Player Watch Tom Mitchell (Delisted 2025)

[jwint43]

Tom is probably the most misunderstood player in the league IMO, not everyone is going to be Petracca and Bont. The fact the Pies got maybe the best ball winner ever basically for free is going to be seen as one of the great steals

 

[joff]

He was an absolute boss out there I've been eagerly waiting to see him in bw and wow

 

[jimmy35]

Here are the numbers I care about - 14 contested possessions, 11 clearances, 4 tackles, 2 goals.

If he does that every week we'll win the flag. Phenomenal from Tom. Just did his role without caring about racking up cheap disposals for the sake of "numbers"

Exactly.

 

[Doc1763]

If we'd just got him 12 months earlier.......

 

[gouki88]

Those 21 touches were more damaging than a lot of his 35+ ones at Hawthorn. He's in the perfect midfield mix for his strengths

 

[stormskye]

 

[Ugene41]

He was the must get from the trade period for me. An absolute elite A-grader. And glad to see his strengths shining through in our system

 

[TradeDraft]

Loved also his Defensive Work with Tackling and not letting Cats get a Clear Clearance

 

[Mollythedolly]

Quality debut for the club, and against a quality opposition midfield as well. He and Taylor worked really well in tandem as well. Will continue to improve with more exposure to this team.

 

[left at home]

Slightly different roll with us as in we don’t need Mitchell to get huge numbers, but as team role he will be way more effective for us as distributor to the other mids

 

[Kirby]

He’s our equivalent recruit to Luke Ball in 2010.

Good year that one.

 

[BEEG]

He’s our equivalent recruit to Luke Ball in 2010.

Good year that one.

Yep has that feel absolute steal.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Very low profile personality too, quietly spoken and unemotional and even tempered on field. In a team full of big personalities, this is a pleasant change.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Very low profile personality too, quietly spoken and unemotional and even tempered on field. In a team full of big personalities, this is a pleasant change.

Appears to have an off-field rapport with De Goey too which can't be bad.

 

[Abdul_The_Bull]

I thought Crisp was unusually quiet on Friday night and can't help but wonder if Mitchell's addition to the midfield and his more efficient clearance work has changed how someone like Crisp gets involved. Big upside, in any case!

 

[2OLD 2SLOW]

Very low profile personality too, quietly spoken and unemotional and even tempered on field. In a team full of big personalities, this is a pleasant change.

I am a huge Mitchell fan and was gutted to see him go - but its a great move for both Tom and the Pies (not so sure about my Hawks).
His character is first rate - and he'll do exactly what McRae asks him to do. No ego. If he was ever going to sook about his role, it would have happened last year under Sam, but he remained the consummate professional (and finished 5th in the B and F, and probably would have won it again if his midfield time had been at normal levels).

He is an old-fashioned head down / bum up player, which is why a fair number of supporters, commentators and douche-bag former coaches don't rate him as highly as they should. FFS, Diesel Williams would be getting slagged off if he played these days. Madness. Mids who can win the ball out to the classy outside players remain as valuable in the game as ever, as we saw on Friday night. A credit to the Pies and McRae that Mitchell always had an outside option (often multiple), each time he took possession - something my Hawks desperately need to learn from.

Wouldn't normally barrack for the Pies, but I wouldn't be upset if T Mitchell got to salute at the end of 23'

 

[TradeDraft]

Appears to have an off-field rapport with De Goey too which can't be bad.

and Ginnivan

 

[Chrispiesssss]

Tom Mitchell (Collingwood)

“Tom Mitchell didn’t get a coaches vote in his game against Geelong on the weekend and we had him as the second highest rated player on the ground,” Hoyne told SEN’s Sportsday.

“Despite only finishing with 21 disposals, it was all high impact, which I don’t think we’ve said about Tom Mitchell for quite a while.

“He had 14 contested possessions, 10 clearances and two goals. That was the ninth highest rated game of his career. He’s played a lot of footy. His eight highest rated games above that one, he had 32 disposals or more in all of them.

“Craig McRae

Craig Mcrae

Age

52

Ht

176cm

Wt

73kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.0

3star

HB

3.9

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.9

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.2

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.4

5star

told us we would see a different Tom Mitchell. One game in and we’ve already seen a different Tom Mitchell.”

 

[jonbe54]

Tom Mitchell (Collingwood)

“Tom Mitchell didn’t get a coaches vote in his game against Geelong on the weekend and we had him as the second highest rated player on the ground,” Hoyne told SEN’s Sportsday.

“Despite only finishing with 21 disposals, it was all high impact, which I don’t think we’ve said about Tom Mitchell for quite a while.

“He had 14 contested possessions, 10 clearances and two goals. That was the ninth highest rated game of his career. He’s played a lot of footy. His eight highest rated games above that one, he had 32 disposals or more in all of them.

“Craig McRae told us we would see a different Tom Mitchell. One game in and we’ve already seen a different Tom Mitchell.”

Yep fly is smart enough to use him at the coal face shovelling the ball out and getting us moving - that's his skillset and mantra and fck knows why they changed his role at the Hawks recently.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Tom Mitchell (Collingwood)

“Tom Mitchell didn’t get a coaches vote in his game against Geelong on the weekend and we had him as the second highest rated player on the ground,” Hoyne told SEN’s Sportsday.

“Despite only finishing with 21 disposals, it was all high impact, which I don’t think we’ve said about Tom Mitchell for quite a while.

“He had 14 contested possessions, 10 clearances and two goals. That was the ninth highest rated game of his career. He’s played a lot of footy. His eight highest rated games above that one, he had 32 disposals or more in all of them.

“Craig McRae told us we would see a different Tom Mitchell. One game in and we’ve already seen a different Tom Mitchell.”

Who is 'Hoyne'? Is he a household name? Are we all meant to know him?

 

[Harry O]

Hard to believe we got him for a third round pick and the Hawks are paying a third of his salary this year

 

[The Royal Sampler]

His 9th highest rated game of all time? For a Brownlow medallist? In this economy?!

 

[Fat Jesus]

Yep fly is smart enough to use him at the coal face shovelling the ball out and getting us moving - that's his skillset and mantra and fck knows why they changed his role at the Hawks recently.

I may have heard this from a Hawks supporter here. Tom and Sam Mitchell disliked each other.
Sam comes across as arrogant to me. Tom seems quite the opposite

 

[Dewyyyyy]

I may have heard this from a Hawks supporter here. Tom and Sam Mitchell disliked each other.
Sam comes across as arrogant to me. Tom seems quite the opposite

Doubt it.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

What a gun.