gjohnson Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Once again. If he wasn't already ours. He'd be the one we'd be looking to sign Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 6 hours ago, gjohnson said: Once again. If he wasn't already ours. He'd be the one we'd be looking to sign That might be taking it a touch too far I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 On 19/04/2025 at 12:56, Tiresias said: It's so weird when a player trains to the point that his crossing is much better, his shooting is much better, and his on field intelligence and runs are a lot better and this feels so wildly unusual, i mean if murphy can do it can every other 'middling' winger? In truth reflects marvelously on his attitude, and the fact that he has got better so steadily it was hard to notice. He went from pretty useless to being a reliable decent runner who didn't really contribute creatively enough to this. I wonder is the the trick is he did it so under the radar opposition scouts havent been reporting him as a threat back and so he never gets doubled up on? He also reminds me a bit of how Pep deployed Sterling when he was good, not so much in style of play but in terms of just making sure at all times there is threat from out wide to stretch defence and stop teams just defending super narrow and deep. Turns out if you have a player always willing to press, always willing to run at defence, always willing to be direct every minute of the game they pick up goals and assists Think it’s just self confidence and knowing exactly what to do tactically through good coaching. I don’t believe players can really improve any technical attributes in their late 20s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) An entirely predictable good game vs a team that won't pressure him. I love Jacob, I rate him, but let's not pretend he isn't going to be pretty ineffective at best vs the top teams as all games this season have shown. Really, really needs to work on first touch and press resistance. Most professional players when receiving a ball know which direction to control a pass to to take it to comparative safety, Jacob seems to struggle. But he's gone 30 now so asking him to improve on this might be moot. If we can adapt to his weaknesses as a team to get the best of him in those more difficult games, he's a player who can do a lot of damage with time and space on the ball. He really should not be coming short to do the overlap thing with Tripps vs top teams, let him run down the wing into space with the ball over the top or as a through ball and let Tripps stay back and quarterback. He's great at crossing, great at shooting from distance, and plays with a fantastic tempo that's often on another level to the rest of our team. When Jacob plays well, we get results. Edited April 28 by HawK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 lovely lad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 2 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said: lovely lad Should have brayed it as hard as he could at the two Ipswich lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 2 minutes ago, Fak said: Should have brayed it as hard as he could at the two Ipswich lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 4 minutes ago, Fak said: Should have brayed it as hard as he could at the two Ipswich lads. "Well done, he's 13" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I always boo the away mascot, trying to get people to join me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: I always boo the away mascot, trying to get people to join me. My daughter was away mascot for Norwich at Boro on Saturday. After kick off they walked us through the concourse to the away end and two middle aged blokes started genuinely booing her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: I always boo the away mascot, trying to get people to join me. Need more of this. Even better if some could scream obscenities so loud and passionately that their face becomes a veiny omelette of deep reds and blues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 3 minutes ago, NSG said: My daughter was away mascot for Norwich at Boro on Saturday. After kick off they walked us through the concourse to the away end and two middle aged blokes started genuinely booing her There you go. TBF to me it’s just when they come on the big screen, it’s not to their faces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilcline Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 8 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: I always boo the away mascot, trying to get people to join me. I do the same, usually only get a few turned heads looking to see what's wrong with me, not managing to get it to catch on yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 3 hours ago, Kilcline said: I do the same, usually only get a few turned heads looking to see what's wrong with me, not managing to get it to catch on yet Maybe just boo them without doing the wanker sign? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 On 28/04/2025 at 11:05, HawK said: An entirely predictable good game vs a team that won't pressure him. I love Jacob, I rate him, but let's not pretend he isn't going to be pretty ineffective at best vs the top teams as all games this season have shown. Really, really needs to work on first touch and press resistance. Most professional players when receiving a ball know which direction to control a pass to to take it to comparative safety, Jacob seems to struggle. But he's gone 30 now so asking him to improve on this might be moot. If we can adapt to his weaknesses as a team to get the best of him in those more difficult games, he's a player who can do a lot of damage with time and space on the ball. He really should not be coming short to do the overlap thing with Tripps vs top teams, let him run down the wing into space with the ball over the top or as a through ball and let Tripps stay back and quarterback. He's great at crossing, great at shooting from distance, and plays with a fantastic tempo that's often on another level to the rest of our team. When Jacob plays well, we get results. Well i dont know about that. He has goals/assist vs Liverpool, Arsenal, Villa and Forest this season. Sure his returns are more impressive against lower teams, but that would be the case for almost everyone i guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 You can vote for his goal for GOTM on BBC Sport website now for the next 30 mins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 Thought he was back to being useless today. I love him to bits but when he’s not on it he’s absolutely shite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 14 minutes ago, Shearergol said: Thought he was back to being useless today. I love him to bits but when he’s not on it he’s absolutely shite Hopefully just a blip! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 He’ll be good v Chelsea at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornah Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Massive Homer (not homosexual nor yellow cartoon character) comes alive during midweek lights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 6 hours ago, Shearergol said: Thought he was back to being useless today. I love him to bits but when he’s not on it he’s absolutely shite Said in the match thread but Brighton defended their box really well. A couple of times he got free behind their line but there were 3 defenders in the 6 yard box and lines cut off to midfielders making bursts into the box. Usually when Murphy has that much space it looks inevitable that he'll find Isak but yesterday he was having to just fire into bodies and hope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 3 hours ago, Hanshithispantz said: Said in the match thread but Brighton defended their box really well. A couple of times he got free behind their line but there were 3 defenders in the 6 yard box and lines cut off to midfielders making bursts into the box. Usually when Murphy has that much space it looks inevitable that he'll find Isak but yesterday he was having to just fire into bodies and hope. That's really the difference a top class winger makes though. At the highest level, you need something to break the low block, and Murphy doesn't really have that in his locker. He's more about getting the cross in early before he gets closed down, and he's really good at that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 His goal v Palace not even shortlisted for Premier League Goal of the Month. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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