Blake Ayshford - very impressed

Yossarian

Yossarian

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I admit I had my doubts about him at stages of the season but I think Blake has really stood up in the finals. His defence is much better, he's been strong in attack, and made good decisions.

Hope he can keep his form up.
 
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.
 
I thought his defence has always been good. He missed a couple of one-on-ones but was never embarrassed. He is a quality footballer. Hard to tackle. Looks to be a quality future back-rower but hopefully he stays in the centres.
 
he may miss some, but he does put in some cracking play-stopping tackles too. His one-on-one at-speed tackles are fantastic! must be the lanky arms
 
@yossarian said:
i admit i had my doubts about him at stages of the season but i think blake has really stood up in the finals. His defence is much better, he's been strong in attack, and made good decisions.

Hope he can keep his form up.
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all young players struggle with defense it takes time not only physically but mentally to concentrate for 80 minutes and to learn to read a play.we saw it with lawrence and ayshford and we are seeing it now from lui and fifita but i think with time lui will come out of his defensive lapses and turn into a star in his own right.hes only played about 15 games and is 20 with time lui as where seeing with ayshford will be a star.
 
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!!
 
He showed glimpses of Brillaince undermining Matai @ sfs late 09' - has obviously matured since then & his all round game looking great! Another Roosters junior that "got away"…
 
I had been critical of Ayshford's defence, reading plays wrong, running up out of the line and missing tackles. His attack has been good but not great as he tended to hang onto the ball when a pass was needed.

I can only say that his defence and attack in the last month has been outstanding. Well done Blake for the improvement. Keep it up and I see great things ahead.
 
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.
 
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