Hanshithispantz Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Cannot believe we haven't managed to convince Messi to come be our third choice striker in the Championship. We've signed an established Championship striker who has got 1 in 2 for Ipswich at this level despite being described as a target man. He's been signed as back-up, the back-up that we've needed. Don't see how this could turn out to be a bad signing. He'll be a bit part player who will keep Mitro on his toes. Can't believe people aren't allowed to criticise a proven poor player. Who says he will be third choice anyway, the rotation that Rafa favours suggests he will start a lot of games. Just because we are in the championship doesn't mean we need to accept low quality. How is he a proven poor player? We're in the Championship for a reason, he is a good player in the Championship (that league that we are in) some people need to wake up. He's had one good season, he has been poor everywhere else, he even managed to fail in the SPL. Do you think Jamie Vardy is a proven shite player? Going by Murphy's record he's been absolutely fine for 3 seasons; if he's still hitting around 1 in 3 then he should be fine here unless we've inexplicably signed him to lead the line for the rest of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Plenty of uninspiring championship signings. Yes I know we are in the championship but think we all expected better incomings and to walk this league. Will need another squad overhaul if we do go up Erm no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I still expect to walk it tbh but I don't know about better incomings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Cannot believe we haven't managed to convince Messi to come be our third choice striker in the Championship. We've signed an established Championship striker who has got 1 in 2 for Ipswich at this level despite being described as a target man. He's been signed as back-up, the back-up that we've needed. Don't see how this could turn out to be a bad signing. He'll be a bit part player who will keep Mitro on his toes. Can't believe people aren't allowed to criticise a proven poor player. Who says he will be third choice anyway, the rotation that Rafa favours suggests he will start a lot of games. Just because we are in the championship doesn't mean we need to accept low quality. How is he a proven poor player? We're in the Championship for a reason, he is a good player in the Championship (that league that we are in) some people need to wake up. He's had one good season, he has been poor everywhere else, he even managed to fail in the SPL. Do you think Jamie Vardy is a proven s**** player? Going by Murphy's record he's been absolutely fine for 3 seasons; if he's still hitting around 1 in 3 then he should be fine here unless we've inexplicably signed him to lead the line for the rest of the season. He progressively moved up leagues, Murphy has failed in all except for one season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 He's a 1 in 4 striker over the course of his career thus far according to wiki.. almost exactly that in fact. My thoughts - not an exciting name, but I'd rather him than Riviere, who is total dogshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Back when Rafa agreed to stay on I think we were all pretty confident of coming 1st. It Dosent seem that way as it stands now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Signing the leading striker from a solid to good championship side to be in all likelihood our third striker isn't the worst idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 He's only had one decent season in his career like, and "he scored X two seasons ago" doesn't really wash when the bloke's knocking on 34. I'm hopeful that Gayle, Mitrovic and Perez will score plenty and hopefully he'll be a rarity on the pitch, but tbh I'd rather be giving the opportunity to Armstrong in their absence. Murphy didn't score at all until November last season and hasn't scored yet this season either. He's far from a guarantee of goals even in this division. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 He's only had one decent season in his career like, and "he scored X two seasons ago" doesn't really wash when the bloke's knocking on 34. I'm hopeful that Gayle, Mitrovic and Perez will score plenty and hopefully he'll be a rarity on the pitch, but tbh I'd rather be giving the opportunity to Armstrong in their absence. Murphy didn't score at all until November last season and hasn't scored yet this season either. He's far from a guarantee of goals even in this division. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 If Murphy was our only attacking player we signed j would be pretty meh about our summer business, however we have also signed Ritchie, Gayle and kept Ayoze. Any further striker is back up and we aren't going to find a quality player who wants to be back up. Rafa prefers experienced back up and that is absolutely fine by me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theregulars Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Maybe, just maybe, our extremely talented manager sees something in him that he believes will work in the system he likes to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Cannot believe we haven't managed to convince Messi to come be our third choice striker in the Championship. We've signed an established Championship striker who has got 1 in 2 for Ipswich at this level despite being described as a target man. He's been signed as back-up, the back-up that we've needed. Don't see how this could turn out to be a bad signing. He'll be a bit part player who will keep Mitro on his toes. Can't believe people aren't allowed to criticise a proven poor player. Who says he will be third choice anyway, the rotation that Rafa