Mitch Morton [merged]

[Jacosh]

Should be left in the forward line at Coburg

A lot of people on her are saying his lack of defensive pressure is why he is back i the burbs.
Watching the game yesterday and talking to my son, i was wodering out loud if Dimma had any say in him playing up the ground more to try and get him playing the way Dimma would like.
If so it didnt seem to be working and this could well be the end of Mitch at RFC im afraid. 

Yeah, picked and set-up on the wing but noted that he managed to slip up forward to kick two goals.
While it might be good to be a goal-kicking midfielder I don't think they want him to be loose in the goal square which is where he kicked his first from memory.
He still seems to have the set in his mind that if he goes forward and kicks goals then that is what will save him.
Doubt that Hardwick agrees even though they did move him forward for a period in the third when they were in trouble for goal kickers.

Bit of a shame really that he cant/wont get his act together. 
Watching him at training a while back and also in games, he is quick enough, also a nice pass of the ball and usually picks the right options.  I said it when I posted on training at the start of the year he if he could improve the defensive side of his game he would be better further up the ground.

[Chuck17]

Trade him to Port, Schulz and Morton would make a good pair in the forward line

[yellowandback]

He's another Petiffer. Teased us for a couple of years, doesn't do the hard things and looks disinterested now he's been dropped.

[Mr Magic]

He's another Petiffer. Teased us for a couple of years, doesn't do the hard things and looks disinterested now he's been dropped.

Mid sized fowards have got to be exceptional (ala StevieJ) to be specialists.
Otherwise they need to transform to be able to play on the ball or up the ground as required.
Think of a sprinkling of good examples who've made that transition. Didak, Akermanis, Johnson, Hird, Rioli, etc.
Hardwick is rightly not happy that Mitch has shown himself to be pretty one dimensional and unable to show a rounded game.
He's talented but he's not elite & he'll go by the wayside if he can't round out his game pretty quickly.

[wayne]

He's another Petiffer. Teased us for a couple of years, doesn't do the hard things and looks disinterested now he's been dropped.

Great call and good comparison.

Let's make sure we get rid of him while he still has value, rather than hold on to him way too long like we did with Patheticfer.

[one-eyed]

Interesting interview with Mitch just then on 3aw. He said it was his decision to move into the midfield. It has been his life long dream to be a midfielder while playing in a forward pocket was someone else's dream. So he sat down with the coaches and they told him he'll need to go back to Coburg for 6 weeks to get the opportunity to do so and Mitch said he was happy to do that. He said others will say he's had his worst year but he believes he's had his best since he's now playing midfield and contributing. Mitch finished off with saying Judd beat him today but he didn't believe he disgraced himself.

[tony_montana]

interesting to hear he made the call.....and sacrifice! My estimations of him as a person have gone up, takes a lot of courage to do what he did. Have been fairly impressed with what hes shown in the mid. Now what he needs to do is have a brutal preseason on the track to build up the tank some more and we could have ourselves another quality midfielder in the rotation nex year ans beyond

[Ramps]

I forgot to add before Morton developing real well in the midfield as well. Thats also a bonus I reckon.

[Smokey]

I forgot to add before Morton developing real well in the midfield as well. Thats also a bonus I reckon.

Big bonus Ramps.  Especially given that most of us had written him off due to his extended stint at Coburg, not realising that the demotion was 'Mitch-driven' by request and that he had plenty to offer further up the ground.  Almost like getting another free recruit in the 2nd half of the season and you would like to think that all parties involved will focus heavily on a pre-season more suited to a midfield role for him this summer.

[Infamy]

I forgot to add before Morton developing real well in the midfield as well. Thats also a bonus I reckon.

Certainly makes our need for an outside midfielder less than it was, he certainly fills part of that hole
Foley should step right in to take Cuz's spot

[one-eyed]

Just split the posts about Morton from the Insipid thread to here  .

[Damo]

Could very easily develop into our best player.

And I mean that.

[eliminator]

Played a good game against Port. Relishing his new role

[gerkin greg]

Might have just found an elite wingman 

[French Tiger]

A goal kicking midfielder,exactly what we have been crying out for