Player Watch Toby Murray - Re-Signed to End of 2027

[32year crow]

Maybe our recruiting team have penciled in Toby as a backup predominately ruck and sometime fwd all along. Kind of the reverse Thilthorpe. Was shocked he had to announce his name as “Toby” to Sid Draper, such is the transformation.

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

Needs to be developed as a ruckman not a forward

Why ?

Don’t thinks he’s shown that much either ruck work,

 

[cleanhands]

Why ?

Don’t thinks he’s shown that much either ruck work,

That’s where an opening will be for him

 

[Mr MysteryGuest]

That’s where an opening will be for him

Not convinced he’s capable of being a lead ruck

 

[adelaidecrows]

Not convinced he’s capable of being a lead ruck

From the photo I saw, probably more like a forward. I dont get training footage but there would have to be question marks on his ability to get up and down the ground in zone formation let alone as a ruckman. bulked up too much?

 

[Peter Doherty]

He's not from Newport, is he?

 

[Scorpus]

Murray signs two year extension

The forward has extended until 2027

www.afc.com.au

 

[1970crow]

Murray signs two year extension

The forward has extended until 2027

www.afc.com.au

Must be coming along ok. You'd think that's curtains for Burgess.

 

[Cleric]

A bit premature I would have thought. Could have waited till the end of the year, as I dont see anyone lining up to poach him.

 

[Golumless]

Good resigning, and considering this aligns with a lot of talk of Tex being rested, is Turray about to get a debut?

A bit premature I would have thought. Could have waited till the end of the year, as I dont see anyone lining up to poach him.

Eh, Murray had shown enough in the last year, and in preseason, that he was worth keeping around.

 

[Mutineer]

A bit premature I would have thought. Could have waited till the end of the year, as I dont see anyone lining up to poach him.

And our KPF depth is?
Can also chop out in ruck.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Good resigning, and considering this aligns with a lot of talk of Tex being rested, is Turray about to get a debut?



Eh, Murray had shown enough in the last year, and in preseason, that he was worth keeping around.

Reckon we are best taking the extra runner against Suns in the heat.

Turray probably best option if Thilthorpe is missing... which hopefully doesn't happen anytime soon.

 

[Golumless]

Reckon we are best taking the extra runner against Suns in the heat.

Turray probably best option if Thilthorpe is missing... which hopefully doesn't happen anytime soon.

So do I, how, I wouldn't begrudge Nicks in backing in our ball movement game as the profile is rather fantastic right now (CD labelled it as near-identical to Brisbane).

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

So do I, how, I wouldn't begrudge Nicks in backing in our ball movement game as the profile is rather fantastic right now (CD labelled it as near-identical to Brisbane).

I would play Curtin in Tex role & pick the extra runner in the hot conditions.

We still stretch them up forward.

 

[spenze]

Must be going OK for us to sign him up for another 2 years

 

[Cleric]

And our KPF depth is?
Can also chop out in ruck.

He hasn't played a game yet.
I would have waited for a bit longer than a couple of SANFL games.
I'm not saying we wouldn't end up doing the same thing, but there was no hurry.

 

[Golumless]

He hasn't played a game yet.
I would have waited for a bit longer than a couple of SANFL games.
I'm not saying we wouldn't end up doing the same thing, but there was no hurry.

Why? We have no business going for a KPF in the trade period or draft.

Doesn't matter if there was no hurry or not, there is no reason to not sign Turray whilst it's cheap.

 

[Cleric]

Why? We have no business going for a KPF in the trade period or draft.

Doesn't matter if there was no hurry or not, there is no reason to not sign Turray whilst it's cheap.

Why do we have no buisness going after a KPF in the draft or trade? We should always be on the hunt for them.

Do you think if we waited until mid way through the season to sign him it would bust our cap or something?
There's no interstate clubs banging down his door to sign him, and Himmelberg had shown more as a back up forward that Murray has yet.

 

[Golumless]

Why do we have no buisness going after a KPF in the draft or trade? We should always be on the hunt for them.

Do you think if we waited until mid way through the season to sign him it would bust our cap or something?
There's no interstate clubs banging down his door to sign him, and Himmelberg had shown more as a back up forward that Murray has yet.

KPF's aren't midfielders (seeing any midfield prospect can be repurposed elsewhere). You don't need to keep hunting once you have a partnership that you can bank on for the better part of the decade. Just the occasional pick keep your depth fresh, which we did last year. We have the partnership for the next decade with Thilthorpe/Fogarty.

Whether it would have busted our cap or not is irrelevant, based on Murray's last year in the SANFL and that he came into this preseason ripped showed that it was the sensible decision to resign him at this point as a 21 year project KPF/ruck.

 

[GreyCrow]

it was the sensible decision to resign him at this point as a 21 year project KPF/ruck.

And if we waited until July would that be the sensible time to sign him?

Obviously he is happy and his manager worked a deal he was happy to sign - I dont think it was that much of a need to get it done now - from our perspective

 

[Golumless]

And if we waited until July would that be the sensible time to sign him?

Obviously he is happy and his manager worked a deal he was happy to sign - I dont think it was that much of a need to get it done now - from our perspective

If we think Turray is a genuine shot at a debut/games, now is a more sensible time than July.

Really this is a complaint for the sake of complaining. This was a deal we needed to do this year (seeing Turray is 1st cab off the rank with our KPF depth moving forward) and seeing it's low salary, better sooner than later.

 

[crows dude]

Fractured ankle apparently. Will be out for 10-12 weeks.

 

[cmndstab]

Those Murray boys sure know how to take themselves out for prolonged periods of time

 

[BRL121]

Fractured ankle apparently. Will be out for 10-12 weeks.

He's got a broken leg and an ankle problem!

I didn't expect that from the TV shots: it looked like a standard mowing down from behind in a contest and I thought he might be concussed. Wrong again.