#28 Nathan Murphy

[Duff Soviet Union]

The main issue with Murphy is his disposal, which is funny, because that was supposed to be his strength when he was drafted. He tends to completely &*(& himself under pressure with the ball and under no pressure he just makes very basic short passes or long kicks to a contest.

[uncanny]

Murphy is clearly in their best 22 and won't be making way for anyone if he maintains his current form.

Again today early in the game he was there time and time again to take the intercept mark and lead the defence.
Love his unconditional courage.. Leaving his man to take a hit for the side if need ba in clising down a forward move is an underrated feature of his game

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

another very solid game

[DT]

Critical player in my opinion. Murphy has turned the tide in a couple of games this year. He was excellent when we were under the kosh against West Coast yesterday and I think he helped us turn the tide against Adelaide if I recall correctly.

[Philthypie]

Murphy is a given down back, so what to do with Howie? Is he a forward X factor?

[Pies2016]

I thought he was close to our best player in the first half against Eagles. He virtually didn’t touch it in the second half but that wasn’t because he was beaten.
What I did notice is how slow Frampton is compared to the rest of backline. I’m not potting him because he is a big unit but I’m not convinced there will be a spot for him every week against the more mobile forward line configurations ( I’m assuming here that Howe is available when I make that comment)

[derkd]

I have felt since late last year Murphy is a lock for best 22, I don't get those who want to drop him???

I dont think Howe is an auto recall...he wasn't in great form in round 1 before he got hurt.

At his age, I think the best might have passed him, depth for this year..next year hmmm does he go around again??


Should a spot open down back surely Kelly is next in line, I feel that the games he has played in the AFL this year have been solid.

[dalyc]

Murph the Magnificent!!!

Super game from Murph. Big man crush aside.

And big ups to Hine who thought this guy was top 10 talent and we got him anyway late 20’s or something.

[masoncox]

[Franco]

[Jezza]

Brilliant game. Held up magnificently in defence especially when we were under siege in the second and third quarters.

[Johnno75]

Brilliant tonight, they were under siege for long parts of that game with repeat entries. Stood up big time.

[3rd degree]

Murph was great tonight. Dusts himself off and keeps cracking.

[Donny]

Several members gave Murph their 5 votes in the GB Medal votes.

I'm interested to know why. He had 11 disposals and 1 tackle. Others didn't mention him.

Don't get me wrong. I love the bloke. He always puts in.

Just wondering.

[Meredith1965]

Interesting. I was one. It just seemed to me that whenever a spoil needed to be made in that backline when it was besieged, more often that not it was Murphy who came off his man to make it. I remarked to my son that he was playing the role of the intercept spoiler, rather than intercept marker. I might revise my view after watching the replay, but he seemed to me to be everywhere. The commentators said so as well, which probably has influence though we try to ignore it. Finally, I always try to balance up votes for the forward line and back line with mids because it is easy to give all the votes to mids because of the role they play.