3 hours ago, Mach5 said:

Never understood all the love for Murphy, on or off the field.

Hasn't got much going for him apart from being a beautiful reader of the play, balanced with elite disposal as well as being highly articulate wordsmith and a great leader. Oh, and he has almost played 300 games. Pretty ordinary really.

Was going to play his 300th against us in round 8.

Sounds almost certainly to be an ACL but he is having scans this afternoon. Fingers crossed!

5 hours ago, Mach5 said:

Never understood all the love for Murphy, on or off the field.

I understand it, I just don't share it.

1 hour ago, chook fowler said:

Hasn't got much going for him apart from being a beautiful reader of the play, balanced with elite disposal as well as being highly articulate wordsmith and a great leader. Oh, and he has almost played 300 games. Pretty ordinary really.

Ie not a melbourne player...

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An absolute legend of our game. Hopefully he comes back. Easily my fave non-MFC player and his columns in the HUN are just about the only sensible sports writing in that paper.

and he likes rock'n'roll

The thing about Bob is that he is actually a decent guy outside of footy. The fact that he is a very gifted player who plays the game in the right spirit and has remained unwavering in his loyalty to the dogs is the Icing on the cake. In all honesty I would have loved him to play for the Dees, and there can be no higher commendation than that.

Robbo was right tonight.. Its sad that he has done his knee but jeez time to move on, worse things going on in life. Whately said it will effect him all year while robbo mentioned he has already moved on.

Im a Murphy fan but the way the media has continue to feel sorry over and over again is a bit cringeworthy to be honest.

Edited April 13, 20169 yr by dazzledavey36

I found myself agreeing with Robbo for the first time tonight. His analogy with the baby in Prahran really struck me.

The guy's injured, not dead. He will likely come back and play again next season and it will be glorious. You don't need to crawl into a corner and cry for a whole week because of it; get some bloody perspective in your life.

Edited April 13, 20169 yr by SaberFang

On 4/13/2016 at 9:43 PM, dazzledavey36 said:

Robbo was right tonight.. Its sad that he has done his knee but jeez time to move on, worse things going on in life. Whately said it will effect him all year while robbo mentioned he has already moved in...

Im a Murphy fan but the way the media has continue to feel sorry over and over again is a bit cringeworthy to be honest.

These injuries happen all the time, not many players get through a career without at least one medium to long term injury, it really isn't the end of the world, though it is a shame when the best players aren't out there playing. 

Teams these days are so good at covering the loss of players, as good as Bob is, it doesn't stop the Bulldogs being a top 4-6 side imo

Absolutely my favourite non-Demon.

And by the length of the straight at Flemington.

Hope he makes it back.

 

I am seeing kids living in squalor and absolute poverty in Manila right now

Robert Murphy will be fine. If his career is over then he will be the best dam footy journalist by a mile along with Martin Flanagan

Get over it. Bad Shite does happen...

Edited April 13, 20169 yr by Sir Why You Little

You have to like a guy who called Robert Flower "the patron saint of skinny blokes"

On 4/11/2016 at 11:31 AM, chook fowler said:

Hasn't got much going for him apart from being a beautiful reader of the play, balanced with elite disposal as well as being highly articulate wordsmith and a great leader. Oh, and he has almost played 300 games. Pretty ordinary really.

Murphy's always felt to me like a pseudo intellectual, but he seems like a nice guy all the same.

The Petracca ACL was more devastating.  , Robert Murphy has played almost 300 games of footy and hes what, 34?  Hes had a fair crack at it

Cry me a river AFL media

2 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

The Petracca ACL was more devastating.  , Robert Murphy has played almost 300 games of footy and hes what, 34?  Hes had a fair crack at it

Cry me a river AFL media

Try Anthony Morabito. 

5 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

Try Anthony Morabito. 

If I have to hear about bloody Daniel Menzel again...

He landed in the luckiest place a player can, managed to get the opportunity to play some great footy in a winning side and in big finals in his first few years, AND has made it back, into a side that is still better than most.
Cry me a bloody river. Shoulda heard him when he was in rehab, all the other players thought he was nuts and he spoke about himself in the 3rd person like he was the second coming of Jesus, awaiting resurrection. 

Even Trengove has nothing on poor Morabito.
A kid like Jayden Pitt or Damien Cavka even moreso.