1) Came into the Club late, transfer deadline day in fact
2) Couldn't speak any English
3) England is a totally different country/culture from France, I know that, settling in is an understandable problem
4) Played at Chelsea, picked up hamstring strain
5) Been injured on and off so finding form is difficult
6) Played with numerous centre halves, forming a partnership is important
7) He never dictated the fee
8) Why single him out ? Traore and Faye have played in the PL for years and they are at least as bad
9) Easy scapegoat, doesn't understand what Murray has said, can't complain
Get off his back Murray !!
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This is something Murray should learn form. Great giving a manager full support, but never again let a manager spend nearly £4m on a guy we don't know enough about and can't speak English.
Look at the number of big name players who have been very successful in other euro leagues but have failed here Veron, Forlan, Kezman, Cisse the list goes on.
There is never a guarantee with foreign players, likewise why do you think foreign clubs never buy british players??
The question is which would you rather have coming up to the window:
Perry, Powell and Kish + £8M in the bank OR Faye, Traore and Diawara. This mess is down to the board, Mills and Varney - replacing the spine of the team AND the manager (twice) in 6 months is something you might try on Fifa07 or League 2! They need to either spend their way out or cut back and start again in the championship.