04-07-2021, 08:08 AM
(04-07-2021, 04:48 AM)PaulP link Wrote:Murphy dislocated his shoulder in his debut season, in tackle by Robert Copeland. Another shoulder injury colliding with Dangerfield in 2012 and a busted cheekbone colliding with Hodge in 2013. And there's probably others that I can't recall. Those three blokes are bigger and heavier than Murphy. Any apprehensiveness on his part is perhaps understandable. He's small, not dirty and alway tried to be a ball player, and has paid the price.
I'm not a fan of labelling any AFL footballer soft. I think it's distasteful. Even the "softest" player does things that would leave all of us running twice as fast the other way.
That attack on the ball with Dangerfield was brutal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbnrh5mBCFE
Knocked out here against Port.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6qa1IcQvzc
A section of Carlton fans have always called Murph soft.
If you look hard enough you will always find what you want. No point arguing about it.