Daryl Murphy

[DeLorean]

:giggle: Well I for one am delighted he turned up! :)

Looks a bit harsh now maybe but that would have been in the aftermath of Murphy and Walters being selected as battering rams against Scotland, with Long seeing ten minutes of action! (And we won the two games he missed :)).

He was effective enough against Italy, good against France and got a priceless goal the other week so I guess it was worth persevering with him.

[paul_oshea]

Ya they perceived a lot by keeping him in and out of the team.

[zero]

benitez has indicated that murphy is more likely to make his debut on tuesday in the league cup rather than today. wolves the opponents on both occasions.

[Charlie Darwin]

They're 1-0 down at home so perhaps he'd have been a useful option. Clark on the bench after scoring during the week.

[CraftyToePoke]

0-2 down now.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Not named in the matchday squad again today. It's beginning to get a bit concerning now.

It looked like he was finally building momentum for us after some superb performances in the summer and that crucial goal against Serbia, but now it's one step forward and three steps back.

Two games against Georgia and Moldova would have been the perfect games for a confident Murphy to come into after Belgrade too.

Can't help but feel another forward should have been brought in.

Long is lacking sharpness, Doyle is barely even a short-term option and Walters is off-form and probably won't be fully fit - though neither has ever stopped us from starting him and won't now.

[DeLorean]

Rafa Benitez gives Daryl Murphy update at Newcastle (http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/rafa-benitez-gives-daryl-murphy-update-at-newcastle-1-8194453)

Kind of mixed comments really. Possibly the most disappointing thing is that Mitrovic isn't even getting starts, so it reduces the chances of Murphy even seeing game time from the bench.

[Fixer82]

Rafa Benitez gives Daryl Murphy update at Newcastle (http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/rafa-benitez-gives-daryl-murphy-update-at-newcastle-1-8194453)

Kind of mixed comments really. Possibly the most disappointing thing is that Mitrovic isn't even getting starts, so it reduces the chances of Murphy even seeing game time from the bench.

That hardly instils much confidence. 'We picked him out of two or three that were available and wanted him for advice'. £3m is a lot to spend on advice.
If they get promoted it seems like Rafa will offload him asap

[seanfhear]

Newcastle is the kind of club that needs advice alright and Rafa could take some advice himself...e.g. Don't keep changing the team in a league that you want to win or do very well in .

Daryl must be a great man for the auld advice.

[CraftyToePoke]

Maybe they have him in a lab in huge a test tube in a room under the stadium, or in a confessional setting with Murphy as the priest and Mitrovic goes in weekly for a bit of advice.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

I think what's happened is several teams that would have been aiming for promotion were considering bids for Murphy. Newcastle bought him without the slightest intention of him starting any games (barring a huge injury crisis) just to stop him from signing for a rival team.

They can afford to do this. It's a microcosm of what's wrong in the modern game.

I don't buy the theory that they are "managing" an injury they allude to that troubled him last season.

I'd be surprised if Murphy was unavailable for any more than 2 or 3 games since he's signed for Ipswich.

It's nonsense really.

[OwlsFan]

I think what's happened is several teams that would have been aiming for promotion were considering bids for Murphy. Newcastle bought him without the slightest intention of him starting any games (barring a huge injury crisis) just to stop him from signing for a rival team.

They can afford to do this. It's a microcosm of what's wrong in the modern game.

I don't buy the theory that they are "managing" an injury they allude to that troubled him last season.

I'd be surprised if Murphy was unavailable for any more than 2 or 3 games since he's signed for Ipswich.

It's nonsense really.

I hadn't heard of anyone else bidding for the Murphy. I am not sure your theory of Newcastle buying him to prevent others from having him is correct. They are a big club ok but I don't think they have that sort of money to throw around. I also suspect he is injured.

[DeLorean]

I am not sure your theory of Newcastle buying him to prevent others from having him is correct.

That's a very diplomatic way of wording it!

