Big Whitey

[ned]

In fairness Jesse does have a better average goals per game than any other swan this year...

[ScottH]

In fairness Jesse does have a better average goals per game than any other swan this year...

Can't deny that.

[Melbournehammer]

The counter argument is that making him play in the ruck has helped him to realise the level of fitness he needs to be an effective senior player, not to mention given him another string to his bow.

I think playing in the ruck has been good for him because it has given him more opportunities to have a second crack at the ball and often against lumbering ruckmen rather than the mobile key position defender that he usually gets in the forward line, and he often clears the ball once it hits the ground in contests around wings and uses his body well in those circumstances. He is also pretty athletic in that he can run in a straight line pretty quick and deliver a long kick in those circumstances. He really isnt too bad at that sort of thing. But he does struggle in centre circle contests as he cannot get quite high enough when his opponent also has a good run at the ball.

He is fourth choice for a reason but that doesn't mean he cant play and i really wish people would stop declaring him a spud.

[Bloodthirsty]

Luke Darcy and Damien Barrett on Access All Areas praise him a lot. They raise the consistency issue but other than that it's all about the strength of our talls. The widely held consensus is that Adelaide are stupid for turning him down.

He may have been inconsistent in the past, but the past means nothing and most people here would want to know if he can be a consistent player from now on, given all the development he's had. Only more games from now will reveal this. Only then will this debate be settled.

[Alan]

There is a lot of love for White at the moment, but Ive heard both Tippet, Reid and Jetta will be avaliable for the Port game, so I think White will lose his place.

One other theory might see White stay in and ruck, as KT won't have the fitness to do ruck and resting FF. In fact he may be the sub and come on for a quarter and a half or so.

[graemed]

[QUOTE=Bloodthirsty;613897]Luke Darcy and Damien Barrett on Access All Areas praise him a lot. They raise the consistency issue but other than that it's all about the strength of our talls. The widely held consensus is that Adelaide are stupid for turning him down.
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Do you have a link for this I can't seem to find it on the afl website.

[Cheer_Cheer]

We seem to be so good at recycling other teams misfiring players.. Why not try it on one of our own

[barry]

Tippet will have the fitness. In fact his fitness base should be higher than anyone on our list, since he's had nearly 9 months of training, training, training and no niggling injuries to cope with.

The only thing he wont have is match-fitness. Which means he may not pick up the pace right away, but he should easily last out the match.

[Bloodthirsty]

[QUOTE=graemed;613900]

Luke Darcy and Damien Barrett on Access All Areas praise him a lot. They raise the consistency issue but other than that it's all about the strength of our talls. The widely held consensus is that Adelaide are stupid for turning him down.
/QUOTE]

Do you have a link for this I can't seem to find it on the afl website.

Make the switch, Bombers - AFL.com.au

[GoSouth33]

I've finally been able to do a post......don't know what's been going but I notice others have had problems as well.
Anyhow, for what it's worth, I reckon Big Jesse should head to GWS for next season and beyond. It's criminal that they are screaming out for big bodies and we have him running around in the two's kicking bags of goals and occasionally promoting him when there's an injury. I think he'd go well in the Giants list.

[Bloodthirsty]

OK I was going to start a new thread about Swans look-a-likes for a bit of entertainment over the bye, but I might as well just post a Jesse White look-a-like here.

This guy is an American actor (Texas Chainsaw Massacre): Eric Balfour - IMDb

The likeness is even more amazing because White has a very unique look. This actor is really tall too.

Remarkable likeness!

I know! I hope more people check out Jesse's doppelg?nger. Crazy.

[DK_]

For probably the first time in my memory he also did the 1%ers that have been so lacking in his game.

He made 2nd and 3rd efforts when he didn't take the mark, he made shepherds and passed the ball off to those in better positions. He chased and made tackles. Contrast this game with his efforts in the hawthorn game and you get a picture of what frustrates and annoys supporters who wish him well.

Couldn't agree more. There were two parts of Jesse's weekend's performance that I really loved (actually there were more, but these are the ones I loved the most).

The first one was obvious - the Q3 goal. It was a great effort to get the ball in the first place, a real display of pace and determination to burn off the Adelaide player and a kick at full pace from a tight angle which any of the goal-sneaks in the AFL would be proud to show their grandkids! I can't get tired of watching repeats of it!

The second one was Everitt's goal. Everitt handpassed to White. It didn't quite stick and was gathered by the Adelaide player, who White tackled, knocking the ball loose. He then dives from the ground to knock it to Everitt's advantages and then jumps up to hold off the Adelaide player cutting off Everitt. He didn't stop him for long, but it was all the time that Everitt needed to charge through and slot a goal from 50. A chain of 1%s that resulted directly in a goal! I hadn't really noticed until Saturday's game how much work the Swans big men do off the ball. If there's a Parker, Jack or Hannebery charging through traffic with the ball, there's almost always a Pyke, Mumford, or White just off-camera holding back would be tacklers. Particularly Pyke. He's made an art-form of it. It's the sort of thing which doesn't turn up on stats and doesn't get praise, but makes our team what it is.

Here's hoping the big man gets another shot at it next week and consolidates with another fantastic performance.

[giant]

Good luck to him, he was trying his guts out & produced a marvelous game - hope we see more of it.

He's unquestionably good enough to be in the best 22 for a number of clubs - unfortunately, most of those clubs would prefer to try their luck with a talented youngster than a mid-age who hasn't quite clinched it. And he still isn't a natural - at times, the hands looked stiff like frying pans and he was too easily pushed out of position. Nevertheless, I'm very pleased for the lad that he got the chance to shove up the Crows just a little bit!

[Wazza]

I think one of the differences this week was Jesse played mainly as a forward and his confidence returned - yes that word confidence its a wonderfull thing. Been shot down here many times associating the word confidence and forward with Jesse's name.

Cheers

waz

[grarmy]

White is a very good forward.

He isn't. That is the issue. But full credit to him for his best game maybe ever. Full credit for the little things and hard work he put in...without giving away free kicks and turning over the ball - hallmarks of his previous games during the past five years. Full credit. But Jesse has not lived up to his promise and the club has given him more chances than a showgirl at a buck's party. What he has now is another big chance to demonstrate the ability recruited for in the first place. He will play against Port...perhaps at Everitt's expense. But on his performance against Adelaide he will get another game...maybe, just maybe turn the corner on what has been a disappointing career at the Swans.