Cale Morton - Rising Star nomination

[Whispering_Jack 30,674]

He keeps improving every week and on today's performance, must be one of the contenders for a nomination ... surely?

[Jarka 767]

Kicking was a bit iffy at time by gee, he showed some real class at times

[dazzledavey36 55,360]

gun!! since he has come back into the side he has amassed over 20 disposals in all his games.

going along very nicely

[Jerry Lundergard 420]

Saved his game with an outstanding last quarter.

[Ewok 9]

Saved his game with an outstanding last quarter.

Agreed. Over 4 quarters it was no better than an average game.

[Mono 455]

Agreed. Over 4 quarters it was no better than an average game.

Yep, trashed the ball too much in the first 3 qrts.

Heavens, if only he could kick; he's got a great motor.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,939]

Agreed. Over 4 quarters it was no better than an average game.

That's the problem with watching afl.com live overseas. You see him getting 25 odd touches and 3 goals and you think 'WOW that must have been an impressive performance!

But still, he's kicked a bag of 3 goals twice- which Cotchin, Palmer and Masten haven't achieved.

[Beamer 1]

That's the problem with watching afl.com live overseas. You see him getting 25 odd touches and 3 goals and you think 'WOW that must have been an impressive performance!

But still, he's kicked a bag of 3 goals twice- which Cotchin, Palmer and Masten haven't achieved.

Cotchin, Palmer and Masten all generally play as midfielders.

Morton is a floating flanker in fairness to the other players.

He played well today though. Got a great engine, just needs to be more decisive and not worry himself so much.

[beelzebub 23,383]

Seems like he'll be one of these blokes.. Got talent..comes straight in.. get a bit wobbly and never quite finds his rythym. Then has a solid preseason.. fills out a bit and comes back "in tune"..and is a gem

Theres more than a little something abou thim

[Ewok 9]

Yeah, all considered I think he will become a great player - or better!

[Tony Tea 2,809]

Wish Cale would stop trying to finesse his short kicks. Too often he gets under them and bunts them over a teammate's head.

[45HG 1,559]

Absolutely!

His disposal was atrocious in the first quarter but i thought it got better

[Demon Disciple 12,274]

Agree. His disposal needs some serious work, but the kid knows where to put himself. He is quite capable of racking up the possies. Puts himself in the right position most of the time. disposal needs work, but hey, he's got time.

As for Daniel Bell :angry:

[Jaded No More 68,974]

As for Daniel Bell :angry:

What now?

He did a good job on McPhee, and from memory had one really poor kick. Layed some fantastic tackles too.

What is the deal with people hating Daniel Bell all of a sudden?

[45HG 1,559]

Yeah, i don't get the Bell deal either.

What else could he have done today?

[bjgc 0]

He should surely get it this week. He played well and he actually hit a few targets by the end of the game. He will be a very good player once he finds some more confidence. He is suppose to be a good kick hopefully it's only a confidence thing that he is missing so many targets. One good thing about him is he can definately find a fair bit of the footy.

[QueenC 74]

What now?

He did a good job on McPhee, and from memory had one really poor kick. Layed some fantastic tackles too.

What is the deal with people hating Daniel Bell all of a sudden?

I didn't think he was too bad either, in fact I thought he did a pretty reasonable job.

But I guess there always has to be one and its his turn :angry:

[QueenC 74]

As for Morton, definitely one of his best performances today, and it was great to see him work his way into the match after a wobbly start.

Hopefully he gets rewarded with the Rising Star nom this week, but if not it is still great and very encouraging to watch him play

(despite the obvious work that is needed on his build and disposal)

As Bub said, there is absolutely something about him.......

[Deeoldfart 8,065]

Seems like he'll be one of these blokes.. Got talent..comes straight in.. get a bit wobbly and never quite finds his rythym. Then has a solid preseason.. fills out a bit and comes back "in tune"..and is a gem

Theres more than a little something abou thim

Yep. Now for the rest of the orchestra!

[Gorgoroth 13,023]

Morton was good today, bell came on and played very well on Mcphee who was killing us int he first.

[True Believer 1]

Morton was good today, bell came on and played very well on Mcphee who was killing us int he first.

would be a great recognition for his great game today

[Deano74 156]

Cale is one of the positives of the year, i have no doubt he will be a star for us for years to come.

Also like Buckley, love the way he takes them on with run and carry. The way he moves reminds me of Gerrard Healy.

[brey9186 102]

until mr daziel got another 35 touches tonight for the lions...

[deestroy08 0]

What now?

He did a good job on McPhee, and from memory had one really poor kick. Layed some fantastic tackles too.

That tackle in the first or second quarter was awesome.. you don't see Belly doing that too often but he did it perfectly and was rewarded.. thank god. Saw a bit of grunt in him that I don't think I've really seen before so I'm not sure if he's been warned after some average performances, but I thought he played quite well today.

As for Morton, I still get scared he's going to break when he gets crunched in a tackle.

But his last quarter today and his first quarter against Freo in particular have got me verrrrry excited about him.

[Jerry Lundergard 420]

until mr daziel got another 35 touches tonight for the lions...

Dalziel has only played 3 games and didn't kick 3 goals, if he gets it over Cale it's a joke.