John Murphy

Central Defender - Barnsley
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420 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

14 Aug 2034
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad14 Aug 2034

Benjamin Hill damages knee ligaments — 25 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match12 Aug 2034

Barnsley tear Harrogate Town apart

Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑1 against Harrogate Town, and it could have been more.

Squad14 Aug 2034

19 days out for John Murphy after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Barnsley will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market14 Aug 2034

Blackpool come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Barnsley did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad14 Aug 2034

3 goals for Layton Stewart

The match ball belongs to Layton Stewart, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market14 Aug 2034

Alessandro Trabalza has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Barnsley they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

The dugout14 Aug 2034

Matteo Rianna: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Barnsley have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad14 Aug 2034

A falling-out at Barnsley

Layton Stewart and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings14 Aug 2034

The game went through Seb Campbell — 7.42

Marked 7.42 on 15 actions at both ends of the pitch. Midfielders like this get described as unspectacular by people who have never tried to play against one.

In brief

  • Player ratings Layton Stewart in the eights
  • Player ratings Theo Mawéné was on a different afternoon to everybody else
  • Player ratings Georgie Gent was on a different afternoon to everybody else
Back issues
419 Edition

The Barnsley Gazette

7 Aug 2034
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad7 Aug 2034

Liam Robinson damages knee ligaments — 37 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 37 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad7 Aug 2034

A fracture rules John Murphy out for 26 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Barnsley will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market7 Aug 2034

Eyes on Georgie Gent again

The phone has started ringing about Georgie Gent again, and this time the name on the line is Blackpool. Barnsley are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad7 Aug 2034

Georgie Gent: 8 seasons and counting

401 appearances across 8 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Barnsley know exactly what they have.

Transfer targets7 Aug 2034

Lorenzo Novati is a medical away from Barnsley

The deal with West Bromwich Albion is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad7 Aug 2034

Tempers go at Barnsley

Coby Hewitson was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets7 Aug 2034

Wrexham tell Barnsley: Emersonn is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Boardroom7 Aug 2034

Barnsley release $1.3M for the manager

The board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.

Transfer targets7 Aug 2034

Barnsley ask about Jens Hjertø-Dahl

A loan enquiry to Hull City: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief