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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #120 on: March 17, 2022, 10:29:32 PM »
Agree, not up to standard
why do the play this bloke over Cumberland has got me baffled
Even Caddy participates and would be a better option

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #121 on: March 17, 2022, 10:30:17 PM »
He's a friendly Jake King

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #122 on: March 17, 2022, 10:49:38 PM »
Nice bloke but not AFL standard. Just the truth

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #123 on: March 18, 2022, 12:21:49 AM »
Have said many times Jake needs to play to his obvious limitations of which there are many

And to make matters worse they gave him mid field time  :banghead

Why?
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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #124 on: March 18, 2022, 12:27:46 AM »
Only three games away from 50 and really hoping he doesn't get there.... any less than a dozen injuries to our best 22 and this bloke simply shouldn't be anywhere near the senior side.....:thumbsdown
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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #125 on: March 18, 2022, 12:42:29 AM »
It’s quite amazing that mostly everyone I know don’t think this bloke is AFL standard and that includes most on this forum. He tries but he’s just not up to the level required.

But for some inexplicable reason he just keeps getting selected.  :help
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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #126 on: March 18, 2022, 06:48:14 AM »
Have said many times Jake needs to play to his obvious limitations of which there are many

And to make matters worse they gave him mid field time  :banghead

Why?
Jake trained with the midfield group for most of the preseason. So that's why he got midfield time last night.

Having said that it still doesn't make sense to me. So WP, I still ask the same question --- Why?  :-\
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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #127 on: March 18, 2022, 05:29:52 PM »
coaches pet. Either that or he has some incriminating photo's  :snidegrin

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #128 on: March 18, 2022, 07:41:49 PM »
coaches pet. Either that or he has some incriminating photo's  :snidegrin

Confirmed has photos
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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #129 on: March 19, 2022, 10:56:28 PM »
His place in the side gives me the same feels as when I used to see matt Thomas in the lineup

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #130 on: March 20, 2022, 12:51:21 PM »
His place in the side gives me the same feels as when I used to see matt Thomas in the lineup

I still think Matt Thomas was much maligned.
Iknow he didnt give much when it came spread he was a bit slowand didnt offer a lot offensively.
But by crickey he was very sevicable  on the inside and imo this is just not acknowledged.

he played 15 games for us in 2014 2015 and yeah i know some will say 15 too many but after those 15 games his inside body of work went as the following remember also he only had the 15 games and three were less than half a game.

 305 Disposals at 20.3. 83 Tackles at 5.5. 60 clearances at 4.0

Even stacked up against Thomas our younger mids like Ross and Graham have some way to go to match him on the inside.

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #131 on: March 20, 2022, 01:06:01 PM »
I feel bad for ripping on him now. Just saw an article that his knee was cooked! Like it’s still Richmond’s fault for playing him but Thomas still had a dip on one leg. His disposal sends and being part of scoring chains is still nightmare inducing stuff

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #132 on: March 20, 2022, 08:53:21 PM »
His place in the side gives me the same feels as when I used to see matt Thomas in the lineup

I actually didn't mind him. Nor Brad Miller. People just have to accept they weren't never meant to be A grade players. Just moneyball role players.

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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #133 on: March 20, 2022, 10:21:59 PM »
They were both very, very ordinary. Ultimately it didn't hurt us playing them given we ended up winning a stack of premierships, but they were list cloggers of the highest order.
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Re: Jake Aarts [merged]
« Reply #134 on: July 07, 2022, 06:22:34 PM »
Jake is back in.


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