Booing Glenn Murray

[Dover]

Glen Murray. The player I thought was most disingenuous when he was quoted as saying, "I want to go back up North," and then to sign for Palace.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

At the game today, I was appalled to hear boos from the crowd when Murray was mentioned on the linup. I felt it was an insult to a man who has served the club very well in the past.

I know he went to Palace, but football is a business and they were promising first team football for a strong promotion contending championship side and were (probably) paying more money than we could offer him.

I was shocked when he was booed. Even more so when he scored and the booing got louder. He made a fantastic effort of not celebrating and I thought that was amazing.

Even after scoring his second goal he kept his celebrations to a minimum. I give him a lot of credit for that. He proved a point and if that had been me I would have gone mental (particularly after being booed) and I was impressed by the way he controlled himself.

All in all I'm horrified that Brighton fans would boo him and feel bad for Murray.

(On a positive note, we didn't lose! )

ha ha, so he didn't leave for more money then
regards
DR

 

[clippedgull]

As a fellow BHA fan, do you agree that Crystal Palace are a small club punching above their weight in the Premiership?

He is just consulting with his paymasters at the Palace BBS on how to answer that tricky question

 

[grubbyhands]

If we had kept Glen we may have had a season in the premiership by now I would like to see him back it might help us to survive.

Too bloody right. Palace or not I've still got a lot of time or Murray.

 

[shaolinpunk]

I didn't boo him.

It's not his fault if he gets a good contract offer from our rivals when we've not done enough to make him stay.

yes I understand there is no loyalty to a player from a club etc., but there are things like Honour, Respect, Gratitude and Class that he has shown himself to be sadly lacking.

Because clubs are famous for showing honour, respect, gratitude and class when it comes to players, transfers and contracts.

 

[El Presidente]

Glen Murray. The player I thought was most disingenuous when he was quoted as saying, "I want to go back up North," and then to sign for Palace.

When was this quoted?

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

Too bloody right. Palace or not I've still got a lot of time or Murray.

look no further than your user name
regards
DR

 

[Geriatric Seagull]

I thought he did his job in a thoroughly professional manner this afternoon without displaying any of the prima-Donna antics of many players. He scored two goals, celebrated reasonably and left to a generous ovation from many fair-minded supporters. Would I have him back? Like a shot. He is exactly what we need-a genuine Championship goalscorer.

 

[byf1]

I'm over the anti Murray panto bullshit and surprised myself today when he was subbed and felt obliged to clap him for 2 reasons. Firstly he's a class former player and I respect him for the service he gave and he's never once celebrated and most ex players would with the shite we've given him and I was gutted he left and secondly for a classy forward line display that we haven't seen since the summer and Ulloa left.

If he came back which he wont but IF he did, I'd be over the moon.

 

[El Presidente]

He left us for Palace after holding us to ransom and we didn't pay up.
He knew what it meant and yes I understand there is no loyalty to a player from a club etc., but there are things like Honour, Respect, Gratitude and Class that he has shown himself to be sadly lacking.

The only reason the feckless **** doesn't celebrate when he scores against us is because he's still living locally by all accounts. Watch him feck off up North and then he'll really give it the full works.

I never clapped Hammond when he came back, likewise I would never clap Harding, they like Judas displayed the same toadyish, spiteful, ungrateful traits.

Bollocks to him.

Absolutely, the Albion are far classier than that, they'd never sack someone with a family on Christmas Eve, or announce the manager had been sacked on a Sunday night whilst he was in the BBC Studio, or who refused to stock the book written by the former chairman who had done a lot to save the club.........Oh.

Remind me of the honour, respect, gratitude and class shown to Murray by the baying clowns who were chanting "Ditch the bitch" to him at Brentford the previous season when his marriage collapsed and thinking they were hilarious, and then going disco mental when he didn't clap them at the end of the game?

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Can't believe he can't get into a very, very poor Palace 18 man match day squad.

They must be really high in the league to be able to leave him out.

 

[Beach Hut]

Murray is a quality player and we badly mis-judged the situation but there was a big clue if you look at the footage in the dressing room at Withdean after we were confirmed champions where Poyet totally ignored him and he just sat there whilst everyone celebrated.

To me he was always a bit of a different type of player - bit like Pat Nevin who just does not fit the typical footballer mould but still very good. I am pretty certain Poyet just could not manage a player like that.

 

[Springal]

Remind me of the honour, respect, gratitude and class shown to Murray by the baying clowns who were chanting "Ditch the bitch" to him at Brentford the previous season when his marriage collapsed and thinking they were hilarious,

They weren't married

 

[murraymints4brighton]

Can't even be bothered to explain yet again that Murray was offered a derisory contract and the only reason he joined Palace was yes money, but mainly the close proximity to his Brighton home. The bloke is so bloody nice, he has run free training sessions at the football academy that his stepson attends. He did no want to leave, we do seem to have a habit of losing our better strikers.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

They weren't married

That makes it better? His partner left him and took their baby with her.

 

[BrianWade4]

I want him back

I booed him because he hasn't come back

 

[champion7]

He left us for Palace after holding us to ransom and we didn't pay up.
He knew what it meant and yes I understand there is no loyalty to a player from a club etc., but there are things like Honour, Respect, Gratitude and Class that he has shown himself to be sadly lacking.

The only reason the feckless **** doesn't celebrate when he scores against us is because he's still living locally by all accounts. Watch him feck off up North and then he'll really give it the full works.

I never clapped Hammond when he came back, likewise I would never clap Harding, they like Judas displayed the same toadyish, spiteful, ungrateful traits.

Bollocks to him.

He still lives in Patcham.

 

[Monkey Man]

Knew he'd score today but didn't think it would take only 36 seconds, or that it would happen twice.

My son asked why I cheered his name when they read out the Reading team. I told him that booing only makes him perform better at the Amex.

A classy Championship player that we should never have let go, especially as Poyet signally failed to build his team around CMS, as advertised at the time.

 

[Geestar]

I booed

 

[The Terminator]

****ing hell.