Am I alone in thinking Gibbs is a better player than Murphy?

[outabounds]

Both good players but I just see Marc Murphy getting muscled out of too many contests, he isn't strong enough to shake tags. I think Gibbs has taken a step up and he offers a bigger body and the versatility to go forward or back and play taller.
I would not hesitate in taking Gibbs over Murphy.

 

[Silvagnis]

meh.

We have both.

 

[Gavstar]

Gibbs is way better, sadly Murph is not physically imposing enough and can't break a tag.

 

[I bleed Blue]

Not alone. Gibbs has been far better this year

 

[Silvagnis]

Murphy gets tagged.

 

[Cringle]

Not that it matters. And that they are different players. However, I'd have Gibbs over Murphy on output. Only because I want Gibbs.

 

[ItsAllAboutMe]

Murphy gets the tag, not Gibbs if it was reversed I reckon Murph would have a field day and Gibbs would be struggling.

 

[The Grover]

Who bloody cares? Let's put our focus in weeding out the massive amount of spuds,hacks,list cloggers whatever u want to call them.

 

[AB_Blue]

What shits me is they are never good on the same day. It easy to cover one and let the other play

 

[gbatman]

Possibly, Gibbs uses the ball far better than Murphy and is more dangerous around goals.

 

[RAPPA]

Murphy again proved tonight he does not cope well with the tag and does not impose himself as a leader. It'll be quite bleak when Judd ends up retiring.

 

[Cringle]

What are you guys doing? You are supposed to pick which one is your favorite!

 

[kanye_best]

Murphy can't shake a tag.
I don't think Gibbs can and Judd in his twilight can't either.
Notice how much space Gibbs and Juddy have?

 

[FRUMPY]

Its the first time gibbs has had a better year than murphy. Murphy has been MUCH better over their careers. Murphy has lost the ability to burn players off and isnt kicking goals as much. Gibbs has learnt to work harder and is now imposing himself on games (and kicking goals)

 

[Mr_Plow]

Helps when you are 188cm and have a 90kg frame to throw around in the contests.

Difficult for 180cm mids like Murphy to impose themselves on modern football and the constant stoppages, particularly while tagged.

 

[Sam The Doc]

Looks like Murphy is still struggling with an injury and yeah a hand in pocket tag isn't ideal.

 

[gbatman]

Murphy not injured, just tagged well, should have meant that who ever wasn't getting tagged carved up and some did well without dominating.

 

[LordLucifer]

Yes, you are alone.

 

[etsal1]

Gibbs is playing better but Murph is getting the tag.

 

[kreuze95]

Murphy is at his best when he's not the number 1 midfielder, see 2011 with Judd firing. With Gibbs elevating and daisy hopefully stepping up to peak performance soon hopefully the pressure can be taken off murph and we will see a bit more. ATM yes Gibbs is better imo.

 

[JuddsABlue]

I wouldnt say Murphy cant shake a tag like all tags defeat him

Tonight he got stuck with a bloke who didnt even try to look at the ball, and he was relatively effective

He has plenty of 25+ disposal games where hes been tagged

And breaking a tag is a team effort, needs support around the ball, not sure how much he got, but with a goal and some touches I wouldnt say he had a shocker tonight by any means

Gibbs is in a purple patch and would be harder to tag, but are we acting like thats a problem?

Murph has and will continue to break tags, didnt have his best game tonight but who did? We were soundly beaten by a better team

 

[Koutafidamidis]

Both good players but I just see Marc Murphy getting muscled out of too many contests, he isn't strong enough to shake tags. I think Gibbs has taken a step up and he offers a bigger body and the versatility to go forward or back and play taller.
I would not hesitate in taking Gibbs over Murphy.

i hate to agree but i do!!!1

i was so wrong about gibbs

he's really growing into his role

 

[BlueJet]

On current form Gibbs is performing better but there's a reason why Murphy gets the hard tag.
It'd be nice for others to step up alongside them though, after Murphy, Gibbs and Judd our midfield stocks are pretty meh..

 

[BIGGUS 64]

Gibbs is clearly better on current form, but I am confident Murphy will come back better next year. He's far from finished.

If Murph continues to struggle it might be time to make the hard call and relieve him of the captaincy to let him focus on just his game. Once again, Murphy had a relatively simple shot last night from 30-40 out, which didn't even make the distance. What's going on with that? Can't blame the tag for that. He used to have those for breakfast.

Next season I hope will see Thomas benefitting from a full season with his new club, Curnow continuing on an upward trajectory, maybe Judd going around again, Cripps taking another step and blokes like Bell, Doc, Carrots and Robbo contributing through the midfield. Not a bad bunch of players if we can get them firing, and then it won't be just down to Murphy/Gibbs.

 

[blues4flag]

Murphy gets tagged.

So does Gibbs. He had the Shiels tag against the Hawks and had a second shadow against the Giants as well.