Jake Lloyd Rising Star Nomination

[Jewels]

How brilliant and a just reward, I'm absolutely loving this kid and the way he goes about his business and I'm glad he's getting the recognition he deserves.

[Untamed Snark]

Congratulations to him.
Very much deserved

[DamY]

one of my favourite new players! So glad he's being recognised for his efforts

[jono2707]

Great work - I didn't expect him to get as many games in this year as he has, and he's been excellent! Well deserved...

[Meg]

Me too. He is a lovely kick and his calmness under pressure shows maturity way beyond his age and experience.

[Aaron]

I like this kid. Well done! congratulations! two rising star nominations in a year - first time since 2003 when we had LRT and Adam Schneider. Just perfect timing when LRT is retiring. Hope that Jake will have a career as good as LRT's!!!

[neilfws]

Thought he was terrific on Saturday, very composed and a great kick. Where do we find these cool collected youngsters! (AJ, Rampe, Lloyd). Much deserved.

[Bloody Hell]

About time is all I have to say to that.

One of the commentators says - He doesn't make mistakes and he gets it done - perfect summary.

[Conor_Dillon]

I wonder when the last time was that a team had two Rising Star nominations in a season both from the Rookie List? Hats off to you, Kinnear.

[i'm-uninformed2]

He does EVERYTHING right.

[liz]

I wonder when the last time was that a team had two Rising Star nominations in a season both from the Rookie List? Hats off to you, Kinnear.

Not sure of the answer to your question, but this brings to (at least) 5 the number of ex-rookie listed players at the Swans to have received RS nominations - with Kennelly, Jack and Bevo preceding Harry and Jake.

[southsideswan]

I started following the Swans because of Jake. Not that I know him just know a friend of his and back in 2012 he said "watch this kid he is special". So being a league nut (still am) my education of the finer points of the game have come from following Jakes progress. The thing I think he does extremely well is in the pack he can get the ball and make an effective disposal. And isn't that worth currency? At his best his contact with the ball seems to barely a second. I think for that reason he is not the "star" type of player.

I was excited for Harry Cunningham to get his nomination. He has that "star" quality that is entertaining. Well done to both.

[royboy42]

I started following the Swans because of Jake. Not that I know him just know a friend of his and back in 2012 he said "watch this kid he is special". So being a league nut (still am) my education of the finer points of the game have come from following Jakes progress. The thing I think he does extremely well is in the pack he can get the ball and make an effective disposal. And isn't that worth currency? At his best his contact with the ball seems to barely a second. I think for that reason he is not the "star" type of player.

I was excited for Harry Cunningham to get his nomination. He has that "star" quality that is entertaining. Well done to both.

Because he can dispose of the ball properly and quickly, he is going to be star player. Joey and Diesel never have the ball in their hands for long, and look how they turned out.

[Ludwig]

I looked back on my first Jake Lloyd post back on 15 Dec. 2012:

Jake Lloyd

I have the feeling that Jake Lloyd may be the steal of the rookie draft. He sounds like just the kind of player that makes it big in the AFL. He won the TAC Coaches best player award, beating out Nathan Hrovat. He is by all accounts a very dedicated hard worker with elite endurance. Was over 15 in the beep test, which is in the very top class of players. Apparently also has very good hands, helped by his basketball background.

Yet for some reason, wasn't even mentioned by any pundit as even a possibility in the ND. May be another coup by Team Beatson.

I never heard of him before, but after doing some checking on his background, I couldn't understand why he wasn't rated. I've been of the bandwagon ever since. I even suggested a few months ago that he might even turn out better than Tom Mitchell. Of course, most disagreed, but probably a few minds are changing with the passage of time.

I was always impressed by his ability to read to play. He never looked like a raw 19 y.o. ; It's probably that he is not physically imposing that makes some think he's not much of player, but he's proving otherwise.

[Conor_Dillon]

I looked back on my first Jake Lloyd post back on 15 Dec. 2012:



I never heard of him before, but after doing some checking on his background, I couldn't understand why he wasn't rated. I've been of the bandwagon ever since. I even suggested a few months ago that he might even turn out better than Tom Mitchell. Of course, most disagreed, but probably a few minds are changing with the passage of time.

I was always impressed by his ability to read to play. He never looked like a raw 19 y.o. ; It's probably that he is not physically imposing that makes some think he's not much of player, but he's proving otherwise.

Playing in 4 senior premierships from the age of 15 onwards shouldn't be understated either...especially in quite a physical league. No wonder he has always been hard at it.