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I suppose if you are clearing a lot of balls up field your passing percentage will suffer.
O Shea is a better passer but does not get his head on the ball so much.
Depends what you want out of a defender I guess, but getting you head on the ball
is a major part of it for me, at least until you play a team which likes to play it on the ground.
He also has 5 man of the match awards ( I think alan judge has 6), that seems to weight quite heavily in the
stats, although you would perhaps expect the two to do hand in hand somewhat and indeed they seem to.
Given there are 22 players on the pitch in any one game that is pretty good going, by chance you could expect
1-2 per season.
Scored in a 3-0 win against Fulham tonight.
More on him here: http://www.balls.ie/football/we-real...e-duffy/324817
Shane is 3rd in the championship stats a point behind Judge who is tied for first place.
I like Duffy and am surprised he hasn't featured a bit more for ROI but his only chance of making the Euros is if we have a spate of injuries.
Defo one for the future all the same.
Not much to look forward to wjth this buck.he was brutal as were the whole defense against West ham. Definitely over hyped on here. I can see why he was let go by Everton.
How did Lenihan play Paul?
Paul O'Shea has spoken.
I spent more time looking at lenihan and the defense but he was OK. Can't say an awful lot more to be honest cos I wasn't really keeping an eye on him.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Duffy not lenihan*
You must have been watching some other game.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
Mark Lawrenson, commentating on the game for BBC Radio Five Live had high praise for Duffy, saying he was "one of the best headers of the ball [he's] seen".
Michael Owen singled him out for praise after the first half an hour when Duffy put his head where most wouldn't put their foot to block a shot, saying it was an example of "brilliant defending".
Also worth noting that Duffy is seen as captain material by Paul Lambert in the absence of Rovers favourite Grant Hanley.
Blackburn handled Payet and Emenike well enough until they had a man sent off shortly after half time and that is what turned the tie. There was a difference of class, but they were even enough for the first half. In the second half they struggled big time.
Lenihan looked tidy, had a decent strike and showed plenty of desire in the midfield.
Duffy linked with a £5 million transfer Sunderland if they stay up. Not bad for a useless player.
thank god i'm not the only one who thought that Duffy played well. I think you are right when it went 11 v 10 it started to fall apart and strangely I thought the 10 v 10 suited West Ham and their width/creativity even more!Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
Didn't really notice Lenihan too much.
Why am I not surprised, that after reading Duffy's performance being likened to a donkey, it actually transpired that he was brilliant defensively.
Ya it transpires he was brilliant in defense and they lost 5-1 because of all their forewards.
CD how is Martinez managing mcgeadys game time?
Forwards*
If he was captian surely he'd be organising his defense regardless of being a man down. Tbey were all at sea at sixes and sevens falling all over the place and being pulled everywhere.I shouldn't even need to justify the point when they conceded 5, only on this forum :D
McGeady went out on loan, Paul.
duffy linked with a move to Palace in the summer, West Brom and Hull also interested apparently: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...r-move-7497493
Gave away a penalty against local rivals Burnley just now.
Just saw it, a bit unlucky. He was only kicking the ball but Boyd came from his blind slide and he caught him instead. Lack of awareness alright and the Sky panel reckon his teammates should have given him a shout.
Linked with Crystal Palace by the mirror. That would be a good move. Hull and West Brom linked also.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...r-move-7497493
Shane scored a last-minute winner for Blackburn yesterday after a free kick caused trouble in the Brentford box. He really belted the ball into the top of the net when it rolled to him at the edge of the box.
Can view it here: https://twitter.com/FootballOn5/stat...43102585925632
Great celebration too.
That celebration was absolutely class!Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Next year looks like Duffy's year. I'm sure MON will be willing to afford a chance to his fellow Derryman (deservedly) and Duffy is likely to be playing in the PL. It feels like forever that I've waited for him to come in to the side. In fact, it has been close to forever. It's 7 years since he made his debut for the NI under 21's!
Wow... that's a cracking finish. Kind of similar to Celtic's dramatic winner yesterday in a few ways, except much closer in and struck first time. Left foot, same top corner, last minute and into the end with the away supporters which always adds to it.
