2016 Player Review - # 18 Jake Melksham

[Demonland 72,193]

Missed the entire year after he was named in January as one of 34 past and present Essendon players found guilty by the Court of Arbitration in Sports over their use of illegal supplements during the 2012 AFL season.

Games MFC 2016 0

Career Total 114 (0 MFC)

Goals MFC 2016 0

Career Total 5

7 (0 MFC)

 

 

 

[Sir Why You Little 37,038]

What a stellar contribution he gave...

[Willmoy1947 4,088]

1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

What a stellar contribution he gave...

"Hope you eat those words, Sir"    Especially after the First Game....

[DistrACTION Jackson 8,735]

Did his time and everyone should move on and give him a clean slate.

Hopefully he can fulfill  his potential at Melbourne as I think he's a very talented player who's development was probably hindered by the turmoil of the last 3-4 years at Essendon. 

If we play the bombers round 1 I hope he and Hibberd can taste victory together straight up against their old side!

[Redleg 40,925]

I would imagine Melksham and Hibberd would be chomping at the bit to play. Would expect they could have pretty fair seasons. Will certainly give some composure to the backline and better delivery to the forwards.

[Guest]

Zero clangers....impressive

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,825]

I heard he was good drinking a few beers with Watts, Bernie and Hibbard.

[monoccular 17,429]

He owes a lot and I hope he delivers quickly and consistently.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,833]

Didn't even he realise he wears #18 for us.

[CBDees 3,167]

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Didn't even he realise he wears #18 for us.

We should have given that number to Billy (Stretch)!

[Adzman 2,154]

I suppose one advantage of him missing the season is that he comes into next season without any major injuries.

 

[Return to Glory 8,441]

My Essendon contact (I don't enjoy writing that) noted this about Melksham: There will be games when you are thinking 'how good is this bloke' and then he'll go missing or will dish up incredibly shoddy disposal. So in stating the obvious, for Melksham it's about minimising the shite games and not trying things in terms of kicking that are beyond him. Goodwin would have a handle on this you'd think. With a bit of luck we may be singing his praises as a great pick up rather than the new whipping boy.

[Diamond_Jim 12,588]

1 hour ago, Adzman said:

I suppose one advantage of him missing the season is that he comes into next season without any major injuries.

 

and of course a wonderful extended pre-season !!

[sue 9,106]

Has there been any reports on what physical shape he is in after all this time?

[Return to Glory 8,441]

5 minutes ago, sue said:

 

Has there been any reports on what physical shape he is in after all this time

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I'll be honest, he's a couple of kg's over but nothing that can't be addressed.

[In Harmes Way 7,783]

2 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

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I'll be honest, he's a couple of kg's over but nothing that can't be addressed.

I didn't know that picture of me was online

[monoccular 17,429]

On 09/10/2016 at 0:48 PM, Adzman said:

I suppose one advantage of him missing the season is that he comes into next season without any major * injuries.

 

*physical

It will be interesting to see just how all these banned players will adapt to coming back with the ignominy of a drug conviction and a year out of the game.

I suspect that it will effect them all differently: something to prove for some, maybe a chip on the shoulder for others.  No way of telling I guess as of now.

The story will unfold.

Let's hope that Jake is one of the positive stories: at least moving on from the club that put him through it gives him a bit of a fresh start.  

[jackaub 1,402]

Poor choice in my opinion but he is ours now so will watch with interest

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

I'm just hoping, (as I am with Hibberd) that they can both be consistently good performers for us week in/out as both are around the 100 game mark and are quality players when playing at their best.

Clearly I'm stating the obvious, but if we're to make the 8 next year, these two need to have strong years.