Experienced Players

[westy1]

mcpharlin is a back man its as simple as that.
put him down there and leave him there so we can all carry on and sing his praises every week not bemoan him.

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

In hindsight should we have traded Mundy? We probably would have recieved Hawthorn's pick 16 which would have allowed us to take Swift or whoever

I'd trade him now...dead set...heart the size of a pea and his sort of bull shit is not needed any longer

Mundy has had one good game, against the swans, and that has been about it really. Perhaps we could swap him for Wolfenden?

 

[legitimatic]

There is one poster mysteriously absent form this thread, would expect him to be here defending a certain squibb like player

 

[PapaJ]

The Mundy bashing because of his 'lack of hardness' bugs me a bit around here at times because sometimes it shows a lack of understanding of the game. Mundy has shown what he can give us when he's switched on. He is one of our more damaging players because he has skill, is fast enough for his size, generally makes good decisions and is a good mark. So I'm willing to put up with his 'softness' because I've come to accept that he's not that sort of player etc. and, well, it's fair enough to say I've got a soft spot for our softy Mundy ......


but Mundy p***d me off no end in this game - McP was shyte, but Mundy was on another planet . He seemed to be out of step with the game and played frustrated and just plain stupid.

There was a point in the game with 5 minutes to play and we're down by 6 points after a Pav goal - the momentum is ours. Pav passes to him and he spins and is in the clear, around him are three hand ball options including Pav who's run on and is in the clear running toward goal on the wing 60meters out and one Cat's player. Footy 101 tells you give it to Pav. What does he do, bombs in like a monkey to a 1 on 2 with our 1 being midget Walters on Enright and Milburne being their two. It was without doubt the point we lost the game for me - there's no guarantee that Pav would have got the goal or set it up, but Mundy was playing selfish and stupid. If he's going to be soft and lazy he needs to AT LEST get that sort of thing right.

Let me stress, I'm not a populist Mundy basher, but that game, a game where most players were giving their all against the bench mark team of the last 2-3 seasons, was simply deplorable from where I sit.

 

[Jetau]

The Mundy bashing because of his 'lack of hardness' bugs me a bit around here at times because sometimes it shows a lack of understanding of the game. Mundy has shown what he can give us when he's switched on. He is one of our more damaging players because he has skill, is fast enough for his size, generally makes good decisions and is a good mark. So I'm willing to put up with his 'softness' because I've come to accept that he's not that sort of player etc. and, well, it's fair enough to say I've got a soft spot for our softy Mundy ......


but Mundy p***d me off no end in this game - McP was shyte, but Mundy was on another planet . He seemed to be out of step with the game and played frustrated and just plain stupid.

There was a point in the game with 5 minutes to play and we're down by 6 points after a Pav goal - the momentum is ours. Pav passes to him and he spins and is in the clear, around him are three hand ball options including Pav who's run on and is in the clear running toward goal on the wing 60meters out and one Cat's player. Footy 101 tells you give it to Pav. What does he do, bombs in like a monkey to a 1 on 2 with our 1 being midget Walters on Enright and Milburne being their two. It was without doubt the point we lost the game for me - there's no guarantee that Pav would have got the goal or set it up, but Mundy was playing selfish and stupid. If he's going to be soft and lazy he needs to AT LEST get that sort of thing right.

Let me stress, I'm not a populist Mundy basher, but that game, a game where most players were giving their all against the bench mark team of the last 2-3 seasons, was simply deplorable from where I sit.

Yes, that was a crucial moment and I could see at the time that it was going to hurt us. I couldn't help but feel that McPharlin and Mundy were throwing the game away for us, with the youngsters, Pav and Sandi trying to win it back.

Mundy can kick a goal on the run from 50. That was the classic 'half pass, half shot' type of kick. What has he played, something like 95 consecutive games since debut? Any chance of that sequence being interrupted before 100?

 

[Chops_a_must]

Grover is on a Slippery slope been poor for mine lately or maybe injured not to mention that he was off having a good time at a certain nightspot late into the early morning last weekend, not that he's not entitled to it given it was a break but it was more the state he and his two fellow docker mates were in when they were struggling to hail a cab on James st at about 7am.

Hmmm... I'm assuming one of the others was Peake.

Nice to see them not playing favourites.

And anyway, this season, Peake >>>>>> Grover. He is seriously seriously shithouse.

 

[Chris25]

One of the commentators yesterday suggested that we play Mundy in the forward line like a Steve Johnson. I actually think this idea has merit.

Mundy's better games this year, have been when he has pushed forward and been able to outmark his opponents. We all know Mundy isn't exactly the fastest player around, but neither are guys like Johnson or Porplyzia. But what they have are good disposal, good football brains and they are calm under pressure. I would suggest that they are Mundy's greatest attributes.

With our lack of quality tall forwards, a forward line in the mould of Collingwood or the Bulldogs could be exactly what we are looking for. And Mundy could be the cornerstone of that.

It's worth a try in my opinion, as his consistency in the midfield has been quite poor so far this year. And if a shift forward can work for Thornton, surely Mundy could make it work too.

 

[Lach72]

Will it fix his ticker too?

 

[Alfonz]

It sounds ridiculous and I don't actually believe it, but sometimes I think we only kept Murphy because Mundy said he would stay if his buddy did too. I can't fathom any more plausible reason why we would keep Murphy AND give him a 2-yr deal. Could have gotten rid of both of them. Right now it does seem someone like Swift or whoever would be more beneficial going forward.

I have long tried to ignore the various elements of Mundy's game which people can't stand, such as his softness/slowness/laziness, in favour of his disposal skills and the hope his bad traits might improve. Or that he only looks lazy ala someone like J-Lo. I didn't want to trade him last year, but yesterday I think I crossed over to the side of those wanting to move him on. If only he could just play with some intensity, that's not that hard is it?

 

[samseenee]

Dont know who was worse, McPharlin or Mundy. McPharlin tried more, but coughed it up more. Mundy was half asleep and not aware we could actually win this game.

Spot on.. Mundy meanders around like a lama in the padock

Dodd played well today. McPharlin was embarrassing and needs a spell. Mundy was pathetic.

Yeah I was happy with Dodd... Mundy was pathetic

In hindsight should we have traded Mundy? We probably would have recieved Hawthorn's pick 16 which would have allowed us to take Swift or whoever

I was saying at the time trade him trade him, and again now I am saying trade him trade him

I'd trade him now...dead set...heart the size of a pea and his sort of bull shit is not needed any longer

Will it fix his ticker too?

Lauch you crack me up....

I am disapointed in Mundy and McPharlin and can only hope they weren't the ones hailing a cab @ 7am in the morning as someone else posted previous....