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in todays standard over here in england.
ya heres an excerpt from the article:
at spurs, it would be a different story. head coach martin jol was forced to use edgar davids as a makeshift left-midfield player last season due to a shortage of options on that side.
The response was encouraging enough to leave spurs weight up a club record offer - in excess of £11m - for the irish international.
Great move for Spurs and Duff and Ireland if it happens in my view.
I wouldn't be surprised. They appear to be after a left-winger with Middlesbrough telling them to keep their hands of Downing. That would be good.
There may be legs to this story, Mourinho has stated on more than one occasion that he doesn't want to buy another wide player as he has 4 (Duff, Robben, SWP and Cole) but reports from Portugal indicate he's interested in the U-21 captain, Ricardo Quaresma, who is a winger. If Duff, or any of the wide players, were to move, then he would be the ideal replacement
Love to see Duff go to Spurs - then we'd start to see the best out of him. However Id say its just speculation - Just look at the amount of players Spurs have been linked with
Or the number of midfielders they have on their books!Quote:
Originally Posted by joema
Spurs got rid of an awful lot of midfield players I posted this on another thread but this is spurs midfielders
Carrick
Jenas
Tanio
Murphy
Reid
Lennon
Routledge
Ziegler
Davids
Routledge and Ziegler were out on load and Davids is on his way to Ajax probaby.
Again it's paper talk but Murphy, Routledge, Ziegler and Davids have all been linked with moves away from Spurs. Plenty of room for Duffer. Duff on the left and Lennon on the right, proper old fashioned team with 2 out and out wingers then.
But i thought it would be SWP to leave if any of the Chelski's wingers were leaving.
With Duff going into the last year of his contract his future has to be sorted out in the summer. Mourinho likes him so would probably offer him a new one (or probably already has) and if Duff doesn't want to sign it he'll be sold. Unless Duff signs a new contract this summer I doubt very much Chelsea will keep him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roo69
to be fair to duff, he seems more a modest, reserved character than many of the mercs in today's game so i doubt money was the ONLY thing in his mind when he moved to chelsea. that said, i'd like him to move from there also. there was that bizarre sight of him watching ricardo carvalho romp up his wing and hammer one home against man. united - sort've symbolic of what he's become at chelsea, a bit of a lonely passenger.
Duff to spurs ??? thats all he's fit for IMHO. Chelsea ruined him. Turned him into a full back.
Ye not fit for a team who can finish high up in the Premiership.
He is a class act and needs to be playing for a team that will allow him to express himself down the left. Would be an excellent move for Duff and Spurs.
I'd like to see Harte and Duff both go to Spurs. They'd have a great attack down the left flank.
Pretty sure that anything in the Lahn Evenin Stahn is made up. Anyways it would be a bad move for the Duffa especially seeing what 3 point lane has done for Andy Reid's waistline.
I'm sure Damien wants to stay in the nice part of London and win more medals.
Short memory. You don't just lose your ability in 1 season. Duff is still as good as he ever was.Quote:
Originally Posted by thejollyrodger
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Was this not discussed here not so long ago and it turns out he has 2 years left?? Not that I'm one to doubt your knowledge eirebhoy ;)
He's been poor now by his standards for a season and a half. Its not inconceivable that a players lack o confidence will harm his form on a long term basis. That remark about him being turned inhto a full back last season at chelsea is spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Of course it would mean the end of cornish pastie boy at spurs probably but a move for him would be good as well.
Also how sh it is davids by the way? up there with cisse, traore and mills for most atrociously over rated prem player. ever. had to get that one off my chest.
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Originally Posted by as_i_say
:confused: You have to be actually rated first to be over rated....you won't find many Liverpool fans that will argue that Traore is good enough.
It's just the Chelsea formation and how Mourinho wants him to play. I thought he'd shaken off any of those habits when he pulled on the green jersey this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by as_i_say
I thought it was the other way around - it's commonly thought he has two years left, but he actually only has one. We'll see!Quote:
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
Would prefer if he went abroad, but Spurs would definitely be a natural fit for his abilities. Purely selfishly, I wish Spurs would stop buying Irish players, I want to have as few reasons as possible to like them :).
From a journalistic perspective, my guess is that the Standard sells about 10,000 extra copies in North London on the back of this type of story.
You're talking ****e. Reid was fat long before he went to Spurs. And Keane seems to be fitter than ever right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by fergalr
I think the fact he called it 3 point lane shows it all. Duff going to Spurs would be good for all concerned in my view. It would be great for Ireland that Duff would be playing week in week out and the top of his game and playing with Robbie also. IT can only be good for Ireland which is the main thing.
I would also love to see Duff at Spurs.Having him play week in week out will be good for him and Ireland.Watching him warming the bench or playing a bit part at Chelsea is just a sorry sight and will do no one any favors.
When he signed every report said he signed until 2007. Stutts posted a report a few weeks ago saying he's out of contract in 2007, not 2008 as many people thought. I think that journalist was the only one to think he signed for 5 years. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by drinkfeckarse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ea/3081647.stm
You'd have a point if he wasn't still taken the **** out of most full backs that come to Lansdowne. :) All he needs is to get back running at players on a regular basis and he'll be his old self again.Quote:
Originally Posted by as_i_say
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Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Nice one, yourself and Stuttgart are as informative as ever....
I wonder which Duff would himself prefer: being an almost certain starter with attacking license under a progressive manager at a progressive club unlikely to win major honours and for whom success is more subjectively defined, or being part of an extremely successful, but totally functional side under an egotistical manager who restricts Duff's attacking license, rushes him back from injury & doesn't always play him?
I suspect Duff isn't as much driven by silverware (not now anyway) as a desire to enjoy his football week-in, week-out.
I wonder is he still as happy at Chelsea as he was so obviously 12-15 months ago. The possibility of playing alongside Ballack & Shevchenko must be appealling.
Stuttgart was referring to Times journalist, Rowan, who had got it right about one year left.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
The BBC report appears definitive.
Maybee the 5 year contract rumor grew wings from here
http://www.football.co.uk/chelsea/du...e_160183.shtml
Apart from the pejoritive manager remark and the "rushes back from injury" bit (when imho the opposite is the case - c/f DD's delayed return to action at the start of 2004/05 season), I think this post is spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Unless you know Duffer personally or chat with his ma while queueing at the atm down in nutgrove, you all have no idea what his motivations are.
I have no idea if he is still happy at Chelski but moving away from the English champions to any other English club would by definition be a backwards career move.
By the way if Duffer underperforms in a green shirt then its an issue for Irish manager to sort out. Kerr failed on this point - lets hope Staunton gets more out of him.
I was referring to the recent Paul Rowan article in suggesting that Duff came back from injury earlier than he wanted, at Mourinho's request.
Do you really think Mourinho isn't an egotist, or did I misunderstand your question?
It's also debatable whether being a part-time player at Chelsea is better career-wise than being a regular at a perfectly good club, that actually suits his style better. It's certainly a backwards move in terms of tangible success I agree.
A bit like Robbie last year, I think maybe we're being a bit premature in writing off Duff as a Chelsea player but it's certainly an interesting situation. Personally I think he suffers from not having two orthodox forwards to service at Chelsea. He so often hits good crosses at Drogba that he just wastes, whereas Joe Cole cuts out this "risk" and goes for goal himself, with better results than Duff.
Quiet day at work - hence I'd argue with anyone on anything today!