Who was better in 2011?

[madbluboy]

Chris Judd or Marc Murphy?

[PaulP]

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_p...fopt2=2011

[Thryleon]

Pretty pointless comparison.

One played inside whilst the other played outside and both benefited from having each other in the same midfield.

[laj]

Chris Judd or Marc Murphy?

Who cares, both were brilliant.

I'm enjoying your salty tears. 4 coaches who have to watch each player very closely and intimately know their roles will know 100 times more than you or me.

Marc Murphy ...............BEST & FAIREST!!!!!

[madbluboy]

3 replies but no answer.

[madbluboy]

The old coach knows best line gets thrown out a lot here unless of course that poster hates the coach eg. Mick Malthouse.

[PaulP]

3 replies but no answer.

As far as 2011 is concerned, Murphy by a whisker.

[PaulP]

Pretty pointless comparison.

One played inside whilst the other played outside and both benefited from having each other in the same midfield.

That's a good summary Thry. Mutual reinforcement is what makes a bunch of good players into a great team.

[mateinone]

Both were great. From memory Chris Judd was the Brownlow favorite, with Murphy on the 2nd or 3rd line of betting (Swan won). Marc Murphy also won the The Age Player of the Year that year. Both were All Australians.

In regards to the AFLPA vs AFLCA, the AFLCA has to generally be considered the more accurate.

Whilst the AFLCA is based on the impact players had in a specific game against each other, with the knowledge of the specific roles players had, the efforts that went into preventing a player etc.

The AFLPA is based on picking who you think the top 3 players were from a pool of players. Not based on actual games, just a "who do you think was the best player". 

I am fairly sure at the time I thought Murphy might have won the Brownlow (actually finished 15 off the lead, though Judd finished 11).

I think any attempt to split the two has to be considered subjective, as I don't think there is a clear way of determining.

[laj]

Judd was a better player career-wise, probably in the top 20 all time, but in 2011 there was very little between them.