Danny Murphy joins Blackburn Rovers on two-year contract

Del · June 25, 2012

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18506119

"When meeting Steve Kean, I soon realised the passion, enthusiasm and ambition he has for the club and how much he wants the team to bounce straight back up to the Premier League.

"The owners were also very passionate about their desire to move Blackburn forward as a club and create a squad that is able to achieve promotion

Cena · June 25, 2012

Decent signing that for them, still surprised Fulham let him go

Summerskin · June 25, 2012

He's 35?!

[Poor language removed] me...looks like Fulham are having a mega clearout too.

Del · June 25, 2012

Cena_is_an_Evertonian said:
Decent signing that for them, still surprised Fulham let him go

35 though lad

Prob struggle to do a job week in week out in the prem, Saying that I am a little suprised one of the promoted teams dident have a look at him on a 1 year contract

bluejock · June 25, 2012

Cena_is_an_Evertonian said:
Decent signing that for them, still surprised Fulham let him go

He's 35 now though mate, not many players can keep playing centre mid past that sort of age, Scholes being the obvious exception.

bluejock · June 25, 2012

Or yeah, what Del said.

Summerskin · June 25, 2012

bluejock said:
He's 35 now though mate, not many players can keep playing centre mid past that sort of age, Scholes being the obvious exception.

Phil Neville

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bluejock · June 25, 2012

Summerskin said:
Phil Neville .

Thanks for pointing that out. Just as well someone highlighted my omission.

Del · June 25, 2012

bluejock said:
Or yeah, what Del said.

Maybe he wanted to move back to the North West so picked Blackburn

Allezfan · June 25, 2012

Martin Jol's new look Fulham will be interesting to watch. Hughes basically just kept the Hodgsoin side together, which was fair enough as they were pretty good if all near the end of their careers but Jol seems intent on making changes sooner rather than later.

Cena · June 25, 2012

Age isn't a factor these days for footballers, they have the best treatment and facilities that is why they carry on a lot of them into their late 30s.

Pirlo last night was a case.

Murphy is a ball player anyway not the usual yard dog. He will do a comfortable job in the Championship

bluejock · June 25, 2012

Pirlo is two years younger than Murphy. And he's Pirlo. Apart from Scholes and Giggs, are there any central midfielders still playing in the Premier League over 35?

If anyone says Neville I'm going to neg you viciously.

Del · June 25, 2012

Cena_is_an_Evertonian said:
Age isn't a factor these days for footballers, they have the best treatment and facilities that is why they carry on a lot of them into their late 30s.

Pirlo last night was a case.

Murphy is a ball player anyway not the usual yard dog. He will do a comfortable job in the Championship

Even if there 68?

Cena · June 25, 2012

everton_de_vina_del_mar said:
Even if there 68?

Hahaha, what I mean is, compared to 20-30 years ago, there were only a select amount who carried on beyond 32/33.

Now there are a hell of lot more who at 32/33 still have 5/6 years of a career left

Cena · June 25, 2012

bluejock said:
Pirlo is two years younger than Murphy. And he's Pirlo. Apart from Scholes and Giggs, are there any central midfielders still playing in the Premier League over 35?

If anyone says Neville I'm going to neg you viciously.

The only one I can think of at the minute, was Tugay, sure he played at Blackburn till he was 38