[tetsujin1979]

I hadn't heard of anyone else bidding for the Murphy. I am not sure your theory of Newcastle buying him to prevent others from having him is correct. They are a big club ok but I don't think they have that sort of money to throw around. I also suspect he is injured.
Definitely not a move to make in the Championship

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Mick McCarthy said recently that Murphy would often come back from International duty with calf problems.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Murphy and Elliot available for the trip to Leeds tomorrow.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

On the bench today.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/daryl-murphy-back-contention-newcastle-12394351

Benitez hints at more opportunities.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Benitez praises Murphy after debut.

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/rafa-benitez-reveals-why-he-left-aleksandar-mitrovic-at-home-1-8314294
(http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/rafa-benitez-reveals-why-he-left-aleksandar-mitrovic-at-home-1-8314294)

“The way he (Murphy) was working in the training sessions...it was not a big difference between one or the other one (on the bench),” said Benitez.

“He did really well. He was winning the ball and bringing players into the game. I think he was fine.

“It was a difficult situation because they were deep. He did what he had to do. The only thing we didn’t do was score. We had a lot of chances, especially first half.”

[DeLorean]

First goal for Newcastle today away to Birmingham. Jutkiewicz has equalised since.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

There were idiots actually writing him off as a player on the basis of his three minute cameo in the Championship the other day.

[tetsujin1979]

Was there? Who are these people

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

People on a different forum. I think you'll be able to guess which one.

[tetsujin1979]

mumsnet? 4chan?

[DeLorean]

Just looking at his goal from the weekend. He did well to get there ahead of Mitrovic who got stretchered off after the subsequent clash with the Birmingham goalkeeper. He'll be out for up to three weeks so that won't do Murphy's chances of some extra game time any harm either. Benitez, not known for heaping too much praise on his players, had some nice things to say about him too.

"Daryl Murphy put in a tremendous effort. I’m really pleased with him and the fact that he scored too. He’s a great professional.” (http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/how-the-irish-fared-daryl-murphy-is-a-great-pro-says-rafa-benitez-438279.html)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z_NaKAoBzA

[liamoo11]

On early today Hayley injures. Maybe hey a bit of involvement next few weeks with mitrovic and gayle injury

[DeLorean]

Headed the winner here (http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10729023/brentford-1-2-newcastle) just after the two minute mark.

[SkStu]

Another one for Murphy - just before half time.

[samhaydenjr]

Another one for Murphy - just before half time.

Why, oh why, did he wait until he turned 30 to become a goalscoring machine?

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Why, oh why, did he wait until he turned 30 to become a goalscoring machine?

I don't think he played up front at all when he was in the Premier League with Sunderland.

I know he was playing on the wing when he first arrived at Ipswich on loan from Celtic.

He started scoring fairly regular when he was shifted up front.

[samhaydenjr]

I don't think he played up front at all when he was in the Premier League with Sunderland.

I know he was playing on the wing when he first arrived at Ipswich on loan from Celtic.

He started scoring fairly regular when he was shifted up front.

Then why, oh why do all our strikers keep getting used as wingers? And for that matter, why do half our midfielders keep getting utilised as full-backs? Do managers in England know to say to Irish players "go play out of position - for a laugh" because Irish people will do anything as long as the reason given is "for a laugh"

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Fantastic technique for the goal @ 0:13.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT-oqjdd0ew

[Fixer82]

Delighted he is proving Benitez wrong

[Lenny82]

I don't follow.....
Hasn't Benitez always spoken highly of him?

[Olé Olé]

That's true Lenny. But actions speak louder than words and he didn't pick Murphy. Now his hand has been forced and Murphy is starting. And he's winning Rafa important points while he's at it.

[jbyrne]

That's true Lenny. But actions speak louder than words and he didn't pick Murphy. Now his hand has been forced and Murphy is starting. And he's winning Rafa important points while he's at it.

wasn't Murphy a long term injury more or less since he joined Newcastle??

[Olé Olé]

wasn't Murphy a long term injury more or less since he joined Newcastle??

I don't think so. If you look at the last page of this thread, it appears he was out until the middle or end of October with calf strain and wasn't always making the bench when he even returned, such were the options and preference for those options by Benitez.

