FULHAM captain Danny Murphy has taken a swipe at Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce's tactics.

The ex-England player accused Allardyce, Wolves manager Mick McCarthy and Stoke City's Tony Pulis of 'pumping up' their teams too much and of stopping the opposition playing.

Speaking at the Leaders in Football conference at Stamford Bridge, Murphy said: "They can say it's effective and they have got to win games.

"But the fact is the managers are sending out their players so pumped up there are inevitably going to be problems.

"Your manager dictates what your players do and how you behave."

"Every ship has a captain and that's the manager who is in charge.

"You get managers who are sending their teams out to stop other teams playing, which is happening more and more - the Stokes, Blackburns, Wolves."

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