Paddycripps wrote:
cecil89 wrote:
KoRn wrote:
Taff wrote:
Don't really want to bag him but Murphy, as a leader, just not up to it. Hope that effort is not the norm for the season.
Saw him 3 times went for the bump instead of making a tackle, ended with only 1 tackle in the entire game.
This shitty debate comes up every year. No, Murphy isn’t going to rack up massive amounts of tackles, he’s not going to be a bull in the contest. That’s not his go. Never has been. He’ll take the hits when it’s his turn, but Murphy’s strength and toughness is in his willingness to gut run when others don’t. The stats were shown a couple times tonight, Murphy covers more ground than just about anyone. He does every week. His leadership is better now than it has ever been. The players respect it and have consistently voted him into the role. Let’s appreciate what we have, a classy player, a player who consistently runs hard, a player that has been loyal when not many others have.
A lot of good points in your post. Much respect.
But to play devil's advocate if he racks up so many kms shouldn't he have got a bit more of the ball? His numbers for an experienced quality midfielder were pretty average.
Furthermore for a class player he had little to no impact in the second half.
Understand your point, but only 6 guys got more of the ball than Murph last night. 2 of those were Martin and Cripps, who played fantastic games.
Btw, have seen the criticism of Murphy only having 1 tackle last night, have also seen the praise for Zac Fisher’s game, which also consisted of 1 tackle. Meanwhile, Martin will poll Brownlow votes, also had 1 tackle.
Fair to say it wasn’t Murph’s best game, but immediate criticism of his leadership and claims that he’s cooked are just so premature it’s not funny.
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