Cotchin on SEN talking about Morris ...
* I think the great thing about Morro is that every opportunity he’s near the footy, he’ll give his 100%. It’s never 90% or 95%, it’s always 100 and that’s why we love him. Like any individual he’ll be disappointed with just three possessions in a game but what we’re saying from a team point of view, the pressure and perceive pressure that he puts on the opposition is going to have a massive impact this season. It’s just where the game’s going. You want to turn the ball over as close to goal as possible to give yourself an opportunity to put another score on the board. Morro had been performing a really good role for us down back. It’s been exciting for him to learn a whole new role and it’s probably just given him that bit of fresh air that sometimes you need. He’s really enjoying his role and really enjoying learning but also teaching the younger guys how he goes about it.
Full article: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2015-04-08/morris-a-man-on-a-mission
reckon ive said my piece on his game so wont go on. but one point i was trying to get across was all clubs have sml fwds who ARE EXPECTED TO APPLY PRESSURE AND PERCIEVED PRESSURE. they are also expected to perform offensively as well. i cant even say morris did the defensive work well, what with the falling over and badly laid tackles.
Trouble is other clubs also expect their sml fwds to keep their nfeet and kick goals and be heavily involved in the offensive side of the game.
if we only expect pressure acts from morris then we are settling for half a job. ffs anyone who has a bit of pace and lays tackles can do morris job.
arent people worried that the club comes out with this sort of dribble.
you know what not one person has mentioned the simple fact that if you kick a few goals as a fwd then you actually stop the run of your opponent.
when are we as a club going to come out and say
we expect our smaller fwds to be quick have good skills know where the goals are and importantly chase tackle harass and apply pressure. in a nut shell we expect our sml fwds to be well rounded in the entire role. why cant we expect that, other clubs do.
ive said it before if we are forced to play morris as a nothing defensive pressure player, then we need to look at the other fwds and address the problems. fwd line pressure is a collective thing and not down to one man the fact we seem to think it is is a concern.
nearly every club did not have a problem fielding a well rounded sml fwd who performed both the offensive and defensive sides of the game. i know whats ideal and it certainly is not having a bloke like morris performing the role he did or before him king.
for cotchin to say morro gives 100% when hes near the ball is spin.and nothing more than a team mate defending a mates poor performance.is he saying all players dont give 100% and only one or two do. if thats the case then we are in trouble. if any player cant give 100% when near the ball get rid of em.
go and have a look at the output of other teams sml fwds on the weekend and you will quickly see it is absolute folly for us to accept what morris gave us on thursday night.
