Re: New Skipper?
Reply #309 –
I think we cannot seperate our action from this result.
We effectively sacked Mitch without recourse.
He has responded to that admirably. He worked his behind off last pre season. Came back in rip snorting form. Had a great individual season even though his team was rubbish, and ended up B+F for it.
He has now earned the opportunity to captain his side.
Whilst Mitch never really gave us any issues to worry about on field (aside from his blaze away style) we saw reason enough to sack him.
As much as Im dissapointed, we have to believe the club had its best intentions at heart when doing this, particularly when we see the current outcomes with Yarran and Menzel and that his sacking laid the foundation for other things to occur.
The only nagging doubt I have is that we took the easy option and perhaps our football followed the same path. The fact that he is captaining Brisbane suggests that he wasn't a lost cause.
He has his faults but I wouldn't mind having him on our list.
Good luck to him.