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Not really. McCall has said he expected that Murphy would be the one and only and the cash raised would help us keep the others (unless somebody came in with a huge offer).

Killie programme available for download today.

I don't see how we could possibly afford to take on his contract. Boyle was funding his apparently high (by our standard) wages when he we here, and he left for a bigger wad. Unless he took a big pay cut at Sheffield.

so far so good. ach well, nice while it lasted. For auld yins like me, 2012 ranks among the top 2 or 3 years I can remember. Champions League and the launch of the Well Society made it unique and our final league positions have been excellent. We really have been spoiled as fans the past few seasons, and long may it continue.

We have had plenty of good penalty takers over the years from Brian McLaughlin to Davie Cooper. I would bet, if you look at the stats, our record is fairly average for the SPL, but not as dire as some people make out.

The irony being, of course, that a number of our more successful managers have had strong OF connections. It's pretty difficult to avoid in the small pond that is Scottish football.

I don't see how that first tweet means he didn't want to leave the club. I read it as he did want to leave the club, but not when he was out of contract. Murphy is one of those players (like Faddy) who says and does the right thing, and is rightly respected for that. After his European and youth international exploits, I can't imagine, however, that he doesn't harbour ambitions to test himself elsewhere. He's still a youngster, but managed to clock up about a couple of hundred appearances in the Claret and Amber. Apart from winning a trophy, he has probably achieved about as much as he can with us and I'm sure his colleagues who have played down south have encouraged him to take the next step. I'd be more disappointed if a guy in his position wanted to play at Fir Park for his entire career.

I doubt it.

Aye, that's true. McCall has had the chance to use him more often, but his 3 predecessors had a pretty settled defence. Hopefully he will find first team football somewhere (and I'm not just saying that because I bought is training gear on MFC ebay and want the price to go up!)

atdhenet.tv and eplsite.com both advertising the game, so probably pick up a decent stream on one of those.

What formation is that going to be? Plain old 4-4-2 (with Ojamaa and Murph) up top or something complicated we haven't played before like 3-2-3-1-1

I thought he looked mostly decent, but he has been with the club under McGhee, Gannon, Brown and McCall and only managed 14 appearances. It's possible they could all be wrong, but it seems more likely they are seeing something that we don't.

You think SU has less debt than MFC thanks to their insightful forward planning? It also makes you wonder how they ended up in League 1. Was that in the plan too?

Again, only if he signs while he is 23. If a club waits until the 29th August, they can get him for hee-haw. That's a hell of a gamble (unless I'm misunderstanding the current transfer rules).

I'd love to see the alternative proposals from the dissenters on here, including where we can expect these huge offers to come from. EDIT: I'd also imagine that if a club in England waited until after Murphy's birthday in August, there would be no development fee required. If there is a way around it, I'm sure the lawyers and agents will be on it.

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We're not in a position to gamble with the cash flow or liquidity of the club. McCall summed it up perfectly in his interview on MFC TV. We needed to sell a player and Murphy was the best candidate as his contract is up at the end of season. He also said that he wants Ojamaa to stay as the offers for him have been too low and he would expect much more for him after another few months of good performances.

From the reports earlier in the week it seemed like United were going to have to up their offer. I'm sure negotiations are in place, but they were far advanced last year too with Blackpool. It does seem, however,that we need to sell, but I wouldn't be surprised to see other bids come in for Murph before it's all signed and sealed.

Aye, I noticed that too. Hopefully it will be available in the next couple of days.

Higdon's contract is up at end of season though (isn't it?), so if - and it's a big if - Porter came back north he could be a replacement rather than a striking partner.

I like Murph, but I'd bite yir hand off for Porter.

Except maybe being able to pay the wages of the other players (or other debts), for example. For a wee club like us, it's all about cashflow. We have done well in holding off bidders for our better players in the past few seasons, but everyone on the Board, plus the gaffer himself, seem to think that we need to raise some cash this window.

From today's Scotsman.

I'd be quite happy to for him to see out another couple of mediocre seasons.

From the Evening Times Of course, money talks and players want to advance their careers, but it's always encouraging to hear players show some amibtion with the club and express how much they enjoy being a part of this team.