Player Watch Pick #18 (2019) - Mitch Georgiades

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Hopefully Mitch can still launch at the ball, happy that he’s put on muscle but hope it’s not to the detriment of his ability to jump on opposition players heads.
 

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Wonder what Mitch weighs in at now. Last listed as 92kg. I suppose his leg might not be back to full strength. I reckon 95kg by season's start. A pretty formidable opponent for any 3rd string defender.

Carey used to play CHF at the same height and 97kg at his biggest. Didn't seem to impede his athleticism much.
 
Georgiades is back on the track. At Port's Gold Coast training camp last week, he continued his progress with more straight line and change of direction running. After the club's Christmas break he hopes to get into more non-contact training drills as he eyes a return to the field in round one next season.
"Personally I want to be back for round one. That's been my goal since the start of this year. I did it round four or five in the AFL and it's a 12-month injury so if you're around that period then you're around then," he said.
"I just have to tick off the boxes before then and hopefully post-Christmas I'll get into some training and then build up from there. It takes two months for your training to get your confidence up alone so hopefully I'll be back around that period."

Georgiades underwent his knee reconstruction back home in Perth, with Port allowing him to recover in the initial period with the help of his family. But his progress was slow, with a build-up of scar tissue in the early stages seeing him require follow-up surgery to clear his rehabilitation run.

"For a while there I was in a fair bit of pain. It halted my whole program. I didn't probably start until the 8-12 weeks [stage]. I was thinking 'Jeez am I actually going to get going here? Am I going to play footy again?' That was pretty tough. I couldn't walk very well for a while and was hobbling around the club on crutches for a while," he said. "I went back to Perth and then went to Melbourne for another surgery and got everything sorted out. It's been good the past couple of months to mentally and physically feel like I'm progressing and each day is really rewarding." Through that period, Georgiades was also weighing his future as he fell out of contract at the end of the season. Having put off the decision to focus on getting through the start of his rehabilitation, Georgiades in September inked a four-year deal with the Power through to the end of 2027, when he will be a free agent. "With the setbacks it delayed my decision and I was just focusing on my knee in that initial stage," he said.

"I had a really good chat with Kenny (Hinkley), (Port list manager) Jason Cripps and (football boss) Chris Davies. We had a big meeting about where the club was heading in the next six years and where I fit in there. For me I obviously have to play good football but in the future looking at the forward line we have hopefully it's myself, Toddy (Marshall) and 'Lordy' (Ollie Lord) in years to come. For me that wasn't the issue, it was just trying to get things sort

 

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Player Watch Pick #18 (2019) - Mitch Georgiades

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