Round 18: Gold Coast Suns Reserves v Sydney Swans Reserves

[707]

Good win and I think Morton must be close to getting a call up.

I really worry about our lack of experienced depth heading into the pointy end of the season but Morton is a mature experienced player who does have x-factor and can kick goals. Think he must be tried before the finals just to have a senior look at him. Might be just the nissing piece of the forward puzzle.

[DLBIA14]

Really dissapointed about Mitchell's injury omission, given he just had an article this week about his recovery. Starting to get the feeling this kid, despite he brilliant talent, is going to be disappointed by his body. Poor thing.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Good win and I think Morton must be close to getting a call up.

The loss of Reid, the doubts about Spanky and injury to Walsh must give him his best chance surely.

Really dissapointed about Mitchell's injury omission, given he just had an article this week about his recovery. Starting to get the feeling this kid, despite he brilliant talent, is going to be disappointed by his body. Poor thing.

We have had some appalling luck with our FS selections, let's hope Mitchell jnr. doesn't emulate John/Doyle/James jnr.

[jono2707]

Mitchell is an outstanding young player. He will likely be a 200+ game player for us. I wouldn't be panicking too much yet because of a few injuries in his first year. He'll be worth the wait once he gets his body right.

[ugg]

Next game is Saturday morning against UWS Giants, the curtain raiser to the GWS v Port game at Skoda

[Primmy]

I'm in.

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Did any from RWO go to Metricon last night? Would love any comments about the reserves even if it's only a few words on the what sounded like a spirited performance in the last quarter

[aardvark]

From Neafl site
Best Players: N. GORDON, M. SPANGHER, M. MORTON, B. MEREDITH, B. Plug, H. CUNNINGHAM

North East Australian Football League: Fixtures & Results

According to the "BEST" votes Harry was BOG.

[The Big Cat]

Good win and I think Morton must be close to getting a call up.

Can't afford to have "selfless challenged" players in the team. (trying to be politically correct)

[Dirtyburt]

Can't afford to have "selfless challenged" players in the team. (trying to be politically correct)

Lol

[ernie koala]

Good win and I think Morton must be close to getting a call up.

I really worry about our lack of experienced depth heading into the pointy end of the season but Morton is a mature experienced player who does have x-factor and can kick goals. Think he must be tried before the finals just to have a senior look at him. Might be just the nissing piece of the forward puzzle.

Totally disagree . "The missing piece of the forward puzzle"...?

If you ask me, he's just the type, ie; selfish show pony, I don't want in the team as we head into the serious stuff.

The guy has no finals experience, poor pressure skills and hasn't played senior footy since who know when.....NO THANKS

[wolftone57]

Really dissapointed about Mitchell's injury omission, given he just had an article this week about his recovery. Starting to get the feeling this kid, despite he brilliant talent, is going to be disappointed by his body. Poor thing.

Look most of his problems are soft tissue injuries that started before he was drafted. He is a talent but you have to get him right and get a good pre-season into him. He is a first year draft proposition like Lamb, Brown & Lockyer. It is interesting that all of them have spent a lot of time injured this season. I think it is getting used to the Sydney surfaces. Other than that I can see the problem of trying to play with limited preparation compared to the other players. Look at the difference to Jetstar this year.

[Legs Akimbo]

Look most of his problems are soft tissue injuries that started before he was drafted. He is a talent but you have to get him right and get a good pre-season into him. He is a first year draft proposition like Lamb, Brown & Lockyer. It is interesting that all of them have spent a lot of time injured this season. I think it is getting used to the Sydney surfaces. Other than that I can see the problem of trying to play with limited preparation compared to the other players. Look at the difference to Jetstar this year.

It seems to be a trend towards injuries in draftees across all clubs and it has to be concerning for the AFL. My guess is that the competition to train hard to get drafted is taking its toll on young bodies.

[stellation]

It seems to be a trend towards injuries in draftees across all clubs and it has to be concerning for the AFL. My guess is that the competition to train hard to get drafted is taking its toll on young bodies.

Agreed.

I'm really not sure how it can be addressed, short of increasing the draft age again (but I'm not sold that would work)- it's hard to stop enthusiasm/drive/commitment in kids. It's an area that the AFL needs to focus on a fair bit over the coming years; for every Tom Mitchell (probably a bad example given he is a father/son and would have been a high pick anyway, but you know what I mean!) that drives himself hard and gets onto a roster and has a club helping to work them through niggles there's a hell of a lot of others that don't make it and don't get that.

[wedge.maverick]

Agreed.

I'm really not sure how it can be addressed, short of increasing the draft age again (but I'm not sold that would work)- it's hard to stop enthusiasm/drive/commitment in kids. It's an area that the AFL needs to focus on a fair bit over the coming years; for every Tom Mitchell (probably a bad example given he is a father/son and would have been a high pick anyway, but you know what I mean!) that drives himself hard and gets onto a roster and has a club helping to work them through niggles there's a hell of a lot of others that don't make it and don't get that.

I am mates with a tall forward at an opposition club. He has been injury prone throughout his career and he puts most of his issues down to the fact he did so much damage trying to keep up with the senior players in his first 2 years on the list. He didn't want to show any weakness and was trying to get a game and played and trained injured way too much. As a result he is paying for it now.
Sometimes the kids just have to be held back a bit which we tend to do quite well.