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Hope we get a good trade.
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Jesse was good on Sunday, no question about that. But he was playing as the third tall target in a forward line whose midfield was pounding forward entries into it. His opponent was about 10cm shorter than him. Riewoldt was the only competent tall target in a forward line and after quarter time, his midfield supply was pretty ordinary. His opponent was a 2012 All -Australian. Not really sure you can compare the two.Comment
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All this is true, but I still think Jesse played as well as Jack Riewoldt, who had a number of perfect passes hit him on the chest with Ted lagging behind (AA not withstanding).
Putting this in context of my post, I did praise Jesse's performance but emphasized that he needs to keep it up and we should evaluate him at the end of the season. I didn't mean to suggest that he is at the same level as Jack Riewoldt based on a few good games.Comment
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Incredible! I hope Jesse doesn't read this forum.
With so many he just can't take a trick. Not everyone (& I apologize to those who write positive things & want Jesse to stay & succeed)
Early in his career he shows promise but takes a while to deliver. Calls for him to be dumped or traded. Disregard that he was a basketballer who was a relatively late starter as an AFL footballer, & a tall (who are notoriously late bloomers).
Finally starting to show some of the form that so many hoped he would ... now cries of he's only doing it because his contract is up, or what can we get for him? Has he even said he wants out yet? & might it not be possible to take advantage of our plethora of mobile athletic talls?
I really hate to think what will be posted if/when we lose with our 3-4 talls all played ... no matter how many wins precede the loss or who we lose to.
No doubt there will be plenty of nay-sayers who will pin it on Jesse ...Comment
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Darren Jolly on Jesse:
I was in Sydney when Jesse White arrived in 2007. He was a talent who didn't know it. Tall, powerful, agile and quick, Jesse trained and played the game like I suspect footballers did 100 years ago. To his new teammates it seemed as if the game to Jesse was a quaint pastime, not a profession.
The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible newsComment
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Watched him for years and has frustrated me, no heart ,no go, no swan, swap for a backmen good choiceComment
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Incorrect! He played footy from an early age and was drafted at 18.
AT A GLANCE: An athletic key position utility player and one-time junior basketball star who was a second-chance draftee to the Sydney Swans in 2006 after he was narrowly overlooked by the same club 12 months earlier. The son of a former VFA footballer and women?s national league basketballer, he was born in Melbourne but moved to Queensland with his family aged two. He lived and played football on the Gold Coast until 2004, when the family moved to Brisbane for him to finish his schooling at John Paul College. Even then, though, he retained his connection to Southport, where he had graduated through the ranks to play senior football in 2005-06 before missing the finals both years due to injury.
AFL Queensland: Jesse WhiteComment
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By all accounts it was far from his focus, though. He opted for rep basketball over footy at a key development age. So it explains why he's always had good foot skills for a big guy, but equally could explain why he has struggled reading the play or knowing where to position himself.I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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"be tough, only when it gets tough"
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Jesse has taken a trick - there have been a lot of injuries that have given him an opportunity to show his wares and the team has benefited which is great - given that he is un contracted and there would appear to be plenty of interest in him - his price has obviously gone up - who do we not upgrade or re sign to keep Jesse ? I hope not Lamb ? Everett or Mumford ?
I am sure the club would / could have re signed him earlier if that was their plan - we can't keep everybody - if we can great - that we have covered our injuries so well is fantastic and has no doubt got Jesse a new contract somewhere - good luck to himComment
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LRT, ROK and Goodes and a few others will need to take a smaller slice in their last season or two IF everyone wants to stay and go for 3 GFs !!!
thats if we make this one
"be tough, only when it gets tough"
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Not sure about the supply Jack was hit up nicely a few times nothing Richards could have done. I don't think Jesse was hit on the tit once and worked his !@$^off to get into position. As you said the ball was bombed in all night. It doesn't matter who your opponent is at AFL level defensive pressure in the FWD 50 is not a one on one proposition, Jesse had a few chances which he finished well, was his impact on the game greater than jacks ... I think yes he was a presence in our FWD 50 that Richmond struggled to cope with. Did Jack play his usual selfish game - at times yes I don't think its fair to say one played "better" but what was their impact on the final result.
Cheers
wazComment
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Love your turn of phrase Wazza!!
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Does anyone have any 'inside' information on how Jesse might be thinking now?Comment
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