Marc Murphy VS Jobe Watson

[Koutafidamedis]

Who would you take in your side RIGHT NOW??
Not who will end up the better footballer, but who is better at this point in time.

 

[EssendonPride]

Watson because we'd be stuffed without him.

 

[Tomorrows_Nobody]

Watson.
Age is irrelevant.
Thank you Greg Williams for turning Jobe into a machine!

 

[Lord_Travis]

Both are having great seasons, but I'd take Murphy. Melbourne are lacking in mids who can kick goals and have abit of class. Murphy is more of an allrounder, where as Watson is very much inside. Nothing against Jobe, as he is a good player and I wouldnt mind having him too!

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

LOLZ

Is this for real????

 

[jonoman89]

Oh dear.

 

[eth-dog]

LOLZ

Is this for real????

Yes. You see, Watson is a better player than Murphy. Understand?

 

[tubbis]

The OP asks Who would you take in your side RIGHT NOW??
A lot of teams already have the outside, harder-type midfielders like Murphy.
Players who forge a name on themselves as inside, in and under midfielders are much harder to find.
At this stage, I can only think of one other in and under player who could match it with Watson (and even he got dismantled by Watson earlier this season) and thats Sam Mitchell.

 

[Winner]

Watson by an absolute mile.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Oh dear.

Watson is and he is the better player at the moment.

 

[bomberz08]

watson, easy. Murphy kicks goals but in the past few games jobes been kicking a few

 

[trix17]

much happier with jobe than i would be with murphy, born leader, future captain, earns his own disposals instead of waiting out the sides for cheap touches

 

[jonoman89]

So, any other Essendon supporters want to run in here and say Watson?

 

[Nine]

Watson.
By
a
mile

 

[Hodgepodge]

Murphy gets a lot of the ball, but is soft as butter.

Watson for now.

 

[trix17]

So, any other Essendon supporters want to run in here and say Watson?

of course essendon fans are going to say watson, you left out the fact that all the carlton supporters are picking murphy aswell, surprise, suprise.
straight after your post, the next 2 posts, neither essendon supporters, and what did they say? jobe watson

 

[BLUE BLEEDING]

what a joke.
RodneyEade, why would you make this?

 

[Barry Zuckercorn]

Yes. You see, Watson is a better player than Murphy. Understand?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I get the whole bizarro world vibe of this thread now.

Unless of course the OP made a typo and the thread was supposed to be Tim Watson v Fraser Murphy... You'll get no arguments from me there.

 

[trix17]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I get the whole bizarro world vibe of this thread now.

Unless of course the OP made a typo and the thread was supposed to be Tim Watson v Fraser Murphy... You'll get no arguments from me there.

mate, look at the poll results, 60% say jobe, and i know you carlton folk often struggle with your maths, but that does equal more than half, therefore, the majority of people reckon jobe is better. this making sense?
watson better than murphy, simple enough?

 

[D BRIDGE]

Just from watching the 2 i would auto pick Murphy but then i thought i would not just dismiss Watson so fast and have a look at some stats to see if my first observation was justified and this is what i found. Make of these stats what you will.

Murf leads in tackles, goals, goals contributed, inside 50s, rebound 50s, marks, 1%ers, running bounces, disposal efficiency, free kicks for ratio, has less clangers, has more super coach and dream team points.

Watson averages around 2 more disposals and contested disposals a game.

Murf is 3 years younger.
Watson has lifted this year and plays with huge heart but come on guys if you choose Watson over Murphy you are either a bias Essendon fan or just hate Carlton.

 

[WN123]

Just from watching the 2 i would auto pick Murphy but then i thought i would not just dismiss Watson so fast and have a look at some stats to see if my first observation was justified and this is what i found. Make of these stats what you will.

Murf leads in tackles, goals, goals contributed, inside 50s, rebound 50s, marks, 1%ers, running bounces, disposal efficiency, free kicks for ratio, has less clangers, has more super coach and dream team points.

Watson averages around 2 more disposals and contested disposals a game.

Murf is 3 years younger.
Watson has lifted this year and plays with huge heart but come on guys if you choose Watson over Murphy you are either a bias Essendon fan or just hate Carlton.

Stats are a funny thing. Both Pro-stats and Final Siren have Jobe ahead in tackles, and 1%ers. He is also well ahead in disposals, contested possession and almost double in clearances. Murphy is one of the best outside mids around. Jobe is one of the best inside mids. Take your pick which is more important.

 

[Donakebab]

Just from watching the 2 i would auto pick Murphy but then i thought i would not just dismiss Watson so fast and have a look at some stats to see if my first observation was justified and this is what i found. Make of these stats what you will.

Murf leads in tackles, goals, goals contributed, inside 50s, rebound 50s, marks, 1%ers, running bounces, disposal efficiency, free kicks for ratio, has less clangers, has more super coach and dream team points.

Watson averages around 2 more disposals and contested disposals a game.

Murf is 3 years younger.
Watson has lifted this year and plays with huge heart but come on guys if you choose Watson over Murphy you are either a bias Essendon fan or just hate Carlton.

To be realistic their stats are close to identical. Me and the bald man checked them before the thread was made. Our biggest argument was over Jobe's kicking efficiency, which I argued hasn't really been as bad as it is made out to be. Last year was his worst (60.8%), as aside from that he was averaging mid 70% by foot compared to Murphy in the mid 60% (64.5% in '08).

So really as WN123 said, in and under or outside. Personally along with my Watson family bias, I'd take Jobe as I think he'd be just as good as an outside player, where as I don't think Murphy would be as good inside.

 

[The Old Dark Navy's]

Murphy plays for Carlton. Nuff said.

Watson by a gazillion light years.

 

[Silvagnis]

Watson wasn't a patch on Murphy at the same stage in their careers with his disposal and fitness.

And still isn't.

Carlton has a midfielder called Judd who can play a bit and usually starts in the middle.

Having Watson play inside and outside like Murphy does each week would be an interesting exercise.

You'd back Murphy to be the better player with his disposal, goal sense, agility and vision.

Outside player should be reserved for a footballer like Stanton.

Murphy is the better son of a gun.

Sorry...

 

[GuzzLG]

I'll take the one who spends the least time curled up on the turf while his opponent runs away with the ball.