Steven Morris [merged]

[🏅Dooks]

By the end of the game last night every carlton defender was expecting to be polaxed every time they got near the ball..having the opposition backline in panic mode opens up the game for other players...Morro did the job he was asked to do to perfection last night

This.

[Gigantor]

you know what claw I think you are way off the mark if you think  many of us here set the bar too low.All people here are passionate and would sell their souls if it meant a tiger premiership.Just because they don't read from the same book as you doesn't mean they have set the bar too low,in fact it might just mean the opposite..whether you know it or not you don't have a mortgage on the cure required

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By the end of the game last night every carlton defender was expecting to be polaxed every time they got near the ball..having the opposition backline in panic mode opens up the game for other players...Morro did the job he was asked to do to perfection last night

This.

Well that's good then.

[the claw]

you know what claw I think you are way off the mark if you think  many of us here set the bar too low.All people here are passionate and would sell their souls if it meant a tiger premiership.Just because they don't read from the same book as you doesn't mean they have set the bar too low,in fact it might just mean the opposite..whether you know it or not you don't have a mortgage on the cure required

dont believe i said i had a cure all ive done on this thread is say morriss game was lousy,  one dimensional, and he doesnt look remotely like a sml fwd. to me if people cant see that then yes they are blind or worse kidding themselves.
it really is pretty clear that morris is not the answer down fwd.hasnt shown one thing to suggest he is. i wont bag em for trying something but its just stupidity to continue with something that is not going to work.

and for all those thinking jake king is the standard he was a bum. talk about accepting mediocrity.

[HKTiger]

We have a game plan that has a role for a pure defensive forward.  You may not like it, you may not want it.  But it is what we have and what we play.  In that gameplan we need a player that will sacrifice and do things for the team.  Steve Morris does that.  He did that very well.

Ignoring a facet that the coaches and match committee have deemed an appropriate tool/tactic/approach for us is like that annoying stuffing 3 year old two rows back in the plane that screams the entire flight.

As for the 5 frees against.  2 if not 3 were for holding the ball.  Where Steve trapped the ball and slowed a Carlton release.  That is a specific gameplan tactic so I would excuse those frees.  That changes the ledger a little.

Given that Steve would have had a shot from 15 meters out on a very slight angle, which Sam Lloyd did kick an advantage goal from, by the way from Steve harrassing and forcing a panic turnover, from Chris Yarran in fact, the naysayers let emotion get in the way of actuality.

But hey if we can't criticize the Tiges even when we win where's the fun.

[Zlatan]

King was better up forward.

King was pretty average

[Gigantor]

to quote Ronald Reagan.....there you go again..saying jake king was a bum just re enforces  the belief I have that you probably watch football with blinkers on

[🏅Dooks]

We have a game plan that has a role for a pure defensive forward.  You may not like it, you may not want it.  But it is what we have and what we play.  In that gameplan we need a player that will sacrifice and do things for the team.  Steve Morris does that.  He did that very well.

In 2015 that's what what our game plan calls for. Call it one dimensional, but a pure defensive forward is not without its benefits. Its not measured on goals, goal assists and possessions, rather on tackles and pressure acts, and opposition turnovers.

It seems others who can't fathom a small forward being anything other than a pure crumbling forward struggle with the whole concept and that's the basis for not seeing Morris be what they expect.

Then again, their probably the same posters who want to see place kicks and the centre diamond back.

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*disclaimer. This photograph is not  meant to be disparaging on the grounds of sexual preference
or otherwise. It's sole purpose is to exaggerate Morris's arm in a confronting yet humorous way.
If you feel otherwise, well, just read the disclaimer again.

[WilliamPowell]

*disclaimer. This photograph is not  meant to be disparaging on the grounds of sexual preference
or otherwise. It's sole purpose is to exaggerate Morris's arm in a confronting yet humorous way.
If you feel otherwise, well, just read the disclaimer again.

 

[the claw]

We have a game plan that has a role for a pure defensive forward.  You may not like it, you may not want it.  But it is what we have and what we play.  In that gameplan we need a player that will sacrifice and do things for the team.  Steve Morris does that.  He did that very well.

In 2015 that's what what our game plan calls for. Call it one dimensional, but a pure defensive forward is not without its benefits. Its not measured on goals, goal assists and possessions, rather on tackles and pressure acts, and opposition turnovers.

It seems others who can't fathom a small forward being anything other than a pure crumbling forward struggle with the whole concept and that's the basis for not seeing Morris be what they expect.

Then again, their probably the same posters who want to see place kicks and the centre diamond back.

its a worry when people cant see that most other sides expect their sml fwds to DO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING.  KICK GOALS, TACKLE, APPLY PRESSURE.

Are you suggesting the likes of rioli puopolo wingard gray lecras garlett betts bruest  and i can go on and on ballantyne walters ,are purely crumbing fwds and do nothing else. is it really too much to expect us to have fwds who do all the basics rather than just the odd one.
3 possesions 4 tackles is abysmal. anyone who says otherwise wallows in mediocrity.

[HKTiger]

Wont speak for Dooks but that's not what I'm saying.

I'm just watching and analysing what we're doing and how we're playing.

I would have thought that's pretty easy to comprehend.  Dooks did.

I think that 3 year old two rows back just started up again.

[🏅Dooks]

Wont speak for Dooks but that's not what I'm saying.

I'm just watching and analysing what we're doing and how we're playing.

I would have thought that's pretty easy to comprehend.  Dooks did.

I think that 3 year old two rows back just started up again.

Kickin chairs and flicking Fanta out of his straw over the adults in front. Someone take him for a walk to see the seagulls

[the claw]

to quote Ronald Reagan.....there you go again..saying jake king was a bum just re enforces  the belief I have that you probably watch football with blinkers on

nope wearing blinkers is calling very average players good players. jake king was ordinary and a big part of our problems.
 while the likes of king was kicking his 10 goals a yr and laying his 2 tackles agame and running around like a pumped up pimp with little impact  other clubs had blokes kicking their 40 goals a yr laying 100 tackles a yr and actually being a part of a fwd unit  that did have impact.  he was a very ordinary player little wonder our fwd line has never worked with the likes of him there.

the eptimomy of madness is to do the same thing over and over expecting the same results. we repeat the same mistake with morris never learning always struggling up fwd.

yep some of us actually learn from what they have got wrong in the past some others  just remain blinkered.

Wont speak for Dooks but that's not what I'm saying.

I'm just watching and analysing what we're doing and how we're playing.

I would have thought that's pretty easy to comprehend.  Dooks did.

I think that 3 year old two rows back just started up again.

you can speak for who ever you like i couldnt give a toss. i wasnt actually replying to your post. i usually only reply to posts with some degree of common sense.

anyway  please tell what sacrifice did morris make.what tackles did he lay that a goal scoring sml would not be expected to make.what pressure acts did he perform that you would not expect from a regular sml fwd. what turn overs did he force ffs what defender did he take out of the game.

nope excuses are excuses his game was lousy, he had  little or no impact both offensively and defensively and it   was mistake riddled fiasco that you blkokes defend that is laughable..

you blokes it seems  can accept that sort of mediocrity but i certainly wont.

[WilliamPowell]

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