Jacob "The Juice" Murphy

[TBG]

More goals than Chiesa and Grealish combined.

[Pilko]

Weird performance, missed several good chances and gave the ball away in bad areas constantly but walked off with two goals. Got to be happy on balance I guess

[mighty__mag]

The reason so many get behind him, is because he's a tryer, a guy who'll never moan when left out, a lad who raises spirits and puts a smile on other players faces, is he good enough to play in our first team with our ambition, no, is he good enough as back up in the future, probably still no, but given the restrictions put on us, we have no choices but to use him, he frustrated the shite out of me today, then he scores, then he scores again, ironically at the time he's hauled off, I'm then wanting him to stay on? That's what you get with Jacob Murphy. 

 

 

Edited December 14, 2024 by mighty__mag

[TRon]

They were two cracking strikes tbf. He'd be a good squad player, but unless we want to sell a purple, it would be a great time to cash in.

[Gawalls]

A lot of the times we’ve smashed opposition he’s been on and contributed, the spurs game and this spring too mind before I even go diving for more yet people still slag him off. He’s no world beater but we have worse - he’s not even the worst we have in that position.

[St1pe]

Has a knack of contributing G/A. I love him as a squad player. Hopefully he can produce a bit more regularly until we get someone in. 

[Ellis H]

5 minutes ago, mighty__mag said:

The reason so many get behind him, is because he's a tryer, a guy who'll never moan when left out, a lad who raises spirits and puts a smile on other players faces, is he good enough to play in our first team with our ambition, no, is he good enough as back up in the future, probably still no, but given the restrictions put on us, we have no choices but to use him, he frustrated the shite out of me today, then he scores, then he scores again, ironically at the time he's hauled off, I'm then wanting him to stay on? That's what you get with Jacob Murphy. 

 

 

 

Indeed. Funny thing about him is that he’d be loved by us in the early to mid-90’s teams. Extremely likeable, works really hard and can score and assist when called upon. Now he’s treated as something we must suffer through. 

[Gawalls]

1 minute ago, Ellis H said:

Indeed. Funny thing about him is that he’d be loved by us in the early to mid-90’s teams. Extremely likeable, works really hard and can score and assist when called upon. Now he’s treated as something we must suffer through. 

Only by the fans - players seem to speak very highly of him, we’ve heard before of players that are kept around as they offer so much off the field as well. Maybe he also adds to that category.

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, Ellis H said:

Indeed. Funny thing about him is that he’d be loved by us in the early to mid-90’s teams. Extremely likeable, works really hard and can score and assist when called upon. Now he’s treated as something we must suffer through. 

 

It's a shame, because he is all of those things, but he's also lacking in some really top tier football assets. He's a perfect squad player really, would be a very important member as well, but because of the PSR noose, we have to sell players, and if it's not him or someone like him, it will be Isak or Bruno.

[cubaricho]

5 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

It's a shame, because he is all of those things, but he's also lacking in some really top tier football assets. He's a perfect squad player really, would be a very important member as well, but because of the PSR noose, we have to sell players, and if it's not him or someone like him, it will be Isak or Bruno.

Miggy goes long before Murphy. Along with a few others. With PSR he’s the perfect squad player for us right now. 

[TRon]

Just now, cubaricho said:

Miggy goes long before Murphy. Along with a few others. With PSR he’s the perfect squad player for us right now. 

 

Miggy isn't going to make much of a dent in PSR assuming anyone will even buy him now. But yes in theory I would love that.

[Karjala]

Decent player against championship level opposition.

[Ginola14]

before he scored his second it looked like he blazed over from a similar position 

 

replay showed it was an unbelievable save and should have been a corner 

 

shouldn't be criticised for that one 

[jack j]

Looked like he telt the gallowgate to fuck off after his first goal

Big fan of it if he did.

[Newcastle Fan]

Crazy game from him, he was 80% shit but walked away with two goals and could've had to assists too.

[David Edgar]

Infuriating player but has end product and has a solid defensive contribution.

 

I cannot stand him at times. We are just gonna have to put up with him giving the ball away in dangerous areas almost weekly and also really struggle to maintain possession or have an impact against high pressing, technical sides.

 

I will always back the fact that he is one of the most productive wingers in Europe though. Outrageous stats on him.

[Heron]

His mother comes from Birtley

[mighty__mag]

1 hour ago, Ellis H said:

Indeed. Funny thing about him is that he’d be loved by us in the early to mid-90’s teams. Extremely likeable, works really hard and can score and assist when called upon. Now he’s treated as something we must suffer through. 

 

Yeah good point, I was never jumping for joy when Steve Watson came on, mainly because he wasn't as flamboyant as those around him in Keegan sides, but, his versatility, and his attitude were of a high standard.

 

We used him all over the place, ended up loving him, and gutted when he moved on.

[Ellis H]

Yeah, I was thinking about those reliable, fringe type players like Watson, Sellars, Fox, Gillespie etc. He’ll be on stage at the Tyne Theatre in 30 years telling stories about this period.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 hour ago, Newcastle Fan said:

Crazy game from him, he was 80% shit but walked away with two goals and could've had to assists too.

 

As a Murphy sceptic, I wouldn't say that. He made a couple of really bad mistakes but otherwise was OK to good. What percentage you put on it I don't know, but most of the stuff he did was fine - he just likes to spice it up by giving the ball away in critical situations a couple of times a game. 

[Aiston]

Good to see him score a couple.

 

Absolutely fluffed 2-3 other good chances as well, should have had a hat trick

 

[huss9]

2 hours ago, jack j said:

Looked like he telt the gallowgate to fuck off after his first goal

Big fan of it if he did.

he was raging.

cupped his ear and kept shouting "what?! what?!".

[jack j]

1 minute ago, huss9 said:

he was raging.

cupped his ear and kept shouting "what?! what?!".

Aye he seemed very angry. Could obviously feel the crowd on his back after a few misses/mistakes. Mind he should be used to it by now cos he gets it most weeks

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I don’t think anyone really dislikes him but you have to expect a few groans when you keep gifting the ball to the other team. 

[80]

He's the player who smashes the "Barnes gets goals and assists, therefore he must start" argument to pieces by taking it to absurd levels. 

 

I'm a firm Murphy fan overall. Good lad who has genuine talents etc. But one of his issues is he tends to go off the boil after a 5 or 6 game run as a starter. Think you get the most out of him as an impact backup.