Rd 20 : Pre Game thread - Carlton V Essendon

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JGM will be lucky to survive the cut too. He's certainly not that good. Jaskch regularly plays good footy in the VFL just has an attitude problem that will see his demise. Footy ability isn't his issue.

Jaksch doesn't play to fry and opportunity.

There is a good chance you are correct about Jaksch and JGM in regards to the cut.

I'm not convinced by Jaksch's form line, it's a quarter here and a quarter there, a lot of his KPP success has come from being a loose man or a crumber getting cheap goals out the back. Not something you want from a guy 195cm and +90kg, leave that job to the munchkins! In some respect Jaksch plays in the exact opposite of the style delivered by the reformed Jones. Jaksch lacks intensity, relies on someone to give him the ball, and impacts marking contests very little. He benefited greatly early in the season by having Jones and Silvagni doing teh heavy lifting with help from O'Shea, Phillips and McKay. When Jaksch isn't the main KPP, when he is surrounded by other tall players taking the KPP heat, he's played some good games but I don't see a future for him in that role. As the VFL coach himself writes, Jaksch's good VFL form is really just the baseline he's expected to achieve.

Prior to breaking his jaw I thought JGM's pre-season and early VFL form was right up there putting him in the running for spot. But at the time we had Plowman, Williamson and Marchbank all playing well. He looked worth a go at the higher levels, but I concede it would be a stretched to have him in the line up as well as Macreadie and Williamson.