Bryce Gibbs & Marc Murphy

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Bothered to check the stats of Gibbs in the previous 4 weeks (thumb injury week 5 possibly effects all ball handling and tackling??) or Murphy (early knee injury week 5 possibly effected all areas of his game!?). Both still maintained significant game time despite their injuries.

This is a typical response when defending the two. OK, it may explain diminished performance this week, but what about the 200 or so other games they've played for the club? Or do they seem to sustain these injuries on a weekly basis especially when the going gets a bit tough?

Seems to me to be a convenient excuse given that now more people are asking the question.

Just admit it, they haven't turned out how the club had hoped. Don't try and defend the indefensible.

Oh, and questioning me on my sporting CV has nothing to do with this issue. As stated, these guys are on somewhere between 500-700K. If you put in one p*ss poor performance on that kind of money you should be questioned, let alone make a career of flying on the coat tails of the like of Judd and Cripps and then pretending to be club champions and accepting accolades you're not entitled to. They should be viewed as chumps, not champs.