Damo Delaney nearly scored a tidy equaliser against Foxes on Saturday. I haven't seen the link to Duffy's goal yet but DeLorean's description seems to fit Delaney's effort too?
There's more finesse attached to Delaney's effort, the way he takes it on the chest and controls his shot (almost perfectly) took real composure and skill in such a tight space. Duffy's is just a first time rocket but the kind of chance that flies high into the stands more often than not. He did brilliantly to hit it so hard but still keep it down.
That Celtic goal was a screamer. Very telegenic.
Yeah Duffy's is nowhere near as good as that just in case I've got your hopes up! Just kind of similar in it's timing and the way it flew in, etc. Blackburn played most of the second half with ten men actually as well which I hadn't realised.
Just saw it. Good goal alright. Celebration worthy of a bigger event!
This is a photo for his parents ......from the IT
http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_f...mage/image.jpg
Gave away a penalty and sent off.
http://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/cla...-charity/72441
Great stuff from Shane Duffy. The charity mentioned is also something I'm involved in and Shanes father will also be involved in the match in August. Fair play to him.
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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Who would you have as our first choice centre back pairing Paul? Just curious.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
I always think people get carried away with these one off performances in International games, when these lads like Duffy and Keogh and Clark have to perform to impress they are totally switched on, and dont have that McShane think with the head(reactionary) not the safe experienced option, they will look good. They generally do. BUt when it comes to the weekly stuff or the more settled games they are prone to switching off or losing concentration. Stutts will remember I asked this question exactly to MON and Keane - and i had someone tell me recently that they were told by someone there my two questions were the only real proper insightful questions asked(i am not trying to sound like a d1ck here for once :D) - how do you "train" players who are prone to these lapses of concentration whether purely mental or brought on physically through fatigue or whatever. They never really answered it, which left me thinking you can't. It seems nowadays there are more defenders like that than there were, or the mistakes are more costly or both.
I'd have Clark in with O'Shea, O'shea is not the best but he is most experienced of the lot, and i think these lads are similar to phil babb - not as bad - that with someone with experience and a level head beside them they can consistently - and thats the important word here - perform at a high level and (temporarily perhaps)eradicate those mistakes from their game.
I heard what (Cl)owen said about Stones recently, he can play ball like pique or puyol, that he is the only English player who could get in the Barca team. I had a good laugh at that. He can't defend for the same reasons above. Maybe though in his case its literally down to big game experience - I havent seen enough to be honest.
So do you think that about Hendrick, out of interest ? As I am starting to wonder if this is the case, as earlier on when he broke in their side, he was linked with fast moves a division up but we are some time later now and not only is he still a Derby player, he is still in and out there. Maybe he is as Giles called them, an 'on their day' player but isnt week in week out at that standard ?
Well said. Let us not forget McShane's great performance on his debut V Czech RepublicQuote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
#lestweforget
You never try to sound like a d1ck Paul, I think it just comes naturally :p
I'd be happy with O'Shea and Clark. I think Duffy is plenty young enough to eradicate these lapses, if they even exist to a great an extent as you seem to think. We're not looking looking for the next Alessandro Nesta, a player who can do a decent job for us for the next few years will be fine.
I also think any central defender would look bad at Aston Villa at the moment, and for some time really. It's a pity Clark didn't get that move to West Brom some time back, if it was a concrete interest.
As Stutts regularly mentions, Keogh is brave in possession and carries the ball out of defence well, at Championship level at least, but I think he can be panicky, rash and awkward in tighter situations. As good as they are, the likes of Muller and Dzeko possibly suited him to an extent, but I'd fear for him with the likes of Hazard running at him with pace, doing his step-overs. Hopefully we're set up well enough to prevent that from happening.
A bit of truth on this certainly, I was at Villa Park recently when he played Vs Everton and there were a couple of Villa midfielders in front of him who could have skipped their shower post game so meager were their efforts. Clark was ok, not standout or anything, but didn't play badly.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean