For me, 3 of his 4 best games for us have been his last 3. Great to see him coming into form and showing us what he can do.
Murphy is as good a replacement as we can hope for at present.
Murphy wad excellent today and certainly kept us in it, that said we didn't disgrace ourselves and looked dangerous on the break, could have easily snatched a goal at the end.
.... but still doesn't feel me with confidence when the opposition pump the ball into the box!
Frankly this should have been over after 60 minutes, and West Ham should have been 3-0 up, rather than the nervy ending it was. Again though, it was the combination of a lack of set-play polish (Noble has to be replaced as the primary free kick/corner merchant), a lack of clinical finishing, and a superb Coventry GK in the form of Joe Murphy. Frankly, if it's true that Robert Green is refusing to sign a new contract and wants out even if we're promoted (and I'm not sure it is), then we'd do worse than sign Joe Murphy. He was spectacular today and was the only factor from Coventry's perspective that kept the scoreline so low: it should have been 4 for the Hammers.
I'm sure as soon as he makes another mistake as all keepers do, a number will be on his back again. Murphy is and always has been decent just exposed by some poor play in front of him and a couple of high profile errors early in the season. Errors can be glossed over with a victory but we've not had many of those either. He's not Westwood we were very lucky to have someone as good as him, but we are also fortunate to have Murphy and I hope he is here for at least the remainder of his 3 year contract.
Hopefullly the Murphy knockers will take a rest now.
Did he get hit in the chest?
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