Any time I've seen Preston this season they have been pretty poor. Difficult to tell if Moult is out of his depth now, as he only get 5 minutes here or there in a formation that is 1 up top.
It's more interesting to listen to the players than the fans. When Hartley, for example, is on Mixlr he can't talk highly enough about McHugh and says it's great playing behind him. I know team mates stick together and all that, but there seems to be a feeling from the guys on the park that he brings a lot to the game.
No point in blaming a guy we play for 15 minutes every 5 weeks for not being match fit or match sharp. Especially if the expectation was he'd be another hard running, hard tackling headless chicken up front. It's like expecting an out and out left winger to play as a wingback.
The only time I have ever seen us win a Cup, we won 7 of our last 9 league games (including a 2 -1 win at Celtic Park and scudding Rangers 3 - 0 at Fir Park).
It's fair to say, that for me, that seems a healthier way to approach it.
If he's putting up with the sectarian bigoted nonsense for purely financial reasons, that makes it worse. I can't imagine he's struggling to make ends meet these days.
I said at the time of the initial transfer/loan situation I'd be amazed if Murphy was still there next season - based purely on my expectation there would be a new manager with their own ideas about personnel (and no money to spend on Murphy).
Then again, I thought there would be no way Gerrard would be stupid enough to believe the stories he'll be spun about transfer kitties and war chests, but it looks like I'll be wrong there too. I already saw the first reports about the Board begging for more investment so they could by more players.
(I'm wrong so often, I should be a professional pundit).
I remember the clause about the season ticket money, but I thought it was more of an option than a requirement.
Knowing Rangers, however, even if it was a requiurement, they wouldn't hesitate to break it.
That's a good point. I'm sure there a lot of long distance fans who invested their travel budget in the League Cup final. If I travelled to both finals it would have cost me close to $3000.