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Danny Murphy talks about his career and clubs.
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Great night but then we blew any chance of a push for European football by getting pumped at home by West Brom on the Saturday...paulsturgess said:
I loved the free kick he scored against Spurs to be fair! What a night… packed ground… yet another win over spurs… great atmos… and it all felt so effing normal.JiMMy 85 said:
I watched a lot of Spurs back then, as I lived with my best mate who was a Spurs fan. I distinctly remember enjoying a run of his, where they lost any game he appeared in. I think it took him ages to notch a first victory.JohnBoyUK said:It says a lot that he was at Spurs for just short of 18 months and I don't really remember any meaningful contribution from him.
22 games 1 goal.
Up against the likes of Jenas, Huddlestone, Edgar Davids, Teemu Teemu Tainio, Hossam Ghaly and not to forget the Charlton Legend that is Johnnie Jackson.Sigh0 -
Thought he was decent for us…..first game of season at Sunderland he put a lovely ball thru for Bent……then he turned out to be a cnut…..0
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First goal by Jerome Thomas was pretty decent too.West2003 said:
Great night but then we blew any chance of a push for European football by getting pumped at home by West Brom on the Saturday...paulsturgess said:
I loved the free kick he scored against Spurs to be fair! What a night… packed ground… yet another win over spurs… great atmos… and it all felt so effing normal.JiMMy 85 said:
I watched a lot of Spurs back then, as I lived with my best mate who was a Spurs fan. I distinctly remember enjoying a run of his, where they lost any game he appeared in. I think it took him ages to notch a first victory.JohnBoyUK said:It says a lot that he was at Spurs for just short of 18 months and I don't really remember any meaningful contribution from him.
22 games 1 goal.
Up against the likes of Jenas, Huddlestone, Edgar Davids, Teemu Teemu Tainio, Hossam Ghaly and not to forget the Charlton Legend that is Johnnie Jackson.Sigh0 -
I thought Curbs wanted to build the team around him, but even that wasn't good enough for snobby Murphy who looked down his nose at us.2
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Curbs, who was often criticised by imbeciles for being "too cautious" made a tremendous effort to build a side which had the capability to be a little more expansive, with the likes of Smertin, Bent and Rommedahl.
Murphy was central to this and my recollection was of starting the season on fire, with tremendous passing and assists, for Rommedahl at Boro and Palace for example.
As I recall, opposition sides got wise and started to target and block Murphy and his supply line.
At some point Curbs dropped him and thereafter things were never quite the same3 -
This is closer to my recollections. He started the season superbly, team were flying high, there was talk of an England recall in the press. I seem to remember an interview with Curbs in late October where he bigged up Murphy for an England call up. Was really looking like we could push on a qualify for Europe.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:Curbs, who was often criticised by imbeciles for being "too cautious" made a tremendous effort to build a side which had the capability to be a little more expansive, with the likes of Smertin, Bent and Rommedahl.
Murphy was central to this and my recollection was of starting the season on fire, with tremendous passing and assists, for Rommedahl at Boro and Palace for example.
As I recall, opposition sides got wise and started to target and block Murphy and his supply line.
At some point Curbs dropped him and thereafter things were never quite the same
But as the season progressed the wheels fell off a bit. At this stage I really expected Murphy, our big signing, almost certainly our top earner, to step up and drag the team on. Instead he vanished in games eventually culminating in Curbs having to drop him. I remember being immensely disappointed at the time, and then the off-field nonsense with his missus comments in the Sun and the row at the training ground (classy Dan giving it the biggun to the training ground receptionist about how his watch cost more than their annual salary).
