McCarthy: Delighted With Players
Monday, 21st Apr 2014 18:24
Boss Mick McCarthy was delighted with his players as they drew 2-2 at home with Bournemouth believing that they had been at a disadvantage with the Cherries having had a day longer to prepare for the match.
“It was a hard-fought game, I think it was a really good advert for the Championship. It was a fairly open game.
“We certainly had a disadvantage in terms of playing Saturday and Monday. Normally it’s Saturday-Tuesday, they had Friday-Monday and I can’t express the pride I have for the lads, the way they go about it.
Murph: Freddie s Been Brilliant
Tuesday, 14th Apr 2015 06:00
Leading marksman and newly-crowned supporters’ Player of the Year Daryl Murphy has praised strike partner Freddie Sears for his impressive scoring rate since arriving from Colchester in a £100,000 bargain deal in January.
Sears’s four-minute double in the home win over Blackpool on Saturday made it seven goals in 17 appearances – 10 starts and seven from the bench – since the 25-year-old Londoner made the relatively short journey along the A12.
That makes it 21 for the season for Sears, who also netted 14 times for the U’s, and 23-goal Murphy admitted: “Freddie’s been brilliant when you look at his goals to games ratio since he’s been here. He’s a good player and we knew that when he came in. We’re all grateful that the club signed him.
Murph: To Miss Out Now Would Be Devastating
Tuesday, 14th Apr 2015 06:00
Top scorer Daryl Murphy has admitted it would be “devastating” if Town don’t finish in the play-offs at the end of the season.
Saturday’s narrow but thoroughly deserved home win over already-relegated Blackpool was enough to edge Mick McCarthy’s men into sixth place on goal difference and now their task is to ensure they maintain their top-six status over the final four games of the regular season.
Murphy said: “To miss out now would be a massive disappointment because we’ve all worked so hard the whole season.
Murph: It Could Come Down to Goal Difference
Tuesday, 14th Apr 2015 06:00
Daryl Murphy believes the Championship is so competitive this season that one or more promotion issues may even be settled on goal difference.
While just two points separate the top four clubs, Town owe their top-six status to a slender one-goal advantage over close rivals Brentford, while Wolves are also on the 71-point mark and trail three goals behind Mick McCarthy’s men.
Murphy said: “It would be heartbreaking if we missed out on goal difference. We’ve got four games – all tough as there are no easy games in this league – and if we win the majority of them I think we’ll be okay.
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