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2010 Player Review - # 10 Cale Morton

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Guest Rojik of the Arctic

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pft the swans lost by 80 and his man was BOG, if not for goodes that would have been a 20 goal thumping.. 'pretty good job'

Pfft yourself. Did you think Goodes became a star of the game and got a couple of Brownlows because he is just another player? He would have smashed any tag that day and Cale didn't let him get away like he should have in such form and against a skinny kid learning the position. I stand by my statement that Cale played pretty well on him.

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I don't see his decision making as being the problem. He can be a very good kick when he is not under pressure but his kicking action is suspect. The ball drop is iffy and works ok when he has time to balance himself but looks very flaky at times. The same problem as Bruce. I don't thinks he will ever put on much weight. Well not in a great hurry anyway. Its just his body type. You would expect him to be slightly heavier and stronger as he gets older but the increase won't be dramatic. He has those long limbs that seem to make all of his actions look a little loose, relaxed and in slow motion. This could be deceiving.

The upside is, he is very tall, quick for his size, has excellent evasive skills and can be a real ball magnet. There must be a good use for a player with these attributes.

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sylvinator Redleg

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Cale Morton's Twitter today:

Massive day today.. Weighed in at 90kg that's up 9kg from last season!

Incredible that he weighs 90kg but still looks like a rake. I reckon he must be about 195cm these days as well.

Get this kid to 100kg, and maintain his running and overhead marking ability, and we'll actually have a superstar on our hands.

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Actually, I looked at a few photos today and thought he looked thicker through the upper arms and chest.

It's good to remember that this time last year he had surgery then got sick and lost something like 7kg.

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sorry did you miss the part where i mentioned he was easily BOG in a side that got absolutely smashed? how is that 'not letting him get away'

How many Brownlows has Goodes won again. It's not all in the umpires minds, the guy is pretty good. Goodes was playing well for 3/4's but Morton hurt him the other way including a goal. As a lock down job it was nothing to write home about but really there wasn't much in the battle at 3/4 at that to me means Morton has done a good job. Then Goodes went to full forward and had the whole 50m arc to him self, not surprisingly with the game opening up he got decent delivery and kicked 2 or 3 quick ones on Morton. Morton has rarely played CHB/HBF but has practically never played FB so the result was inevitable.

Also Goodes wasn't BOG, he was just about 10 classes above the rest of his team that day, so stood out like dogs balls. Luckily the Dees were about 10 classes above the swans so it didn't matter.

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Yep, just re-watched that match today and while Goodes was very good and clearly better than Morton, it took exceptional efforts to make him better and Morton wasn't all that bad.

Was surprised by Maric being quite good early on also.

If he hadn't have missed that easy shot at goal, we may be much kinder when discussing his chances of making it.

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pft the swans lost by 80 and his man was BOG, if not for goodes that would have been a 20 goal thumping.. 'pretty good job'

He destroyed Goodes the year before in Canberra. What do either of these matches prove?

Goodes is a champion, Cale can go with him.

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Yep, just re-watched that match today and while Goodes was very good and clearly better than Morton, it took exceptional efforts to make him better and Morton wasn't all that bad.

Was surprised by Maric being quite good early on also.

If he hadn't have missed that easy shot at goal, we may be much kinder when discussing his chances of making it.

I feel like the fact that the only game Maric played in was our best win must provide some sort of case for him. Maybe it was having the three small forwards that day in Maric, Wona and Bennell all providing defensive pressure that made a big difference to our side. I think Maric stuck to his task defensive as well if not better than the other two, but it's been a while so I'm not sure if my memory is correct.
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I feel like the fact that the only game Maric played in was our best win must provide some sort of case for him. Maybe it was having the three small forwards that day in Maric, Wona and Bennell all providing defensive pressure that made a big difference to our side. I think Maric stuck to his task defensive as well if not better than the other two, but it's been a while so I'm not sure if my memory is correct.

I agree.

He didn't deserve to be dropped but someone had to make way for the captain.

I feel like watching that game again now too B)

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This is a link to some photos from training and includes one of Cale, it doesn't show how much weight he has put on but it shows he is bigger than last year. Courtesy of George on the outer at Demonlology.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/social%20media/tabid/15860/default.aspx

Click on the face book section to see the photos.

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This is a link to some photos from training and includes one of Cale, it doesn't show how much weight he has put on but it shows he is bigger than last year. Courtesy of George on the outer at Demonlology.

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/social%20media/tabid/15860/default.aspx

Click on the face book section to see the photos.

Arms still skinny. Perhaps bigger in the neck and chest. Hard to tell from that photo.

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jabberwocky Redleg

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from Cale's Twitter:

"Massive day today.. Weighed in at 90kg that's up 9kg from last season! At the Oriental Teahouse on Chapel grabbing a bite to eat now. "

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