Sam Blease wants out

[Curry & Beer 5,444]

another official failure from the MFC

[Biffen 12,919]

personally id just be happy with the sal cap space and a box of twisties.

We arent really losing much. Not a slight upon the kid but 6 years for what exactly ?

All the good times, remember,

the fact that he is best mates with $culldog only kept him a serious contender for so long.

I still reckon he will play 100 games of AFL somewhere.

The penny will drop for him that he is allowed to run back into defence also.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Tapscott has requested a trade to Carlton

Source?

[MO FINE 161]

It is a fair swap but also is it a waste of paperwork? Their defensive abilities are as bad as each others

Good observation but the difference is that Blease didn't improve in that area in the year he was under Roos.

Garlett could be an asset if allows himself to be coached by Roos to play the way he wants him to play.

[beelzebub 23,241]

another official failure from the MFC

yep.... we excise the cancer and move on to better things

[RalphiusMaximus 6,012]

Yet another player who had enormous upside but sadly diabolical downside that showed up far too often. It really is a pity that he never got his act together. I do kind of feel for him if he winds up at a good club though. He's going to get a hell of a shock.

[beelzebub 23,241]

Yet another player who had enormous upside but sadly diabolical downside that showed up far too often. It really is a pity that he never got his act together. I do kind of feel for him if he winds up at a good club though. He's going to get a hell of a shock.

but did he ??? I mean really ?? Or was it all part of the hype . Id suggested limited upside and a deplorable attitude to the opportunity he had...i.e being on an AFL list.

Id say he was enormously over rated

[RalphiusMaximus 6,012]

but did he ??? I mean really ?? Or was it all part of the hype . Id suggested limited upside and a deplorable attitude to the opportunity he had...i.e being on an AFL list.

Id say he was enormously over rated

He only turned it on a couple of times, but when he did it was pretty bloody good, even if it was against some pretty poor opposition.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Not surprising at all. Was always going to be somewhere else in 2015, the challenge now is to try and extract something of use for him. Reckon we might be able to do it too...

[Moonshadow 17,577]

FWIW, from AFL website

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-09-17/speedy-blease-exits-dees

Edited September 17, 2014 by Moonshadow

[Grapeviney 9,578]

His greatest contribution to the club has been his surname, which today made it easy for the headline writers rhyming Blease with Dees...

[demoniac 1,316]

The challenge for Blease is to improve his endurance,

Presumably Misson and Co don't believe he can.

[richyrich 44]

You want to be traded? Because Melbourne wont give you a game? Good riddance, don'tlet the door hit you on the way out!

[Pipefitter 2,144]

Just shows how amateur our recruiting department was at the time. Probably only saw him in the TAC grand final and drafted him on that one performance.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,012]

The challenge for us is to get something for him. I'm amazed that there are a couple of clubs showing interest.

[Machsy 2,858]

His greatest contribution to the club has been his surname, which today made it easy for the headline writers rhyming Blease with Dees...

How many headlines have been written mentioning Blease??

Could easily count them on one hand, I'd have thought.

[PaulRB 6,305]

Last one - Dees and Blease to part ways

[Cards13 9,117]

Gah what a struggle we are. Another wasted pick and wasted years. F me how many years on our list for 33 games?

[Moneider96 1,045]

Oh boy...Does everyone want to go, or is going to Carlton. They are 'apparently' linked to every single player in the AFL

[Roger Mellie 3,898]

If Roos can wave the wand over Garlett and turn him into Lewis Jetta (or Neville Jetta for that matter) I'm happy for a Blease / Garlett swap

[Damo 3,281]

Part of the anguish of the Sloane family in Rory not being picked up by the demons lay in the fact that Sam blease was chosen at number 17. This confounded all at eastern ranges. No love Iost in the Sloane household. But again Barry prendergast you lying tool.

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

what a waste.

Throw him on the trash pile of MFC poor recruits:

Edited September 17, 2014 by The Song Formerly Known As

[Grapeviney 9,578]

How many headlines have been written mentioning Blease??

Could easily count them on one hand, I'd have thought.

Yeh I was talking about today. I didn't say he'd made a big contribution )

[Norm Smith's Curse 2,553]

I saw a post once where someone claimed they ran into Blease and Gysberts somewhere where it was intimated that neither really enjoyed the stresses and expectations of AFL footy.

Im guessing the lack of defensive improvements this year might be why Blease struggled under Roos.

Good luck to him where ever he goes.

[Pates 9,625]

He was always gone at the end of the year. Maybe someone else will find a way to harness his speed and upside without showing much of his downside. Probably not though.