Ex-Player Josh Murphy

[tonyw]

Manning played him when Manning joined us. We were in an injury crisis, if you recall.

I think Murphy started two games for us the following season under Manning.

1 Football league trophy and 1 league cup. he didn't start a league game.

Murphy has subsequently shown his quality- first for us and then at a higher level this season.

Short picked him against Chelsea

OK but what's your overall point? That Manning's an idiot? Hard to make that stick given that he's about to lead Bristol City to their highest finish in almost two decades (after doing an outstanding job with us). The guy's a snake.....but he also clearly knows what he's doing.

Or just that good managers can occasionally make bad decisions? In which case, fair enough, but all you have to do to prove that point is yell 'Eric Djemba-Djemba'.......

 

[chromeyellow]

My point was about Murphy, not Manning. I was saying that you can't complain that Murphy only performed for half a season when he was frozen out for the other half of that season.

Manning is a good (if dull) manager who is holding his own as a championship manager. Murphy is an outstanding player who is leading the championship on assists whilst performing in a weaker team. Both of them left us. I have fonder memories of JM than LM

 

[Oxford84]

My point was about Murphy, not Manning. I was saying that you can't complain that Murphy only performed for half a season when he was frozen out for the other half of that season.

Manning is a good (if dull) manager who is holding his own as a championship manager. Murphy is an outstanding player who is leading the championship on assists whilst performing in a weaker team. Both of them left us. I have fonder memories of JM than LM

What about the season before Manning then? Murphy was either crap when he did play or he went missing for weeks under Robinson.

I didnt care that much that Murphy left because we didnt know what Murphy wed get this season and for the next 2 if hed have signed for us. if wed have done a good enough job in replacing his end of season form then there would be no argument on if Murphy shouldve signed or not, instead we signed two players that are nowhere near as good.

Happy for Murphy to have rediscovered his joy for football again.

 

[Royalstandard74]

A decent player that turned up for us a#rse end of season, well done on doing well for Portsmouth. Next.

 

[Jster]

An all-time Oxford hero, in my book.

 

[Northernyellow]

I can't remember (in 50+ years of support) watching a player who was so completely transformed over just a few months. It was bizarre. For 18 months, he was awful. Then all of a sudden, the best player in L1. By miles. I was at Burton sitting with the home fans. They just couldn't believe what they were seeing- they clapped him off. And he's obviously carried on this season. Probably too late for him to get back to the PL, but you never know. Just the sort of player Leeds or Burnley would take a punt on.

 

[holdsteady]

I can't remember (in 50+ years of support) watching a player who was so completely transformed over just a few months. It was bizarre. For 18 months, he was awful. Then all of a sudden, the best player in L1. By miles. I was at Burton sitting with the home fans. They just couldn't believe what they were seeing- they clapped him off. And he's obviously carried on this season. Probably too late for him to get back to the PL, but you never know. Just the sort of player Leeds or Burnley would take a punt on.

Last year was the time to do that, would have been available on a free. He is probably as good as his brother but his head has been his problem, once he got that right he has shown his talent.

 

[Northernyellow]

Last year was the time to do that, would have been available on a free. He is probably as good as his brother but his head has been his problem, once he got that right he has shown his talent.

You're right. He's certainly got the ability. But there was just no glimpse of this under KR. Manning obviously didn't rate him.

 

[greatunclekip]

You're right. He's certainly got the ability. But there was just no glimpse of this under KR. Manning obviously didn't rate him.

A lot of managers had failed to get anything out of him for a period of time, at Cardiff, Preston and us. He failed to get a deal at Reading even, and that’s a damning indictment. I don’t think anyone will truly know why, but Des deserves a huge amount of credit for Murphy likely retiring a multi millionaire rather than booting around League 2.

Something clicked completely.

We miss him (Murphy) more than I thought we would (and I thought we’d miss him a lot).

 

[chromeyellow]

A lot of managers had failed to get anything out of him for a period of time, at Cardiff, Preston and us. He failed to get a deal at Reading even, and that’s a damning indictment. I don’t think anyone will truly know why, but Des deserves a huge amount of credit for Murphy likely retiring a multi millionaire rather than booting around League 2.

Something clicked completely.

We miss him (Murphy) more than I thought we would (and I thought we’d miss him a lot).

he was probably a multimillionaire already to be honest. He went to Cardiff for 11 million and was there for 4 years.