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Author:  DownUnderChick [ Sun May 30, 2010 12:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Murphy ready to be a veteran
http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/95259/default.aspx

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CARLTON'S Marc Murphy says he is ready to leave the 'young' tag behind as he approaches his 100th AFL game and takes a senior midfield role.

Murphy, 22, has played 89 games, finished runner-up in Carlton's best and fairest for the past two seasons and is a part of the club's second tier of leaders alongside Bryce Gibbs and Jarrad Waite.

Barring injury, he will play his 100th game in round 20 and the former No.1 draft pick said that would be a good time to stop being regarded as a young player.
Author:  grrofunger [ Sun May 30, 2010 12:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too
Author:  bosman [ Sun May 30, 2010 12:28 pm ]
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grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


And then he want to be paid like one too.
Author:  club29 [ Sun May 30, 2010 12:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


He has played quite well in plenty of games this season even getting to the point where he was being tagged ahead of Judd. That is a win for us and we won those games well. The games he did get tagged were quiet but he did stuff. Laid loads of tackles and in the end ran his opponents into the ground.

Considering he had an op during the preseason and missed a load of it i think he is having a season on par with my expectations.
Author:  true_blue3 [ Sun May 30, 2010 12:41 pm ]
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grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


for his standards, his form has been very average this year but given the pre-season (or lack thereof) he had he has actually exceeded my expectation from him this year. has proven that when he has had good luck with injury he does perform, 2 runner ups in the b&f to the best player in the comp are testament to that. i'll be ready to judge him more harshly next season if he does manage to get a proper pre-season under his belt hoping the rumours about his hips and legs being chronically injured are bullshit.
Author:  dane [ Sun May 30, 2010 12:43 pm ]
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grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


:grrofunger:

:grin:
Author:  Blue Vain [ Mon May 31, 2010 7:11 am ]
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Obviously the other teams rate him highly as he rarely gets out there now without a tight tag.
Wooshers ineptitude gave the clubs a reminder of how dangerous he can be without a quality stopper.
Author:  HELLAS BLUE [ Mon May 31, 2010 8:21 am ]
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grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


I think I know what you're talking about. Still, showed some glimpses of what we'd like to see yesterday.
Author:  Rhys26 [ Mon May 31, 2010 8:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


Thats pretty harsh
Author:  wasthesonofapreacherman [ Mon May 31, 2010 8:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
He was excellent yesterday. Worked extremely hard around the ground and did a lot of work without the ball. A tough critic could definitely have judged him as front-runner at numerous times last year, but I have been impressed with his defensive work and running both ways this season.
Author:  TheGame [ Mon May 31, 2010 8:43 am ]
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I think he has been very good this year.
Author:  bondiblue [ Mon May 31, 2010 9:11 am ]
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His form has been very good this year.
Just ask the opposition supporters after every game; they're not so harsh as TC posters.

So far so good. He has a skillset like no other.
I really like the fact we have a dynamic midfield with each midfielder the ability to do something different and play different roles to the next one.

He's no longer a fledling footballer. Has stacked on the muscle and is a tough little player.
Gets his own ball and when he tackles it sticks.

I reckon he's very good in traffic.
Author:  grrofunger [ Mon May 31, 2010 9:40 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
glad i could be of assistance :razz:
Author:  club29 [ Mon May 31, 2010 9:55 am ]
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Tough as nails yesterday. Got his own ball. Used it well. Ran hard. Tackled harder and scored a great goal.
Author:  woof [ Mon May 31, 2010 10:14 am ]
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HELLAS BLUE wrote:
grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


I think I know what you're talking about. Still, showed some glimpses of what we'd like to see yesterday.


You can swap him for Dale Thomas or Xavier Ellis if you like?
Author:  deano35 [ Mon May 31, 2010 11:00 pm ]
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true_blue3 wrote:
grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


for his standards, his form has been very average this year but given the pre-season (or lack thereof) he had he has actually exceeded my expectation from him this year. has proven that when he has had good luck with injury he does perform, 2 runner ups in the b&f to the best player in the comp are testament to that. i'll be ready to judge him more harshly next season if he does manage to get a proper pre-season under his belt hoping the rumours about his hips and legs being chronically injured are bullshit.


Very good point.

Alot of people forget that he hardly had a pre season. To have as good of a season as he has had just goes to show how good he really is.
He aint soft thats for sure.
Thank god he decided not to go F/S.
Author:  caulfieldrover [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
Dont forget, Craig Bradley only started with us at 22 years of age and 100 games.

Best football is still 3 years away, but fantastic start to career.

Still needs to work on gut running and building up core strength.
Author:  The_Cranium [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 12:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
I must be watching different games to some of you, cos I reckon Murph has been right up there amongst our best this year. yes he will always need to work harder at his defensive game, but then so does Judd.

Go Murph
Author:  HELLAS BLUE [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
woof wrote:
HELLAS BLUE wrote:
grrofunger wrote:
cool - then hopefully he can start playing like one too


I think I know what you're talking about. Still, showed some glimpses of what we'd like to see yesterday.


You can swap him for Dale Thomas or Xavier Ellis if you like?


LOL you really are quite funny. Is your comment directed at me, Grro or both of us? I'm guessing just me. :roll:

As it stands, Dale Thomas is harder at the contest than him. Just pull out a copy of last year's finals and watch Thomas put his body on the line against the Saints when his side was getting smashed. But I'll take Murph any day. He will be a much better player in the long run. In fact he already is a much better player. He's just not hard enough yet.
Author:  Michael Jezz [ Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Murphy ready to be a veteran
Hope gold coast don't get in his ear
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