From then on it looked inevitable he would move on and like many I'm sure I was perversely satisfied when he failed to make any impression at Spurs.6 -
Agreed i remember him having a pretty good partnership with Bent, him acting as the CAM.ct_addick said:Thought he was decent for us…..first game of season at Sunderland he put a lovely ball thru for Bent……then he turned out to be a cnut…..1 -
I think at some point in the season he left, he was widely tipped for an England call up and seemed to go off the boil when it didn't happen. He did seem a bit in and out, but on his day was a very good player, no doubt about that. I've spent a lifetime watching our players scurrying off elsewhere so I can live with that, my main objection is his grating voice, only his old mate Michael Owen is worse.0
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It’s all about opinions of courseStig said:
He was ever present in a season when we finished 11th in the Premiership. How I'd love us to sign a few more players that don't pull up any trees. The way he left and what he said afterwards may all have been a bit shitty, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a very decent player for us.Lordflashheart said:No mention of Charlton, but I’m not surprised
In fairness, he speaks eloquently about post career, bad financial advice, his kids, his addictions, his recovery
At the end of the day, it’s obvious the only club he wanted to play for was Liverpool - fair enough
I can’t get excited that he played for Charlton - he is not even a footnote for me - didn’t pull up any trees for us
We have had far better players than him play for us, in fact way better
In the Prem days we had much better players than Murphy incl Kinsella, Holland, Claus, Graham Stuart, Scott Parker2 -
“ I was the best player “
The bloke is deluded .
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Danny Murphy was a tosser and considered that he was too good for us.
I remember the odd good game or part of a game he played but as soon as the going got tough in anyway he disappeared like Lord Lucan. A player that's "too good for a team" should be rolling his sleeves up and setting a good example. The Spurs cup tie was a good example.
Geoff Boycott used to say to David Gower with your ability and my application and attitude we could create one hell of a batsman. In my opinion the same could be said of Murphy and Kish.
Seems a lifetime ago in some ways which epitomises just how great Curbs was for us.1 -
Having a brief look at the squads when he was with us and to be fair he probably was our best player.2
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On paper maybe but not on the pitch - unless my memory is deserting me ?Kindoncasella said:Having a brief look at the squads when he was with us and to be fair he probably was our best player.2 -
I would certainly put Darren Bent in front of him. He was unplayable on his day ( and he had many ). Scared so many defenders. Who can forget when he gave Mario Melchet 10 metres and still outpaced him to score.8
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Smertin was better than him too.13
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To be fair, he was our best balding, big headed, big eared twat though.9
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Guys a twat, always has been, always will be5
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The way he goes on, on Talksport you would think he was the best midfielder in the Premier League when he played.Didn’t dive, always trained the hardest, always played the right pass etc.
For me he is even worse than Mills and he is a massive narcissist.0 -
Haha...an honourable mention to Michael Appleton there who also thought Danny was a tosser lol4
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Amazing coincidence that Danny, who relentlessly self-identifies as 'best player', got frozen out and chucked in with the stiffs at several clubs with reputable managers (and Michael Appleton).
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In fairness, he was quality until other teams worked us out. He couldn't or wouldn't adapt his game and the decline set in.0
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He was a good player but not as good as he thinks he was. No way good enough for the Liverpool team, ( sold him to little old Charlton). He had enough ability for us but lacked the
mindset to realise that was his level. Not good enough for Spur's, the team he wanted rather than us, but had a ready made excuse for his not so long career with them. Maybe for a while at Fulham he knew his true level, a Charlton size club. At Blackburn once again he could not live up to his ego. Plenty of former players like him struggle with their memories, the reality is not the same as their recollections.I don’t think he was our best player but like him I remember different things.0 -
Must just be me I thought he was very good for us and had a great partnership with Bent. I’ve no idea about what he was like behind the scenes but was disappointed when he left. He was very good at Fulham too.5
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It’s all relative isn’t it? He was clearly a quality player, but I do remember the feeling that he wasn’t the player we thought we were signing after he’d played a handful of games.0
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With my in depth psychological profiling skills, I look upon him as a little sh*t.1
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I don't remember him being dropped for any extended period of time until he decided he wanted out ? That all said he was a decent player for us and had a good partnership with Darren Bent. Whether he was our best player ? i dont know but the fact Spurs spent around £2,000,000 for him when we were comfortable in the table and then spent £18,000,000 on Bent the next season after we had been relegated should tell you something.1
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I have corrected your obvious error LoOkOuT...LoOkOuT said:To be fair, he was our best balding, big headed, big eared Scouse twat though.
Those days eh? When Charlton signed players you had actually heard of.2 -
Curbishley was an outstanding judge of character normally0
