Ex-Bluebirds at Oxford United

[North Cardiff Blue]

What makes me laugh is that almost all the players listed on this thread have been at one time or another dismissed by our fanbase as not being good enough for this level.

I think the same will apply to the current squad, its nowhere near as a bad as some have made out. Just a lot of players playing well below their ceiling, lacking in confidence and leadership and abysmally managed.

Agreed, the squad would have finished much higher with a half-decent Manager.

[Loramski]

Josh Murphy won Portsmouth's Player of the Season, Players’ Player of the Season and Goal of the Season awards.

I've been trying to make sense of Murphy's career since he joined us in 2018 but without much success.

He started well here (I'm sure I remember talk of him pushing for the England squad in one interview but maybe I'm mistaken) and made 22 starts for us in the Premier League but it fell away from there.

He only made 16 starts the following season and 12 the one after. Mad Mick had a look at him for the one after that but sent him out on a season long loan after the Brighton League Cup tie, which turned out to be his last game for us.

It was the final year of his contract with us so he had every incentive to make an impression at Preston but he didn't make a start for them in any competition and we released him in June '22 to nobody's surprise.

There wasn't exactly a rush for his signature and it was deep into pre-season before Oxford picked him up on a 2 year deal. Even a fresh start didn't seem to inspire him as he only made 10 starts in his first season there and by the February in his second season he'd only made 3.

However, just as his contract was running down there, he suddenly sparked into life, helping Oxford into the play offs, in which he played every minute and got the two goals at Wembley to get them promoted.

This caught Oxford out as they hadn't offered him a new contract and when they did he decided to join Portsmouth instead. I found an article when Murphy left Oxford and under it someone had left a comment saying
'Thanks Josh for the half a dozen times you bothered to show up'
Under that someone had added that it was three more times than he'd bothered to show up for us.

And yet here he is, in his thirties now, picking up awards after 40 starts at Portsmouth this season. Go figure.

[Father Dougal]

I've been trying to make sense of Murphy's career since he joined us in 2018 but without much success.

He started well here (I'm sure I remember talk of him pushing for the England squad in one interview but maybe I'm mistaken) and made 22 starts for us in the Premier League but it fell away from there.

He only made 16 starts the following season and 12 the one after. Mad Mick had a look at him for the one after that but sent him out on a season long loan after the Brighton League Cup tie, which turned out to be his last game for us.

It was the final year of his contract with us so he had every incentive to make an impression at Preston but he didn't make a start for them in any competition and we released him in June '22 to nobody's surprise.

There wasn't exactly a rush for his signature and it was deep into pre-season before Oxford picked him up on a 2 year deal. Even a fresh start didn't seem to inspire him as he only made 10 starts in his first season there and by the February in his second season he'd only made 3.

However, just as his contract was running down there, he suddenly sparked into life, helping Oxford into the play offs, in which he played every minute and got the two goals at Wembley to get them promoted.

This caught Oxford out as they hadn't offered him a new contract and when they did he decided to join Portsmouth instead. I found an article when Murphy left Oxford and under it someone had left a comment saying
'Thanks Josh for the half a dozen times you bothered to show up'
Under that someone had added that it was three more times than he'd bothered to show up for us.

And yet here he is, in his thirties now, picking up awards after 40 starts at Portsmouth this season. Go figure.

And when we signed him was he even in the Norwich team? Do I remember they went on to win the league without him?

Where was his brother when we signed josh?

[Loramski]

And when we signed him was he even in the Norwich team? Do I remember they went on to win the league without him?

Where was his brother when we signed josh?

Jacob was at Newcastle, he came on against us here, but was sent out on loan in the second half of the season.

Yes, Norwich won the league under Farke the season after Josh left but he was in the team the season before, he made 34 starts.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

I've been trying to make sense of Murphy's career since he joined us in 2018 but without much success.

He started well here (I'm sure I remember talk of him pushing for the England squad in one interview but maybe I'm mistaken) and made 22 starts for us in the Premier League but it fell away from there.

He only made 16 starts the following season and 12 the one after. Mad Mick had a look at him for the one after that but sent him out on a season long loan after the Brighton League Cup tie, which turned out to be his last game for us.

It was the final year of his contract with us so he had every incentive to make an impression at Preston but he didn't make a start for them in any competition and we released him in June '22 to nobody's surprise.

There wasn't exactly a rush for his signature and it was deep into pre-season before Oxford picked him up on a 2 year deal. Even a fresh start didn't seem to inspire him as he only made 10 starts in his first season there and by the February in his second season he'd only made 3.

However, just as his contract was running down there, he suddenly sparked into life, helping Oxford into the play offs, in which he played every minute and got the two goals at Wembley to get them promoted.

This caught Oxford out as they hadn't offered him a new contract and when they did he decided to join Portsmouth instead. I found an article when Murphy left Oxford and under it someone had left a comment saying
'Thanks Josh for the half a dozen times you bothered to show up'
Under that someone had added that it was three more times than he'd bothered to show up for us.

And yet here he is, in his thirties now, picking up awards after 40 starts at Portsmouth this season. Go figure.

A very odd career. What will he do next?