SwissBlade
Well-Known Member
Very briefly, looking at murphy down the left in the last few weeks, he's struggled.
To expand on it, I know he's had some knocks and the long season is telling on him, but his mannerism yesterday was really uneasy, he was sitting much deeper and Alcock/ Freeman weren't pushing on the same as Harris does. When murphy was getting forward he was lost. He didn't have his reliable fullback just behind him.
Interestingly when Che Adams came on it suited Alcock and Adams better as Adams likes to attack the space from deep and get into a knock and sprint contest. On the right it looked like Brayford and Murphy connected better than murphy did on the left as they seemed to play like harris and murphy
We certainly need Harris back down that left as he's the best left back we've got but it'll help to kick murphy on again
To expand on it, I know he's had some knocks and the long season is telling on him, but his mannerism yesterday was really uneasy, he was sitting much deeper and Alcock/ Freeman weren't pushing on the same as Harris does. When murphy was getting forward he was lost. He didn't have his reliable fullback just behind him.
Interestingly when Che Adams came on it suited Alcock and Adams better as Adams likes to attack the space from deep and get into a knock and sprint contest. On the right it looked like Brayford and Murphy connected better than murphy did on the left as they seemed to play like harris and murphy
We certainly need Harris back down that left as he's the best left back we've got but it'll help to kick murphy on again