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I don't think anyone would be surprised to find out that people connected with the club, including playing staff, are having a major crisis of confidence with Benitez. So in that respect, Murphy doesn't enlighten us in any way.
I have no feelings about Murphy one way or the other. Given that everyone gets all indignant about long since retired ex-players having a pop or dragging the club through the mud for a pay day (something that doesn't usually bother me that much) however, I have to say I'm a little surprised that no-one views this as worse. It doesn't matter what his opinion is or whether he makes valid points - he should keep them to himself and worry about his own club.
Can you imagine someone like Sami, Crouch or even Keane coming out with this?
Exactly.
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If the captain and vice-captain both want the manager to be replaced, I'd say that's fairly 'enlightening' - although we don't know for sure that's true, of course.
As for Murphy... yes, he shouldn't have said it. It's small-minded, bitter and classless. But, frankly, with us playing like a relegation team and the club going into financial meltdown, it's not top of my 'hate' list right at this moment.