Excellent post - couldnt agree moreI just hope their coach doesn’t decide to pull on the boots this week. Smashed us in the middle quite a few times..
Sam Mitchell doesn’t get the recognition that he deserved as a player I think. Definitely in the Gaz junior, Judd, hodge level ..
And the best example is the last qtr of the 2013 PF - Mitchell single handedly ( well he did have some help from Burgoyne ) won that game for them - no Mitchell that qtr and the Hawks dont win - it is as simple as that
And what was most annoying is so called Geel super star midfielders like Corey Kelly Bartel to name a few - none of them said to themselves - look Mitchell is getting off the chain - i will quell him - none of them could ( Danger who gets bagged ridiculously on this forum - but is miles better than any other Geel midfielder than Ablett - he might have been actually able to do something )
Ling very good player and all the rest of it - had a good record on Mitchell ( but Lingy use to cheat and they actually changed the rules ) he would wrap his arm around his stomach . I can remember watching a Geel v W/Coast game - and Ling was standing 1 inch behind Daniel Kerr - and he had his arm wrapped around his chest and Stupid Robert Walls said - look he is not holding him
Mitchell had a very good football brain - and had great skill on the non preferred left foot - he kicked those left foot drop punt passes like bullets - that aspect of his game is why i allways rated him miles better than Pendlebury