Player Watch Father-Son Pick #25 (2019) - Jackson Mead

[PeacefulWarrior]

I thought his Fremantle game was good, I don't think the turnover count reflects his game there. He didn't have a good finals series, he was unable to absorb the increased pressure and reverted to dump kicks/kicks to space and very rushed disposals leading to turnovers.

Genuine footballers without elite athletic traits are so hard to gauge. I've seen plenty of debate about Karl Amon, Willem Drew, Sam Gray, Will Snelling and Dylan Williams and I think Mead fits in with this group.

The Good
Groundball skills
Tidy Basic Disposal (Hit up kicks, quick hands on the inside)
Defensively sound (As a Half-Forward)
Good Intensity
Good Balance (Two-sided disposal helps/Keeps his feet)

Improving
Taking ground before disposing of the ball
Basic play-making (Draw and give, Give and go etc.)

Limiting abilities
Does not challenge teams/create space using his disposal (Most effective disposals are quick handballs/short kicks to players leading towards him)
Loves a dump kick/kick to space if he can't work out an immediate option

Going forward in his current rolling-up half-forward role I think he needs to develop his ability to absorb pressure and put his teammates into better spots. This means, at times, waiting longer to dispose of the ball to find the best option/let teammates get into open space and opening up his vision beyond the first option or dump kick 50m down the line. This is a pretty common development for players up to 100 games, I don't think it's beyond him.

If he improves this ability in addition to everything else he brings to the table I think he'll keep fighting for a spot in the 22 going forward, if not I think he's one good drafted player away from being out of the midfield rotation completely and Staring down the barrel of the dreaded small forward role.

Lacks creativity
Vanilla
Doesn’t take the game on

Is just safe, boring and vanilla

He’s no better than 100 other fringe midfielders out there

 

[rogerjames]

Plus he has no pace and isn’t a great tackler..

He’s an sanfler

Yeh, I'm starting to think that too. Just doesn't have a feature of his game that hurts the opposition but has plenty that hurts his team. Disappointing. Needs a breakout year in 2025.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

He's a solid burrowing mid but useless at half forward where he seems to get plonked too often.

 

[rogerjames]

I thought his Fremantle game was good, I don't think the turnover count reflects his game there. He didn't have a good finals series, he was unable to absorb the increased pressure and reverted to dump kicks/kicks to space and very rushed disposals leading to turnovers.

Genuine footballers without elite athletic traits are so hard to gauge. I've seen plenty of debate about Karl Amon, Willem Drew, Sam Gray, Will Snelling and Dylan Williams and I think Mead fits in with this group.

The Good
Groundball skills
Tidy Basic Disposal (Hit up kicks, quick hands on the inside)
Defensively sound (As a Half-Forward)
Good Intensity
Good Balance (Two-sided disposal helps/Keeps his feet)

Improving
Taking ground before disposing of the ball
Basic play-making (Draw and give, Give and go etc.)

Limiting abilities
Does not challenge teams/create space using his disposal (Most effective disposals are quick handballs/short kicks to players leading towards him)
Loves a dump kick/kick to space if he can't work out an immediate option

Going forward in his current rolling-up half-forward role I think he needs to develop his ability to absorb pressure and put his teammates into better spots. This means, at times, waiting longer to dispose of the ball to find the best option/let teammates get into open space and opening up his vision beyond the first option or dump kick 50m down the line. This is a pretty common development for players up to 100 games, I don't think it's beyond him.

If he improves this ability in addition to everything else he brings to the table I think he'll keep fighting for a spot in the 22 going forward, if not I think he's one good drafted player away from being out of the midfield rotation completely and Staring down the barrel of the dreaded small forward role.

But he can't play the small foward role. Just doesn't have the necessary attributes to succeed in that role. Could he play a tagging role?

 

[strath39]

Lacks creativity
Vanilla
Doesn’t take the game on

Is just safe, boring and vanilla

He’s no better than 100 other fringe midfielders out there

Further on this he lacks the foot speed to create space. Good Clean Handball but no offensive kicking . If he was more big bodied I think he would have a long career but Realisticaly plays 12-15 games and finishes up at the end of the year.

