by bodacious benny » Tue Jan 08, 2019 11:25 am
Stoke away last season, played very well.
I don’t disagree that a lot of the games he’s struggled in, but there have been occasions where he has shown potential in a struggling team. Plus most of the chances he’s had to play he’s probably had one of the worst strikers in the PL (Joselu) to try and pick out. He’s also never been given a run of games, I’d be surprised if he’d played more than two consecutive games for us. How is a young player new to the PL ever going to progress like that? Other players have had ample opportunity. Joselu has started god knows how many games despite being consistently rubbish, and even Diame was getting slated for poor performances early last season but kept getting picked and eventually he came good.
I think too many people have unfairly written Murphy off as being crap far too soon and based on incredibly little.
Stoke away last season, played very well.
I don’t disagree that a lot of the games he’s struggled in, but there have been occasions where he has shown potential in a struggling team. Plus most of the chances he’s had to play he’s probably had one of the worst strikers in the PL (Joselu) to try and pick out. He’s also never been given a run of games, I’d be surprised if he’d played more than two consecutive games for us. How is a young player new to the PL ever going to progress like that? Other players have had ample opportunity. Joselu has started god knows how many games despite being consistently rubbish, and even Diame was getting slated for poor performances early last season but kept getting picked and eventually he came good.
I think too many people have unfairly written Murphy off as being crap far too soon and based on incredibly little.