Mitch Morton [merged]

[one-eyed]

There should be a fair bit of motivation for Mitch to perform well today against his old side that traded him away.

[Stripes]

Good to start him off at HF or even wing just to get his hands on it early to set him up for the rest of the game. Hope he has a blinder.

Stripes

[Go Richo 12]

Maybe a bit silly to post this but i reckon Morton reminds me of Browny. Skills are deadly around goals and is brilliant on both sides of the body!

[mightytiges]

Did anyone else hear Mitch interviewed after the game? He said it took him a quarter to adjust and he even went through the West Coast interchange at one stage which he copped a blast for  .

Not a big stats game from him but any small forward who kicks 3 goals and applies forward pressure has at least done his job. I bet he feels pretty satisfied he moved after today.

[one-eyed]

If Mitch can maintain his 2 goal per game average for the last 6 games he'll finish in the top 10 goalkickers for Richmond in their debut year. At the moment he has 26 goals.

Here’s how the Tiger debut season goalkicking list stacks up . . .

68 goals – Doug Strang (1931)
55 goals – Royce Hart (1967)
55 goals – Ricky McLean (1972)
51 goals – Dick Harris (1934)
49 goals – Sel Murray (1945)
49 goals – Stephen James (1985)
37 goals – Michael Mitchell (1987)
37 goals – Jack Baggott (1927)
32 goals – Mick Erwin (1965)
31 goals – Matthew Richardson (1993)
31 goals – Allan Edwards (1975)
30 goals – Neville Roberts (1975)
30 goals – Bruce Monteath (1975)
29 goals – Paul Sproule (1973)
28 goals – Robert Lamb (1973)
28 goals – Stephen Ryan (1990)
27 goals – Peter Wilson (1987)
26 goals – Bob Heard (1976)
26 goals – Matthew Rogers (1994)
26 goals – Nathan Brown (2004)
26 goals – Mitch Morton (2008)


Morton makes his move
By Tony Greenberg
Thu 24 July, 2008
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=64012

[bluey_21]

Maybe a bit silly to post this but i reckon Morton reminds me of Browny. Skills are deadly around goals and is brilliant on both sides of the body!

Actually reminds me a bit of Steve Johnson. Whenever he gets near the ball you get the feeling that something is going to happen. Is agile and slippery at ground level and with the same smarts around goals. Gem.

[Go Richo 12]

Maybe a bit silly to post this but i reckon Morton reminds me of Browny. Skills are deadly around goals and is brilliant on both sides of the body!

Actually reminds me a bit of Steve Johnson. Whenever he gets near the ball you get the feeling that something is going to happen. Is agile and slippery at ground level and with the same smarts around goals. Gem.

Do you think he is the best trade we have made?

[one-eyed]

Next up is Morton entering his 2nd year at Punt Rd.

What are your expectations for Mitch this year and what would be a good return from him?


Career so far
                  Games  Disposals  Marks  Tackles   G.B     In50   1%ers
WCE  2005       3          6.7       3.0      0.0       1.1
WCE  2006       1        11.0       4.0      3.0       1.0
WCE  2007       8        13.3       4.6      1.4       9.1 
RICH 2008     17        11.2       4.7      2.1     35.16      2.8     2.4

http://finalsiren.com/PlayerStats.asp?PlayerID=1607&SeasonID=ALL
http://www.pro-stats.com.au/psw/web/player_profile?pid=2005114

[Stripes]

Mitch will be a better player again in 2009 but how he performs will depend upon the success of the forwardline as a whole. He was our go to forward last year and was our only stay at home option that continued to present and looked dangerous. This year though he will recieve a lot more attention by defenders unless Jack and Cleve start to step up and provide options and more scoreboard pressure.

As a mid-sized forward Mitch shouldn't be ahead of our tall forwards in terms of goals and hopefully we see this trend reversed.

By all reports Mitch is fitter this year and has spent more time focusing on his defensive efforts which will make him even more valuable. With Jack and Mitch applying tackles, blocking and looking to bring others into the game I can see us continuing to increase our average scores every week.

Mitch is a tremendous asset to the team and at 21 he may soon gain a cult following if he continues to improve.

Stripes

[Go Richo 12]

Must be our leading goalkicker i believe, can't believe he spent games in the two's last year and i believe he has filled that gap we have wanted for years, ie a solid forward that will free richo up.

[Chuck17]

Agree with Stripes that it is important that a KPF steps up as Mitch shouldn't be our hit up target.  He must be allowed to develop without being the oppositions No 1 target in defence.

Very impressed with last year and would like to see 50+ goals this year, can't wait for Cuz to serve up some pin point passes to Mitch and our other forwards.

[WilliamPowell]

22 games

40-50 goals

and more consistency... when he was "Off the boil" he was really "off the boil"

[mightytiges]

22 games

40-50 goals

and more consistency... when he was "Off the boil" he was really "off the boil"

Ditto. A massive improvement on his time at the Eagles and a great get for pick 35 but yep Mitch needs to eliminate those quite games which cost him his spot in the side. Those zero tackles games. Like most of our younger forwards that requires building up his fitness further and staying in the game via defensive efforts keeping the ball in the forward line as much as just being a goalkicker. Mitch's best games were when his tackling stats were up with his goal stats. He should be aiming to play every game and kicking 2-3 goals per game which equals around 50 goals over the whole season.

[yellowandback]

I love the strut Mitch but this year consistency is a far more valuable asset to bring to the table.
I just hope he doesn't end up as that annoying small forward that is plaqued with issues drifting in and out of games.

To me, he looks to have all the talent in the world, just what he does with it, plenty at Tigerland have this in common....

[Mr Magic]

plenty at Tigerland have this in common....

There certainly are.
Can our coach extract their best? If not someone else gets a crack.