03-22-2019, 03:16 AM
(03-22-2019, 03:05 AM)Spanner link Wrote:As I said, common theme since he has been at the club. Yet he is lauded as a club great and an A grade player by some here and in the media. Give me a break!
Your position on this matter is an object lesson in how preconceptions act as a prism and an organising field, that influence and colour every thought and belief that follows.
I'm not really sure that Murphy is such a great leader, but that's by the bye. If your belief is true, then Murphy has stooged every senior coach, every assistant coach, every team mate, every co leader and leadership group member, every football department head, every board member ? At no point in his 13/14 year career has anyone been able to toughen him up ? Nobody, even hard nuts like Collins or Malthouse have ever pulled him aside and told him he plays like a girl and needs to harden up ? And if they have told him, then he's stood up to them and ignored them ?
He's never been dropped to the magoos, never been put up for trade, been a captain for several seasons, but has been able to play gently season after season ?
Think for a moment, how improbable that all is.