murphy

[danny1]

just looking on scunny forum, to see what they all think about going down, when i came across this:

murphy on wireless yesterday said his agent is a close friend of donnie chairman.
but not to read anything into it.scunny putting together a package for him in the next week or so.
he has a kid on the way so needs the money.

i can not see scunny keeping hold of him now that they are down

[DRFC-PERKINS]

Bang on! good/young keeper and will only get better and the best thing is he'll be FREE!

[DonnyOsmond]

Bang on! good/young keeper and will only get better and the best thing is he'll be FREE!

He's 29 now. Not that young.

[duggiesmyhero]

From what Ive been told its already signed sealed and delivered that Murphy
will be a Rovers player next season

[Chrisd_123]

From what Ive been told its already signed sealed and delivered that Murphy
will be a Rovers player next season

See, usually you'd get a lot of \"prove it\" \"where's the source\" etc, but This one does seem the way you put it. Seth Bennett mentioned a while back things that he'd heard and that he'd be extremely suprised if Murphy wasn't a Rovers player next year.

Quality keeper from what i've seen of him and a few Scunny fans i know have said he's pretty much the major reason to their recent success. Great signing IF true.

[duggiesmyhero]

It cetainly wasn't a friend of a friends sisters uncles brothers mate, I agree If
true which I totaly believe it is then it is a great signing, just need some defenders
a midfielder and couple of strikers now

[BigH]

Murphy has let in over 80 goals this season in the Championship alone. Not sure what recent Scunthorpe success we're talking about.

He's 29. Not one to go chasing after.

[dknward2]

Don't forget scunny have a very poor defence and murphy has not played all scunnys games due to injury/fall out with manager so not all 80 are down to him and 29 is still on the young side for a goalkeeper

[DaveDRFC]

Murphy has let in over 80 goals this season in the Championship alone. Not sure what recent Scunthorpe success we're talking about.

He's 29. Not one to go chasing after.

So going on that criteria Ben Foster, Rob Green and Wayne Hennessey are all terrible goalkeepers as their respective clubs are at the wrong end of the table?

29 is no age for a goalkeeper, he is an Irish international and a top goalkeeper in my view. The fact is we are Donny Rovers, we haven't got much cash to be splashing about so to get a keeper of his calibre on a free transfer would be a great move.

And Scunthorpe's recent success? I don't know, getting promoted to the Championship twice, managing to stay there last season? Not bad for a club who are traditionally a third and fourth tier club (much like ourselves).

[BigH]

Err..Relegation... the worst Goals Against record in the whole of the Football League (save for plucky old Stockport). Detail I know...

[Sprotyrover]

Let 80 in!  should be 'cheap as chips' then!  right up our street!!!

[DaveDRFC]

Just because you play for a relegated side doesn't make you a bad player. Safe to say if Edwin Van Der Sar played for Scunthorpe they'd probably still have gone down. I'd happily take Lonergan, the Preston keeper, as well.

[coventryrover]

Err..Relegation... the worst Goals Against record in the whole of the Football League (save for plucky old Stockport). Detail I know...

Detail I know.... but you do realise the whole tema are responsible for shipping goals??   Defence missing what chance a keeper?

From what Ive seen Murphy is a good, capable keeper.  I fwe can get him on a free then bonus.

I must say though i like Woods and feel he should be given the chance to be our number one.

[Chrisd_123]

Err..Relegation... the worst Goals Against record in the whole of the Football League (save for plucky old Stockport). Detail I know...

Detail I know.... but you do realise the whole tema are responsible for shipping goals??   Defence missing what chance a keeper?

From what Ive seen Murphy is a good, capable keeper.  I fwe can get him on a free then bonus.

I must say though i like Woods and feel he should be given the chance to be our number one.

Also as someone has said before, Murphy had a while out of the team too for various reasons, and it was quite a while too.

[Bessie Red]

I was told many months ago from a member of the staff at Scunthorpe who drinks in my local that this is a done deal.

[Donny Dub]

Joe Murphy is a very strong character too.  He's very vocal and organises his defense very well - he'd be great for us if we're fortunate enough to attract him to the club.  I'd say he would have strong opinions on organisation and tactics and he wouldn't be shy about expessing them either.  Would he fit in for us and more to the point suit the SOD and ROK personalities?

I'd be very happy if he was a Rover though.

Good luck.