| Ben Morris 15:45 - May 23 with 2040 views | clive_baker |
Turns 23 in a few weeks. He's obviously had his issues with injuries and what not, did his ACL IIRC, but he really is at a stage of his development where he should be playing senior football. We've extended his contract by a further 12 months, does anyone think we'll see anything of him in a Town shirt? Feels odd to trigger that unless we wanted to take a closer look in pre season.
Loan at GAIS seems to be going OK, albeit in the 2nd tier in Sweden. A player who has known where the net is throughout his youth career, I can't help but wonder if he could be one to kick on. He strikes me as one of those players that just has a nack of scoring goals, a bit like a Jack Marriott but with less edge. |  |
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| Ben Morris on 15:46 - May 23 with 2031 views | Kieran_Knows |
Maybe hoping to sell for a small fee with a % clause in there? Taylor had hoped to take him up to Hamilton with him this season. |  |
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| Ben Morris on 15:47 - May 23 with 2019 views | wkj |
Isn't his departure a sure thing? I thought i read somewhere that Morris' loan was done to help him out as his contract run down. |  |
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| Ben Morris on 15:48 - May 23 with 2011 views | itfcjoe |
GAIS are actually Swedish 3rd tier so seems incredibly unlikely he'll do much here in future - as KK says maybe enough to get a sell on clause if he goes elsewhere.
I know there have been times whenr eally ripping it up here but never worked out - at time of the covid premature end to the season players like Chambers and Skuse were really pushing his case with the coaching staff as he was flying in training |  |
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| Ben Morris on 15:52 - May 23 with 1981 views | clive_baker |
| Ben Morris on 15:48 - May 23 by itfcjoe |
GAIS are actually Swedish 3rd tier so seems incredibly unlikely he'll do much here in future - as KK says maybe enough to get a sell on clause if he goes elsewhere.
I know there have been times whenr eally ripping it up here but never worked out - at time of the covid premature end to the season players like Chambers and Skuse were really pushing his case with the coaching staff as he was flying in training |
Feels somewhat ambitious to extend his deal by a year with a view to getting a fee, I can't imagine there would be much in it for us. Perhaps a sell on clause, but again the calibre of club he would likely go to probably wouldn't be able to command too much for him if he bangs them in. Still, I guess it's low risk as we could always loan him out again if that didn't materialise.
When I've seen him for the youth sides he's looked like a natural goalscorer. Movement is good, can finish, not the strongest but reads the game well. Like a young Bamford. I can't help but feel he might follow Rhodes and Marriott in this line of promising forwards given away on the cheap before getting a decent crack. Circumstances were a little different with Rhodes as he funded more senior acquisitions like Scotland but still, I've always liked the look of Morris. Colchester could do worse than looking at him. | |
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| Ben Morris on 16:04 - May 23 with 1911 views | itfcjoe |
| Ben Morris on 15:52 - May 23 by clive_baker |
Feels somewhat ambitious to extend his deal by a year with a view to getting a fee, I can't imagine there would be much in it for us. Perhaps a sell on clause, but again the calibre of club he would likely go to probably wouldn't be able to command too much for him if he bangs them in. Still, I guess it's low risk as we could always loan him out again if that didn't materialise.
When I've seen him for the youth sides he's looked like a natural goalscorer. Movement is good, can finish, not the strongest but reads the game well. Like a young Bamford. I can't help but feel he might follow Rhodes and Marriott in this line of promising forwards given away on the cheap before getting a decent crack. Circumstances were a little different with Rhodes as he funded more senior acquisitions like Scotland but still, I've always liked the look of Morris. Colchester could do worse than looking at him. |
Injuries and a coupel of bad loan spells have cost him 3 years of his career - too much to come back from for most but hopefully he can do something.
I think Colchester would be a good fit as well | |
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| Ben Morris on 16:13 - May 23 with 1866 views | PhilTWTD |
| Ben Morris on 16:04 - May 23 by itfcjoe |
Injuries and a coupel of bad loan spells have cost him 3 years of his career - too much to come back from for most but hopefully he can do something.
I think Colchester would be a good fit as well |
Colchester were definitely keeping a watch on him prior to his injuries so wouldn't be any surprise if he ultimately ended up there. |  | | |
| Ben Morris on 23:54 - May 23 with 1376 views | FromReuserWithLove |
| Ben Morris on 16:13 - May 23 by PhilTWTD |
Colchester were definitely keeping a watch on him prior to his injuries so wouldn't be any surprise if he ultimately ended up there. |
Tbf, I don’t think it’s ever a surprise when a town player ends up there. |  | | |
| Ben Morris on 06:59 - May 24 with 1185 views | franz_tyson |
| Ben Morris on 16:04 - May 23 by itfcjoe |
Injuries and a coupel of bad loan spells have cost him 3 years of his career - too much to come back from for most but hopefully he can do something.
I think Colchester would be a good fit as well |
Out of interest - are the oldies (Chambers, Skuse, etc) at Col U contracted or likely to stay there for next season?
They did pull themselves out of a relegation dogfight in the end but it was a bit of a disappointing season for them.
And we assume that Col U want to give all our unwanted players (young and old) a new cosy home, but it's hardly been a roaring success. Think I'd prefer our ex-players go elsewhere and further their careers. |  | | |
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| Ben Morris on 08:35 - May 24 with 1049 views | SchancheITFC |
I do sort of no him through Halstead CC. Top lad, very unlucky with injuries at key times. His England youth past is giving him that extra time I’m thinking. | | | |
| Ben Morris on 09:28 - May 24 with 946 views | PhilTWTD |
| Ben Morris on 23:54 - May 23 by FromReuserWithLove |
Tbf, I don’t think it’s ever a surprise when a town player ends up there. |
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| Ben Morris on 09:42 - May 24 with 888 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Small sample size I know, but i remember him coming on vs Blackburn (Hurst first game) and nearly scoring a beauty. He looked really decent. Never saw him again |  |
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