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Good to see the boys getting in early........Josh Smith with them is interesting.
Maybe he’s training to get another shot somewhere.
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Good to see the boys getting in early........Josh Smith with them is interesting.
He was?!So did Scharenberg but he adapted and was able to play as a key defender.
Maybe he’s training to get another shot somewhere.
AgreeI get that part just thought he would be doing it on his own.......it’s a good surprise by the way.
He would be a good VFL player for us IMO.
Nathan told me the club expects he gets to ~90kg and ~195cm. Not KPP size but a great size for a 3rd tall down back or up forward. Given his athleticism, he does give us flexibility. Agreed, a nice prospect.I could see Murphy getting to key position size comfortably he is only 2 or 3 cms short now and is still a month shy of 19 and he has a lot of growing to do.He strikes me as a player who does not get flustered easily and we have already seen he has the ticker,when he came back on after getting knocked senseless against Werribe.
I think he will play a lot of matches for Collingwood at a very high standard and will be 1 of the big 5 going forward he is fantastic prospect and they really nailed it with him.
Nathan told me the club expects he gets to ~90kg and ~195cm. Not KPP size but a great size for a 3rd tall down back or up forward. Given his athleticism, he does give us flexibility. Agreed, a nice prospect.
Similar projected size to Charlie Curnow as well. Would happily take that.Jesse Hogan is 195. Close enough to KPP height if good enough skill wise.
Was thinking Jake Lever personally. Tall intercept marker.Height is just one part of the equation.
Strength and balance are others.
Hogan and Curnow? They are strong KP types.
Birchall and Andrejs Everitt are/were just as tall, but were flankers.
Murphy will likely remain a flanker no matter what his height.
Height is not the issue. 90kg is pretty light weight for a KPP.Jesse Hogan is 195. Close enough to KPP height if good enough skill wise.
Height is not the issue. 90kg is pretty light weight for a KPP.
The kid is 18 about to turn 19. He has plenty of time to built his frame. He ultimately not play as a KPP, but the potential is there if that is what they want to do with him. That said, I wouldn’t. I would look at either Lever or Gunston as his role models.
Nathan told me the club expects he gets to ~90kg and ~195cm. Not KPP size but a great size for a 3rd tall down back or up forward. Given his athleticism, he does give us flexibility. Agreed, a nice prospect.
I could see Murphy getting to key position size comfortably he is only 2 or 3 cms short now and is still a month shy of 19 and he has a lot of growing to do.He strikes me as a player who does not get flustered easily and we have already seen he has the ticker,when he came back on after getting knocked senseless against Werribe.
I think he will play a lot of matches for Collingwood at a very high standard and will be 1 of the big 5 going forward he is fantastic prospect and they really nailed it with him.
This was my initial thought too. He has the frame to turn in to a genuinely big boy. I’ll be very surprised if his playing weight ends up being 90kgs when he matures, especially if he ends up at 195. He could very easily become a Ben Reid 2010/11 type KPD imo.Although I’m calling bullshit because there’s no way he’ll play at 90kg with his shoulders
This was my initial thought too. He has the frame to turn in to a genuinely big boy. I’ll be very surprised if his playing weight ends up being 90kgs when he matures, especially if he ends up at 195. He could very easily become a Ben Reid 2010/11 type KPD imo.
TD I think that was the game I was thinking of and it did show he has the necessary intestinal fortitude to compete at the highest levels,he will be an important player going forward for us.He was also KO'ed vs Coburg and Came Back to have a Great Game
I think Ben Reid is an exact comparison to Murphy,I would think Murphy just looking at him has the frame to be a 100kg player,he has wide shoulders and big hands and his arms are very long quite easy to put meat and muscle on that frame.This was my initial thought too. He has the frame to turn in to a genuinely big boy. I’ll be very surprised if his playing weight ends up being 90kgs when he matures, especially if he ends up at 195. He could very easily become a Ben Reid 2010/11 type KPD imo.
Although I’m calling bullshit because there’s no way he’ll play at 90kg with his shoulders I have to clarify. In what alternate reality are we living where 195/90 is not KPP size?? That is literally as big or bigger than every gun KPP of the past 50 years aside from Buddy... This industry is in serious trouble if these are the norms of those on the inside!