2013 Player Review - # 17 Sam Blease

[Nasher 33,613]

he'll be a sweetener I reckon...or part of something convoluted.

Perhaps. I'd happily trade him for anything useful - I think he could be used to upgrade a third rounder in to a second, for example. I wouldn't trade him for scrap though (ala Martin and Morton trades), might as well just give him one more year and see if Roos can salvage anything from his career if there are no worthwhile offers. I'm not confident of a happy ending though, has all the hallmarks of another blown top 20 pick I think.

[Rhino Richards 1,467]

I agree with you WJ.

I honestly think what you see is what you get with Blease.

I would trade him today.

For what? What value does he have?

A year under Roos is his last chance.

[beelzebub 23,313]

Perhaps. I'd happily trade him for anything useful - I think he could be used to upgrade a third rounder in to a second, for example. I wouldn't trade him for scrap though (ala Martin and Morton trades), might as well just give him one more year and see if Roos can salvage anything from his career if there are no worthwhile offers. I'm not confident of a happy ending though, has all the hallmarks of another blown top 20 pick I think.

Very possibly there Nasher and Im not suggesting we would come out of it shining but he , for mine, is a one trick pony and the trick is hit and miss.

I know he's on Roos's big question list but now maybe Paul is in the chair he will evaluate more circumspectly towards what assets can really drive this team and what can be developed. If his only value is to upvalue a pick , then that might be it. The list needs weeding.

[monoccular 17,417]

Doesn't have a defensive side to his game & can't run out games. I don't think he'll fit Roos gut running style of game.

He has x-factor, but will he have the drive to work hard enough under Paul Roos? Needs a big pre-season if we hold on to him, build his tank so he isn't puffed after a 100m sprint.

I still think he can become a player for us.

I guess Roos will have had his tete a tete and will have formed an opinion as to whether he is worth persisting with.

IF Roos feels he can get much more out of him than he has shown to date then good luck to him; if he doesn't he may go on the table (or delist dependent on contract status).

We all have to just trust Roos' judgement - though I am sure it will only take a few weeks of less than brilliant results for some here to come out and say what a dreadful mistake it was to hire him, they could see it all along etc etc.... :-(

[Deecisive 1,709]

Blease needs to improve his endurance so he can run out a game. Sadly for someone so fast, he rarely chases or catches his opposite number, he needs to address this if he wants to make the grade.