Jacob Murphy

[Superior Acuña]

Enjoyed his little muscle man show to the Gallowgate crowd  when he tackled late on 

[wormy]

That chances created per 90 is disgusting.

 

I love him. Never a world beater. Hell, no matter how good a shift he'd put in I never wanted him to be a regular starter. The kind of player whose weaknesses shine through from an extended run. But he's sure as hell earned his spot so far this season. 

[Displayname]

4 hours ago, wormy said:

That chances created per 90 is disgusting.

 

I love him. Never a world beater. Hell, no matter how good a shift he'd put in I never wanted him to be a regular starter. The kind of player whose weaknesses shine through from an extended run. But he's sure as hell earned his spot so far this season. 

He has had a long extended run now and has great stats to show for it. 19 goals/assists over 2050 minutes the last 2 seasons in the PL.

 

Keep getting underestimated no matter what this guy.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by Displayname

[Menace]

Happy he's hitting some form in a position we're seriously lacking. Yeah he's limited, yeah we need an upgrade, but if he can maintain this form until we find a better starter - everyone wins.

[Benwell Lad]

On 07/05/2023 at 21:00, Doctor Zaius said:

Never known a player hit the woodwork so much as Murphy like. Strikes the ball well a lot of the time, just particularly unlucky. 

 

Must have the highest ever ratio of games/minutes played against hitting the goal frame 

[Crimson Cardigan]

3 hours ago, Menace said:

Happy he's hitting some form in a position we're seriously lacking. Yeah he's limited, yeah we need an upgrade, but if he can maintain this form until we find a better starter - everyone wins.

“Some form”? The form of his life surely.

[RS]

He’s consistently inconsistent. For every decent thing he does there about 5 “ffs” moments. Seems like a nice lad though. 

[The Butcher]

Can't believe he's turning 30 in less than two months.

 

Acts and plays like a 23 year old

[joeyt]

Him hitting the crossbar and also passing to Isak when he was offside instead of shooting felt like it summed him up a bit.

 

Can't help but love him though and he's certainly contributed to our change in fortunes. Keep going Jacob

[Lotus]

Worth his (hopefully low) wages as a squad player. Sets the benchmark for effort and team ethic for whoever comes in. But, a clever player-maker in his position would make us very scary indeed.

[STM]

You can see when a game is tight where his problems lie, he just doesn't have the speed of thought or technical ability under pressure to play the cute stuff that Tonali, Bruno or even Gordon can.

 

To be fair, even Joelinton can struggle with this aspect but Joelinton gets away with it because he can physically hold people off where as Murphy can't.

 

Once a game opens up, his pace, crossing and shooting is really decent.

 

We need someone of a different class to play there long term but credit to him for making the most of this chance.

[Emotic]

Look at the match cam and he's chatting animatedly with the wee mascot as the team is being led out and afterwards crouching down with a big grin on his face next to the mascot. He's just a big happy kid revelling in his purple patch and I love him for that.

[Zero]

Glad that he stepped up these few weeks. Hope his form continues till the end of this season - we need a result badly

[Roids]

showing some form going to the transfer window, perfect opportunity to flip that into a £25m+ transfer while his pr is high 

[Heron]

12 hours ago, Emotic said:

Look at the match cam and he's chatting animatedly with the wee mascot as the team is being led out and afterwards crouching down with a big grin on his face next to the mascot. He's just a big happy kid revelling in his purple patch and I love him for that.

It's absolutely infectious. 

[Menace]

Out of curiousity how many times has he hit the crossbar this season?

[Groundhog63]

On 27/12/2024 at 11:23, joeyt said:

Him hitting the crossbar and also passing to Isak when he was offside instead of shooting felt like it summed him up a bit.

 

Can't help but love him though and he's certainly contributed to our change in fortunes. Keep going Jacob

 

Tbf, if Isak had stayed out of it Bruno would've scored. 

[Rod]

3 hours ago, Groundhog63 said:

 

Tbf, if Isak had stayed out of it Bruno would've scored. 

Yes I thought that at the time.

[Heron]

Everyone rants and raves about Mbuemo but Murphy has played half the game time and contributed to 75% of the same amount of goals this season.

 

"Devilz advoc8 woz ere LOL"

 

 

Edited December 29, 2024 by Heron

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Egg on the face prediction….. he’s going to score the goal that wins the league cup final for us this year

[Heron]

8 hours ago, Colos Short and Curlies said:

Egg on the face prediction….. he’s going to score the goal that wins the league cup final for us this year

I'd absolutely love for this. The amount of shithousing and happiness he would bring as a result.

[Newcastle Fan]

Absolutely terrible today on the ball, don't think he's done anything right but did a very good job tracking back and defending when needed.

[HawK]

6 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said:

Absolutely terrible today on the ball, don't think he's done anything right but did a very good job tracking back and defending when needed.

 

Aye.. just goes to bits generally against the 'bigger' clubs. Great when he has time on the ball out wide but should never try to come inside for a pass.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Just now, HawK said:

 

Aye.. just goes to bits generally against the 'bigger' clubs. Great when he has time on the ball out wide but should never try to come inside for a pass.

 

He seems to enjoy playing Spurs though so Saturday should see a better output

[christ]

8 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said:

Absolutely terrible today on the ball, don't think he's done anything right but did a very good job tracking back and defending when needed.

He’ll do the hard yards and make sure there’s a body in way against the big teams. If everyone else is doing their job offensively he’s the sort of player who is worth their weight in gold.