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We're after Daryl Murphy according to Chronicle

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Aldridge Prior said:
Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Murphy was brilliant for us last season and has a great record in the Championship recently. He may have been shite for you 10 years ago but he's clearly learned to play to his strengths. He's a big lump and is about as mobile as a fridge but he's positionally very good and can finish.

Everyone saying "nah" and "fuck off" etc, have you any other suggestions? Who do you see as a realistic target given your likely budget?
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I agree. Yes we've been used to getting perceived decent quality (expensive) players over the last 3 or 4 years like Lens, Borini and Khazri etc but that is pretty much the reason why we are in our current situation. I'm not sure what people are realistically wanting this season. I don;t think we will be in a position to get the likes of 10m starters from Burnley, Bournemouth etc so we will be relying on 3 different options - Chelsea (or even lower top flight) type loanees like Abraham, Izzy Brown's etc which is obviously a short term option. Players who have cut it at the level we are going to be at, but may now be surplus to requirements - like your Murphy's, maybe even Murray at Brighton although he will probably get a crack at the top flight or hungry players at this level who will likely see us as a step up - like your Flints at Bristol, Deane's at Brentford, Roberts at Barnsley - but if any of those were on the verge of signing we'd likely get FFS, and smilie face type replies so i really don't know what type of players our fans are wanting / expecting.
 
I, for one, cannot begin to understand why Newcastle fans would comment on a thread about a Newcastle player. Madness.
 
Botchie said:
I didn't see any Hibs fans on the thread linking us to Jason Cummings....
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To be fair there's only 28 of them.

You reckon if you were linked with a player from West Ham, West Brom, Leicester the resident fans of those clubs would avoid the thread?
 
Daffy said:
Who else ?
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Considering they have just won the league where we are going into next season averaging more than 2 points a game (one of the highest points hauls in recent years), a league where we are currently NINTH favourites to win at 14/1, then there would be a lot of their squad / team who i would take.

Gayle has just scored 25 or so league goals despite being injured from most of February onwards. We currently have Defoe who is very likely to go and Anichebe who most don't want to offer a contract as he is very rarely fit so yes, I'd take Murphy for a year as well. I'd take Yedlin as he was solid for us and a good contribution to our late run in the 2015/16 season and IMO better than Jones (although I don't necessarily think Jones needs replacing). I'd take Clark, I'd possibly take Darlow if Pickford left. I'd take Hayden, possibly even a Perez and even Atsu - they obviously liked enough of what they saw in this league to go ahead with the £6m move. Forgot about Shelvey as well, who i think is one of their better players and featured in the Championship team of the season.

We are heading into the Championship on 24 points, a manager most don't like and a seemingly bad core of players who hopefully most will be off. Our last home game was played in front of about 20,000 towards the end where we hardly mustered a shot on goal. Theirs in contrast was played in front of a full house, fans chanting their managers name and they ended up beating a team who were 2nd 5-1 despite having 10 men for most of the game. While most of their perceived mercenaries where playing for a transfer away (they made £75m from 4 players), ours are supposedly faking injury. A lot can obviously change over a summer - manager, owner, we could get a crazy bid for Pickford etc, but the contrast in relegations is massive and as it currently stands, this isn't a particularly attractive proposition for potential players.
 
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Love Spreads said:
Not sure what he was like for you lot the first time, but he was good for us. Won everything in the air, knew when to hold it up and when to lay it off. Was clever and composed, knew how to draw a foul and didn't go down like a fanny like the rest of our strikers did expecting fouls that you just don't get the championship. He worked hard and scored goals, important ones as well. Was 10 times the player Mitrovic will ever be. He is exactly the type of player you will need Experienced and proven in that league and up to the task. We had lots of championship standard players last season but none with his level of experience. You need experienced Championship players who have been and done it in that league, had we had a few more like him we would have had 100+ points.
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If he was that good why did he only play in 14 league games for you last season? Mags always over-hype their players, Murphy would be crap at Sunderland if we signed him, can see it a mile off. I'd much rather take a chance on someone like Hugill at Preston.
 
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