Jacob Murphy

[Gallowgate Toon]

I think if there's one thing Murphy has looked good at over the last 2 months it's going at players & being direct. He's been getting himself into good spots but his final ball has been erratic. He should've had 2 assists before yesterday mind, if Joselu could finish.

 

Interesting interview with him https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/jacobs-joy-at-magpies-perfect-start-to-2018. He seems very aware of his mentality which I think is a good thing for him in the long run.

[mrmojorisin75]

if we weren't such cap in hand paupers this lad would be looking a bargain at £12m like

[Parky]

Getting better every game. Effortlessly takes on players and keeps his head up.

[sugoinufc]

first half was a joke...stepped up in second half. nice assist

[Guest Howaythetoon]

You've got to remember with wingers or wide men, especially younger players, they are always going to be inconsistent because they play almost on the fringes of the game and when they do get involved it usually a fast break forward or running at someone. To make a killer pass involves a killer move which is what happened against Stoke. If Perez didn't make that run that ball he sent in would be deemed a poor ball or a poor decision.

[Odear]

To make a killer pass involves a killer move which is what happened against Stoke. If Perez didn't make that run that ball he sent in would be deemed a poor ball or a poor decision.

 

I can't remember if it was against Stoke or Brighton but he was in a similar position earlier and the ball failed to get past the first defender. It shows he's learning and can adapt. He clearly has pace and looks like he's put on a bit of muscle tone which was needed as he was being brushed off the ball too easily.

If he continues on the upwards curve 12m could look cheap. He has the intelligence to make adjustments.

 

If that was Obertan, it would be the same ball again and again.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

Aye, he now needs to add some goals to his game.

[joeyt]

Love his little Cruyff turn he does to get himself out of danger. Did Allen with it on Monday

[Willow]

https://www.nufc.co.uk/news/latest-news/murphy-on-the-cover-for-luton-tie

 

The 22-year-old will be hoping to keep his place for this weekend’s FA Cup third round clash at St. James’ Park.

 

And he gave an exclusive interview to UNITED ahead of the game, in which he discussed the belief required to put a challenging first few months at the club behind him.

 

“I was just dying to play. And then when I was coming on, I was putting pressure on myself, trying to do things that I don’t normally do because I was trying to catch the eye, get the fans off their seats and stuff,” said Murphy. “Then I just thought, ‘wait – stick to what you know, and it’ll come good in time’.

 

“Once I started the games, from the Manchester United game, it took me ten or 15 minutes to settle into the match, but then things were coming off for me and I started finding more confidence. As each game’s gone on and I’ve played more minutes, I’ve relaxed into it.

 

“I like to think I’m a confident boy. But when I was coming on and not doing well, people weren’t really taking to me straight away, it was quite frustrating. It was a bit like, ‘am I ever going to play well?’ But I knew that in time it would come good. All I needed was a run of games to find my feet, and then I’d be cooking on gas.”

 

The full, in-depth interview can be read in full inside Saturday’s issue

[wormy]

Really hope he keeps going from strength to strength. Chuck him out there and let him destroy 'em.

[Disco]

 

When Jacob Murphy left Norwich to sign for Newcastle United last summer he left something very important behind. Someone who had been there through it all, the good times and the bad, the one person he had never lived without. He left his twin brother Josh.

 

For the first time in 22 years, Jacob has not had his twin - older by just two minutes - beside him as he took his first tentative steps as a Premier League footballer. For once, he could not rely on a comforting look from his brother, an unspoken word of encouragement. This was something they could not share, an experience they would not enjoy together.

 

They still speak every day, but it is not the same. Murphy described the bond between them as “unbreakable” but it has never been stretched like this before.

 

By his own admission, Jacob struggled at first. Living alone in a quiet suburb of Newcastle, Darras Hall, popular with footballers he, nevertheless, found the adjustment challenging, on and off the pitch.

 

At £12m, he was Rafa Benitez’ most expensive signing, as Newcastle prepared for their return to the Premier League, but he could not get into the team. For a few weeks, he struggled to adapt to a higher level of football, while his sibling continued to play regularly for Norwich in the Championship.

 

His father, John, had warned him this could happen. But his mother, Maxine, had argued he had to go; to return to the city where both parents were born, in order to advance his career. It was an opportunity that could not be turned down. That was what Josh told him too.

 

“We are competitive, but not with each other,” said Murphy, who is slighter than most footballers, polite and softly spoken, he asks a member of staff to let teammate Jonjo Shelvey know he will have to wait for a lift home before settling into his first one-on-one interview as a Newcastle player.

 

“We both want each other to do well. There isn’t any sort of sibling rivalry. We want to elevate each other, not bring the other one down.

 

“Me and Josh have always wanted the best for each other, there has never been any jealousy. There were times when he was getting called up for England youth squads and I wouldn’t, but I’d still go to the games and be buzzing for him. There were times I went, and he didn’t. Each of us is the other one’s biggest supporter. When I left, all he could say was how proud he was.

 

“The toughest thing about coming up here was leaving Josh. Obviously, there was the odd time when we were apart, when we were sent on loan or away with England, but that was always temporary. It never felt as permanent as this.

 

“We’d always lived in the same house and now we’re at opposite ends of the country. It’s hard and strange, but we speak every day, often several times a day. We are always making sure the other one is ok.

 

“Unless you have a twin, you don’t really know what that kind of connection is like. We are so in sync, we both love the same things, from toys to music and clothes. There were times last season when we lived together that we would get up for training, walk out of our bedrooms and we’d be wearing the same outfits, same shoes, same tops and same bottoms.

