MURPHY: THE DOC REVEALS ALL
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What injuries has Josh Murphy faced this season?
John Massinio has defended the decision to play Josh Murphy through the pain barrier, with Pompey now facing a ninth consecutive game without their reigning player of the season. It's been a stop-start campaign for Murphy, who has missed a total of 17 matches this term. The trouble began with a hamstring issue before the season even kicked off, and he then picked up an ankle problem against Southampton in September. After returning in October, the 30-year-old was thrown straight back into the action, as Pompey struggled with the same kind of injury crisis that has plagued their recent seasons. By the end of last year Murphy was getting two injections just to get through a game, playing on a fractured metatarsal he suffered at Swansea in December, on top of separate hip and ankle issues.
A hamstring injury picked up at Derby was the final straw, forcing the winger to the sidelines. Now Pompey must wait to find out how long the metatarsal fracture will keep him out. Misenio isn't putting a timeline on that return, but he insists that having the former Oxford United man play through the pain was a necessity for the team. Josh has to see a specialist today about how that bone is healing, he said. Hopefully, it's progressed enough for him to get back out on the grass.
How has Josh Murphy's pain management affected his performance?
They've had the scan, and the specialist will read it. We'll just have to wait and see what he says before we know more. I don't think there any doubts on his part, I just think it needed time to settle down. The biggest problem he had was that when he came back, we had to ask him to play 90 minutes week in week out. Many of us remember when Josh Murphy went down and had to come off and we read in the papers the following morning that it was a hamstring problem, that he had been holding his foot, the top of his foot, when he sat there on the grass waiting for the medics to get to him. And he explained to them, it seemed to many people, that the problem was with the top of his foot. But we were told that it was a hamstring injury.
And I guess what we now understand is that it was a broken bone, the metatarsal, which is forever associated with David Beckham, of course, if you go back as far as that World Cup. when he broke a metatarsal and the countdown to the World Cup finals was on and the whole nation bated its breath. I haven't heard of a metatarsal injury since, but here we have one.
What is the current status of Josh Murphy's recovery?
And it was decided to give him injections twice, sometimes on the day of a game, in order to help him play with the pain. and one can only assume that careful research was done to ensure that no lasting damage would be done to the bones in his foot by playing football with a bone that is healing. We miss him enormously, and we must remember, through all the trials and tribulations of this season, that we have been without four or five key players, players who walked onto the starting line-up, Every week. And we have been without Connor Ogilvie, who is our first choice left back by a distance, although his standings have done a very good job. We were without Nick Schmidt for a considerable period of time, thanks to a very dubious piece of football by one from that lot up the road.
And however, his understudy did a great job. We were without Connor Shaughnessy. Still are. He is our number one main number five player.
How has Portsmouth coped with key player absences?
Paul tidies up around him, but it's Shaughnessy who goes for the big headers and wins them. And we've been without him. And we've been without Colby Bishop. Sometimes a bit without Colby Bishop, even when he's playing. But we are now without Colby Bishop. We'll have to see whether he makes it onto the pitch against Sheffield. But we've been without Josh Murphy. He's our player of the season. He regularly makes the team of the championship because he is that good and everybody knows he's that good and the opposition know he's that good. And if he's playing, they have to make specific contingency plans to neutralise him.
What are the predictions for the upcoming match against Sheffield United?
Now, our current stand in at left... Wing is doing a great job. Plenty of people have tried.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What injuries has Josh Murphy faced this season?
0:02–1:20
2
How has Josh Murphy's pain management affected his performance?
1:20–2:29
3
What is the current status of Josh Murphy's recovery?
2:29–3:35
4
How has Portsmouth coped with key player absences?
3:35–4:15
5
What are the predictions for the upcoming match against Sheffield United?
4:15–4:54
6
How does Portsmouth's home form compare to Sheffield United's away form?
4:54–6:11
7
What insights does Steve Bone provide about Portsmouth's future games?
6:11–10:02