update..murphy also played at stand off as a junior !!!

wasnt that Alex murphy??

No!!! Your thinking of eddie!!!

Jefferies was MOM against Quins. Without that injection of pace and direct running from Jefferies then i feel Quins might be the ones in 2nd position. Murphy played well but i think people on here are getting a little excited. I would have Ben Jones Bishop over Murphy at FB, but i do agree that he is doing OK

I'll be honest, up to the end of last season i did not think MURPHY would make the cut in SL. mainly due to his slight physique.

That said this off-season seems to have done the trick as to me he looks to have bulked up abit on top which was needed.

His last 2 games show promise that he might be at the point where he can step up.

I don't place him as a centre but on the wing or fb he looks like he may fit in.

Im happy with his progress so far having nearly written him off. Good times.

Concur with your first point 100%. see how we can change our point of view.
Are you watching Kyle Bibb?

Personally, I’ve always been impressed with Murphy whenever he’s been in the side, His one on one tackling has been spot on and has never seemed to let anyone down. The only issues was that whenever he got a chance he seemed to get injured which of course would make it difficult to capture any sort of consistently good form.

Hopefully now, with an extended run in the side, he will develop accordingly and put pressure on the incumbents of the respective positions across the back line.

Spot on

Murphy will become a first team regular in my opinion. He's hungry, enthusiastic and eager, which can only bode well for the future. Regardless of how us as fans judge his albility (I rate him btw), the one thing you can't knock about the lad is his attitude and focus which will take him far.

Based on what exactly, and you accuse others of getting carried away

As for BIBB well. I think of the few seasons he has been with wakefield he has shown too little.

I would sooner see Trout get in the team ahead of BIBB. we have a youngster namely ANNEKIN who will bust a gut for trinity and that would be a better use of monies. I hope BIBB will prove he can cut it this year for himself if not us.

But this is not about bibb its about murphy and the lad is statring to show us what he can do.

The next step is for him to show us consistency before we find out if we have a SL player on our hands.

based on knowledge and understanding the game VASTMAN. Just a quick question how many games have you played in Super League?

Cracking player who in my opinion could cut the mustard, however from what I believe he was offered the same terms as Trout, Davey, Morton et al (my understanding of the situaton is we have a wage structure in place for upcoming youngsters that has been stuck to vehemently) and turned them down. Perhaps after his outing on boxing day he may be regretting his decision. Hope we can persuade him to sign up some time soon as I really do believe he could be a top class 13 and he could have the likes of Morrison and JD as his mentor.

That is correct from what I'm told, we pay X and he wanted Y. I'm not against breaking the wage structure in exceptional circumstances. I rate Anekin but am not convinced he is exceptional enough to take the risk.