Morris is just not an AFL player sadly, he had a breakout year because the opposition had never seen a bloke run so furiously at a contest making helicopter noises before, so it caught people by surprise, but now that teams know what those odd noises are they are able to negate the human helicopter by moving aside and kicking or hand passing the ball directly at him, once the ball is in his personal space they are a sure thing to get it back.
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Steve Morris F/S
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About the best thing I saw from Morris the other night was him furiously running to the bench. What was good about was I knew that he was going off the ground for a spell, so was unlikely to make any costly mistakes sitting on the bench.
tigerlove said:
dunno. i dont mind a backman who can defend.
i know most on here will never think of Morris as anything but a joke, but as a backman he did the job of beating his opponent this week. if Grimes is going to play as the '3rd tall' this year we will need a 'small' who can play on the likes of Betts, Ballantyne, Rioli etc. Morris may just be our best for that role.
I would be happy to see Morris play the year in the VFL, but if he does it can only be to be replaced by Hunt, or Batchelor IMO.
Brodders17 said:
I love backmen who can defend. But you can't afford to carry players in today's game who can only get 1 kick. Sure you have to defend but you also have to provide an option when it counts otherwise you play effectively a man down. Morris has had far too many 1 kick games. And that's because he doesn't know where to go. As many have said he is often 1 step behind the action.
Brodders17 said:
Sounds like you would have been a fan of the likes of Bullus & Mcguane.
Unfortunately, we don't have many options as a small defender and Batch cannot play on the best small forwards. As you suggest Hunt may be the better option.
Tigers of Old said:
It has to put pressure on the other players to effectively be a man down when we have the ball
jb03 said:
Agree he was a "better" player, but not much more than a stopper. Averaged less than 10 possessions a game.
State of origin player.... The other two mentioned wouldn't make a 5th or 6th 18 at origin level.dusty delivers said:
Surely this long-term experiment is done and dusted.
Simply no place for Morris in the best 22, in my opinion.
Simply no place for Morris in the best 22, in my opinion.
Would be more than a handy contributor in the VFL team and a decent mentor to the younger players around him.
