Shane Duffy D Norwich b.1992

**tricky_colour** · 01/01/2016, 9:02 PM

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.

**tricky_colour** · 02/01/2016, 12:28 AM

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.

**DeLorean** · 16/02/2016, 10:03 PM

Scored in a 3-0 win against Fulham tonight.

**DeLorean** · 17/02/2016, 7:39 AM

Goal here-

**Deckydee** · 17/02/2016, 6:48 PM

More on him here: http://www.balls.ie/football/we-real...e-duffy/324817

**tricky_colour** · 18/02/2016, 12:37 AM

Shane is 3rd in the championship stats a point behind Judge who is tied for first place.

**Fixer82** · 18/02/2016, 2:09 PM

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.

**paul_oshea** · 21/02/2016, 4:09 PM

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.

**DeLorean** · 21/02/2016, 4:24 PM

How did Lenihan play Paul?

**Charlie Darwin** · 21/02/2016, 4:25 PM

Paul O'Shea has spoken.

**paul_oshea** · 21/02/2016, 4:31 PM

Originally Posted by DeLorean

How did Lenihan play Paul?

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.

**paul_oshea** · 21/02/2016, 4:32 PM

Duffy not lenihan*

**Predator** · 22/02/2016, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

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.

You must have been watching some other game.
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.

**Charlie Darwin** · 22/02/2016, 2:17 PM

Duffy linked with a £5 million transfer Sunderland if they stay up. Not bad for a useless player.

**SkStu** · 22/02/2016, 5:51 PM

Originally Posted by Predator

You must have been watching some other game.
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.

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!

Didn't really notice Lenihan too much.

**geysir** · 22/02/2016, 6:37 PM

Why am I not surprised, that after reading Duffy's performance being likened to a donkey, it actually transpired that he was brilliant defensively.

**paul_oshea** · 22/02/2016, 9:18 PM

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?

**paul_oshea** · 22/02/2016, 9:20 PM

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

**Charlie Darwin** · 22/02/2016, 9:52 PM

McGeady went out on loan, Paul.

**tetsujin1979** · 05/03/2016, 10:40 AM

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