atm. Kako is coming in and will Menzies spot. Maybe in next years draft, we pick up another small and Greshams role is reduced from 2026 and he is slowly phased out from there.

 

[ant555]

Would be way above the median, which I'd suggest is more relevant.

the medium in 2023 was just under $450,000.
He is a B grade player on B grade money .

 

[Yoda_]

Guys, we all knew that this was an exercise in front ending dumping some salary cap and getting some cheap immediate depth yeah?

adding depth would have been to keep snelling and add Gresham

 

[fairbump_playon]

Compare Will Snelling &/or Jye Menzie to Jade Gresham.. Paying a bloke the rumoured $500,000 - $600,000, I would want a markedly improved output on the ones he has replaced.

Clearly no superstar but he’s also clearly a better contributor than Menzie, Snelling etc.

 

[Yoda_]

Clearly no superstar but he’s also clearly a better contributor than Menzie, Snelling etc.

to be fair, I was rebutting Zach Package by saying adding depth would have meant build on not replacing.

Id agree he is a better player than who you mentioned. We're just not seeing it enough

 

[eth-dog]

Clearly no superstar but he’s also clearly a better contributor than Menzie, Snelling etc.

Eh. Last year when Menzie wasn't competing with Gresham as a similar slow small forward wasn't too dissimilar to Gresham this year.

Of the relevant stats for players like them, they averaged:

Menzie: 1.1 goals, 0.5 GA (for 1.6 combined), 2.3 tackles, 1.5 I50, 4 SI, 1.1 TI50
Gresham: 0.9 goals, 0.9 GA (for 1.8 combined), 2.2 tackles, 3.3 I50, 4.9 SI, 0.8 TI50

Now neither are setting the world alight but there's not that much of a difference, and one is 21, the other 26.

 

[fairbump_playon]

Eh. Last year when Menzie wasn't competing with Gresham as a similar slow small forward wasn't too dissimilar to Gresham this year.

Of the relevant stats for players like them, they averaged:

Menzie: 1.1 goals, 0.5 GA (for 1.6 combined), 2.3 tackles, 1.5 I50, 4 SI, 1.1 TI50
Gresham: 0.9 goals, 0.9 GA (for 1.8 combined), 2.2 tackles, 3.3 I50, 4.9 SI, 0.8 TI50

Now neither are setting the world alight but there's not that much of a difference, and one is 21, the other 26.

As well as the stats what do you think about relative quality of their play?

 

[eth-dog]

As well as the stats what do you think about relative quality of their play?

There isn't that much difference. Gresham is better, but he has a low ceiling. I'm not saying Menzie will be better than him but it's 6 of one, half dozen the other.

 

[fairbump_playon]

There isn't that much difference. Gresham is better, but he has a low ceiling. I'm not saying Menzie will be better than him but it's 6 of one, half dozen the other.

I’ll give you 7 of one, 5 of the other

 

[Yoda_]

Would like to see the little selfish bastard play almost exclusively inside 50. If he did, would hope for a 50 goal season from him, he has the ability.

 

[eth-dog]

Would like to see the little selfish bastard play almost exclusively inside 50. If he did, would hope for a 50 goal season from him, he has the ability.

We're talking VFL, yeah?

Honestly should be fringe 22.