or it could go the other way people. morabito is about 5cm taller 5 kg heavier a little more streamlined and in time will be capable of doing what goodes does for sydney or even pavlich his teammate. that is play kp if need be.
i still maintain the greatest upside of any of the top 4 taken this yr is morabito.
i have no doubt he will play rnd one this yr as well.
from what i can see both will be very good players but it would be a bummer if morabito makes it and martin doesnt.
in fact freos midfield is taking shape quite nicely.hill palmer ibbotson morabito suban haselby it sort of goes to show its not just about improving your list but doing better than everyone else we forget all clubs keep on improving.
Morabito might end up being the next Adam Goodes but he might end up being the next Des Headland. As far as risk for return goes, Martin, Scully and Trengove are a lot safer investment - that's why he didn't go until #4 (and might have even been later if Freo had a later pick). We couldn't afford to take risks with our early pick.
And as for midfields taking shape - ignoring Haselby and Cousins who will both be gone in 2 seasons, I'll back Deledio, Tambling, Cotchin, Martin, Foley, Jackson and Collins against them any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
have to say im not having a go at martin in fact quite happy to have him. but if people think there was much between morabito martin scully and trengove they are kidding themselves.
he was the standout at u18s played against men and done well also.
performance against peers he stacks up better than any of them. hes of a height and size that will enable him to play both tall and midfield thus has more versatility.
i have no doubt martins footskills got him taken at 3 instead of morabito. morabito was never going to slip lower than pick 4 and it would have come as no surprise to see him go higher.
hmm the two midfields in going forward as Hardwick likes to say. i would give it to our lot but there isnt a lot in it.
in deledio, cotchin (who has done nothing to date because of injury) and martin i think we have real quality and better ball users.
but with hill morabito and palmer they have a running brigade that could be awesome.palmers kicking is a worry though.add suban and ibbotson who i have no doubt will be good players their mid field moving forward is looking decent. without doubt they could do with a dustin martin type.
atm they have far better structure forward especially if pavlich plays forward permanently and back with solid kpds in johnson grover mcpharlin and tarrant it could well be one of these 4 will play forward. and with sandilands a dominant ruckman.
with a massive home ground advantage i think they may surprise a few this yr.
