OFFICIAL Blake Ayshford [Discussion]

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Blake was my man of the match last night. I am so impressed with this young guy. To show the guts he did not only last week when he was so ill but last night, after another disrupted week due to illness, he just shone with his defence. He is definitely going to be a special player to watch.
 
@sunshine coast tiger said:
I said earlier in the year we have the best centre paring going forward in the NRL. Ayshford with more game time will become a top NRL player. Look i like Beau but honestly if a fit TNT was outside Ayshford the results could be devastating to opposition defences.
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Obviously, you were crying in the dark like me. With little experience and being young, I thought he had something, AS A CENTRE LAST YEAR! Now, hopefully, the back-rower and low ratings talk WILL STOP!!!
Lawrence and Ayshford will be a brilliant, competition-winning centre pairing for years to come!
 
@alex said:
Did I read correctly all he ate the day of the Roosters game was 4 slices of toast?

And still scored a 60m try?!

Get Tip Top to sponsor him!!
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Yes you did read that…..man can not live on bread alone....Ayshford no problem...

Has a knack of breaking tackles...if there was a stat for half breaks he'd have a zillion...

Why would you move him?
 
Never understood the calls for his dropping.

He has been great all year for mine.

Around finals time you need a guy like Blake who is willing to hold the ball and take the safer option at times. He has really come along as a player though
 
How many times does he break through the first line of defence? He has an uncanny ability to do so.
 
@smeghead said:
Never understood the calls for his dropping.

He has been great all year for mine.

Around finals time you need a guy like Blake who is willing to hold the ball and take the safer option at times. He has really come along as a player though
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great all year?
i think that is a little over the top.
he was poor in alot of areas in the first half of the year.
came up with bad misses and his execution with the ball was poor,he came up with alot of turnovers after a positive play.he reminded me of the way collis started last year.

but the back half he has really cut out the errors in attack and defense.
the last 2 games he has really impressed me with his attitude while struggling with illness.
i tip my hat off to him for showing a focus i could only dream of having.
 
I honestly believe it Bon. I think alot of the chopping and changing in the halves hurt the cohesion of our defence as a whole. He did make some poor defensive reads but in balance I think he has been great all year. Ever reliable and always making the important metres out of our own end.

In saying that the growth at the back end is obvious. He is feeling more comfortable by the look of it and more and more of his ball playing abilities will come through in time
 
Sheens told him a few weeks ago he was under real pressure due to some of his poor defensive attempts resulting in tries (The Cowboys and Manly game are two matches that stand out) but since that talking to he has really stepped it up and worked hard. He's a hard fellow to put on the deck and while he has come up with some missed tackles, none of them have resulted in tries and he has come up with some good one-on-one defence. Put another 5kg on him for next year and he'll go real well.
 
When I was watching him in Toyota cup I was not impressed,but since he has been given a shot in the NRL he has improved each week,Easts must be cursing their buying policy after letting a rare junior go.
 
I think his defense was close to perfect last night. He came inside on more than a couple occasions to make some extremely important tackles. I had a feeling that all the talk in the media as to whether he would play or not would put added pressure on him to deliver but man did he stand up
 
If it wasn't for Ayshford paying special attention to Dugan we would not be playing next week, Dugan cut us up and Blake must have tackled him 10 times after others had fallen off.
 
@smeghead said:
I honestly believe it Bon. I think alot of the chopping and changing in the halves hurt the cohesion of our defence as a whole. He did make some poor defensive reads but in balance I think he has been great all year. Ever reliable and always making the important metres out of our own end.

In saying that the growth at the back end is obvious. He is feeling more comfortable by the look of it and more and more of his ball playing abilities will come through in time
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to each their own i guess.
i've said pretty much nothing on ayshford,brown and daniella all year,as i wanted to see how they went over a full season.
especially brown and daniella as i hadn't really noticed them at their previous clubs seeing as i only watch tigers games.
but all 3 have shown growth over the course of the year and proven their worth to the team.
 
I think blake has really matured the last 5 weeks he has more confidence, & having a regular half & five eight inside of him really helps, but also the kid is only 20 @ the most & is still growing & gaining in confidence.
 
Has been playing awesome, which he needed to because his spot was and should have been under pressure. He looks so hard to tackle, but sometimes I wish he removed his blinkers and realised that he can offload after one of his half breaks - he doesn't need to do it all.
 
His spot was never under pressure I can assure you! That was just Sheens giving him a rev up!

Daniela & Brown are miles behind him in the pecking order! He has been as safe as Lawrence all year!
 
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