AFL Player #11: Jade Gresham - Pressure Machine 27/3

[Beerfish]

Contract: Unrestricted Free Agent 2026
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 28, mcgrath_truther

 

[Howard Moon]

He's a good player in an area we lack but just not sure why we recruited him. He's very similar to what we already have but his pressure is average and he isn't the most damaging going around.

Feels like we recruited him because he's good and plays forward even though he isn't the forward we need.

It's the reason why I don't want Ainsworth, it's the same again and not what we need

 

[Rick Ross]

He hasn't been a mainstay forward, so to judge him based on scoring output and disregard his work around the ground/team efforts does him no justice in my opinion. Would flourish as a small forward if we had our act together/were in a later stage of development and had others to take up the chunk of the role that he's been doing. Casting our ballots this early in his tenure with us is silly to be honest.

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Good stats.
Assists and inside 50’s were expected.
Clearances (4th?!?!) were unexpected and show extra value.

 

[jannissary]

He is what Collingwood wanted Lachie Schultz to be.

eh, i can see the comparison but i think pies play schulz far deeper than we do gresham. schulz also has kicked more goals (probably, at least the eye test)

i think gresh’s been a pretty solid pick up, as others have stated he does good work up the ground as a connector and is doing that really well, just wish he hit the scoreboard more

 

[Nicholas61]

eh, i can see the comparison but i think pies play schulz far deeper than we do gresham. schulz also has kicked more goals (probably, at least the eye test)

i think gresh’s been a pretty solid pick up, as others have stated he does good work up the ground as a connector and is doing that really well, just wish he hit the scoreboard more

He is smart but just a little frustrating some of the misses that are kickable barely register a behind. Seems a decent set shot it's on the run seems less reliable. Career conversion is around 55%

 

[Yoda_]

What even is a Jade Gresham

11

Jade Gresham

Age

27

Ht

177cm

Wt

81kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.4

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

7.2

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

10.8

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.0

3star

G

0.5

4star

D

11.8

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.8

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

0.4

3star

 

[naraku]

he seems like a "Weideman deal".

Looks good, maybe bit of a steal for 8-10 games then you see why he was an Aint.
Too harsh?

 

[Yoda_]

he seems like a "Weideman deal".

Looks good, maybe bit of a steal for 8-10 games then you see why he was an Aint.
Too harsh?

you're like my mrs asking for an ice cream on the way home.

Stop beating around the bush.. just say it


Gresham is shit and we are stuck with him

 

[bacon buster]

scored 2.0. on the face of it, that seems fine. can't remember him laying a F50 tackle or winning a crumb at ground level, other than his banana goal at the end (which should have been the sealer)

 

[Old Campaigner]

He’s been better than the alternative but he’s clearly not giving us everything we need in a small forward. I think he’ll be a handy stopgap until we get a genuinely elite small forward

 

[Schnitzengruben]

He Joe The Goosed a couple of goals but still played a convincingly shit game. Hope he's kept a couple gears in the kitbag for the rest of his tenure.

 

[ant555]

He was horrible before half time.

 

[windyhill]

Ex club mate, let’s ****ing go lad. Come on Gresh, Jesus !

 

[VexOh]

Guy is small, so he plays as a small fwd. But really, he's got non of the small fwd attributes.

 

[naraku]

He doesn't do anything

 

[Schnitzengruben]

He's like Snelling but double the money.

Silver lining, only 2 more years of his deal left.

 

[Nicholas61]

Doesn't like to kick drop punts on the run at goal - instead wants dinky snaps to bounce through.

 

[kelvin_sheedy]

Poor man's Jake Melksham

18

Jake Melksham

Age

33

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.2

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.2

2star

K

5.8

2star

HB

3.3

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

2star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.2

3star

G

0.8

4star

 

[div12ressie]

What's the return policy at the saints? did we keep the receipt

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

The greshure is building on the Gresh Prince with performances like that…

 

[ant555]

He is a bit hard to get a read on . You watch the game and you see a few mistakes and wonder what we are getting as there was no score impact but then you see he had the most tackles inside 50 on the ground with 4 which well above average. A couple of clearances. A couple of intercepts and 2 goal assists which was 4th best on the ground. Clearly it would be much better if he nails a goal or two every week but despite his average pace he was the one bloke who provided some forward pressure and effort. We see the 0 goals and the 3 or 4 blunders but we do miss the team stuff he is doing.

 

[Nifft]

What's the return policy at the saints? did we keep the receipt

There might be a small fee... maybe just a shieling?

 

[NoWuckingFurries]

Spud

 

[faible]

He is what Collingwood wanted Lachie Schultz to be.

eh, i can see the comparison but i think pies play schulz far deeper than we do gresham. schulz also has kicked more goals (probably, at least the eye test)

i think gresh’s been a pretty solid pick up, as others have stated he does good work up the ground as a connector and is doing that really well, just wish he hit the scoreboard more

Good shout actually;

FA for Gresham vs a 2nd rounder (34) and a Future 1st (currently Pick 7) for Schultz

Gresham has more:
Disposals
i50s
Clearances
Score Involvements
Metres Gained

Schultz has more:
Marks
Goals
Tackles
Tackles i50

Adds up to Schultz playing deeper, but they also both average 60 in SuperCoach so it's a bit much of a muchness in some ways. Collingwood also paid a lot for Schultz the way it stands, and he's about the same age as Gresham.

 

[ant555]

Interesting that last week he played most of the game forward and had 4 tackles inside 50.

Heat Map - DFS Australia

dfsaustralia.com

 

[ant555]

Same again this week. Tackles down but played as a proper small forwards and kicked a few goals.
https://dfsaustralia.com/heat-map/?...&playerName=Jade Gresham&season=2024&round=21