Jake Lloyd

[Ralph Dawg]

Jake Lloyd has been amazing this year. So much poise and his marshalling if the defence has been first rate.

I have thought in the past that he gets alot of easy possessions that overinflate his stats sheet. Especially alot of cross field kicks and nothing hand passes.

Not anymore. I think for this year he is one of the top small defenders and is definitely in AA contention.

[Melbourne_Blood]

Jake Lloyd has been amazing this year. So much poise and his marshalling if the defence has been first rate.

I have thought in the past that he gets alot of easy possessions that overinflate his stats sheet. Especially alot of cross field kicks and nothing hand passes.

Not anymore. I think for this year he is one of the top small defenders and is definitely in AA contention.

He does get a little bump in statistics from any kickout he takes where he plays on ( which he nearly always does when he takes the kickout) but his numbers, even allowing for that, are consistently high. He runs to the right spots and he works hard.


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[giant]

I searched for a Jake Lloyd thread. Some prescient posts on this one, but I'll up Ludwig's.

Lloyd is having a great year. He's consummate - great under pressure, good decision maker, kicks very well, and always keep us in motion. He gets the most out of a slight frame.

He's underrated on here, but I bet not by his coaches and team-mates. Reckon he's favourite to win his second Bob Skilton Medal, deservingly.

Reckon he'll make his first All Australian team, too.

151 games at 26. Could be a 300 gamer.

Great call, all our leaders have been outstanding in a difficult year but Jake has gone to another level.

[Markwebbos]

He's a really solid player. Racks them up consistently every week. He is getting tougher and defending better. The only criticism of him is that he's not going to slice a team open with this disposal as others (e.g. Dawson, Rampe) can.

[MattW]

He's a really solid player. Racks them up consistently every week. He is getting tougher and defending better. The only criticism of him is that he's not going to slice a team open with this disposal as others (e.g. Dawson, Rampe) can.

No, but he's really developed his kicking out of defence. 22 of his 28 disposals were effective last night.

[KTigers]

Jake is an excellent player. Has been for a long time. All defenders get a bump to their stats from chipping the ball around trying
to get an opportunity to get the ball out of defense. That's just part and parcel of the game.

[MattW]

Jake is an excellent player. Has been for a long time. All defenders get a bump to their stats from chipping the ball around trying
to get an opportunity to get the ball out of defense. That's just part and parcel of the game.

And that's not even that he just gets cheap possessions as a defender. He wins his own ball. He has the fifth most intercept possessions in the competition (and is six cm shorter than the next smallest person in the top 15). He has the fourth most contested possessions for the Swans).

He's got the third most disposals in the competition this year and fifth most metres gained.

He works really hard and reads the game very well. We go to him for a reason - he's a smart and proactive user.

[Blood Fever]

why did he not take the mark instead of puncing it away in the 3rd qrt i think.

Only human I guess

[goswannies]

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[Melbourne_Blood]

Jake is an excellent player. Has been for a long time. All defenders get a bump to their stats from chipping the ball around trying
to get an opportunity to get the ball out of defense. That's just part and parcel of the game.

My point was more that the play on kick outs add to his stats a bit, bit he still racks up great numbers due to his work rate and knowing where to run to etc.

Yes he is a star for us and just keeps getting better.


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