Quote Originally Posted by Gnojek View Post
I don't recall too many complaining about the fee when we signed him. It didn't really work out for him under Warnock and it seems Harris doesn't rate him. That's a hell of an outlay to have being stuck on the bench.
I don't disagree with any of that. But the fact of the matter is that you have, essentially, uneducated morons spending millions in this industry because there is no benchmarking, no accountability and no controls. Football is the wild west. Even if Murphy was not shit (and he is), where does a £11m valuation come from? Where is the science that tracks that back to an anticipated improvement in performance for the club?

He's not £11m of winger. He's a young man who someone had a hunch would do well, and spaffed £11m of someone else's money against a wall for. Because football is a game infested with guesswork and cretins. Not Murphy's fault. Not even Warnock's fault really. It's the game itself that is rotten.