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Murphy Confident the Goals Will Come
Friday, 2nd Oct 2015 06:00

Town striker Daryl Murphy has spoken of his frustration at still waiting to score his first goal of the current campaign, a run in sharp contrast to last season when he was the 27-goal leading Championship marksman.

At the same stage a year ago Murphy had three goals to his name but he remains confident of soon getting off the mark and has even set himself an end-of-season target of 20, such is his confidence that he is not at risk of being labelled a one-season wonder.

Murphy, 32, said: “I’ve been saying to the lads that last season they would go in off my knee or some other part of my body — and they were just going in for me everywhere. This year, not so much, but it’ll come as long as I get chances and I get into the right areas.

“I know the goals will come and it doesn’t have to be a spectacular strike to get me going. I really don’t mind what kind of goal it is; it can go in off any part of my body. But when the first one goes in I know the rest will come.

“It gets easier to deal with the situation when you are an experienced player. Before I would have dwelled on it too much and I’d have tried too hard to score.

“I believe the goals will come sooner, rather than later, and it’s just a case of making sure I’m in the right place when the opportunities do come along.

“I’m still working hard in training on my finishing, like I did throughout last season, and that’s not going to change this year. As long as I keep working hard to get into the right positions then I’ll score goals.”

Because he was on international duty for the Republic of Ireland last summer he was granted extended leave by Town boss Mick McCarthy and returned for pre-season training a fortnight later than the bulk of the group.

He added: “It makes it harder to hit the ground running when you’ve had an extended break, tougher than in previous years, because of the rest issue and the games I played.

“But you just need to get on with it. You can’t complain about not having much of a break when you’re a footballer.

“We know we don’t get much of a break when we’re playing so regularly during the season and I’m certainly not going to complain about playing for my country.

“I was probably playing catch-up for a few weeks but I feel good now and I haven’t missed any training sessions in a while.

“I feel fine now but it did take me a while to get back up to speed. I feel good and I’ve not missed any training sessions of late, which is good as well.”

Murphy clocked up 57 games for club and country last season and said: “It was a long old season but I got my break. The gaffer gave me extra time off so there was no problem with that.

“I rested up and came back but I was unfortunate to pick up a little injury when I started playing. Those things happen in football — you’re always going to have knocks and it’s just how you react to it and get on with it.”


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pumpee added 07:17 - Oct 2
The goals will come....
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TR11BLU added 08:00 - Oct 2
Dont bank on it.....
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muccletonjoe added 08:00 - Oct 2
Still offers alot when I have seen him play, even if he is not getting the goals at the moment
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jpring89 added 08:08 - Oct 2
Scored a belter at blackburn last year would just like to see him score any sort of goal
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Europablue added 08:25 - Oct 2
He will struggle to get anywhere near last year's total. It makes it quite difficult for him that he has such competition up front now. I'm sure the goals will come and he will still get around 15 goals this season. Actually he didn't score so many at this stage in the season, so to only be three down on last year isn't so bad!
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titanicclown added 09:03 - Oct 2
Murphy is worth more than goals. While the team continue to go back to front early his power and height are essential. In his defence he was being marked by 3 of the biggest centre halves I've seen against Bristol City and we needed to play round them not try and go through them - not Murphy's fault.
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BackTheBlues added 12:23 - Oct 2
Sitting in the stands with our fans is frustrating...
People sit there moaning about Murphy and applauding when he gets subbed off...
Why? Because our fans do not understand football and are fickle more than most!

Murphy should start every single game - and here's why!

Due to his 27 goal reputation, ever single team this year is marking him with 2 players - Manchester United - the great Utd - Marked him with 3 players!
All he has to do is win 50% of his headers and then we have a 2 on 1 somewhere else on the pitch! Most notably at defence!
If can score 5 goals up til christmas for all I care - because our team will score 30!
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sidtheswan added 12:31 - Oct 2
Goals will come, not 27 though . Murph's still quality and would help him if MM didn't keep changing front 2 around .
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rinkydinkpanther added 14:13 - Oct 2
You wait for a Murphy story and then five come along at once!

Unlike with his goals.
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