Jump to content

The Many Sides of Jake Melksham

Demonland
Demonland
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

 

Both absolutely fantastic additions to this club.

Super shrewd recruiting.

I hope to see both of them lift the Cup sometime soon in the red and the blue.

 

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Jake has speed to burn knows where the goals are and has a thumping kick. However l believe that he will be one of many that will help us go deep into the Finals in the not to distant future.   Well done Jake on your 150th Afl games.  Have a great game and hope that the Bomber supporters are watching and wondering why you are a better player at the Demons.   Go Dees!

  • Quote
    • Like 2
     

    His long, low, flat kicks are a delight to watch. 

    Terrific player with great skills. My only (minor) knock is his one on one form where he can try too much to do the body thing rather than just go straight for the ball.

    Great first goal last week. Beautiful clean pick up and dribble kick on his wrong side.

    Also very happy that the Bomber wing nuts who used to jump down his throat regularly must now be grinding their teeth at what a weapon he is..for us!

    Edited by jnrmac

  • Quote
    • Like 4

    Congrats to him on 150 games!

    I was one of the few on here who defended him in his early days at the club. He's always had talent to burn, but for some reason people always seem to sink the boot in and use him as a whipping boy. Might be due to having a bit of a punchable head :P He just needed a bit of time to settle into a new environment and to be played in a suitable position.

    It's been good to watch him flourish up forward. He played his best footy at Essendon on the half forward flank rotating through the midfield, so it was strange to see him rotting away in the back pocket for a bit there where his strengths weren't being utilised. I'm glad the coaches shifted him, as we've now seen what he's capable of. Those long flat kicks are a delight to watch then he strikes them. Hopefully he becomes a bit more selfish and launches a few more of those 50 metre goals the next few weeks! He's become a barometer and leader out there for us, and if we're to head into September I feel he will be a big part of that.

  • Quote

    Lot of love for two self made (for us) players, who DON'T take backward steps.?

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    I wasn’t at all happy when 2 banned players were recruited. 

    But they have served us well without putting a foot wrong. 

    I will cop that. May they play September...

  • Quote
    • Like 5
     

    he first impressed me at some of his early training sessions at gosch's.. i thought he'd just be a feisty mid. he has surprised, bringing leadership to our relatively young group & has impressed me with his laser kicks to the other forwards and vision. i just wish he was more consistent. good on him!

  • Quote

    Def matured, I remember him being a yappy, niggly player at the druggies. Not like that as much with us which is a good step in the right direction.

  • Quote

    His marking on the weekend stood out to me. Hadn't seen him clunk them that well this season but he really committed and took some beauties on the lead and contested. Will need more of this going forward.

  • Quote

    Great article. I didn’t know Hibberd and Melksham were such close mates before they came. Obviously they’re grown adults, but still being able to walk in to the club together would have taken the edge off the nerves.

    Because I’ve become a spiteful footy supporter, my favourite part about all this was that Melksham was Watts-level (or even greater) whipping boy at Essendon. The fact that he’s come here and become an important member of the team and even pretty popular among the fans gives me great morbid pleasure. Suck it, Essendon. Hope it stings.

    When he’s going he’s an such enjoyable player to watch: a reliable contest winner, gets the ball to boot very quickly, and is an absolutely fantastic kick. He won’t always fire which is probably what separates him from the very best, but no doubt he’s an asset to the club.

    Congrats Jake on the 150!

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    The best part of the melksham trade was i was unhappy paying pick 25. But if memory serves i think josh dunkly went that pick to the bulldogs and no player after that i would swap for melksham. We got that right in hindsight.

  • Quote
      On 19/07/2018 at 23:29, Nasher said:

    The fact that he’s come here and become an important member of the team and even pretty popular among the fans gives me great morbid pleasure. Suck it, Essendon. Hope it stings.

     

    Well we can develop players - without the aid of drugs at that 

    Edited by binman

  • Quote
      On 19/07/2018 at 23:45, scarlett said:

    The best part of the melksham trade was i was unhappy paying pick 25. But if memory serves i think josh dunkly went that pick to the bulldogs and no player after that i would swap for melksham. We got that right in hindsight.

    Taking players from other clubs who were possibly high draft picks or not, but who didn’t produce their best at the club who drafted them, has been successful many times. Often more so than drafting. A couple of reasons for this could be that you have seen them against senior players and you might know of a reason why they haven’t performed to their ability, like injury or homesickness for example.

  • Quote

    I like the way they play against TWSNBN. Used to love playing against the old sides especially the crumby (La di da) ones.........

  • Quote

      On 19/07/2018 at 15:05, Sir Why You Little said:

    I wasn’t at all happy when 2 banned players were recruited. 

    But they have served us well without putting a foot wrong. 

    I will cop that. May they play September...

    Well done Fonzie, I was w-w-w-wr-wro.........!

  • Quote
      On 20/07/2018 at 00:27, jnrmac said:

    Well done Fonzie, I was w-w-w-wr-wro.........!

    No. I don’t like convicted drug cheats in my team, but i will cop it

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    He became a dad in the last couple of years, which I think helped him to focus and mature.

    Hope he has another 100 games for us

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
      On 20/07/2018 at 00:35, Sir Why You Little said:

    No. I don’t like convicted drug cheats in my team, but i will cop it

    Click whirrrr click whirr   give it a rest

    Melksham has come to our club and perforned,

    Milestone of 150 games,

    Not about you

  • Quote
      On 20/07/2018 at 01:33, Satyriconhome said:

    Click whirrrr click whirr   give it a rest

    Melksham has come to our club and perforned,

    Milestone of 150 games,

    Not about you

    You can talk!!

    take a walk and keep going going going....

    As a paid up Member i can voice my opinion...

    Edited by Sir Why You Little

  • Quote
    • Sad 1

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • REPORT: Hawthorn

      There was a time during the current Melbourne cycle that goes back to before the premiership when the club was the toughest to beat in the fourth quarter. The Demons were not only hard to beat at any time but it was virtually impossible to get the better them when scores were close at three quarter time. It was only three or four years ago but they were fit, strong and resilient in body and mind. Sadly, those days are over. This has been the case since the club fell off its pedestal about 12 months ago after it beat Geelong and then lost to Carlton. In both instances, Melbourne put together strong, stirring final quarters, one that resulted in victory, the other, in defeat. Since then, the drop off has been dramatic to the point where it can neither pull off victory in close matches, nor can it even go down in defeat  gallantly.

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Footscray

      At twenty-four minutes into the third term of the game between the Casey Demons and Footscray VFL at Whitten Oval, the visitors were coasting. They were winning all over the ground, had the ascendancy in the ruck battles and held a 26 point lead on a day perfect for football. What could go wrong? Everything. The Bulldogs moved into overdrive in the last five minutes of the term and booted three straight goals to reduce the margin to a highly retrievable eight points at the last break. Bouyed by that effort, their confidence was on a high level during the interval and they ran all over the despondent Demons and kicked another five goals to lead by a comfortable margin of four goals deep into the final term before Paddy Cross kicked a couple of too late goals for a despondent Casey. A testament to their lack of pressure in the latter stages of the game was the fact that Footscray’s last ten scoring shots were nine goals and one rushed behind. Things might have been different for the Demons who went into the game after last week’s bye with 12 AFL listed players. Blake Howes was held over for the AFL game but two others, Jack Billings and Taj Woewodin (not officially listed as injured) were also missing and they could have been handy at the end. Another mystery of the current VFL system.

        • Thanks
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Brisbane

      The Demons head back out on the road in Round 10 when they travel to Queensland to take on the reigning Premiers and the top of the table Lions who look very formidable. Can the Dees cause a massive upset? Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 125 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Hawthorn

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 12th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Demons loss to the Hawks. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

        • Clap
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 52 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Hawthorn

      Wayward kicking for goal, dump kicks inside 50 and some baffling umpiring all contributed to the Dees not getting out to an an early lead that may have impacted the result. At the end of the day the Demons were just not good enough and let the Hawks run away with their first win against the Demons in 7 years.

        • Clap
        • Love
        • Like
      • 364 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Hawthorn

      After 3 fantastic week Max Gawn has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year award from Jake Bowey, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Ed Langdon who round out the Top Five. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

        • Thanks
      • 34 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All