 

[TazD]

He's a solid burrowing mid but useless at half forward where he seems to get plonked too often.

Also know as Boak Disease

 

[klem22]

Meade definitely has shown a bit this year.
His biggest problem is the need to show continued improvement to become a real contributor in his own right.
Failure to do so should see him desisted.

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Meade definitely has shown a bit this year.
His biggest problem is the need to show continued improvement to become a real contributor in his own right.
Failure to do so should see him desisted.

Desisted!!!

 

[philthy05]

But he can't play the small foward role. Just doesn't have the necessary attributes to succeed in that role. Could he play a tagging role?

He’s probably the least defensively gifted mid on our list imo and yes I’m counting rozee.

Never shown any gift for defensive positioning around contests, not a volume tackler. Not a great runner.




Unfortunately the few elite traits he has are completely undone by his weaknesses

Ie, very good with weighting kicks, doesn’t work hard enough / gut run to use that kick in space and too slow to get that space around contests

Very good at reading ball off taps and good handball in contests , doesn’t get to remotely enough contests , too slow by foot to move once he has the ball, never hits contests running.


If there was a version of football slash netball where you’re not allowed to run once you get the ball he would be very good at that.

He has no afl future imo. If we cut him he’s not getting picked up by another team. Hasn’t shown as much as expected at sanfl level despite the sanfl being very much a slow mid stoppage player league.

 

[klem22]

Desisted!!!

What does desisted from some action mean?


Definition of desisted (from) past tense of desist (from) as in stopped. to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end ordered to desist from using the copyrighted music without permission. stopped.
Had to dig this up to cover my backside!

 

[rogerjames]

He’s probably the least defensively gifted mid on our list imo and yes I’m counting rozee.

Never shown any gift for defensive positioning around contests, not a volume tackler. Not a great runner.




Unfortunately the few elite traits he has are completely undone by his weaknesses

Ie, very good with weighting kicks, doesn’t work hard enough / gut run to use that kick in space and too slow to get that space around contests

Very good at reading ball off taps and good handball in contests , doesn’t get to remotely enough contests , too slow by foot to move once he has the ball, never hits contests running.


If there was a version of football slash netball where you’re not allowed to run once you get the ball he would be very good at that.

He has no afl future imo. If we cut him he’s not getting picked up by another team. Hasn’t shown as much as expected at sanfl level despite the sanfl being very much a slow mid stoppage player league.

Wow. Worse than Rozee defensively. Yikes.

 

[cosmicwinduptoy]

He’s probably the least defensively gifted mid on our list imo and yes I’m counting rozee.

Never shown any gift for defensive positioning around contests, not a volume tackler. Not a great runner.




Unfortunately the few elite traits he has are completely undone by his weaknesses

Ie, very good with weighting kicks, doesn’t work hard enough / gut run to use that kick in space and too slow to get that space around contests

Very good at reading ball off taps and good handball in contests , doesn’t get to remotely enough contests , too slow by foot to move once he has the ball, never hits contests running.


If there was a version of football slash netball where you’re not allowed to run once you get the ball he would be very good at that.

He has no afl future imo. If we cut him he’s not getting picked up by another team. Hasn’t shown as much as expected at sanfl level despite the sanfl being very much a slow mid stoppage player league.

Jackson has played 44 AFL games. It's usually around the 50 game mark that players start to show their true potential and ceiling at AFL level, so it's a make or break season approaching for Jackson.

Personally I think he's got another couple of gears that he hasn't shown yet at AFL level, and will make the doubters look very foolish.

Let's see how the upcoming season plays out.

 

[philthy05]

Jackson has played 44 AFL games. It's usually around the 50 game mark that players start to show their true potential and ceiling at AFL level, so it's a make or break season approaching for Jackson.

Personally I think he's got another couple of gears that he hasn't shown yet at AFL level, and will make the doubters look very foolish.

Let's see how the upcoming season plays out.

Probably one of the main criticisms you can level at the bloke is that he doesn’t have any extra gears

 

[Scodges]

Gee I really do hope he can have that break out year, sadly I just can’t see it happening.
Happy to be proven wrong.


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