favours suggests he will start a lot of games. Just because we are in the championship doesn't mean we need to accept low quality. How is he a proven poor player? We're in the Championship for a reason, he is a good player in the Championship (that league that we are in) some people need to wake up. He's had one good season, he has been poor everywhere else, he even managed to fail in the SPL. Do you think Jamie Vardy is a proven s**** player? Going by Murphy's record he's been absolutely fine for 3 seasons; if he's still hitting around 1 in 3 then he should be fine here unless we've inexplicably signed him to lead the line for the rest of the season. He progressively moved up leagues, Murphy has failed in all except for one season. He didn't like, he jumped from non-league straight into the Championship and averaged about 1 in 4 up until last season. Murphy has had a fairly shite career but going off the last 3 year he seems like an average Championship striker at worst. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Why do people automatically think he will be back up, our bids for Haller and Bas Dost show he wanted another first choice, no evidence to suggest Murphy won't be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Abysmal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 He will, I am certain, have been chosen specifically for his style of play. Not the number of goals he has previously scored. Rafa knows what he wants, even if this guy isn't first choice of that ilk player, he is his choice. Let's see how he fits in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Why do people automatically think he will be back up, our bids for Haller and Bas Dost show he wanted another first choice, no evidence to suggest Murphy won't be. As I said, I think we still need another striker alongside Murphy, we're pretty short up top as we're seeing after a handfull of games. If he's signed as a starter then I agree it's horrific Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Why do people automatically think he will be back up, our bids for Haller and Bas Dost show he wanted another first choice, no evidence to suggest Murphy won't be. That's like saying we couldn't sign Messi, we couldn't sign Ronaldo as our first choice striker. Let's sign Shola Ameobi instead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 He's honestly the best striker of his type in the Championship imo. Not trying to be a wum but he's better (or should I say more proven) than Mitrovic in the targetman role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 A) he's not going to be first choice he'll be expected to chip in at times and is capable of doing that and b) he'll have better service here than he's had before. Makes sense as a 3rd or 4th choice, he's not going to be leading the line bar a catastrophe of biblical proportions. People need to calm down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaqen Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Looking forward to Sewelly's reaction to this one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Why do people automatically think he will be back up, our bids for Haller and Bas Dost show he wanted another first choice, no evidence to suggest Murphy won't be. As I said, I think we still need another striker alongside Murphy, we're pretty short up top as we're seeing after a handfull of games. If he's signed as a starter then I agree it's horrific As things stand we now have Gayle, Mitrovic, Perez, Armstrong, Riviere and soon Murphy. We aren't signing any more strikers this window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Is he better than Rivierre/Armstrong ? Yes/more proven (the latter is not really fair because Armstrong hasn't had a chance yet) To be fair, Riviere hasn't had a chance at this level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubestationatmidnight Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Rivière won't feature. Armstrong will probably go on loan or not feature much. I don't think Rafa is that big a fan of mitrovic either seemed to be on the bench a lot last season under him. I think Murphy would get quite a bit of pitch time. Rafa only likes one mobile striker up front which will be Gayle and mitrovic and Murphy would both play back up or as options to go 2 up top if we need to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Why do people automatically think he will be back up, our bids for Haller and Bas Dost show he wanted another first choice, no evidence to suggest Murphy won't be. As I said, I think we still need another striker alongside Murphy, we're pretty short up top as we're seeing after a handfull of games. If he's signed as a starter then I agree it's horrific As things stand we now have Gayle, Mitrovic, Perez, Armstrong, Riviere and soon Murphy. We aren't signing any more strikers this window. Probably not, but I'd still rather Murphy than no-one. We're short up top, Riv is awful, no idea how good Armstrong is in this league, Perez is better on the wing for me. As long as we signed him with that in mind which I assume we did I'm fine. I don't think we're bringing him in expecting him to start ahead of Mitrovic most games and tear the league up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Rivière won't feature. Armstrong will probably go on loan or not feature much. I don't think Rafa is that big a fan of mitrovic either seemed to be on the bench a lot last season under him. I think Murphy would get quite a bit of pitch time. Rafa only likes one mobile striker up front which will be Gayle and mitrovic and Murphy would both play back up or as options to go 2 up top if we need to Do you think Rafa would have been starting Daryl Murphy last season like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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