Deck of Dream Team 2010: Cale Morton
Name: Cale Morton
Club: Melbourne
Position: Midfielder
2009 Average/Games: 88/21
Predicted 2010 Average: 100
Deck of DT Rating: Jack of diamonds
Why should I pick him?
Cale Morton has displayed a great ability to find open space. This confirms my initial thoughts that he is a born outside midfielder which is perfect for Dream Team. With the open space Morton often manages to to be a regular in kick to kick which keeps his scores ticking over nice and regularly. Cale takes a great leaf out of my favourite “Bryce Gibbs’s” book by spending time across half back before providing drive toward goal. For any onballer to step up to an elite midfielder they need a key category to boost their scores adding to the 20-25 expected possessions. For Morton, this category is his marking. Last season Morton regularly had over 6 marks and showed his potential vs West coast when he had 16 on his way to 146 DTers. With continued development and natural improvement across the board, Cale Morton can average over 100 this year.
Why shouldn’t I pick him?
Cale Morton is tall, skinny and looks like he could break at any given minute. Obviously he is aware of this and did his dream team coaches a favour last year by running away from Brendan Lade and minimising the high risk of injury that a wrestle may have caused had he stuck around. He plays on a young developing team that can not be expected to perform week in, week out. This means there may be a few floggings throughout the year which can have a horrible effect on the losing teams DT scores. Cale has developed into a legitimate threat to opposition teams which may mean he attracts some negative attention from taggers, especially considering they wont bother with the likes of Nathan Jones. A heavy tag definitely means less marks, a category I am relying on staying high and improving further for Cale to reach the 100 club, because lets face it, he is never going to save his score by tackling.
Final Thoughts.
I really like the way Cale Morton goes about his Dream Teaming. He had some very low scores this year which has kept his average down, making him a good purchase in my opinion. With increased experience and development of his team, those scary scores of 40-50 may well be a thing of the past. Considering highly.
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3rd year ‘rule’ coming into play again. His average DT score jumped 15 from year 1 to 2, and the same again would put in the 100 point range. I shall add him to the spreadsheet I believe.
He’s an ‘X’ on my sheet
Nah nah nah – he’s a POI
Is there any chance he will be a C/B ? Did he play much off half back?
no chance of a c/b i wouldnt think. as much as bryce
He played pretty much all of last year as a rebounding defender across half back, moving into the midfield here and there. They were apparently trying to teach him accountability. Would be great if he had the Mid/Def tag.
if he got C/B he would definetly be a lock
Will he get tagged though..?
it will be interesting to see if players like morton and salopek get the c/b tag. goddard might not even.
hes shit
Terrible player but well worth considering for DT purposes.
Can find the ball with a few scores over a hundred mixed with a few average games. Should have some general improvement but may find it a bit more difficult to get some outside ball with the loss of Brock!!
Not a cheap midfield option playing in a loosing side, better off looking elseware. Risk in my opinion to improve enough to be a keeper
Consider him definitely, especially if he goes well in the NAB cup and first 3 games.
on the plane home to perth from 18s carnival:
cale to the air hostess; “could you give me a footrub, ive had too many kicks”
bit of a fag