The 2019 Summer Clearout

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Murphy has a year remaining on his contract so he will not be going anywhere, particularly at his age.

If he is used sparingly as a third choice, impact sub type of player he will be useful to have around; if we are relying on a regular contribution we are in trouble.

I would have though that Grabben's omission from the side related to his injury problems; I certainly hope so or we have another good player on a high wage, sidelined due to non footballing reasons.

Another player who we cannot move on because other clubs cannot or will not match the wage he is on.

I was hoping a Director of Football would put an end to this carry on and insist managers use the players at their disposal, particularly when this specific player has just scored 16 goals in 39 appearances.

Notwithstanding that, we certainly need another decent forward if we have any designs on promotion.

There was talk of Ipswich offering a two year contract.

Who to?

Murphy.

I seriously doubt that will happen.

I read an interview with him in one of the Irish papers; he has moved his family back to Waterford in Ireland and mentioned the severe aggravation of him playing over here and them living over there.

He said it was something he would endure in the short term as he intends to retire from all football after next season.