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unfortunately - id get used to hearing that ---- i hate to say it but i just cant see him been any more than an average player this season - hope im wrong of course -- but cant see him every getting anywhere near his old form backQuote:
Originally Posted by irishultra
at a bad club with a bad manager -- at this stage in his career --- that aint good
According to the Official website he "took a smack on the knee". Could be anything.
He certainly looked like he was carrying an injury yesterday.Hope he regains full fitness and returns to the player he was.
7-10 days according to KK.
KK quoted in todays papers saying he heals quickly and maybe OK for Georgia game. He may heal quickly but gets injured quicker. Feel sorry for Duff but you would have to say A Reid now against Georgia.
The way N'Zogbia is playing tonight, he mightn't get back into the side.
I'd go with Hunt- I think he would be more effective on the wing than A him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Legendary Bear
I'd only go with A Reid if the system was tinkered with, which I think would be a bad move because then you would be making more than one change to the team.
I would go
McGeady Carsley S Reid Hunt
but i would have that midfield if Duff is fit or not given his form and injuries in recent years
I thought Duff was really good against Norway and was a big reason why we were playing such good passing football before the floods. Hunt just isn't capable of that type of football imo. S.Reid and Keane aren't capable of playing this possession game on their own. Duff is on their wavelength.
I wasn't overly impressed with Duff against Serbia but he played his role well against Norway.
If Duff isn't fit it, I doubt we'd miss him if he's replaced by A.Reid. Playing Hunt would just make it a dull straight forward predictable 4-4-2.
Yeah Hunt is an impact player who can ruffle a few feathers and get a few crosses into the box when other players are tired etc but I do not think he has the cleverness or cuteness to play a full 90 mins against an international fullback.
Just like in Prague!:pQuote:
Originally Posted by NeilMcD
Totally agree, I think unless Duff is going past players all the time people think he's having a bad game, the pitch didnt allow for that against Norway but his passing and possesion retention were very goodQuote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
I'd say Duff is out. The physio room reckons he will be out until at least the 27th of September and they are usually accurate:
http://www.physioroom.com/news/engli...jury_table.php
Newcastle do well in that league.
Trapattoni said: "It is a shame that we have lost Damien Duff for the two opening qualifiers. He started very well and he is a very important player in the Irish squad."
/sorry, just back from work. Old news at this stage. :)
has anybody been watching newcastle lately?
ive thought that duff is playing quite well, and sometimes looks like newcastles only bright spark
but whenever i talk to newcastle fans they talk like hes paul mcshane
am i missing something?
Wow, over two years since the last Duff Comment on his thingy here anyway?? Am I right about that? Thats unbelievable. But, fitting I think.
My opinion on him is he had the quickest prime in the history of sports. He was running around like crazy in that world cup, looking the perfect winger. He went to Chelsea, was always hurt or hurting, and is obscure now on a terrible side. I said a few weeks ago that he should come off the bench to be a second half energy guy, and most disagreed. Whatever the case may be, the results and stats are jus tnot what I and many others thought in Korea/Japan........He just never became a big scorer. People here seem to believe in him b/c he ALMOST scores, but frankly I think that act is beyond tired. A likeable lad, surely, but never lived up to the hype in my opinion.
You obviously didn't watch much of Duff at Blackburn or Chelsea! Ranieri raved about him at Chelsea and under Mourinho he was a first-choice player ahead of Joe Cole. He won two league medals and in the first of those seasons he was instrumental in the way Chelsea played. Unfortunately he got a bad shoulder injury around the same time that Chelsea changed their formation. He never won back a regular first-team place and his time at Newcastle has been largely ruined by injury (and playing in poor team).Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
His fitness and form have improved markedly this season but it is a long way back to the heights he reached from 2001-2005. If you're going to dismiss those years at Blackburn and Chelsea though then you really don't get Damien Duff. He was never a "big scorer", that's not his role - he's a provider. Watch how he created Robbie Keane's goal against Cyprus last October.
Despite all his recent problems he is still one of Ireland's top 4 players (Given, Dunne and Robbie Keane being the others).
Duff has the quality to win a game for us with a moment of brilliance. He's not beyond being substituted, but he is beyond being dropped from the starting lineup.
I'm willing to debate McGeady's inclusion, but Duff must stay.
Just because he's not the Duff of the 2002 World Cup doesn't mean he's not our best winger. He is.
Well said that man.