Blakes Game :)

Dan Warna · Post: # 771287Post **Dan Warna** » Tue 07 Jul 2009 9:42pm

what a blinder.

blake and Gilbert intercepted almost everything that came there way.

thomson put his pit bull terrier rooke on fisher and slowed fish's run but fish trounced him in the air and on the ground as well.

outstanding team effort in Defence.

given the barrage the cats delivered against the saints, the defence quite often caught out without the midfield support due the cats extreme speed convincingly held the line.

was stirring stuff.

saintbrat · Post: # 771305Post **saintbrat** » Tue 07 Jul 2009 9:57pm

as shown by his position on the ladder for marks
within the club
Nick Riewoldt 133
Jason Blake 106
Samuel Fisher 103
Sam Gilbert 102
Justin Koschitzke 90

and for the league
1 Nick Riewoldt St Kilda 133
2 Brian Lake Western Bulldogs 110
3 Bret Thornton Carlton 108
4 Dane Swan Collingwood 106
5 Jason Blake St Kilda 106
6 Samuel Fisher St Kilda 103
7 Jonathan Brown Brisbane Lions 103
8 Tarkyn Lockyer Collingwood 102

Solar · Post: # 771308Post **Solar** » Tue 07 Jul 2009 10:01pm

saints lose thier best full back of the last 10 years, blake comes in and plays an awesome game at full back. johnson misses for the cats and hogan does stuf all..... nah cats have the depth

st.byron · Post: # 771311Post **st.byron** » Tue 07 Jul 2009 10:02pm

Had Blake in my votes. One of his best games.

claystreet · Tue 07 Jul 2009 10:29pm

Had him in my votes as well.

Go The Blake!!

perfectionist · Tue 07 Jul 2009 10:31pm

saintbrat wrote: 1 Nick Riewoldt St Kilda 133
2 Brian Lake Western Bulldogs 110
3 Bret Thornton Carlton 108
4 Dane Swan Collingwood 106
5 Jason Blake St Kilda 106
6 Samuel Fisher St Kilda 103
7 Jonathan Brown Brisbane Lions 103
8 Tarkyn Lockyer Collingwood 102

Mmm. Far gap between Nick and the rest and not too many easy chips to Nick either.

noblejohn · Post: # 771374Post **noblejohn** » Tue 07 Jul 2009 11:31pm

and still the morons behind us (L2 aisle37) continued to have a go at him every time he went near the ball

Dan Warna · Post: # 771383Post **Dan Warna** » Tue 07 Jul 2009 11:42pm

shocking disposal from black...only 92% accuracy...(yes i know chips around the back 50 ><)

pretty sure i saw some long kicks to the forward line from him though.

and if its so damn easy, why isn't every other backman kicking at 92% accuracy ><.

Saints43 · Post: # 771402Post **Saints43** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 12:09am

One of the great parts of the day was in the Victory Room after the game.

(And credit to the room for living up to it's name 24/7 nowadays)

Blakey was interviewed by Bruce Eva and described the day as 'emotional'.

150 games for our great club and one of the best wins he'd been involved in.

It would be great if some on here could see just how much playing for St Kilda means to most of the players and that any deficiencies are not generally due to lack of effort/lack of care.

He's a good one The Blake.

Thinline · Post: # 771546Post **Thinline** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 11:12am

Re the stats above, third tall indefence is ALWAYS gonna take a fair few marks, but he's still gotta get there.

Oustanding game by Blake. He was due a really good one. He delivered.

bozza1980 · Post: # 771551Post **bozza1980** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 11:17am

Im a big fan.

More importantly Ross Lyon seems to be.

Get's the job done, flexible, vital cog in a charge for the flag.

matrix · Post: # 771560Post **matrix** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 11:24am

love the blake
the blake is good

bergholt · Post: # 771572Post **bergholt** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 11:41am

Dan Warna wrote:what a blinder.

blake and Gilbert intercepted almost everything that came there way.

agreed. blake had a great game.

halcyon · Post: # 771635Post **halcyon** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 1:02pm

great game Blakey...as always. Dawson must still be in a Honeymoon period with fans. If Blake generated Dawson's stats - 5 kicks, 4 clangers and 4 frees against, he would have been crucified by fans....

SaintWodonga · Wed 08 Jul 2009 1:21pm

Yeah great game and a great year actually.. Well done 150 Blakey..

degruch · Post: # 771643Post **degruch** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 1:28pm

Hehe...I remember how uncomfortable he looked sitting on the couch at home, when they televised his name being called out by St Kilda at the draft. I'm glad he's with us, one of the games true utilities (along with guys like Goodes) and a shrewd acquisition.

Looking forward to his 200th, well earned. Go Blakey!

Mr Magic · Post: # 771644Post **Mr Magic** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 1:30pm

halcyon wrote:great game Blakey...as always. Dawson must still be in a Honeymoon period with fans. If Blake generated Dawson's stats - 5 kicks, 4 clangers and 4 frees against, he would have been crucified by fans....

