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Carlton should drop Murphy

The Panglossian
in Melbourne Demons

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Murphy missed a set shot from 12 yds out directly in front tonight.

We dropped McKenzie for a similar blunder, though he kept Hanley to just over half the possessions he gained the previous week.

I bet the Blues don't have the same knee-jerk reaction. We could have made good use of Jordie against the Hawks.

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    Murphy missed a set shot from 12 yds out directly in front tonight.

    We dropped McKenzie for a similar blunder, though he kept Hanley to just over half the possessions he gained the previous week.

    I bet the Blues don't have the same knee-jerk reaction. We could have made good use of Jordie against the Hawks.

    Murphy is one of the top echelon players in the league. McKenzie is a plodder lucky to still be paid as a professional athlete.

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    Also do you really think the only reason McKenzie was dropped was because he missed one goal, even if it was a howler? Don't be daft.

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    Yeah because thats what you do, you drop your captain......

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    Jordie McKenzie played awesome against the Bombers. He has sucked apart from that.

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    Also do you really think the only reason McKenzie was dropped was because he missed one goal, even if it was a howler? Don't be daft.

    Yes, I think that is why he was dropped, and it think it was daft.

    In response to "Dr" Gonzo, it' s blatantly obvious that Murphy is an elite player, and McKenzie isn't. I was just pointing out that even the most skilful player can miss a sitter. I think that miss was the main reason McKenzie was dropped, and I think it was an error.

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    And the winner for the worst thread and initial post goes to......

    Mckenzie's missed goal was two weeks ago and was posted to death in the post match discussion thread...move on.

    Edited by Ethan Tremblay

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    Murphy missed a set shot from 12 yds out directly in front tonight.

    We dropped McKenzie for a similar blunder, though he kept Hanley to just over half the possessions he gained the previous week.

    I bet the Blues don't have the same knee-jerk reaction. We could have made good use of Jordie against the Hawks.

    I hope you've been on the sauce tonight mate, cos McKenzie wouldn't carry Marc Murphy's bags.

    And it wasn't a knee jerk reaction given McKenzie has never been able to kick, and also missed a set shot against Port the week before from 30m out which might have been the difference there too.

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    Yes, I think that is why he was dropped, and it think it was daft.

    In response to "Dr" Gonzo, it' s blatantly obvious that Murphy is an elite player, and McKenzie isn't. I was just pointing out that even the most skilful player can miss a sitter. I think that miss was the main reason McKenzie was dropped, and I think it was an error.

    Yeah it wasn't his previous poor games, lack of skill, lack of disposals, it was that one missed goal...

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    JJC. I know you're trying to make your argument by the logic of the absurd but the problem is that you've picked a poor example. Murphy is a classy footballer for who the miss in front of goal was an aberration while in Jordie's case, that shocker against Brisbane from 12 metres out was more typical of his poor disposal skills by foot. For all of his many other attributes, this has to condemn him in a team that is now losing more games than it wins through turnovers from players who simply butcher the football. I know he's not on his Pat Malone in this regard but I think our recruiting and pre season training will require a lot of hard work on disposal skills and it's for that reason that if Jordie can't improve rapidly in this area, he's destined to be traded or find himself more and more often at Casey.

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    The difference is Murphy can actually kick those goals. Jordie was always going to miss from there unbelievable so.

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    JJC - "let he who is without sin cast the first stone"

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    Don't like bagging our players but I wasn't surprised when Jordie missed. Very surprised Murphy missed last night.

    Sorry but as we move forward I think Jordies time is up

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    Even the best players in the league sometimes f'k up, whatever, they're allowed to make mistakes because it's not like it's a problem of their's. Marc won't get dropped so don't be silly about it.

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    Can't believe people can't see that Murphy has many more credits in the bank than Jordie. When McKenzie plays like Murphy I'll forgive him the odd howler.

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    Is this thread for real ? You gotta be taking the [censored]

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