Player Watch Tom Mitchell (Delisted 2025)

[901023]

Good to see him out there on Preston City Oval. As Charlie West lines up for goal number 5....

 

[Finnishpie]

Is there any chance Mitchell makes it back to the AFL team? Seems unlikely..... barring injuries.

 

[901023]

Is there any chance Mitchell makes it back to the AFL team? Seems unlikely..... barring injuries.

He'll get a crack and will be useful during winter.

 

[Finnishpie]

He'll get a crack and will be useful during winter.

Could be. With us resting players.... only question I have: has he declined at all? If so, the pace might be beyond him if it's not a heavy track.

 

[JoinDate]

So, a full game of VFL before he gets a look in at AFL, you reckon?

 

[901023]

Could be. With us resting players.... only question I have: has he declined at all? If so, the pace might be beyond him if it's not a heavy track.

Pace will definitely be an issue, and I don't think it's wise to play him, Pendlebury and Sidebottom in the same side. Makes us too slow.

Is a hard nut and always required come finals.

 

[Mollythedolly]

Great to see him return today. Even in limited minutes he just got back to the coal face and won some very good clearances. Hopefully pulls up okay and continues to build now that he's blown the cobwebs out.

 

[pablo disco bar]

Great his back but I feel barring injury the pies have moved on from him

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

Great his back but I feel barring injury the pies have moved on from him

There always is an injury. People always talk about best 22, but in reality it's best 30 that plays throughout the year and he is in that bracket.

 

[Kes1984]

Great his back but I feel barring injury the pies have moved on from him

Pablo, Pablo, Pablo. You didn’t see our grammar lessons recently, did you?

Great he’s back. He is = he’s, not his. I warned I would be correcting this

 

[Kirby]

How many minutes did he play?

 

[manicpie]

How many minutes did he play?

Most of the first half

 

[Kes1984]

How many minutes did he play?

I reckon he was on the field most of the first half. He had a couple of spells on the bench but was mostly out there.

 

[manicpie]

Pablo, Pablo, Pablo. You didn’t see our grammar lessons recently, did you?

Great he’s back. He is = he’s, not his. I warned I would be correcting this

Just correct it

 

[manicpie]

I reckon he was on the field most of the first half. He had a couple of spells on the bench but was mostly out there.

Will probably play 3 quarters next week and then a couple of full games. Hopefully his body stands up because he's going to be invaluable in the second half of the year

 

[Kes1984]

Will probably play 3 quarters next week and then a couple of full games. Hopefully his body stands up because he's going to be invaluable in the second half of the year

Good thing is the game is at Vic park at 10am before our early game at the G so I am gonna aim for a double header again.

 

[manicpie]

Good thing is the game is at Vic park at 10am before our early game at the G so I am gonna aim for a double header again.

You go girl

 

[Bianconeri]

Is there any chance Mitchell makes it back to the AFL team? Seems unlikely..... barring injuries.

I think the Freo game showed there’s still a need for a first possession player when Nick is tagged. And I also think Sullivan is showing you don’t necessarily need speed to be an effective pressure forward.

 

[yeah man]

One would think some of you suffer a lack of object permanence. Why do people think the pies have moved on from a brownlow medalist and premiership player? This is one of the only players to clock 50 touches in a game, more than once. He has a fantastic attitude about working hard and doing whatever it takes to get back into the game, isn't above playing VFL and putting the time in. He has the maturity to do what he needs to do to be fit to play, and will absolutely be important once he's back in the team.

 

[Go Woods]

Hope he gets back into the AFL side, still has plenty in the tank, hope the issues of the past 12 months are behind him.

 

[Dtennent94]

Can also see Tom playing the role Sullivan has lately as the rotation forward / replacing De Goey & Schultz in their absences. Much like Adams did and Titch did a bit in ‘23

So I think he can basically take 4 positions:

- #1 inside mid, displacing Long

- rotation / pressure forward, displacing Sully or to release De Goey as a mid

- whatever Pendles does, displacing Pendles or allowing him to rest / play as sub

- sub, coming on when the game has slowed down, starts raining or if we are getting smashed in contests

 

[Rorzza]

Absolute jet, kidding your self if you think he is competing for a position in the best 22 when fit!

 

[901023]

Jet isn't an adjective I would use to describe Mitchell. I would liken him more to a tractor. Highly reliable, valued, but slow.

 

[Jen2310]

He said on his game day blog that next week he will play 3 quarters. He’ll keep building up his match load over the next few weeks

 

[Rorzza]

I hope we don't rest him this week.....Brownlow medel, Premiership player, 2 x All Australian and not a Jet, please!

Ps, Sorry, I forgot that Ned is in the team now!

Pss, 203 afl games!

Psss, 32 games at CFC, three seasons and he will crack 100, 'You can do it!'.