Actually it's interesting that differing sites have different match stats.
Pro-Stats show Dawson as having 11 disposals (10 unc) 7 one percenters, 3 frees against, no errors (clangers?) and 9 Rebound 50's.
That's a much healthier game than the stats quoted above would convey.

Back to the OP
Jason Blake has long been an unsung hero of our CLub.
Has always tried 100% to do whatever task his coaches have asked of him.
Not overly blessed with talent, he will never be accused of failing to not give himself every opportunity to succeed at AFL level.

If someone ever asks you to give them a description of the term GOP you could just reply with the name Jason Blake.

Well done Blakey.
Not many VFL/AFL players make it to 100 games. He's made it to 150 and still going strong.

joffaboy · Post: # 771656Post **joffaboy** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 2:25pm

Mr Magic wrote:
If someone ever asks you to give them a description of the term GOP you could just reply with the name Jason Blake.

Well done Blakey.
Not many VFL/AFL players make it to 100 games. He's made it to 150 and still going strong.

I'll gfo one better.

If someone ever asks you to give them a description of the term great clubman you could just reply with the name Jason Blake.

JB has managed to get every little piece of ability out of his god given talents (which aren't elite at AFL level by any means).

What you will get with JB is a contest, each and every time. Never shirks the contest and always gives 100%.

has played some wonderful games for the Saints as well. Tagging and running off Goodes int he final in 04, being switched to the midfield against Hawthorn to kick 3 third term goals, rucking against giants and always giving his all.

JB is a credit to himself and the STKFC. We should all be proud that he played so well on his 150th.

Well Done.

Richter · Post: # 771659Post **Richter** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 2:33pm

Yep, you gotta love the Blake!!

I have to stay that at times he has frustrated with some of his clangers.... but the important thing was that he has NEVER shirked responsibility. Many players who have made the occasional clanger like JB has would shrink away from taking possession of the ball, setting up play again in the future. NOT the Blake. He always bounces back and ALWAYS puts in 100%.

Not only that but he has IMPROVED this year. Far fewer clangers. His current role as 3rd defender/utility suits him to a T and he is playing good, solid footy.

Cairnsman · Post: # 771661Post **Cairnsman** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 2:37pm

I'm going to make a suggestion that might surprise and I'm sorry if it has been mentioned somewhere else before but I think JB loves getting up for the big games against the AFL's best.

Take his game against Hawthorn last year for example. Can anyone else remember a big game where Blakey played a blinder?

degruch · Post: # 771667Post **degruch** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 2:42pm

Cairnsman wrote:I'm going to make a suggestion that might surprise and I'm sorry if it has been mentioned somewhere else before but I think JB loves getting up for the big games against the AFL's best.

Runs on confidence, big time. Destroyed Hawthorn last year, but was attrocious against the Swans in Sydney not long after. The team is up and running this year, and so is he. Having said that, he has the flexibility to play in many positions, so is also experimented with a lot...it's rare that he completely fails.

skeptic · Post: # 771715Post **skeptic** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 3:57pm

Am not a huge Blake fan

but the guy was a STAR on the weekend. Best game I've seen him play for a while. Absolutely tore his opponent apart and was seemingly the glue that held the backline together.

I still think that Max needs to come into the team at the expense of one of Blake or Dawson (for the sake of balance). Up until now I always thought it was clearly Blake, on that performance I have no idea now.

degruch · Post: # 771722Post **degruch** » Wed 08 Jul 2009 4:06pm

skeptic wrote:Am not a huge Blake fan

but the guy was a STAR on the weekend. Best game I've seen him play for a while. Absolutely tore his opponent apart and was seemingly the glue that held the backline together.

I still think that Max needs to come into the team at the expense of one of Blake or Dawson (for the sake of balance). Up until now I always thought it was clearly Blake, on that performance I have no idea now.

Are you throwing Blake a frik'n bone, Dr Skeptic?

HarveysDeciple · Wed 08 Jul 2009 4:12pm

Cairnsman wrote:I'm going to make a suggestion that might surprise and I'm sorry if it has been mentioned somewhere else before but I think JB loves getting up for the big games against the AFL's best.

Take his game against Hawthorn last year for example. Can anyone else remember a big game where Blakey played a blinder?

Took 18 marks in our win against Collingwood in the semi final last year.

Was also one of our few who kept going in that last quarter disaster in the prelim against sydney 05.

HarveysDeciple · Wed 08 Jul 2009 4:45pm

Also... 1468 people have played for St.Kilda at the highest level.

Only 45 of those have played more games then Jason Blake.

And he has played in an era where we will make 5 finals campaigns in 10 years, so we haven't been terrible (with the exception of his first couple of seasons.)

Has done very well for himself.

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