Player Watch #17 James 'Don't forget the O' JordOn

[Ticky009]

Player Profile:

At just 22 James Jordon can call himself a premiership player after appearing in the 2021 Grand Final for Melbourne as the medical substitute, the same year he made his debut for the Dees. The midfielder was initially taken as pick 33 in the 2018 draft and joined the Sydney Swans on the opening day of the 2023 AFL Free Agency Period. He played just 18 games in 2023 with the hopes to improve and grow in the red and white.


James Jordn
Born: 20 December 2000
Draft: 2018
Recruited from: Oakleigh Chargers >> Melbourne

 

[The King!]

Deserves to be on the front page

19 touches, 7 contested , 7 tackles and Neale got it 10 times for the game

outstanding effort today

 

[Kiama Chris]

Deserves to be on the front page

19 touches, 7 contested , 7 tackles and Neale got it 10 times for the game

outstanding effort today

Could be leading the Skilton along with Heeney and Wicks.

 

[Jack2Jack]

Showed today why he shouldn't be stuck out tagging on the flanks. If he can shut down the absolute prime movers like Neale, why tag the 4th or 5th best opposition player out on the flanks.
Surprised after he tagged out Anderson early last year that he then became pigeon holed into just tagging flankers not more midfielders.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Did an incredible job on Neale. Commentary said Neale hadn't had a possession for over 2 quarters at one point. I doubt that's happened before.

 

[Jeffers]

Should be in the leadership group (or he already is) who tf knows? They didn’t bother telling their record membership who is or isn’t in that group.

 

[hairy biker]

Well he only went and did it again.

More disposals than Serong, double the clearances and more I50s and rebound 50s than Serong and he does it without scragging.

Immense pick up.

 

[The King!]

He couldn’t break into the Demons side?

Did we under use him last year even

 

[Kiama Chris]

He couldn’t break into the Demons side?

Did we under use him last year even

All about how the Dees wanted to use him as a winger/HHF when they had people like Langdon and Petracca in those spaces. We're using him completely differently plus he's 2 years more mature and probably in a more positive mind space.

 

[RubbaDuck]

All about how the Dees wanted to use him as a winger/HHF when they had people like Langdon and Petracca in those spaces. We're using him completely differently plus he's 2 years more mature and probably in a more positive mind space.

Agree. Goodwin and Longmire both learned their craft from Paul Roos, but Horse did the full apprenticeship and has a lot more experience as a coach. I expect Horse saw a greater potential in Jordon while Goodwin might have only seen him from a narrow perspective.

Experience is a constantly underrated commodity

 

[RubbaDuck]

Most of us realised quickly that Jordon was our 2023 star recruit from Melbourne with Grundy as a very polished set of steak knives

 

[Kiama Chris]

Experience is a constantly underrated commodity

Ain't that the truth! Though one must remember that saying about having X years of experience vs having one year of experience X times! Doesn't apply here.

 

[RubbaDuck]

I love watching Jordon play. He attacks every contest with such intent. His idea of cruise control is foot to the metal, flat out down the wrong side of the highway while daring other drivers to get the hell out of his way

 

[RubbaDuck]

As much as we rely on Chad to pull us out of far too many games, I'd rather let Chad go than JJ.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

James Jordon is a tagger with a difference​

After three games' evidence, there is nobody doing a better job of tagging in the AFL than Sydney midfielder James Jordon. But the threat he poses in 2025 has as much to do with what he can do offensively as defensively. Jordon has played key roles on Hawthorn star Will Day for a half in Opening Round, dual Brownlow medallist Lachie Neale in round one, and now Fremantle vice-captain Caleb Serong. His day was made hard against the Dockers on Sunday, but the smart Swan kept at his task and finished with a game-high 10 clearances from his 24 disposals, keeping Serong to 19 and five. Jordon has the ability to switch quickly between tagger and offensive midfielder, making him a dual threat for the players he targets. Cross-town rival Toby Bedford is doing great work as a tagger, but Jordon is doing the job in a rounded way that is hard to mimic. – Nathan Schmook

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[RUNVS]

I think Jordon is quickly becoming much more than a tagger.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

From "The Padlock" to "King Jordon"



(from The West Australian)

 

[MF]

I think Jordon is quickly becoming much more than a tagger.

Yeah last night I was questioning what his ceiling might actually be.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Yeah last night I was questioning what his ceiling might actually be.

24yo, just hitting his peak years, all the skills, huge tank, hard as . Well respected and trusted by his teammates. Cost a . Fantastic recruit.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Interestingly JJ is leading the Mongrel Punt Defensive Player of the Year. HB gives it away in the intro. While I'm a paying member I don't pay the higher level that would give me access to the article. Not sure anyone on here is. Jules is a member like me (or was).
I really respect the way that he evaluates the contributions of players in the various positions especially since Errol won the winger award last year and finished second the previous.
It would be amazing for JJ to hold the lead but it's great to see the recognition he's getting from various respected sources.

 

[Jewelsbon]

Interestingly JJ is leading the Mongrel Punt Defensive Player of the Year. HB gives it away in the intro. While I'm a paying member I don't pay the higher level that would give me access to the article. Not sure anyone on here is. Jules is a member like me (or was).
I really respect the way that he evaluates the contributions of players in the various positions especially since Errol won the winger award last year and finished second the previous.
It would be amazing for JJ to hold the lead but it's great to see the recognition he's getting from various respected sources.

The full article is a really good read.
HB gives it to Serong a little and rightly points out that he was so busy trying to get himself into better spots and not paying enough attention to Jimmy, who was then doing damage the other way, and that in a game that was decided by 3 points, that may have lost them the game.
Blakey is currently equal 5th.

 

[Kiama Chris]

The full article is a really good read.
HB gives it to Serong a little and rightly points out that he was so busy trying to get himself into better spots and not paying enough attention to Jimmy, who was then doing damage the other way, and that in a game that was decided by 3 points, that may have lost them the game.
Blakey is currently equal 5th.

Thanks. Some of the Mongrel writers are not that great but I reckon HB is right up in the top echelon both for the analysis and the ability to express it. Not so much technical as distilling the essence.
Sadly I limit my media spend and he just gets the $6.60.

 

[McGowan3]

24yo, just hitting his peak years, all the skills, huge tank, hard as . Well respected and trusted by his teammates. Cost a . Fantastic recruit.

Brett Kirk reincarnated. Negates and creates.

 

[Kiama Chris]

Brett Kirk reincarnated. Negates and creates.

Much better kick!

 

[McGowan3]

Much better kick!

True although Kirk stayed within his limitations. Hardly wasted it.

 

[Kiama Chris]

True although Kirk stayed within his limitations. Hardly wasted it.

But JJ can stay within his limitations and still kick much better. That said of course Kirk is an icon of the club and JJ has a long way to go to reach that status. But he's made a decent start.