The whipping boy for years is now a veteran.
Has been coached by Tim Watson, Blight, Thomas, and Lyon.
Has played as a stopper, as a backman, hasbeen pushed forward, and has effectively rucked for seasons with Thomas and as recently as the drawn Grand Final.
These type of selfless players are what clubs are built on.
A good ordinary player who has done everything within his power and limited skill set to be an AFL footballer....and has done so for going into his 12 season on a senior list.
Gotta love the Blake.
Congratulations Jason Blake
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Re: Congratulations Jason Blake
I'd argue that he is a blinding kick and that he's tough.joffaboy wrote:A good ordinary player who has done everything within his power and limited skill set to be an AFL footballer....and has done so for going into his 12 season on a senior list.
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Re: Congratulations Jason Blake
Some people like to knock the bloke with comments such as "we'll never win a GF with Blake in the side".joffaboy wrote:The whipping boy for years is now a veteran.
Has been coached by Tim Watson, Blight, Thomas, and Lyon.
Has played as a stopper, as a backman, hasbeen pushed forward, and has effectively rucked for seasons with Thomas and as recently as the drawn Grand Final.
These type of selfless players are what clubs are built on.
A good ordinary player who has done everything within his power and limited skill set to be an AFL footballer....and has done so for going into his 12 season on a senior list.
Gotta love the Blake.
That of course is crap!
No side has ever played with 22 superstars on the field - NO SIDE. It just can't happen, particularly so with the Draft and salary cap. Every premiership team contains several good, honest players.
Like joffaboy I dips me lid to Blakey
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That may be but with salary caps etc, we might not have someone like Dal Santo if we'd taken Chapman instead of Blake.barks4eva wrote:We did select him before Norm Smith Medalist and premiership player Paul Chapman, though!Stephen Theodore wrote:Every team needs a "Blakey"
We can't have drafted all the stars. We need some Jason Blakes..
Gee that bloke is persistent. Yes i've derided him in the past but what an attitude he has. Just keeps fighting the long defeat with his team mates!
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Every successful club needs a workhorse like the Blake.
Rarely beaten, always gives 100% and bleeds for his team mates.
He would be the first player you would pick after you had finished with the elite group.
Bad players don't play as many games as Blakey has played in a team that has missed the finals series only once since 2004.
Well done Blakey, just hope you get that premiership medallion that you, and many others deserve.
Also hope you finally get a brownlow vote, surely they should have given you one for your performance against Hawthorn in 08 when you played a very big part in turning that game around.
Rarely beaten, always gives 100% and bleeds for his team mates.
He would be the first player you would pick after you had finished with the elite group.
Bad players don't play as many games as Blakey has played in a team that has missed the finals series only once since 2004.
Well done Blakey, just hope you get that premiership medallion that you, and many others deserve.
Also hope you finally get a brownlow vote, surely they should have given you one for your performance against Hawthorn in 08 when you played a very big part in turning that game around.
Except for the sanity nothing much has been lost.
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Can you imagine the shape of Chapman's hamstrings had he played Thomas era at St Kilda...GoTheTorp wrote:Always a negative when people are tryng to be positive. Who freaken cares about Chapman?barks4eva wrote:We did select him before Norm Smith Medalist and premiership player Paul Chapman, though!Stephen Theodore wrote:Every team needs a "Blakey"
Go Te Blake well done son!!!
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
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Because hes achieved something you never will.Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:As much as I think he is a contributor in our team at the moment why are we praising one of the less talented players out of our best 18?
Who was Collingwood's Jason Blake?
Geelong's?
Hawthorn's?
What have other teams got to do with Jason?
If you dont like it that some supporters like the guy then go back to where you crawled back out from and keep your negativity to your lonely self
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Of course I never will play AFL. Neither will you? See I can play that game too...GoTheTorp wrote:Because hes achieved something you never will.Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:As much as I think he is a contributor in our team at the moment why are we praising one of the less talented players out of our best 18?
Who was Collingwood's Jason Blake?
Geelong's?
Hawthorn's?
What have other teams got to do with Jason?
If you dont like it that some supporters like the guy then go back to where you crawled back out from and keep your negativity to your lonely self
What I am saying is is over the past couple of years whilst most saints supporters have backslapped each other for our 'success' we have even praised gop's that really shouldn't be praised so frequently as in this case Jason Blake is/has been.
"It's a work in progress," Lyon said.
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None of those sides have a Blake.Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:As much as I think he is a contributor in our team at the moment why are we praising one of the less talented players out of our best 18?
Who was Collingwood's Jason Blake?
Geelong's?
Hawthorn's?
I'm glad.
Your point again? I missed it...
"The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break in the game. Every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches that's gonna make the f***in' difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying!'
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Where are other teams weirdly overly praised gop?Thinline wrote:None of those sides have a Blake.Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:As much as I think he is a contributor in our team at the moment why are we praising one of the less talented players out of our best 18?
Who was Collingwood's Jason Blake?
Geelong's?
Hawthorn's?
I'm glad.
Your point again? I missed it...
"It's a work in progress," Lyon said.
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Kicks: 8.5 - 8.5Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:Who was Collingwood's Jason Blake?
Disposals: 16.2 - 15.4
Marks: 6.8 - 5.5
Also pretty close in spoils, contested marks and contested possessions:
(during H+A)
1%: 5.2 - 7.6
CM: .86 - .78
CP: 4.8 - 6.6
So who was Collingwood's Jason Blake? That'd be this guy:
EDIT: Switched to avgs since the Collingwood guy missed four games.
Yeah nah pleasing positive
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You cant compare Maxwell to Blake.vacuous space wrote:Kicks: 8.5 - 8.5Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:Who was Collingwood's Jason Blake?
Disposals: 16.2 - 15.4
Marks: 6.8 - 5.5
Also pretty close in spoils, contested marks and contested possessions:
(during H+A)
1%: 115 - 136
CM: 19 - 14
CP: 105 - 118
So who was Collingwood's Jason Blake? That'd be this guy:
Whilst I agree with you regarding the similarities in the two players, one obviously is a leader of men and whatever he says behind closed doors assists the playing group as...they beat us for the flag...
"It's a work in progress," Lyon said.
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If every 1 out of 4 players picked would become a dual premiership player and a norm smith medalist i would not complain.vacuous space wrote:Geelong picked David Spriggs, Ezra Bray and Daniel Foster before Chapman.barks4eva wrote:We did select him before Norm Smith Medalist and premiership player Paul Chapman, though!
Spriggs was going to be a good player before doing his knee wrecked his career and Bray should have been better but battled some issues (i remember reading an article a while back).
"It's a work in progress," Lyon said.
So your point is?Spriggs was going to be a good player before doing his knee wrecked his career and Bray should have been better but battled some issues (i remember reading an article a while back).
A 200 game AFL player compared to nobody and nobody from nowhere?
I've never seen a bad St.Kilda player - that's just how they are.
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29 Years of age and has played 187 games.
No one plays that amount of games if they are ordinary.
He may not be the most talented, but he shows guts and strong discipline.
A possible 200 gamer Saint Player. You should all be applauding his efforts.
No one plays that amount of games if they are ordinary.
He may not be the most talented, but he shows guts and strong discipline.
A possible 200 gamer Saint Player. You should all be applauding his efforts.
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