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VFL Round 3 Carlton v Collingwood 2.05pm Sunday 14th April
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I do not give a S--- about Clarkson that is someone else,s worry and I also never said a word about Long or the MSD, do not try putting words into my mouth so that has nothing to do what so ever with what I said.
i am not trying to decide his life for him what an absurd notion,I would say that say that Daicos tackle was very innocuous and he will get a lot worse than that if he does decide to play he has had no physical contact training since that tackle and what does that say to you.
I think the longer he does not play the less chance he has of playing again it is that simple and unlike others here I believe we need everyone to pull their weight to be any chance of defending the flag.
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Read the post instead of being a smartarse, I absolutely recognised you are a long while out of the game when finished and he had more injuries and head knocks than most players get in their careers but he has to decide not me and not you if I thought it was safe for him to Play on I would be more than pleased.
You said it’s TIME for Murphy to make a decision - not sure how it can be interpreted any other way than you deciding his life for him.
If this urgency is not linked to the MSD or LONG - then why is there any urgency at all?
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Listen mate instead of the pile on,read my post I made no mention of Long or the MSD that was some one else,s notion not mine. Tell me where the logic is to having one less player to pick from each week and a player who would have played every game we played so far, unlike others here I think everyone has to be on the same page and fully committed to the cause something which whether you or I like it or not Nathan ATM is finding hard to do.
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B------- you interpret it anyway you like and most of them wrong anyway, yes I do believe it is time for Nathan to decide what he is going to do, if he has decided that for 1 reason or another he cannot take physical contact then he should say something about it.
I made it clear in my post about giving a nudge to Murphy that the rush is not for Murphy to retire but to get back into training and into the team to help us achieve success this year. I never mentioned Long or the MSD. Getting a new player in via MSD is obviously not going to contribute to any success this year nor probably in the future. I have no desire for Murphy to retire but I do want him to play.
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I have not mentioned Long or the MSD. Perhaps you should go back a page or so to my original comment re Murphy making a decision on his playing future.
How does not training with the team help him to gain any confidence in his body? I don't want him to make a decision to retire. I want him to make a decision to resume training and play.
The urgency is team success in 2024.
Is there a player sitting in the shadows who’ll step into the team when Murphy retires, to then takes to a flag?
If not - then “your success in 2024” is just complete hyperbole.
We have 44 players but very few tall players in positions that count, and our defence seems far more brittle without Murphy in the side. Yes I have read the 'news' lately and frankly I don't see how he is going to go from where he is now to playing in another AFL game. The part I most don't get is why he is on a special program that does not involve training with his team mates. Nobody who has watched Murphy play would ever doubt his courage, and for him to lose confidence to the point where despite being physically OK to play he is training alone is perplexing.
Have you not read my posts!!!??? Where have I said that I want Murphy to retire or that anyone who took his place via the MSD would help take us to the flag? You and Timmy twist people's posts to suit your own agendas.
Agree, If Murph gets one more that’s it, no it’s and buts he will not play again.
If he’s taking time to do different things to ensure that risk is lessened then what else would you expect him to do?
Yeah agree, I look at guys like Flanders and Bruhn who were at Allen’s level not that long ago.
But you are really disagreeing with what I take to be Jen's position - that whatever precautions or changes he makes to his playing style, he is not going to be able to avoid the contact that inevitably comes from playing his position.
You should think more carefully about what you post.Have you not read my posts!!!??? Where have I said that I want Murphy to retire or that anyone who took his place via the MSD would help take us to the flag? You and Timmy twist people's posts to suit your own agendas.
In my post I said unless the MSD or LONG were the objective, that there was NO URGENCY for Murphy to retire.
You responded - the urgency is team success in 2024.
So you were unambiguously suggesting Murphy retiring is linked to our success in 2024.
I was simply using your own words to make my point.
I didn’t twist anything.
So true,
Leigh Fisher went a step further and may as well of pulled the boots on for St Kilda a few weeks back when we played them.
I was unambiguously saying that having Murphy in the team this year would increase our chances of winning games.
Not when you replied - “the urgency is team success in 2024”.
You were unambiguously saying the opposite ie retirement was linked to success.
That’s why I suggested you need to be more considered in what you post
