Quote Famous="Famous"Why? Murphy is a better all round player imo. Russell has severe flaws in his game, which have been there for years, and he has shown absolutely no improvement in them.'"
Thats the biggest load of rubbish ive heard all year, the only flaws Matty has in his game is his positioning at fullback and his ability under the high ball and these skills can be taught, but what did Wigans coaching staff do instead of trying to fix these problems? They put a plaster over it and put Murphy at fullback! What you cant teach is clearing his lines something Murphy failed to do on a few occasions last Sunday, thats simply down to Mattys raw talent and elusive footwork, dont get me wrong Murphy is great under the high ball and he has great speed but comparing him against Russell is like saying Paul Wellens is a better full back than Sam Tomkins, no where near, never and not in a million years!
