I Thought Blues Fans Said Murphy Wasn't A 'Protected Player'?

[The Royal Sampler]

He currently sits #2 in the league on Frees For with 38. Incidentally, 16 against doesn't even get a ranking.

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2007&rt=LT&st=FF

So much for all the whingeing that he wasn't on the "protected players" list.

 

[Smell The Glove]

Considering how heavily he gets tagged each week, I'm surprised that it.

 

[gandaal]

He isn't on any protected players list. It's just that opposition team routinely attempt to beat him up in every single game he plays and as a result he gets frees. Doesn't take Einstein to work that one out.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

I'm not arguing with the frees he's been awarded per se, merely the perception earlier in the year that Murphy was going to be hard done by because he isn't on this alleged "protected players" list.

Anyone with half a brain could tell that the "list" in question was actually just an off-the-cuff remark in the course of a radio interview anyway.

 

[jonesy86]

Considering how heavily he gets tagged each week, I'm surprised that it.

Murphy was a tagger last week...and not a very good one at that

 

[Thewlis Dish]

lol @ Corey Jones

 

[Pie_squasher]

Murphy was a tagger last week...and not a very good one at that

Still better than anybody on the Collingwood list

 

[Rohan25]

Still better than anybody on the Collingwood list

If you say so champ.

 

[bourbons]

hmm yeah dunno about that

 

[saintsownthedome]

I've watched the Saints play Carlton twice this year, and there is no doubt from what I have seen that St Kilda (and Steven Baker in particular) have gone out of their way to be over-physical with Murphy.

There's obviously a perception that he doenst like it tough, but that additional attention also means he's going to earn his fair share of free kicks as well.

All part of the learning process.

 

[Ron]

Murphy needs the free kicks so that he can actually get the ball.

Its amazing that a player can go so far backwards in 12 months.

 

[kelman]

Considering how heavily he gets tagged each week, I'm surprised that it.

yes....murphy gets the hardest tag in the league every week!

 

[Atomboy]

yes....murphy gets the hardest tag in the league every week!

Correct, has done amazingly well for such a young player in my opinion.

Would love to see how a guy like Dale Thomas would perform copping the stuff that Murphy does every week. Gets a few free kicks, but well and truly earns them I reckon.

Put him in the Eagles/Cats team as 4th midfielder and he would be absolutely dominating.

 

[kelman]

Correct, has done amazingly well for such a young player in my opinion.

Would love to see how a guy like Dale Thomas would perform copping the stuff that Murphy does every week. Gets a few free kicks, but well and truly earns them I reckon.

Put him in the Eagles/Cats team as 4th midfielder and he would be absolutely dominating.

I was being sarcastic. Most prime mids get a harder tag than murphy.

 

[Atomboy]

I was being sarcastic. Most prime mids get a harder tag than murphy.

From what I've seen, he's been getting the firstup tag every week.

He will develop into one tough little mofo I reckon.

 

[Smell The Glove]

I was being sarcastic. Most prime mids get a harder tag than murphy.

Exactly. Murph is a second year player, far from being a prime mid yet. For that reason alone, he gets a harder tag than anyone in the comp.

 

[Devoid]

Murphy needs the free kicks so that he can actually get the ball.

Its amazing that a player can go so far backwards in 12 months.

Yep averaging a whole .6 of a possession less this year despite actually getting the number 1 tagger most weeks. Wow he's really gone backwards.

 

[deck]

People seem to be confused with what a tag is. Most the times teams don't even employ a player to tag unless it is a player who is on a hot streak.

 

[saintsownthedome]

People seem to be confused with what a tag is. Most the times teams don't even employ a player to tag unless it is a player who is on a hot streak.

Either I'm watching a different sport to you, or our interpretation of a 'tag' is very very different.

In your opinion, what role do players like Ling, Sewell, Baker play each week ?

And back to the thread subject - I think we'll be seeing Marc Murphy be an elite AFL mid-fielder for quite a few years.

If the Blues still had Nick Stevens playing, the pressure (and the weekly hard tag) would be right off Murphy.

 

[[ToTTi]]

Murphy needs the free kicks so that he can actually get the ball.

Its amazing that a player can go so far backwards in 12 months.

Like to see Daisy fairy boy Thomas or Benderbury lead your midfield with injuries to your key mids. Daisy would be chopped liver.

Get a clue troll. And feed your friends down at the shelter.

 

[Thommo 42]

Daisy isn't a midfielder, so its a stupid point.

 

[The Mongrel Punt]

Still better than anybody on the Collingwood list

The short answer to that is "No, he's not."

The long answer would require you to look at Murphy and Collingwood objectively, so stick to the short answer.

 

[ChrisL#12]

And back to the thread subject - I think we'll be seeing Marc Murphy be an elite AFL mid-fielder for quite a few years.

Was that the thread subject?

 

[KnockOut]

He isn't a protected player. If he was in the same category as a Judd he would be number 1 in the league in free kicks by an absolute country mile. The way he is 'unfairly' belted in packs and stoppages are often unrewarded.

 

[deck]

Either I'm watching a different sport to you, or our interpretation of a 'tag' is very very different.

In your opinion, what role do players like Ling, Sewell, Baker play each week ?

And back to the thread subject - I think we'll be seeing Marc Murphy be an elite AFL mid-fielder for quite a few years.

If the Blues still had Nick Stevens playing, the pressure (and the weekly hard tag) would be right off Murphy.

Some teams at times apply heavy tags but most times players go about there own game. In the past a tag was usually when the players main objective was to stop the opponent and him getting the ball was secondary. In most games teams don't employ these tactics. Most coaches have faith that there players can do the work both ways.

The fact is only the very best players cop this treatment on a weekly basis. And very few teams employ these tactics on a regular basis if any.