The player himself, however, seemed utterly convinced that he would return from this latest setback soon enough, saying: "My career is not over.
"How good are we when we maybe get another setback?
We cannot know yet the exact nature of his indisposition; his sudden departure suggests a serious setback.
While he is the firm favourite of the bookies, Murphy suffered a setback within minutes of delivering his speech yesterday when Scotland's biggest union, Unison, came out in favour of the leftwing Findlay, and the second biggest, Unite, said Murphy had to do far more to win its endorsement.
At the very least, the judgment is a political setback for Republicans nationally, who are having to divert funds and resources they to defend what should be safe, conservative territory.
The DfE reportedly views the setback as a mere technicality that will be put right by the forthcoming education bill.
Liberals in Washington welcomed Summers' shock departure from the race, which is the latest congressional setback for an Obama administration that is rapidly losing support even from its own party.
Thiago Silva and David Luiz had scored the goals to set up a semi-final against Germany in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday, but Neymar's injury represents a grievous setback given his importance to the team and the absence of a ready-made replacement.
One setback, however, is that with both parents working again, a brief and enjoyable spell of walking the mile-and-a-bit to primary school has reverted to lifts in the car.
While the party did not make its own complaint about the programme - called Ukip: the first 100 days - the news that it has been cleared by Ofcom represents another setback at what is already a difficult time.
Meanwhile, Malaysia's ruling party held a first round of meetings to determine whether to keep the prime minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, as head of the party after the March electoral setback.
