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Now Murray's back, how do you feel ?



Boy Blue

Banned
Mar 14, 2016
766
I just wondered how you, as a BHA fan, felt about CPFC being less than 12 minutes away from European football, an FA Cup victory, bragging rights possibly forever and all of it against a team playing with ten men, 12 minutes to hold on is all there were. Please enlighten me as to your thoughts on this matter.

Again, what the hell are you rambling on about. Have you stopped taking your medication.
 






Paris

Well-known member
Jul 17, 2010
4,127
13th district
Not convinced he`s the man we need...Bobby Z 34 last season,Murray only two years younger,he will need to work very hard on his fitness.

Zamora did fairly well for us last season but was shot well before he made his long awaited return. Murray is a different proposition.
 


Meade's Ball

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
13,653
Hither (sometimes Thither)
Pretty pleased. Never a creature of burning pace, so as long as time hasn't taken away his body's ability to float he should be quite an asset at both ends of the field.
 










c0lz

North East Stand.
Jan 26, 2010
2,203
Patcham/Brighton
We got him back for a season and on the cheap too, Yes palarse cheaper than you lol. ,

Hopefully not passed his best and puts a few away for us.
 




B.W.

New member
Jul 5, 2003
13,666
Ecstatic

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Finchley Seagull

Well-known member
Feb 25, 2004
6,916
North London
We should never have let him go.

He perfectly suited Poyet's system and his contract was up. Instead of giving him the moderate and fair pay rise he deserved, we decided not to. That opened the door for someone else to offer him a pay rise and sign him for free; it just happened to be Palace.

Murray left and we spunked £2.5m on CMS who didn't suit the system at all. Gus got a lot of things right but that situation was one he really ballsed up.

This is what I never understood about Murray leaving. Poyet had a very definite system involving slow and careful build up which needed a physical presence up front but he let our top scorer (who perfectly fitted that description) leave on a free and spent loads on a player who needed a completely different system to be effective while sticking with his original way of playing. It just seems a really odd decision.
 








scousefan

Well-known member
Apr 26, 2009
1,242
Liverpool
I have very mixed feelings.

At his best he is the sort of player we need.

I can't forget that he went on a free to Palace, though I'm willing to accept that Poyet was involved and may have been responsible

I was never sure how well he played for the team and whether he could be an unsettling influence.

I also can't forget that he's now 32 and has had a bad knee injury since he played at his best. His recent form has been quite poor. Maybe he wasn't given the chances but....

Overall I'm on the fence. We certainly won't get back the player who left us. I hope we will get a different sort of striker who can add some options to our attack. Success for me would be scoring more than 8 goals, staying fit to the end of the season and making a difference in a few key games.
 








Withdean and I

Well-known member
Aug 6, 2003
1,368
It's a day I never thought would come. Brilliant news!!! I was gutted when he left us as he was fantastic.
I was then appalled at the abuse some idiots threw his way when he played for Palace against us. He didn't deserve that and he was so respectful in not celebrating his goals.
Legend, in my opinion and deserves a welcome back as one.
 








Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
32,468
Brighton
Another thinking "Finally" and wondering what if it had been a bit sooner, as it should've been...
 


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