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'.......