Didn't Nigel Clough have him on loan when he was at Burton and didn't he score 3 or 4 goals during that loan spell ?
Really nice quiet shy guy is Jamie
Of course I am biased. I won't ever have a bad word for Jamie.
However, I also discussed him with his Manager who felt he was for the most part reliable and did what he was instructed to do and always knew where he should have been at any given situation.
Contrast that with some which...
Your post opens a very good point - I suppose I consider Gifted players as being those who look very natural with the ball under their control. But you are correct some people may not consider that as being the criteria to be determined ''Naturally Gifted''
I named players like Norwood and...
I don't think Jamie ever had many injuries in the whole of his career. He hasn't really been an injury prone footballer up until that serious injury at Rangers
I don't have time to go searching through all of them but Sam Baldock's brother who plays full back for Sheff United is one
He is also a more gifted footballer than Olly Norwood at Sheff United
There are hundreds of players who are Premier League Players who are not as Gifted a Footballer as Jamie Murphy is.
Lots of defensive players and midfielders are good enough to play in PL in those positions. In terms of natural footballing skills and ability Jamie is better than many of...
Jamie was excellent defensively.
He could always be relied on to do his defensive work. A lot of it was unseen. He was often tasked with marking the fastest opponent when Brighton had a corner to stop breakaways.
I am obviously bias in Jamie's favour but I do know why he was allowed to...
I thought it was £1.8m - We would get more if we held out for a championship club but maybe Jamie didn't want to go to a championship club. He must have wanted to go back to Scotland. I am still surprised by this. I thought we would have held on to him till the summer