The Eagles did not give him enough time in the middle for him to actually achieve any form, then when he was in the side he was plonked in the forward line, rotated off the bench and the rest is history.
We recruited him as a midfielder/forward more as a midfielder though but again because our forward line lacked a bit of fire power with Petts and Brown down he was again managed poorly. IMO if we gave him time in the centre you never know.
the eagles didnt give a go fullstop and there was damn good reasons. squbbing out of contests is one thing few coaches would tolerate worsfold i expect would be less tolerant than most. without doubt mitch thought he had made it when at the eagles the reports on his big head are well known over here.
and if im not mistaken i believe we promised to play him of hb with midfield rotations when we drafted him. he didnt want to be pencilled in as a permanent forward.
it doesnt matter the player, weather it be a mid who has to go forward or back or a specialist forward who has to rotate thru the midfield all players should be expected to be able to rotate and share the mid field work load they have to be better players for it.
already theres been numerous games where morton has gone missing for huge chunks of games. or had poor ones full stop.
being able to go thru the midfield should free him up and keep him involved in games its got to be a good thing.its certainly got to be good for team mates. his foot skills when passing are very good he eases the work load and he will require attention because of his skills thus freeing someone else up.
leon davis anyone didak are examples of samall forwards getting time in the mid field you could even put ablett in that category if you want to stretch it a bit. chapman as well. any way i think people get the gist.
