Player Watch #51 Jacob Blight - Re-Signed for 2025

[RichoLedio]

He French fried a few times when he should’ve scissored, and that was probably the majority of his errors. Definitely looks promising… looked like he could play forward too

If you french fry when you should scissor you're gonna have a bad time

 

[copthat]

After getting beaten in the first quarter it was impressive to see him go for his marks and clunk a few intercepts. Sign of a head strong player. Was good for the rest of the game and was stiff to be subbed, he was definitely upset about it.

I know we needed some run by why not take off a Mansell/Campbell/Cumberland who were having 0 impact? At least Blight was thwarting attacks.

 

[Truetiger]

What are the odds that Blight becomes a 200-game defender and Gibcus never gets on the park because of injuries?

It ain't always about your draft position....

Many believed Grimes was done and look how that played out. Blight and Gibcus will be very good players for us.

 

[energyquant]

Many believed Grimes was done and look how that played out. Blight and Gibcus will be very good players for us.

I hope you are right. Would love to see the backline able to be constructed around Miller, Balta, Blight and Gibcus. A few more years for Vlas and then a youngster (e.g. Banks) stepping up to fill the last spot. This assumes Riolo goes to the Suns and we find another spot for Short.

 

[Bojangles17]

Dunno why we subbed him out , ffs change him to chf if the match ups don’t suit , don’t see much development on the bench . After a torrid start he did good , a few nice marks competed well and won some contests too, good for 2 games in

 

[Bojangles17]

After getting beaten in the first quarter it was impressive to see him go for his marks and clunk a few intercepts. Sign of a head strong player. Was good for the rest of the game and was stiff to be subbed, he was definitely upset about it.

I know we needed some run by why not take off a Mansell/Campbell/Cumberland who were having 0 impact? At least Blight was thwarting attacks.

Dumb decision, our use of sub is crap , there were several players <3p at half time , get em off and give banks ago , no we give him 25min and he gets more pos than several who played 4q

 

[prodigy]

Oh we got a good one here.

 

[freo_leo29]

Dunno why we subbed him out , ffs change him to chf if the match ups don’t suit , don’t see much development on the bench . After a torrid start he did good , a few nice marks competed well and won some contests too, good for 2 games in

I thought that was strange too, I know we lost a tall forward but surely you would've been better off letting Blight float around and take intercepts as a third tall, something that he was great at with Peel

 

[Woodstock]

2 of Treacy’s goals in the 1st were “assisted”, he genuinely got 1 on him in that quarter. Strange to sub him out, he didn’t look happy the big fella!

 

[shaky]

2 of Treacy’s goals in the 1st were “assisted”, he genuinely got 1 on him in that quarter. Strange to sub him out, he didn’t look happy the big fella!

I hope they may have subbed him if they felt he may have been physically cooked towards the end of his second match. Otherwise think they could have tried something else.
He was beaten a few times, but he's learning at AFL level so it's going to happen at times.
The good thing was he didn't drop his head but battled on and you can't ask any more than that

 

[A Tiger 4 lyf]

I wanna see him and Balta down there together


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[tigs2010]

I thought that was strange too, I know we lost a tall forward but surely you would've been better off letting Blight float around and take intercepts as a third tall, something that he was great at with Peel

Yze has no idea how to use the sub. We might need to hire a specialist to figure it out for him

 

[Nostradumbass]

I didn't watch the game. Why was he subbed?

 

[tigs2010]

I didn't watch the game. Why was he subbed?

Freo lost a tall

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

I didn't watch the game. Why was he subbed?

He was our worst performed defender who didn't have a match up once Darcy went down and our sub was a defender.

Was the obvious sub to anyone with half an idea.

 

[BearMe]

I feel confident Blight is diamond in the rough, in 2 games has shown more than quite a few high drafted players and cost zero being mid season draft. Has physical size and pace if he does not play 100 games I will eat my hat

 

[prodigy]

He was our worst performed defender who didn't have a match up once Darcy went down and our sub was a defender.

Was the obvious sub to anyone with half an idea.

This is the Jacob Blight thread, not the Jayden Short thread.

 

[TheDyerLegacy]

A lot to like and will develop into a solid player

 

[Coach_Required]

This kid is wasted down back. LOL

 

[lizard man]

This kid is wasted down back. LOL

What a kick!

 

[Hank Heavenly]

This kid is wasted down back. LOL

I appreciate it's just one kick, but it sorta begs the question last week, rathe than sub him off, why not throw him forward and bring off someone like Campbell who wasn't able to have any impact on the contest

 

[Kyusss]

High Hopes for this kid, looks a ripper

 

[Bojangles17]

This kid is wasted down back. LOL

Nice kicking action play him at chf

 

[Bojangles17]

I appreciate it's just one kick, but it sorta begs the question last week, rathe than sub him off, why not throw him forward and bring off someone like Campbell who wasn't able to have any impact on the contest

Makes too much sense

 

[tigs2010]

I appreciate it's just one kick, but it sorta begs the question last week, rathe than sub him off, why not throw him forward and bring off someone like Campbell who wasn't able to have any impact on the contest

Yze doesn't really know what he's doing with the sub.