#13 Sam Murray

[MightyMagpie]

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[BazBoy]

At this stage of the year player require game time so with Murray he is getting it

OK a VFL then AFL hit out and VFL got him noticed as previous scratch match and good training ethos

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Played a solid game, not sure it's enough to warrant a debut for round one though. Not getting sucked in by the 'metres gained' stat either. Just a query on that stat, if you miss a target and create a turnover, does the resulting passage of play deduct meters? Conversely, what if you 'switch' or reverse play but your action is pivotal in setting up a forward entry or goal? Metres lost or gained?

[Pies2016]

I just get the feeling that if Stephenson had played the game Murray played, then we would all be raving about the first round pick.
Not everyone has to come via the conventional pathways to be a good addition to the list.
He’s only twenty and yet to play an AFL game. Stephenson is 19 and yet to play a senior game. Not everyone develops at the same rate.
Personally, I think this guy will have a big influence on our fortunes ( maybe not from day one ). He is exactly what we need. A defender who wins his own ball and then runs and pumps it forward.

He is an opposition defenders nightmare because they don’t know where to set up against him. When Langdon, Howe and Sharenberg and similar types get the ball, the opposition know they don’t carry the ball, so they set up accordingly ( 60 metre wall downfield ) Murray will allow us to run onto more easier scores out the back because he has the tools to kick beyond the defenders wall.
Of course he will make mistakes, he hasn’t even played an AFL game yet but he has the weapons to really throw the opposition defenders out.

Who knows, maybe one day those same posters will be able to say that Hine got this one right. ....... Nah

[SonofRowdy]

Interesting insight Pies2016.... all the good sides have great hard running, attacking half back lines and Langdon, Howe, Sharenberg, Smith etc simply don't fit this profile.

Perhaps a 2019 combination of Murray, Moore & Quaynor (a player likened to the Harry O'Brien mould) better meets the demands of the modern game.

[AN_Inkling]

^^Pies2016 makes a good point, it's why Murray always seemed the right type for us to recruit (along with pace).

Harry used to be our only player to really aggressively run out of defence (why I always overlooked his errors). Heater to a degree, but more along the boundary and less effectively.

Now we have Maynard, and also Langdon (disagree that he doesn't run with the ball), but they're not top level line breakers (Maynard can be if you include his kicking). Murray looks as if he could be that.

The combination of run and kicking penetration is what we've lacked from defence. We successfully added Crisp to the mix last year for extra run and have now recruited the likes of Murray. Maynard's kicking and aggressiveness is also just what we need, not sure moving him to the midfield is a great idea if we don't have an adequate replacement (no, Adams doesn't count).

[joffa corfe]

Played a magnificent game will be in round one for sure, good kick goes in hard knows how to get the ball....WOW so many will be eating a shite sanga! go sam murray.

[BazBoy]

Events around our great clubman Goldy and possible time out thru injury will open the door for some one

Maybe Murray

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[BazBoy]

E total agreement with the kids style of play -Run ,Run,Run straight at the ball or opponent ball carrier

There was a passage where Sam came hard at an opponent who had the ball to gather and Sam did not deviate one bit and hit him bloody hard which got
comment from media saying Bucks would be happy with that

I would have him I round one definitely

[RudeBoy]

...and he looks to be very good in the air too.

[MJ23]

[MJ23]

dble

[BazBoy]

Talk of his kicking an issue—at least two goals came from his “deft” kick

The one where he gathered the ball and with a pinpoint kick transferred play to opposite flank

Cox just stood there and ball centermeter perfect into his hands

He picked out Cox who had no opponents close to him