The return of danny murphy - Give him a good reception
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 12:58 pmAs he prepares to make his first return to Anfield, I hope Danny Murphy is enjoying the camaraderie at Charlton. That’s because the players need to be able to entertain each other on the way home given their results on the road so far. I was initially a little surprised that he was sold there for such a low price, but I’m fully behind Rafael Benitez’s decision to sell him even though we are sometimes looking for creativity in midfield. If dressing room camaraderie is his main motivation then he obviously doesn’t share Benitez’s winning mentality.
Danny was never going to be in the first choice starting eleven, but he could have remained a useful squad player in an era which I genuinely believe will win us a few titles. However we need to bring some foreign players in to do that as the English players just aren’t good enough. The fact that Gary Neville, Emile Heskey and Darius Vassell are England regulars is proof of that. If Danny has left Anfield because the foreign players who come in won’t be such a laugh in the dressing room then he is less a player than I thought he was.
Notwithstanding the fact that some foreign players may like having fun (Bernard Diomede is well missed by several Liverpool nightspots) the English players he laments the selling of went of their own accord or were simply ******. Steve McManaman went on a Bosman despite us wanting to keep him and Robbie Fowler spent three years coasting along on what he had done. He has hardly been a success since and getting £13 million for him was one of Gerard Houllier’s best bits of transfer business.
Danny spoke of seeking a “different challenge” but for that I now read “cop out”. He just wants to plod along at a run of the mill club and enjoy a few nights out instead of fight to be a winner. In Francis Jeffers, who spent much of his time with Arsenal drinking in Slater Street instead of playing at Highbury he’ll find an immediate soul mate. Benitez was right to get rid.
I know he made some somewhat bitter remarks towards the new liverpool regime a few weeks back which was a case of him spitting his dummy out in all honesty. However I hope he doesn't get booed by any fans on Saturday. He did score three winning goals against the sh#te after all. Lets just hope he has a stinker.
Danny was never going to be in the first choice starting eleven, but he could have remained a useful squad player in an era which I genuinely believe will win us a few titles. However we need to bring some foreign players in to do that as the English players just aren’t good enough. The fact that Gary Neville, Emile Heskey and Darius Vassell are England regulars is proof of that. If Danny has left Anfield because the foreign players who come in won’t be such a laugh in the dressing room then he is less a player than I thought he was.
Notwithstanding the fact that some foreign players may like having fun (Bernard Diomede is well missed by several Liverpool nightspots) the English players he laments the selling of went of their own accord or were simply ******. Steve McManaman went on a Bosman despite us wanting to keep him and Robbie Fowler spent three years coasting along on what he had done. He has hardly been a success since and getting £13 million for him was one of Gerard Houllier’s best bits of transfer business.
Danny spoke of seeking a “different challenge” but for that I now read “cop out”. He just wants to plod along at a run of the mill club and enjoy a few nights out instead of fight to be a winner. In Francis Jeffers, who spent much of his time with Arsenal drinking in Slater Street instead of playing at Highbury he’ll find an immediate soul mate. Benitez was right to get rid.
I know he made some somewhat bitter remarks towards the new liverpool regime a few weeks back which was a case of him spitting his dummy out in all honesty. However I hope he doesn't get booed by any fans on Saturday. He did score three winning goals against the sh#te after all. Lets just hope he has a stinker.
