Duff on his way to Newcastle

**thejollyrodger** · 17/07/2006, 6:42 PM

was duffer pushed or did he walk ? Glad to see him out of Chelski though.. its a stinking club that ruins players

**Adrianovic** · 17/07/2006, 8:53 PM

The Daily Mail said that with Carrick probably off to Manchester United, Jol wanted forum favourite John O'Shea to be apart of any deal.

Ade

**dr_peepee** · 18/07/2006, 6:31 AM

I read that Jol actually turned down JO'S plus cash in exchange for Carrick..

And according to the good people on newstalk 106 last night the move is unlikely as spurs couldn't afford the package plus wages and he definately hadn't completed a medical. There was talk of a refused 5million bid from spurs though

**CollegeTillIDie** · 18/07/2006, 6:52 AM

Well moving to Tottenham means he won't be adding to his trophy cabinet any time soon. A club that doesn't even win the League Cup anymore.

**Macy** · 18/07/2006, 7:53 AM

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

Well moving to Tottenham means he won't be adding to his trophy cabinet any time soon. A club that doesn't even win the League Cup anymore.

Yeah 2011 a bit of wait for a cup win.

**fergalr** · 18/07/2006, 9:16 AM

Originally Posted by thejollyrodger

its a stinking club that ruins players

... and this from a $h�ls supporter! LOL.

**eirebhoy** · 18/07/2006, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by CollegeTillIDie

Well moving to Tottenham means he won't be adding to his trophy cabinet any time soon. A club that doesn't even win the League Cup anymore.

tbh, I couldn't care about his trophy cabinet.

I'm just happy to see Duff destroying premiership right backs and proud he's Irish. At the moment he's as enjoyable to watch at Chelsea as John O'Shea.

Here's his stats from last season:
http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?h...r+Damien+chase

He should be trying a lot more dribbles than that but the rest are impressive.

**Stuttgart88** · 18/07/2006, 10:54 AM

eb, could you repost your Duff compilation pls, if convenient?

**lofty9** · 18/07/2006, 11:00 AM

After reading conflicting reports on the net (source google news search duff

) - it looks the media is in a spin with this story. There are even reports he's been offered a two year extension to his contract with Chelsea. Another saying Chelsea are looking for more than Spurs have supposedly offered. Mourinho also saying he'll have no fit players for the start of the season therefore he is needed. And then the conspiracy from Newcastle is it is a Chelsea leak forcing Newcastle to stump up cash to buy Wright Phillips.

Why wouldn't he want to stay and force his way back into favour, after all injuries hampered his form last year and he gets to feed the best players in the world i.e Shevcenko and Ballack with his crosses - it'll make a refreshing change for him as there is only so much he could take can take when playing with Drogba. It seeems Champions League football is the be all and end all for players once they get a taste of it - a move to Spurs wouldn't provide this. Do Liverpool and Man Utd have any interest in him? They did before his move to Chelsea.

**eirebhoy** · 18/07/2006, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

eb, could you repost your Duff compilation pls, if convenient?

Sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxZNDrG4Ln8

**drummerboy** · 18/07/2006, 12:24 PM

Duff has made his mind up to leave Chelsea, as they will be even less chance this season than last, as The Special One plans on playing 4-4-2 to accommodate his new signings, Ballack and Shishenko. Chelski won sell him to Manure, Arse-nal or Liverpool. That leaves Spurs and Newcastle. Keane is supposedly bending Duff's ear, so I'd expect him to sign for Spurs, probably on Friday.

**paul_oshea** · 18/07/2006, 2:18 PM

all the compliants ppl have made about chelski what it has done to duffer, take a look at eirebhoys vid and the majority of clips are in a chelski shirt!!!

unless of course feeds for this were easier come across than when he did it in a blackburn shirt or ireland shirt

**Stuttgart88** · 18/07/2006, 2:59 PM

Note that very few of those clips were from the last 12-15 months though Paul!

R5 Live often says that Mourinho has put too much fear of losing the ball into Duff's game so he doesn't take his man on as aggressively as before. Duff under Ranieiri was great. Duff during Mourinho's first 6 months was great. Duff since then hasn't been.

I also maintain that Duff, as a winger, having only one centre-forward (and a goal shy one at that) to service reduces his effectiveness, especially as he doesn't have the cut-inside-and-shoot ability of Cole & Robben. I've lost count of the number of gilt-edged chances that Drogba has missed from Duff assists.

Like eirebhoy I don't think Duff should be looking at his trophy collection. It's possibly premature to move - I'd love to see him throw the gauntlet down to Cole & Robben and prove his quality, especially now they could be switching to a 4-4-2 - but if he were to move Spurs with their attacking game would be a great place for him. They're on the up, are buying well and my guess is he'd flourish there.

PS: tks for posting the clip

**Irish_Praha** · 18/07/2006, 3:00 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

all the compliants ppl have made about chelski what it has done to duffer, take a look at eirebhoys vid and the majority of clips are in a chelski shirt!!!

Yeah but a lot (if not all) of those are from before the special one arrived.

**Stuttgart88** · 18/07/2006, 3:01 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

unless of course feeds for this were easier come across than when he did it in a blackburn shirt or ireland shirt

I'd love to see Suwon again, and also the pre-WC02 friendly at home to Denmark, Duff's finest hour in green IMHO.

**paul_oshea** · 18/07/2006, 3:58 PM

ya i know lads!

**cavan_fan** · 18/07/2006, 4:17 PM

There have been a few comments on the fact Chelsea are intending playing 442 this season but I dont think they intend to play wingers.

I suspect they will have
Makelele in holding role
Lampard and Essien/Ballack in the middle
Ballack/Robben/Cole behind a front two

Ignoring whether this makes much sense I cant see Duff getting mcuh of a look in in this team. Of the 3 Robben/Cole and Duff, Duff is the out and out winger, I dont see him in the role behind the front two.

Duff's biggest problem is that he is too modest/retiring etc. If you watch Robben he plays for himself, never passes, always goes as far as he can. This means he gives the ball away regularly but it also means that he occasionally scores wonder goals. (The same is true in a slightly different way of Lampard).

Damien would be a star at Tottenham (as he is with us) and I think he would beneift from play centring around him. Arguably playing in a true 442 Tottenham side is better practice for playing for Ireland than playing in one of Mourinho's Porto with money Chelsea sides.

**fergalr** · 18/07/2006, 7:59 PM

Originally Posted by lofty9

After reading conflicting reports on the net (source google news search duff

) - it looks the media is in a spin with this story.

or has been spun a story?

One year left on contract, prior to negotiations it has been known for a player's agent to spin an unattributable story to the tabs about a move to another club.