Crippa wrote:
Sydney Blue wrote:
jake_h03 wrote:
BigGartos wrote:
sandramcd67 wrote:
Not a huge Murf fan but he has had a solid month
It's hard to form a balanced view of Murphy...
He got the footy a lot, seems to be willing to be physically competitive and recently has been working super hard to be involved.
But it feels like he just doesn't use the ball well enough. Poor options and too often poor skills. Too many times he puts us in a worse position and too often helps the opposition.
He was never elite but he used to be better.
How often do we say "Fantastic!" when he is involved in the play?
He was absolutely elite in 2011. Pretty close to elite for a few years around that, and maybe close again for a year sometime later but I’ve kind of blocked out the Malthouse years.
His disposal has declined at a rate of knots but strangely what seems worse than his disposal itself is his decision making. A few kicks and handballs last night that had an air of a deer in the headlights first gamer shitting his pants. It’s really strange. He was such a good user at his peak
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If you tell a lie often enough people will start to believe it then it becomes the truth.
About 2 or so years back when we lost every game people were looking for and scape goat and they turned on Murphy.
Since then the numbers of people who have jumped on board this band wagon has increased so now it is just a given despite how good he plays he is a liability and should be dropped.
It's a joke Murphy would be top 5 in the B&F for sure and people are just potting him because its the in thing to do.
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Murph has had some good games this year but last night was not one of them and I don’t understand why it’s such a crime to think that?
I decided to watch the second half and watch Murph.
15:05 hand pass under no pressure behind a running Cotrol streaming forward wrecks momentum.
11:40 misses an easy tackle.
11:11 a weird terrible kick into forward 50 (that Betts turned into a goal for Walsh anyway after the Freo player drops an easy open mark)
10:52 a terrible attempt at a tackle that gives away a free kick. Flailing arms.
10:25 a panicked handpass turnover to a Freo player despite open teammates around him.
Then I got bored and stopped.
Please respond with a few examples of what wonderful positive things he did? It seems you have made up your mind he’s playing great without any reality to it. I’m happy to change my mind based on examples from last night instead of pointless blanket statements.
It is no crime to post what you think and what you see.
Good on you for sharing your thoughts. Its a crime not to allow such discussion. Doesn't make you right or wrong, maybe he's judged a bit hard, but hey he's not far from the end, so it puts the microscope on him. That's normal for every player in every team coming towards the end of a career.
There's a post on Big Footy yesterday with a similar summary of Murph's performance, and its 4 times longer than yours Crippa, done by I thinl "ollo".
I thought Murph was good yesterday, with his efforts to compete and to tackle, compared to his other performances since round 2.
Unfortunately he can't stick tackles and to the poster who thinks Murph doesn't bomb it forward without looking, well that's not right. In fact its been a criticism of him all year and last year, because we expect better.
He played an important part to get us over the line. His experience s important amongst this group.
Whether one of the kids waiting for a call up would ave done better, or doing better is futile because its an unknown.
But its Ok to highlight his weaknesses as it is to celebrate his achievements on game day. The past is the past and doesn't mean jack moving forward.
Murph plays an important role whilst the long list of 19yo-23yo find their feet.
I reckon he will find holding a spot difficult next year as his body ages. He's been a great servant who sacrificed his body for the team years ago, hence the banged up shoulders.
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