Danny Murphy

[Helios Creed]

He's still exceedingly bitter about Rafa bombing him out as soon as he came to the club. Didn't Houllier mainly sign foreigners too?

What an absolute bitter xenophobe....pity really as i think he usually talks a lot of sense re football.

I think Rafa bombed him out because Houllier warned him about the dressing room split between the mainly english gang (Didi was allowed in it) and the foreign newcomers and that some players were starting to try to get too big for their boots.

Rafa chucked him out so quickly it was blatantly not a football decision - we didn't get much for him and he was good enough to be worth at least looking at first. Owen's bags were chucked out the door next and Stevie almost left because he knew he wasn't wanted (at least initially). I wonder if Rafa's instinct to weed out the egos may have been correct...

[destinydude]

Would have him back in a bit.

[Shaggy]

I think Rafa bombed him out because Houllier warned him about the dressing room split between the mainly english gang (Didi was allowed in it) and the foreign newcomers and that some players were starting to try to get too big for their boots.

Rafa chucked him out so quickly it was blatantly not a football decision - we didn't get much for him and he was good enough to be worth at least looking at first. Owen's bags were chucked out the door next and Stevie almost left because he knew he wasn't wanted (at least initially). I wonder if Rafa's instinct to weed out the egos may have been correct...

Was he not sold to part-fund the outlay on Alonso? I know we didn't get much for him but as far as I remember we wouldn't have been able to afford Xabi had Murphy not gone.

[Muddled]

Would have him back in a bit.

Y'kno ... next season. Or the season after that ... mebbe. Will see how I feel!

[dww]

I think Rafa bombed him out because Houllier warned him about the dressing room split between the mainly english gang (Didi was allowed in it) and the foreign newcomers and that some players were starting to try to get too big for their boots.

Rafa chucked him out so quickly it was blatantly not a football decision - we didn't get much for him and he was good enough to be worth at least looking at first. Owen's bags were chucked out the door next and Stevie almost left because he knew he wasn't wanted (at least initially). I wonder if Rafa's instinct to weed out the egos may have been correct...

I think what happened was close to the right way to go - you need to balance the personalities in a squad. Players like Alonso, Hamman and Hyypis help to bring that when you have more egotistical players like Gerrard. The thing is that last season we lots a couple of those and the players bought in didn't really step up (although there were mitigating circumstances).

[Craig_H]

He's 'trending' on Twitter right now, it seems he kicked up a bit of a storm. I'm eagerly awaiting Sam Allardyce's response.

This one will baffle the **** out of Allardyce. He'll go for his usual technique of turning the xenophobe until he realises Murphy's natiionality - upon which point, he'll probably claim that Murphy is really Irish, and therefore not English, and therefore a cunt.

[Shaggy]

[Fredo]

His interview can be viewed here. Every bit the Xenophobic prick.

Link

[Will]

If hes not slaggin Rafa hes biggen up Roy Hodgson. Then calling Roy Hodgsons tactics ****. Then criticising teams he deems to "rough" to "psychical". Rovers under Hughes what a prick! He will be targeted now and who can blaim them? im a central midfielder for Blackburn or Wolves or Bolton and Murphy is saying im to rough and im dirty and my manager basically sends me out to be nasty and do damage. Then im gona target the ****. With the analysis he gave hes got a job for life with Sky.

[Muddled]

Fulham captain Danny Murphy, brave enough to speak out against violent football tactics by naming the guilty managers, has made a late withdrawal from a TV pundit's role for tonight's England match after talks with his club boss.
Murphy's articulate comments at the Leaders in Football conference last week, suggesting that Blackburn's Sam Allardyce, Stoke's Tony Pulis and Wolves' Mick McCarthy send out teams 'so pumped up there are inevitably going to be problems' caused controversy but enhanced his reputation as a great talker with a big media career ahead of him.

His next TV appearance was due to be in the ITV studio for their live coverage of the Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro. But Murphy pulled out following a conversation with Fulham manager Mark Hughes after training on Monday.

Fulham and Murphy's agents WMG say the decision was 'by mutal consent'. But the Premier League club did not want their captain adding fuel to the fire he has started, especially after the rent-a-quote, one-eyed League Managers Association called his views 'inappropriate'.

Murphy, described by Fulham as 'a great ambassador for the club', is more than capable of making up his own mind about what he says on air.

But as he said: 'Your manager decides what his players do and how you behave.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/art...#ixzz128Dxdakr

[Alex]

To be honest I am glad with all these people highlighting the issue. Even if it was misguided, it is becoming a problem.

[5europeancups]

QUOTE=Gingawaria;1736497]I thought he made a very good point actually.[/QUOTE]

[Fredo]

OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
RT @CrabbersTweet: Sam Allardyce re Murphy "I was very angry. Players were very angry. It was an outrageous statement"

[Shaggy]

Allardyce handed out a sheet of disciplinary facts to every single journo in the room at the press conference. I wonder if anyone will call it a rant?

[Imy]

Allardyce handed out a sheet of disciplinary facts to every single journo in the room at the press conference. I wonder if anyone will call it a rant?

he's cracking up, he's cracking up, fat sams cracking up...