Pre-Game Potential: AFL 2019 Rd 8: Carlton vs. Collingwood

[Thryleon]

You would.
But then the young guys keep learning off Murphy.

Some of the excuses you blokes make up are amazing.

So now the CFC wrecked him from game 1.

Poor Mark needs to retire.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-c...arc-murphy

Averaging 2.1 tackles a game.

No one is saying he can't tackle, no one is saying he shouldn't tackle.

People are simply advocating playing him to his strengths.

Whilst his strengths aren't what they used to be he is still sitting in our top 10 performing players for the year, and we re playing kids who aren't ready yet.

If we delisted him last year, he'd get a game at pretty much every club.  Maybe as depth, or maybe in the exact sort of role we are advocating for him where he isnt at the coalface but irrespective he'd still be getting a game, and we would be lamenting his absence whilst we play Cameron polson, Jarrod garlett, lochie o brien, Alex fasolo, Darcy lang, and moaning about how inexperienced our side is.

Leadership isnt always about having an effect by doing.  Have we learned nothing from the absence of kade Simpson and what impact his absence has had on our defense???

I'd wager after today we will have conceded more points without him in the team for the last 10 quarters than we did when he was playing in the first 5 games.