Jacob "The Juice" Murphy

[Kid Icarus]

Tbf to Murphy, he was targeted more than anyone in terms of pressing, without much support at all, and his options were often back down the line to a (being pressed) Krafth, or blindly inside hoping that Longstaff would be there.

 

 

Edited April 24, 2024 by Kid Icarus

[Smal]

Yeah, Gordon was playing very narrow and Murphy was picking the ball up in right back positions. He never had a passing option available to him apart from going back to Dubravka, which nobody wants to see. 

[huss9]

its hard to look decent when there'e never a decent pass on or movement in front of you.

especially when you're playing out of position

[Coffee_Johnny]

6 minutes ago, huss9 said:

its hard to look decent when there'e never a decent pass on or movement in front of you.

especially when you're playing out of position

Especially if he was mainly up against Eze? Capable of making the best ‘actual’ right back flounder. 

[Beth]

3 hours ago, johnny36 said:

The thing is we know hes terrible but he still gets picked to start.. He will still be starting games next season.. Hes too weak, needs to bulk up or something

It should have been the usual 4-3-3 with Tino at RB. I don't know what Howe sees in him. He's 29 so way past the "bulk up" phase of his career.

[TRC]

10 minutes ago, Beth said:

It should have been the usual 4-3-3 with Tino at RB. I don't know what Howe sees in him. He's 29 so way past the "bulk up" phase of his career.

It's not even that he needs bulking up, he's just a championship level player and always has been. Good round the dressing room though, just like Ritchie, Dummet and Krafth.

[buzza]

Murphy, ritchie, dummet, krafth, targett, almiron and, at a shove, longstaff, will all need to be moved on sooner rather than later and replaced with much higher quality players.

 

I genuinely feel for the lad, he was good enough in the Ashley era i.e. bottom third of the prem, but he is way no where near for where we want to be.

 

 

[Disco]

Doesnt get a lot of praise but followed up a fantastic assist with two more today. Thought he was absolutely superb.

[Gawalls]

1 minute ago, Disco said:

Doesnt get a lot of praise but followed up a fantastic assist with two more today. Thought he was absolutely superb.

Agreed - keep him over miggy and sell miggy for me

[GeordieDazzler]

5 minutes ago, Disco said:

Doesnt get a lot of praise but followed up a fantastic assist with two more today. Thought he was absolutely superb.

8 g/a in 18 games, not too shabby! 

[Gawalls]

1 minute ago, GeordieDazzler said:

8 g/a in 18 games, not too shabby! 

Not just the stats either - the way he pulled it back today rather than taking a shot on was so intelligent, just can’t see miggy doing those things.

[joeyt]

Serious juice today

[Coffee_Johnny]

Great performance Murphs ???

[Elliottman]

One of his best for us today I think 

[Scoot]

Good squad player to have. Keep him and upgrade on Miggy.

 

 

Edited May 4, 2024 by Scoot

[Numbers]

Him and Longstaff are exactly the kind of player we need to get shot of if we want to push on.

[Guybrush]

Put some respect on the juice's name  He was immense today!

[Conjo]

On 24/04/2024 at 22:48, Aiston said:

Middle-Championship level at best, he is fucking awful.

 

[PauloGeordio]

 

[Joelinton7]

3 assists in 2 games. He is the perfect squad player. Doesn’t cause problems, boosts morale of fans and teammates. Contributes when asked and pushes the levels of those ahead of him. When we were sending him out of loan to WBA and Sheff Wed I thought he was a goner, just didn’t see him carving out anything like the career he’s had here. 

[Newcastle Fan]

definitely a player worth keeping and i would say we can let Almiron go and have him as our option down the right, he can cover multiple positions there and his end product has improved this season, i think he has better stats than alot of the leagues expensive wingers (Grealish, Antony and the rest..)

[gbandit]

He’s an odd player, I’ll give him that. He’s actually a very decent crosser of the ball and he made some very good decisions today. I don’t always think he makes good decisions though. He’s improved a huge amount under Howe and still seems to be growing in confidence. Can’t fault his desire, do find him frustrating in a number of ways fairly often but maybe being a backup option is his future here and one where he’ll continue to be valuable 

[CPL]

Falls under the category of James Perch 

 

 

Edited May 4, 2024 by CPL

[gbandit]

I loved Perch, proper cult fan of his during his time here

[nemtizz]