DANNY MURPHY SHOULD BE HEARD

Fulham's captain and mid-fielder Danny Murphy is articulate and experienced whose views are worth listening to.I find it sad that he had to stand down from being and ITV analyst for the England match on Tuesday because he claimed certain bosses sent out teams to deliberately injury opponents.He cited Wolves Mick McCarthy,Blackburn's Sam Allardyce and Stoke's Tony Pullis as the main culprits.Pretty serious charges but there have been a few very dangerous tackles this season.Some pretty horrific.I am not sure Murphy was wise to actually name them.He should have made his points without actually naming individual managers unless he could show examples.But it does raise an interesting point.Its ok to mention the controversial( and in my book as well as no doubt Murphy's) tackles by Wolves captain Karl Henry and Manchester City's Nigel de Jong but not their managers,who will have their strong say on other matters.Managers and players may say no one sets out to injure opponents and you have to accept that although sometimes what you see makes that claim difficult to believe.Football managers have plenty to say on most matters with stinging words whether it is on referees or say Birmingham's Martin Taylor late challenge on Eduardo but as soon as an experienced player like Murphy makes a claim they get all sensistive.Whether Murphy was right or wrong he should not have been pulled off that TV show for an honest view,if in
hindsight ill-advised to mention actual individuals.Leave that to the managers!