Player Watch Father-Son Pick #25 (2019) - Jackson Mead

[It Just Is]

For the price of a few picks clubs were passing on anyway. Welcome Jackson!

 

[LFC2010]

His highlights video reminds me a lot of a younger Sam Mitchell. Not afraid to use both sides, something our midfield lacks!.

 

[TeeKray]

A midfielder who can kick. Praise the lord.

We usually trade players like that. Watch out Jackson.

 

[charcolechaddy]

Wait who is darren again?

The blonde dude who played CHF, I think.

 

[Steve Dore]

Any relation to Darrell Mead that played in the 90’s?

His mum's Janet right, or is she his sister?

 

[Steve Dore]

A midfielder who can kick. Praise the lord.

Janet Mead likes this.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Janet Mead likes this.

Prepare Ye the way of the lord mead

 

[RossFC]

 

[Mundusa]

Prepare Ye the way of the lord mead

Janet Mead shakes her head

 

[manureid]

Saw his Dad at a trial game and he was shaking his head.

Mead to Carlton confirmed.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Prepare Ye the way of the lord mead

Nah that was Cam Hewett's mum, Colleen.

 

[JohnHinckleyJr]

Saw his Dad at a trial game and he was shaking his head.

Mead to Carlton confirmed.

I actually have him on my PSN and his last log in was 2 days ago playing Fortnight FFS

 

[Harlott]

Prepare Ye the way of the lord mead

Nah His father who art in Port Adelaide Mead.

 

[Smithy7]

 

[RossFC]

 

[VineValerian]

Kicks better on his left than his right, so two sided. Tick.

Like his Dad plays taller than his height suggests. Tick.

Good peripheral vision. Tick.

Alwasy seems to be on the move, so hits packs at speed and has momentum to burst from congestion. Tick.

Think he will do ok over time.

 

[PJ Power]

Jackson has been taken for granted a bit on this board. He looks like a really good player to me. Someone perhaps tongue-in-cheek suggested that he has Sam Mitchell-like qualities. I don't think that's far from the mark.

 

[SteppingTiger]

I give up. No set shots in the vid, can’t tell whether he is left or right footed from that footage.

I think i might be crying.

Welcome Jackson, great to have you on board. Pretty sure I watched your dad get a few premierships, feel free to remind me what a Mead looks like with a premiership medal

 

[benblinkau]

My boy. Back him in. He's the one I feel has been severely underrated here.

Agree, he has a well-rounded game. Look forward to seeing him get an opportunity.


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[Incarnate]

Another credit to the club to make sure they got him. Solid player I think. long torso short legs, good shimmy and centre of balance, solid kicking within his limits and reliable footy IQ. A solid pick for Port and a quiet achiever for years to come working from the centre to our forward half.

 

[robbo1981]

Did we have to go in deficit ? Think I seen some one say we did but we had a pick we passed on can you only X amount of picks to match?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Did we have to go in deficit ? Think I seen some one say we did but we had a pick we passed on can you only X amount of picks to match?

Yes we went into deficit, I did a calculation last night, think in the general draft or game day draft thread.

When all your picks are eliminated, because you matched a bid, the system regenerates more picks to allow you to fill your list.

So when Mead was selected, our 3 listed remaing picks were eliminated, but because we had 34 + 4 2019 draftees on our list = 38 players, the system generated a new draft pick - in order, where we could take our 39th and 40th player - so the system generated picks 65 and 83 immediately after we selected Mead.

But we didn't use them as we went to the rookie draft and had committed to taking Burgoyne and drafted Psini. So we went with 38+6 list not 40+4.

Remember we had 3 picks eliminated so that we couldn't just rack up picks with points, where we had more picks than vacant slots on our primary list the day before the draft started.

 

[afl2004]

Brad Ebert with foot skills

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Most likely of the 2019 draftees to play first AFL game.

 

[AFC AFeederClub]

i think he's highly underrated, he style will transfer to AFL very quickly and with Mark Beretta giving us a first rounder next year should see Jackson being made a regular around mid-season.