Are you saying TM is blind?Anybody with eyes could have picked up on it
Are you saying TM is blind?
Murphy was injured any criticism of him is unfair and cheering when he was taken off was a disgrace. Think what you like he's a 19 year old rookie and deserves respect for that fact
But ain't the only one Nick, Maddison not really delivered consistently since he came back from injury Armstrong is a bit off the mark and in my opinion Vincelot and Fleck both off the mark. There's a lot of pressure on Murphy to produce Ronaldo type performances all the time, it ain't going to happen, yesterday imo Murphy was carrying an injury from early on and should have been dealt with at the latest at half time.
I've been saying it for the last 5/6 weeks. The lad simply cannot play football. Absolutely awful. The only positive about him being here is that it gives myself hope that I can someday play professional football.
Murphy was injured any criticism of him is unfair and cheering when he was taken off was a disgrace. Think what you like he's a 19 year old rookie and deserves respect for that fact
He's 21.
If Murphy is carrying an injury, would it be worth giving Jordan Spence a debut on Tuesday? Don't know much about him to be honest, but think he might add some urgency to our play by getting past a full back and providing crosses for Tudgay (who I'd start on Tues)
I dont think Spence will that high up the pecking order
Or waddle back if he loses the ballAt least he won't duck out of challenges.
Doesn't that kind of send alarm bells off? 5 times?Yep, and I'm not having a pop at him. He's also had a fair bit of experience now, been out on loan 5 times before coming here.
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He is pacy. It's not a myth.
He was sluggish yesterday though.
He clearly has pace.
Doesn't that kind of send alarm bells off? 5 times?
Sounds to me that he is never going to make it at Norwich. A player like that should surely be progressing by now.
If this is his 5th loan and he's still where he is then that is a worrying sign.
I said before the game yesterday, for us to win we needed both Armstrong and Murphy on form. If only one of them is on form then the defence will be able to target him and mark him out of the game.
As Murphy was offering nothing it was easier to crowd Armstrong out.
Doesn't that kind of send alarm bells off? 5 times?
Fair enough, NW.Not really, relatively commonplace nowadays. Jack Cork was another who went all over the place...
Back in the day, he'd have either played competitive reserve football, or us, or someone like us, would have paid £100k for him and he'd have had first team football.
Nowadays, the 'bigger' clubs run huge squads as they can afford to, and the salaries make it next to impossiblefor us to compete in those terms. So players such as Murphy, who obviously have promise, hang around being sent on loan again and again to get battle hardened.
FWIW I think he's a bit unlucky to be picked on. He's the archetypal winger who blows hot and cold, and looks utterly lost when he's cold. Problem is, atm the rest of the team aren't covering for that. When *they're* all blowing cold too, Murphy stands out even more...
Murphy was injured any criticism of him is unfair and cheering when he was taken off was a disgrace. Think what you like he's a 19 year old rookie and deserves respect for that fact
Shame he was our worst player yesterday good job the others all put in a full shift?We had three substitutions at once. Had his been the first number raised I doubt there would have been a cheer at all. Everyone wanted him off because be was so bloody awful and didn't put in a shift. The fact he didn't get called off until the final substitution raised the awful prospect for a few seconds that he might actually stay on until the very end.
Right now I wouldn't put him in a Sunday league team.
Not really, relatively commonplace nowadays. Jack Cork was another who went all over the place...
Back in the day, he'd have either played competitive reserve football, or us, or someone like us, would have paid £100k for him and he'd have had first team football.
Nowadays, the 'bigger' clubs run huge squads as they can afford to, and the salaries make it next to impossiblefor us to compete in those terms. So players such as Murphy, who obviously have promise, hang around being sent on loan again and again to get battle hardened.
FWIW I think he's a bit unlucky to be picked on. He's the archetypal winger who blows hot and cold, and looks utterly lost when he's cold. Problem is, atm the rest of the team aren't covering for that. When *they're* all blowing cold too, Murphy stands out even more...
The reason he stands out is because he has been the poorest player on the pitch in the region of 20 games this season, whilst only having about 5 good ones.
It depends what you pay attention too, but the when he does have yet another poor game the focus becomes more on the 20 rather than the 5.
Shame he was our worst player yesterday good job the others all put in a full shift?
I even heard people blaming him for the goal yesterday even though it was down the opposite wing. .
Shame he was our worst player yesterday good job the others all put in a full shift?
I even heard people blaming him for the goal yesterday even though it was down the opposite wing. .
Cole has had less than 5 good games
No it wasn't? He lost it and didn't track backShame he was our worst player yesterday good job the others all put in a full shift?
I even heard people blaming him for the goal yesterday even though it was down the opposite wing. .
That's the perfect shot of Vincelot. The player has just pulled him back by the arm, not allowing him to come across and close down.No he wasn't. He bottled a challenge with Ryan, and they broke. That challenge isn't on the video it shows it just after and as you can see Murphy is clearly on that side of the pitch and tracking Ryan.
http://www.skysports.com/football/coventry-vs-fleetwood/340470
I'm not scapegoating him, there were a number of errors in the build up, but it did start with him bottling a 50:50, which tbh was more like a 60:40 in his favour. We lost the ball high up stokes commit forward (bottom of the still).
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The other problem is the team is not often effective unless Murphy is on song.
Because he plays every single game. I think it's about time we tried a few games without him. He might be a match winner once in a blue moon, but collectively as a team we will be better without him.
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