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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: Judge Roughneck on June 26, 2014, 09:43:20 AM

Title: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Judge Roughneck on June 26, 2014, 09:43:20 AM
Wants out apparently
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Tigers of Old on June 26, 2014, 09:47:05 AM
Is it 3 or 4 knee recos he's had?
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Phil Mrakov on June 26, 2014, 09:53:43 AM
Give him 3 years like Knights. I look forward to him playing his first and only RFC game in June 2017
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Tiger Tragic on June 26, 2014, 10:19:45 AM
I like the idea.  Knights needs a long term friend in the rehab group.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: tigers_of_old_1980 on June 26, 2014, 10:40:01 AM
We served our time with Cogs, he'll be given a wide berth by the Tiges. And rightly so.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Dice on June 26, 2014, 10:40:46 AM
He wants out ? What , Freo not given you enough support over three years of rehab and three years of paying your salary with zero return for the club ? Now you're finally fit and you're gonna walk out.

Good bloke
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Chuck17 on June 26, 2014, 11:25:14 AM
Is this a gee up thread
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Diocletian on June 26, 2014, 02:48:06 PM
As I said in another thread, about the same risk as Knights but a much bigger reward. 5 years younger, massive potential, seriously talented, much moreso than Knights. Worth a punt but only if we could get him cheap enough. Hell, 2-3 years of him stuck on the injury list still > 2 more years of Hampsud playing regularly.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on June 26, 2014, 03:26:55 PM
Worth a third rounder at most. Could also be worth a second round upgrade for Freo.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Yeahright on June 26, 2014, 03:39:31 PM
Only a straight swap for Knights. Need our list to be balanced and maintain the healthy balance of one injury list bludger
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: tony_montana on June 26, 2014, 03:44:12 PM
He wants out ? What , Freo not given you enough support over three years of rehab and three years of paying your salary with zero return for the club ? Now you're finally fit and you're gonna walk out.

Good bloke

exactly - I call rubbish - no way he'd want out unless he's an absolute dog of a bloke
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Eat_em_Alive on June 26, 2014, 04:03:14 PM
Give him 3 years like Knights. I look forward to him playing his first and only RFC game in June 2017
Why stop at 3? Lets go 5  :shh
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Chuck17 on June 26, 2014, 04:23:44 PM
Only a straight swap for Knights. Need our list to be balanced and maintain the healthy balance of one injury list bludger

 :clapping
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Diocletian on June 26, 2014, 04:31:31 PM
Only a straight swap for Knights. Need our list to be balanced and maintain the healthy balance of one injury list bludger

A straight swap for Hamspud or Grigg would pretty much have the same effect.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: (•))(©™ on June 26, 2014, 04:33:49 PM
just what we need.....a Rabbitoh....
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Yeahright on June 26, 2014, 04:34:25 PM
Only a straight swap for Knights. Need our list to be balanced and maintain the healthy balance of one injury list bludger

A straight swap for Hamspud or Grigg would pretty much have the same effect.

Grigg at least gets on the park
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Diocletian on June 26, 2014, 04:35:52 PM
Only a straight swap for Knights. Need our list to be balanced and maintain the healthy balance of one injury list bludger

A straight swap for Hamspud or Grigg would pretty much have the same effect.

Grigg at least gets on the park

Which is where the problem starts.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Judge Roughneck on June 26, 2014, 05:23:55 PM
Pick #4

After one D Martin. Was he not
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: one-eyed on June 26, 2014, 07:00:34 PM
Pick #4

After one D Martin. Was he not
Yep.

1. Scully
2. Trengove
3. Martin
4. Morabito

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_AFL_Draft#2009_National_Draft
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Hellenic Tiger on June 26, 2014, 07:52:08 PM
Yes lets replace Knights with Morabito in the knee inj indefinite rehab group.
At 300K plus a season that should be the sugar to sweeten this deal.
You beauty.
He can play 4 games next year.
Maybe half a dozen in 2016.
He can get a farewell game against his old club in the popular 1:10 timeslot at Etihad in front of 50 travelling Freo fans and a couple of security guards. :help
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Loui Tufga on June 26, 2014, 08:07:15 PM
Just for the record he's played every game this year in the WAFL.
He's averaging 21 disposals and can't crack a gig in the senior side.
Not saying I want him but Nick Malceski proves its possible to come back from 3 knee reco's.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Penelope on June 27, 2014, 05:17:01 PM
this is the bloke who said that he understands that he may have to start his career interstate, before being drafted.

Chances of luring him away from WA are minimal.

Chances of luring him away fro any length of time are even less
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: 🏅Dooks on June 27, 2014, 06:03:40 PM
Just for the record he's played every game this year in the WAFL.
He's averaging 21 disposals and can't crack a gig in the senior side.
Not saying I want him but Nick Malceski proves its possible to come back from 3 knee reco's.

yep id have a run at him. far from a spud. worth a shot at. i thought i heard a week or so ago he was killing it and was not far off. obviously not well liked by Lyon
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: the claw on June 28, 2014, 12:51:26 PM
to me there was just 4 picks for us in 2009, trengove and scully who were melbourne bound and everyone knew it and martin and morabito.  i would have taken either in front of the melbourne boys.
for me being in wa and seeing moribito a fair bit he was my choice at pick 3.  hes a serious talent who has been totally cruelled by knee injury.
im not sure what affect the knees will have on his ability to reach his potential but if given a good run without injury i reckon he will still become a good player at the very  least.

sheesh if he cements a spot at freo their mids which are big compaered to most will get even bigger. how many 190/98  quick line breaking mids are there about the place.
norabito 190/98
mundy 192/91
fyfe 190/88
barlow 190/90
crowley 188/90
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: TigerMonk on June 28, 2014, 09:12:20 PM
surely none of you are even thinking this rehab supervisor will be getting in the gates of Tigerland.  :rollin
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: tdy on June 29, 2014, 12:55:23 PM
Tough choice. Talented but injury prone.  If he was PSD then sure why not. 1 year contract or multi year with an injury clause.  Too many injuries just makes an uneven team.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: tony_montana on June 29, 2014, 12:56:31 PM
hes not going anywhere, he wont walk and dockers will stick by him
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Judge Roughneck on June 29, 2014, 01:17:01 PM
If we got him he'd probably play VFL as griggs back up under hardwick
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: Penelope on June 29, 2014, 01:18:44 PM
grigg backs up under hardwick?

that explains a lot........
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: bojangles17 on June 29, 2014, 01:49:59 PM
Has this bloke ever played a decent game at senior afl level or are we talkin u16s last time he showed something , someone link a best players for reference
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on June 29, 2014, 02:24:02 PM
Has this bloke ever played a decent game at senior afl level or are we talkin u16s last time he showed something , someone link a best players for reference
The guy can seriously play BJ.  His injury curse is the only question mark he has over him.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: YellowandBlackBlood on June 30, 2014, 07:21:25 AM
WAFL report....
Anthony Morabito again starred for Thunder with 24 disposals, while Fremantle ruckman Jack Hannath kicked two goals and combined well in the ruck with Jonathon Griffin.
Title: Re: Anthony Morabito
Post by: tony_montana on June 30, 2014, 08:13:04 PM
Aint going to happen