07-31-2017, 04:16 AM
(07-31-2017, 03:27 AM)PaulP link Wrote:JH, I'm safely assuming you've never been a fan of his appointment as Captain - not when it was first announced, and not now. No doubt there are others who feel the same. But we have to accept that he's been endorsed by 2 very different regimes and playing groups, so whatever we as supporters see, the club and its various individuals appear to see it differently.
At most, next season will be his last as skipper IMO, and a change may happen at the end of this season.
I have no issue with Murphy, but I don't believe that type of player is captaincy material.
He should never have been paid as our top player. Cripps is far more valuable, and a Dusty Martin is worth 2 - 2.5 times as much as Murphy.
The basics of our game don't change.
Look at the midfields of Brisbane circa 2001, Sydney last 8 years, Hawthorn last 8 years.
They all have multiple players providing grunt, and their captains are tough and ruthless.
I doubt the new regime/board was prepared to make a change, once he had been given the role.