by jonnymac1979 » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:29 am
Seem to remember a game against Charlton during Houllier's final days. We beat them 2-0, I think Murphy and Heskey scored for us. I was in the Kop. So we're 2-0 up, and at one point in the second half, Murphy picked the ball up in the middle, loads of space, with the whole pitch ahead of him, to leg it up toward their goal and slot it.
I've just watched the Sunderland game today by the way, watching one of our players who our fans are also 50-50 on, Momo Sissoko, do what I'm about to describe all game what Murphy typically didn't do that game I spoke about above.
The move was crying out for attack, but Murphy ran 10 yards forward, realised he had a chance at scoring probably, then thought that Houllier had told him even at 2-0 up, don't try and score a third goal, kill the game.
So he passed it sideways blah, blah, blah, and a few of us in the Kop that day probably died a little inside as to how we'd become a defensive unit even when 2-0 up. That's the team we'd become.
At least Sissoko, limitations of the final pass and all, tried to go forward today and was blessed with his first goal for us.
Murphy's in the past. Rafa did right. Not in his plans and it's been proved he wouldn't have been good enough. I'd rather have the players in our central midfield, Alonso, Gerrard, Sissoko and Mascherano, that we've got now.
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