Murphy, Thomas, Pendlbury

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Hey i wanted to post a poll to see what other clubs thought on who was better between murphy, pendlebury and thomas. All coll fans like always beleive that what they get is always better than what other teams get so i just wanted to see what other teams thought of the players without any bias carlton and coll fans
 

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Hey i wanted to post a poll to see what other clubs thought on who was better between murphy, pendlebury and thomas. All coll fans like always beleive that what they get is always better than what other teams get so i just wanted to see what other teams thought of the players without any bias carlton and coll fans
you do realise you made this a public poll ;)
 

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In order of my preference:

1. Dale Thomas
2. Murphy
3. Pendlebury

You may not like his hair, but he's a bloody exciting player to watch. Just look at his hanger on Anzac day. He has something the other 2 lack for mine.
 

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I like Dale Thomas' flair, I think Murphy will be the most valuable player of the lot of them. I think Thomas' may turn into a Didak/Leon Davis type player that has spurts of greatness but doesn't seem to put in a solid 22 game performance like other "stars"
 

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THOMAS!!!!
Then Pendlebury
(but I'll be honest, that is 100% bias)
But I also think they are exciting players & look set for bigger & better things in the years to come!!!!!:thumbsu:
 

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thats a tough call. right now id say thomas, just. but murphy will have an awesome year next year now he is behind judd and stevens in the tagging stakes.
 

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Murphy by a good margin.
Thomas is not yet consistant
Pendlebury will improve a little from now
Murphy will improve the most, hence why I think he is the best of the 3

In saying that, Selwood equals or betters all 3 of them ;)
 

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We'll see how he goes when he has to stand up to being the first tagged rather than the armchair ride he's afforded at present behind Ablett, Bartel and Corey. Until then maybe we should reserve judgment. ;)
He wont be. We don't throw our young players to the wolves like at Carlton. We don't tell them to lose games on purpose either. :thumbsu:
 

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We'll see how he goes when he has to stand up to being the first tagged rather than the armchair ride he's afforded at present behind Ablett, Bartel and Corey. Until then maybe we should reserve judgment. ;)
Have you actually seen the kid play? Did you see him beat Medhurst in the air, one the ground, chase the ball into a pack against two Collingwood players and still win out? How about when he did it again against Brisbane, tapping the ball out of the contest, running it down in a meeting engagment against and opponent older and bigger and winning anyway? How about this, merely one of numerous examples of him beating the opponent in close and sweeping a handball into space?

The 'he doesn't cop the No 1 tag every week' meme is simply a way for opposition fans to avoid admitting that he is distressingly good for a first year player coming back from a serious knee injury. Ablett and Bartel don't give him a free ride, he creates his own opportunities: he has the equal 10th highest tackle count in the AFL, and it was not infrequent for him to have the most hardball gets on the ground.

PS: Corey doesn't get tagged...he plays one on one with his opponent, usually second best midfielder, and he usually beats them ;)
 
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