BloodOath said:
Harry said:
Pass.
The last thing we need is another soft flanker. Don't care how good his kicking skills are.
As a matter of interesy Sally how many time have you seen him play live?
Once against VMetro. Saw that game enough to come to the conclusion that his ball winning ability is weak/virtually non-existent. He wasn't injured nor was he tagged. He relies on galloping alone and receiving it on a wing or flank, then delivering. This is his game, this is his type. He is good at it but we do not need this type, not at pick 2.
We need strong inside ball winners with good skill. Morton is not this. We need big solid key position players. Morton is not this. He is a JON with more skill, a taller Houlihan, a Brendan Goddard. He would be a good player in a team that has a solid onball brigade that can feed him the ball. With us he will need to win contested ball because our core midfielders are not good enough to feed him cleanly. He would do well at Westcoast. He'd be frustrating and be frustrated with us.
This is a typical richmond selection. We want to put the roof up before the foundations and walls are set. We get excited with runs down the wing and penetrating kicks. But we neglect the lead up work to get to this position. JON over Hurn was a perfect example of this. Hurn would be perfect with us atm. If a clone of Foley was in the U18's we would overlook him with an early pick coz he has no x factor and no upside. This is where we get caught up and confused.
He is not a dud, but he is not for us considering where we are at. Other type of players will benefit us more than he will with pick 2.
Say we pick him. We plonk him on a wing and he can wait there while Foley gets squashed by heavy tags each week, and the likes of Johnson, and Tuck, scrape, wrestle and rush kick their disposals to a manned Richo. We don't have the smarts in the middle to utilise these players. Untill we have a cohesive ball winning, effective clearing on-ball brigade, your Mortons will be under utilised.
His "type" is not for us. Kruezer, Cotchin, Masten, Rance would benefit us much more than Morton would IMO.
