Morton was the only player who did not put in today. As Hannabal noted on Thursday, it's definitely time for a rest.

get off his back, he is a good young player who can rest and build muscle at the end of the year

He is generally standing free in the corridor. Today, there was one instance where he stood on the 50m line dead in the centre of the ground, waving his hands in the air like a nutcase, and nobody kicked to him.

Maybe it's because, when he turns sideways, he disappears (edit: didn't see your post condemned... damn it!)

In all seriousness, sitting near the bench you see plenty of player interaction, and to be honest I don't see Morton being part of any sort of clique or group (and there are some very obvious ones out there). I mean even today after the game, he was running behind the group as we ran into the rooms.

This is just a very shallow observation, and I obviously have no idea what goes on behind closed doors, but from things that I've heard and seen, Morton is not the most popular guy going around.

Hopefully this changes quickly, because if he is unhappy and wants to leave, maybe even to play with his brothers (who he lives with), I'll be mighty [censored] off. This kid has every weapon to be a star, and the guys around him need to realise it and embrace it.

Jaded i too sit in the same area next to the bench and have noticed similar goings on, i have been guilty of getting on his cse of late and i made a point in watching Cale more closer yesterday and truely feel this kid has a place at Melb still got alot of growing to do and he was more involved in tackling this week, i also made sure everytime Cale walked past i gave the kid support and got a look back after the game of aknowledgement from him.

I hope we can keep him too

this is a great thread and really great work to joeboy for starting this!

i think ull find many people look forward to this thread an while they might not agree with joeboy its a simple thread and does not take 3 hours to read

all the rubbish posted!

somtimes u needmore than 3 words ey?

Mclean - great

moloney - great

jones- brave

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I said sometimes...

A couple more I dreamt of overnight:

McLean - finding nice form

Sylvia - poor foot skills

Nude nut umpire - shameful clueless disgrace

one word for Robbo - showpony.

Dear God. Look mate, thats the way he plays and I'll take it. For every time it doesnt come off, it's produces something 4 times. It will be a sad, sad day when Robbo leaves this club a terrific bloke, greta player and ambassador for our club. I'm sick of that hate he gets around here

Bate - nice long goals

Bennell - had no impact

Bruce -reasonable game finally

Davey - commands opposition respect

Frawley - good against quality

Green - goal of day

Grimes - gave me erection

Jamar - absolutely dominant performance

Jetta - barely touched it

Jones - points for bravery

Jurrah - continues to excite

Martin - mr. Fix it

McLean - nice rebound game

McDonald - sadly rapidly declining

Moloney - powerhouse loves MFC

Morton - struggled yet again

Petterd - great forward target

Rivers - couragous encouraging game

Robertson - kicked the sealer

Sylvia - aggression became contagious

Warnock - magnificent Kennedy bump

Wheatley - very ordinary return

Bate - threatened all day

Bennell - has lost momentum

Bruce - actually played well

Davey - very average game

Frawley - continues to dominate

Green - prolific and determined

Grimes - our best kid

Jamar - best club game

Jetta - Maric way better

Jones - still holds ball

Jurrah - showed some excitement

Martin - another solid game

McLean - awesome all day

McDonald - was o k

Moloney - B & F?

Morton - not a mid!

Petterd - brilliant first half

Rivers - back to best

Robertson - much better game

Sylvia - our best player

Warnock - good strong defender

Wheatley - kick it long!

Jetta had the most scoring assists and 6 tackles.

Provided great pressure in our forward line.

Deserves more recognition for his efforts from the fans.

Jetta had the most scoring assists and 6 tackles.

Provided great pressure in our forward line.

Deserves more recognition for his efforts from the fans.

i agree this kid his secon ad third efforts put so much preasure on west coast along with bennell both these kids in a first year i feel are doing everything right

canot wait to see the development in next 2 years they are the future

Bennell - was rarely sighted

Frawley - solid and dependable

Rivers - Rivers of old

Can I just comment on these ones.....

Bennell did a fair bit, I thought he did more than Jetta, actually, I saw him do some great disposals

Frawley - I thought made some stupid mistakes early in defense, he was the cause of those two free kicks in front of WC goals bringing their score up above Melbourne's.

Same with Rivers in the last quarter, although I put that down to fatique! I was surprised Bailey didn't take him off for a rest at that stage

Grimes - gave me erection

Dear God. Look mate, thats the way he plays and I'll take it. For every time it doesnt come off, it's produces something 4 times. It will be a sad, sad day when Robbo leaves this club a terrific bloke, greta player and ambassador for our club. I'm sick of that hate he gets around here

I am with you Anders.

I am sick of people getting stuck into Robbo. Robbo haters remember this:

1. Robbo is coming off a very serious injury that kept him out of the game for 12 months.

2. Robbo has had no pre-season (at all)

3. Robbo gets terrible supply week in, week out

4. Robbo takes the number one backman most week despite not being a true KPP. In a strong team he would play in the pocket or off the flank, would have the 3rd or 4th defender and not rotate through FF and CHF.

5. Robbo chose to stay with Melbourne at the end of 2007 knowing that he would probably never play finals football again and would be nothing more than a mentor in a rebuilding team. He decided to stay despite a longer and more lucrative offer from the Western Bulldogs who's premiership window is open.

6. Robbo has been an outstanding, excitement machine who has given us all many, many memorable moments and won many games for us off his own boot. We would not have won without him on Saturday. Yes he is a show pony at times, but I for one love it. I love what he brings to the game and I love what he has done for the club. He is probably the only proven match winner on our list at the moment.

Robbo needs to be resigned to another 2 year contract!

Come to think of it he will be definitely re-signed (for at least a year probably two).

Thank god some of you guys don’t work in our recruiting department as you truly have no idea.

Edited July 6, 200916 yr by Grand New Flag