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/rafa-benitez-gives-daryl-murphy-update-at-newcastle-1-8194453

[Olé Olé]

HITC doing my least-favourite form of reporting by using tweets from unverified sources but I'm biased and like the tone of the article and the tweets that are referenced: http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/01/22/better-than-mitrovic-newcastle-fans-react-on-twitter-to-daryl-mu/

[tetsujin1979]

Straight off the bat, they're wrong about this

Murphy, 33, hadn't even started a game for Newcastle before this month's FA Cup clash with Birmingham City, but he's now hit three goals in three starts to become a new fan favourite at St. James' Park.
He started a league cup game for them in September against Wolves

[Olé Olé]

Straight off the bar, they're wrong about this

He started a league cup game for them in September against Wolves

Great spot. As I said, I was more sharing it for the tone of the article. As opposed to the journalistic brilliance of it!

[DeLorean]

I wouldn't defend Mr. Benitez too often but I think he can only be seen as shrewd in this situation. He basically signed Murphy as a third choice striker and he has come in really useful in Mitrovic's absence, he may have even jumped ahead of him in the pecking order. The Championship is a long hard season and Benitez recognised there would be times when players are injured or need to be rested. The most important thing from Murphy's point of view was to take his chance if and when it came and it's brilliant that he's done that.

[zero]

I wouldn't defend Mr. Benitez too often but I think he can only be seen as shrewd in this situation. He basically signed Murphy as a third choice striker and he has come in really useful in Mitrovic's absence, he may have even jumped ahead of him in the pecking order. The Championship is a long hard season and Benitez recognised there would be times when players are injured or need to be rested. The most important thing from Murphy's point of view was to take his chance if and when it came and it's brilliant that he's done that.

have to agree with this - murphy is doing exactly the job he was brought in to do, which is score goals when the first choice strikers (gayle and mitrovic) are injured or not in form. i also think that benitez was originally thinking 4-4-2 but has found a 4-4-1-1 / 4-3-3 more effective with one central striker.

it's arguably also the case that murphy has now made himself 2nd choice striker which is quite good going. mitrovic is no mug, scored twice against austria and once v wales in our group for example, and gayle is the player of the championship so far.

murphy has had to bide his time to some extent and take his chance when it came, and fair play to him he is doing that so far.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Not even on the bench today.

Pretty safe to say he won't benefit from promotion.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Great resilience shown by Murphy to double Newcastle's lead away to Huddersfield.

'He has earned his shot'

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/he-earned-shot-newcastle-fans-12692625
(http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/he-earned-shot-newcastle-fans-12692625)


The Irish forward impressed off the bench on Tuesday night and was largely credited for changing the game in Newcastle’s 2-1 win at Brighton.

[MeathDrog]

Start him v Wales.

Newcastle are a better team with him on the pitch.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Big show of faith in Murphy as he is chosen to lead the line against Reading at Gayle's expense.

[OwlsFan]

Big show of faith in Murphy as he is chosen to lead the line against Reading at Gayle's expense.

Subbed after 75 and Gayle, who has been carrying an injury, replaced him.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Murphy presses his case for a start against Wales with another goal this afternoon.

Newcastle trail 1-3 now.

They trailed 0-3 before his introduction off the bench.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

O'Neill said: "Daryl Murphy is giving himself a chance. He's not ruled out yet. "We'll see what happens with the scan."

Read more at: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/martin-o-neill-gives-update-on-newcastle-s-daryl-murphy-1-8447999

Interesting turn of phrase.

[DeLorean]

Scored today but Newcastle went down 3-1 at Ipswich and are looking less assured of their automatic promotion spot. McGoldrick scored for Ipswich and Ciaran Clark still out injured.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Best Newcastle player against Ipswich according to this: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/daryl-murphy-watch-strikers-commitment-12907901

I am trawling through his Soccerbase profile ATM and I see that 9 of the Ipswich players who started against Cardiff on 09 March 2010 were either Irish, Northern Irish or eligible for Ireland. Surely that's some kind of record!

The lad who was eligible for ROI was David Norris. Forgotten man Shane O'Connor completed a rare 90 minutes in that outing also.