Ponder this. Murray and his agent are moving on for the money, pure and simple, but part of the reason why he's so marketable is because he really put in the work last season because he knew he'd be a free agent. Once he gets his big money move where's his incentive to put in the same...
Of course, if he were to say "Do you know what Palace, you can stuff your "double your money" salary up your arse, I've seen your scummy shithole of a stadium and I'm off back to the super Seagulls" he would go from being a one-season wonder to club legend.
If you're a professional footballer living in Brighton and you don't know about the Albion / Palace rivalry then somebody needs to have a word with him now because there's a real chance he and his partner could get themselves into a spot of bother.
There's enough anecdotal evidence in the news...
However exciting our prospects we have no track record of contending in the Championship, and until we have a few seasons of Championship football with attendant TV money and merchandising sales in the coffers we'll be mid-table payers at best.
At this point you have to trust the manager. Gus...
I think the difference between Calderon and Murray is that IT'S PALACE, our bitter rivals.
I can get my head around players not giving a f*** about the club and only caring about the pay cheque, but I don't think I can feel great about a player willing to ditch us at a truly great point in...
But how many goals did Palace's top scorer get this season - 10 or so? That suggests there's no service. And if Palace spunk £10K a week on Murray how much will they have left to spend on someone creative?
They took 9 points out of 69 away from home - worst in the division, and scored just 16...
1. Are Palace the only side his agent could get to offer him £10K a week?
2. Even if they were, wouldn't you rather take £8K from Leeds or Forest and have a chance of the big money if they get promoted?
I still don't understand why he's joining a team with a slim hope of promotion next term.
Nobody could begrudge him a move to Palace if they had better prospects than us, i.e. in/around play-offs a la Forest / Leeds. But they're one place off the bottom with f*** all money.
A move to Palace...