Danny Murphy has slammed the choice to abstain away followers from the Old Firm derby and has claimed he’s unable to observe the historic fixture anymore.
The former Liverpool and Fulham midfielder turned pundit has had his say on the present lockout that would stretch by means of till subsequent season if an settlement shouldn’t be made by Celtic and Rangers. The disagreement got here to a head in March final 12 months when Celtic knowledgeable Rangers of their fears of security and safety of their travelling followers.
Since then, there was an ongoing row involving the Old Firm sides as they proceed to maintain away followers locked out of their grounds when the 2 sides face one another by means of the season, the Daily Record reviews.
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Now, because it appears to be like like away followers won’t function in both of the Old Firm derbies within the second half of the season, Murphy has proclaimed that the fixture is solely “unwatchable”.
Speaking on TalkSPORT final week, he stated: “I’ll give you a quick example. The last game they had, I put in for…15, 20 minutes? I can probably be honest enough to say the reason I turned it over was because of the lack of fan involvement from each other.
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“It just felt unwatchable, it was weird. I think that’s it (the needle missing).”
Despite Murphy’s strongly held view of the state of affairs, ex-Hoops boss Gordon Strachan thinks it is a constructive. Speaking to Boyle Sport, he stated: “People think [having no away fans] is a bad thing but I actually think it is a positive. We don’t need to give a platform sometimes for the people and we need that nonsense out of the game.”