Yes Morton had a brain fart at the end,but the first try was down to Vievers,the pass but Morton under pressure on a one on one situation.
Most players have brain farts from time to time,it normally occurs towards back end of game and in part is caused by fatigue.

What Morton did was just plain daft, fatigued or not. Yes Vievers did him no favours with the first try but he should have done better. The penalty was a ridiculous thing to do. Two crucial errors that cost us the game. He deserves the crititcism and he'll have to deal with the flack, take it on board and come back a mentally stronger and better player. How he reacts is up to him now.

90 minutes of heart and the game was ruined by a guy that blatently ripped the ball out. 1 more game if we would have won it may have saved our SL status and for someone to do that with 2 seconds left its one of the strangest things ive ever seen in sport what a plank !!! Seriously this wasnt a mistake it was a sin and a disgrace!!! I dont even think kevin penny would have done that !

It wouldn't have saved us. They would have heated up our ball, nice and hot, to be selected as soon as Wigan or Wire come out. That's if you like conspiracy theories. Which, on here, we do.

In two post you've called him "simple" and a "plank" and he's a disgrace.


All of those words could well be aimed at you and you're ramblings on here but at least he's got balls and thats something you lack.

you are starting to pi$$ me off

Exactly - players do daft things when theyre fatigued.

Morton didnt cost us the game anymore than numerous other players.

you could blame our half backs for their crap kicking game,you could blame Amors loose carry,Howarths missed tackles,Kings late high shot,Griffin spilling the high ball.You could even blame every player that had a pathetic attempt at a drop goal.
Sorry,but plenty more errors throughout the game,collectively cost us that game -- not just Morton.

The encouraging thing about this thread is that there are more people sticking up for Dale than bagging him.

its a unforgivable mistake end of its not a mistake its called being stupid! Even if you are really tired you dont do brain farts like that !!!

god i hate to think how tired your parents were when they decided to concieve you!

you sir are an and I claim my £5

Howarth was off colour yesterday but he wasn't alone there. Paul Johnson didn't make the yards he usually does either, we were certainly lacking a lot of go forward. The halves were shocking, Griffin is too greedy, Vievers too ponderous returning the ball and the more I see of Wildie at hooker the more i'm convinced he should be swapping positions with Tommy Lee. Im sure Morton will learn from his mistakes and for what its worth I would play him next week to get over it.

I thought Griffin was looking like a second rower yesterday. Big enough, agile and speedy enough, but not sure enough for a centre. I suspect he's not long from doing an Ellis and going into the pack.

Ball steals happen every game -- so why s this one unforgivable.

Christ on a bike get with reality --- he had a brain fart.He didnt commit mass murder!!! or drown a bag full of kittens.

Brain farts can happen any time --- Was it Steve Hampson,2nd minute of a test match got himself sent off for headbutting Gary Freeman!!!!
Or Brett Ferres for Wakey v Wire -- the half time hooter already sounded,but Brett decides to throw the ball about and it resulted in us conceding a try.
Or how about the Hull K R player that took the ball off Rinaldi in the last minute a few weeks ago.

The lad dropped a big one and he'll know it and be hurting. That's sport. I've captained teams and dropped howlers that may have cost us games, you just want a hole to appear and swallow you up. It's how he reacts to it that counts. We''ll see next Sunday.