 

“We’d meet on the landing and laugh. We don’t finish each other’s sentences, but we know what the other one is going to say before they say it. He can be sat on the sofa and I’ll know what he is thinking.

 

“On the pitch we are telepathic. At Norwich, it was good. We really noticed when we won the FA Youth Cup together [in 2014]. We didn’t really understand why people thought it was strange. It was just normal practice for us. We just knew where the other would be or where they would move to.

 

“It worked well, at least until we got to the first team. We got loads of stick from the boys because we kept on passing to each other all the time.

 

“Moving to Newcastle, it did take some adjusting to. I’m living on my own for the first time. I’ve had loan moves before, so I’ve had that experience before, but this is the longest I’ve been away from my family.

 

“It is helped by the fact that my extended family live in Gateshead, which is only 20 minutes away from my house. I didn’t see much of them when we were living in Norfolk, but they are relationships I’m enjoying building.”

 

 

Murphy was born in Wembley, west London, but moved to rural Norfolk, 20 minutes from Kings Lynn, when he was 11 as “my parents did not want us to go to High School in London.” Newcastle, though, were always the team he supported because that was where his parents were from. Geordies do not abandon their team because of geography.

 

“When I first found out Newcastle wanted me, I was buzzing,” Murphy said, a huge smile breaking out as he remembered the moment. “They were the team we all supported, we didn’t have a choice. My Nanna sent us the new strip every Christmas. My first game was against PSV Eindhoven in the Uefa Cup, Gary Speed scored the winner. When I climbed up the steps and saw St James’ Park for the first time, I was like wow, just wow.

 

“My agent told me Newcastle were interested. My mum was ‘right, this has got to happen.’ My dad, he was like, ‘well what happens if you stay at Norwich for one more season, get more games and more experience?’ But it was an opportunity I couldn’t turn down and he saw that. He was just a bit more cautious.

 

“All I need to do now is have a word with Rafa to get him to sign my brother. No, I have a lot of faith in Josh. If he doesn’t get to the Premier League with Norwich, a Premier League club will come in for him.”

 

It has taken some time for Murphy to show Newcastle supporters what he is capable of, but Benitez has handled him carefully. The signs are good. Not least because Murphy is not easily distracted, not even by Newcastle’s infamous nightlife. Perhaps the biggest revelation of this interview is the 22-year-old has not had a single night out in the city during the six months he has lived there.

 

“I was desperate to impress, it was my dream move and maybe that didn’t help in a funny way,” Murphy explained. “I would try things, dribbling at players and when you lose the ball, there is a reaction, disappointment. You hear it when there are 52,000 people in the stadium.

 

“It was annoying more than anything, because I knew what I was capable of and it didn’t work out at first. I was mainly being used as a sub, coming on for a few minutes. I tried too hard. I would try to do too many elaborate things and they wouldn’t come off and that would frustrate the fans. I was aware of it, but when I started games, I started to find my rhythm and I feel I’m putting the performances in.”

 

He would love Josh to join him at Newcastle one day (Benitez contemplated bidding for both last year), but if Norwich beat Chelsea in their FA Cup replay next week, he will end up playing against Jacob in the Fourth Round. Their telepathic understanding could be a problem then.

[Darth Crooks]

Jake-Jake-Jake...Jake-Jake-Jake, Jacob Murphy, Jacob Murphy

[Disco]

Jake-Jake-Jake...Jake-Jake-Jake, Jacob Murphy, Jacob Murphy

 

http://i.imgur.com/59e3yrL.gif

[Si]

Seems like a nice kid.

[M1tche]

Didn't really know where to post this, but Josh has been really good tonight caused all kinds of problems.

[duo]

Really good Pen

[Infinitely Content]

They're not conjoined twins yana.

[Dinho lad]

Imagine if Jacob Murphy was actually managed by some of the experts on here. 

[thenige]

Josh has looked decent in the couple of games I've watched Norwich. In the Jacob interview posted above he speaks about how they always know what each other is doing on the pitch. Seems a bit odd they've both turned into wingers, as more often than not in the same team they'd be on opposite sides of the pitch. A clever manager would have trained one as a winger and the other as a full back...

[Dinho lad]

Imagine if Jacob Murphy was actually managed by some of the experts on here. 

[xLiaaamx]

Josh has looked decent in the couple of games I've watched Norwich. In the Jacob interview posted above he speaks about how they always know what each other is doing on the pitch. Seems a bit odd they've both turned into wingers, as more often than not in the same team they'd be on opposite sides of the pitch. A clever manager would have trained one as a winger and the other as a full back...

Why would you play one in a position they clearly aren't suited to?

[TRon]

Thank god we didn't sign his brother as well, it would be a nightmare working out which is which if they were both playing.

[Interpolic]

Racist.

[Guest dabe]

Thank god we didn't sign his brother as well, it would be a nightmare working out which is which if they were both playing.

 

Worse if we'd signed Kieran Gibbs anarl.

[thenige]

Josh has looked decent in the couple of games I've watched Norwich. In the Jacob interview posted above he speaks about how they always know what each other is doing on the pitch. Seems a bit odd they've both turned into wingers, as more often than not in the same team they'd be on opposite sides of the pitch. A clever manager would have trained one as a winger and the other as a full back...

Why would you play one in a position they clearly aren't suited to?

 

Because I'm Pardew in disguise?