Brian Murphy-Bohs keeper

**NeilMcD** · 26/09/2008, 9:36 AM

You may think that but maybe the reason that Bohs are top is that the Bohs players have not that lke that and Fenlon as not let them think like that.

This game had to be played either on the Thursday or the Saturday night as it needed to be played during an international break and the full squad are arriving on the Sunday so it needed to be played before then. The Friday would not have worked as the Eircom League is on that night.

**disabledrog** · 26/09/2008, 9:47 AM

Murphy was actually offered another deal at the swans and turned it down,he is a better keeper than westwood and murphy of scunthorpe.
also think fahy should be playin at the very least the championship

**Cymro** · 26/09/2008, 1:02 PM

Originally Posted by Bohemian1890

How many players failed at the small clubs,before going on to play well for the bigger clubs??

Rather irrelevant. The point is that you can read more into success in a fully professional league than you can into success in a league where half the players have day jobs. Not being disrespectful here, it's simply a fact.

Carlisle and Scunthorpe might not exactly seem like the biggest clubs in the world, but their teams are actually tidy enough, and both are top-end League One sides which is a fairly decent standard.

Originally Posted by Bohemian1890

Murphy was also chased by bigger clubs than Swansea in the summer,he turned them down.

Source please. Not rubbishing your claim, but I've been following his progress since he left us and I haven't heard of any bigger clubs than ourselves making any bids.

Originally Posted by Rovers1

how long ago was this?
who was your first choice keeper?

3-4 years ago. At the time Willy Gueret would have been 1st choice for us.

Originally Posted by brianw82

Maybe so. However, I've seen Murphy in action several times this year, and some of the saves he's made were Given-esque.

It would be no harm for Trap and Alan Kelly to run the rule over him, surely?

True, Brian no doubt has some talent. Even though he couldn't hold down a regular first-team place with ourselves, he still had his moments.

My point is that I don't think it's unreasonable for an international manager to go for the players playing at higher levels, especially if those players are also uncapped. Maybe if this Westwood fella had already had a shot in the Irish team and failed you could argue in favour of Brian getting a shot. I just think some of the comments here are a little strong considering all things.

Originally Posted by disabledrog

Murphy was actually offered another deal at the swans and turned it down. he is a better keeper than westwood and murphy of scunthorpe.
also think fahy should be playin at the very least the championship

He left because he wanted first-team football, think that says it all.

He could very well have improved significantly since leaving us......or he could simply be being flattered by the opposition.