AFL Player #29: Jye Menzie - Signs on for 2025 - 18/7

[TheGrizz]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 38, Happyskeret

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Easier to get a free kick for head high contact when you have two of them.

 

[Zach Package]

Slots his 3rd.

Reckon we’ll see Menzel Washington at AFL level sooner rather than later, looks a natural

 

[Jazny]

Number 4! Good little snap!

 

[carloss]

 

[crackers65]

He sure knows where the goals are. This is what the kids have to do, perform so that they have to pick you.

 

[BrunoV]

Well there it is.

 

[brutus76]

PLAY THE BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ant555]

Played really well. Only issue I have is he needs to make a few more tackles. Has been going at 2 a game since he has been with us. Would like to see that at 4 or 5. No issues with his goals sense and smarts. Has a nice step as well. Just has to ramp up the pressure a bit.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Played really well. Only issue I have is he needs to make a few more tackles. Has been going at 2 a game since he has been with us. Would like to see that at 4 or 5. No issues with his goals sense and smarts. Has a nice step as well. Just has to ramp up the pressure a bit.

If only we could combine Menzie's forward craft with Tom Hird's talking and pressure!

 

[Old Campaigner]

If only we could combine Menzie's forward craft with Tom Hird's talking and pressure!

 

[Zach Package]

 

[ghostdog]

Love that from Joi Menzie! Moi oyes were drawn to him coz he's got tricks as a forward!

 

[andleanback]

Played really well. Only issue I have is he needs to make a few more tackles. Has been going at 2 a game since he has been with us. Would like to see that at 4 or 5. No issues with his goals sense and smarts. Has a nice step as well. Just has to ramp up the pressure a bit.

Many pressure acts ? Sometimes low tackle numbers can be forgiven if the player has 20-30 pressure acts a game.

 

[eth-dog]

Many pressure acts ? Sometimes low tackle numbers can be forgiven if the player has 20-30 pressure acts a game.

They don't record that for VFL

 

[andleanback]

They don't record that for VFL

Yeah I know they don’t record, but to the naked eye if ant is watching. Is he running and chasing.

 

[ant555]

Many pressure acts ? Sometimes low tackle numbers can be forgiven if the player has 20-30 pressure acts a game.

Reasonably good. Just think he needs to be a bit better to translate to AFL level and what we need.
With Snelling back he is pretty much pushing Guelfi out of a forward spot so he will need to bring the same pressure.

 

[citizen-erased]

Reasonably good. Just think he needs to be a bit better to translate to AFL level and what we need.
With Snelling back he is pretty much pushing Guelfi out of a forward spot so he will need to bring the same pressure.

Guelfi has found a knack for goals of late too

 

[84859300]

Can't wait for the debut of the Jyp Rat!

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

 

[eth-dog]

Think we see him for the next game. His pressure probably isn't quite there but he's shown he can kick goals in pretty much every single way for a small (on the lead/set shot, out the back, front and square and at a stoppage) so we might as well give him a chance to prove it at senior level.

 

[Lore]

Think we see him for the next game. His pressure probably isn't quite there but he's shown he can kick goals in pretty much every single way for a small (on the lead/set shot, out the back, front and square and at a stoppage) so we might as well give him a chance to prove it at senior level.

How does he go actually acquiring possession? Like I'm wondering if the lack of tackles is because he can't read the play fast enough to get near a bloke, and therefore also low possessions which wouldn't translate well to AFL...

 

[eth-dog]

How does he go actually acquiring possession? Like I'm wondering if the lack of tackles is because he can't read the play fast enough to get near a bloke, and therefore also low possessions which wouldn't translate well to AFL...

He's playing pretty deep so most of the time he's either trying to crumb from Baldwin/Voss/Stewart who seem to be clunking them for the most part or getting them on a lead. His reading of the play seems to be there.

 

[BrunoV]

Reasonably good. Just think he needs to be a bit better to translate to AFL level and what we need.
With Snelling back he is pretty much pushing Guelfi out of a forward spot so he will need to bring the same pressure.

That shouldn't be hard.

 

[eth-dog]

Think he has had the instructions to be more unselfish but it hasn't really worked. Could have had 3.

 

[Yoda_]

Think he has had the instructions to be more unselfish but it hasn't really worked. Could have had 3.

I think it will greatly benefit he and us in the long run. Has the skillset to be a Sam Switkowski type small forward and that is probably the position I want the most.