The interview with Damien Duff

Darragh

Folks,

Thank you all so much for your questions for Damien Duff.

I met him today after he had completed a big round of interviews as part of his Ambassadorship for Lucozade Sports. He seemed tired but was happy to answer a lot of questions.

I asked somewhere in the region of 56 questions. As you can imagine, I couldn't ask all of them (there were some, in fairness, that I doubt the OPs would have asked themselves) but I think we got as comprehensive an interview as we're going to get from it.

Because I can't embed Blip videos here, I had to stick it over on the blog:

http://short.ie/damienduff

I'm aware there's a few things I could have done better - subtitled the questions, added your names, learned how to pronounce some of them etc, but I'm no professional, just wanted to prove the value of engaging on Boards.ie and that you lot know what you're talking about!

All constructive feedback welcomed!

Darragh

CHD

Fair play Darragh.

Mr Alan

ha ha Des & that stpoooopid question!

Mikeyt086

"im allways partial to a little siesta like yaknow"

Haha classic Duffer. Brilliant stuff.

Bounty Hunter

hahahah he actually asked my, at Chelsea did you ever have any late nights out with Adrian Mutu? question... got a lil smile outta Duffer

noodler

Good stuff.

Fair play to you.

Glad to hear Duffer say Andy Reid could play in Trap's system.

Mikeyt086

Should have told Pat Devlin to piss off at the end there :mad:

Just watched the whole thing, very enjoyable.

Mr Alan

fair play to him for doing the interview.

but jaysus he's a dry ****e!

noodler

He is most dry in front of the media.

Editors? Cornetto?

Surprised his favourite colour isn't grey!

helimachoptor

Oh yeah!!! question number 2!

Spud83

You called us soccer geeks:mad:

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Mr Alan wrote: »

ha ha Des & that stpoooopid question!

He didn't like my first question, but there were rumours that he was a Liverpool fan a few years back, I'm glad he said ManU

Mr Alan

of course you are, you ManU fans like to stick together.

lordgoat

cornetto

pickarooney

I can't see the video. What format is it in?

therecklessone

Fair play Darragh, I'd say you appreciate the opportunity but Duffer looks like a fúcker to interview! Someone a bit more gabby would be great.

Redzer7

Fair play bud
Anyone else find it unusual that he didn't smile when he was asked what
his favorite ice-cream surely thats not a frequent question .

Smegball

I lol'd at hearing my username read out! :pac:

Daemos

Lol, the yellow Newcastle jersey didn't suit his complexion, great answer

Holsten

Brilliant stuff!

CHD

I want my money back!

Darragh why didn't you do the rap at the end?!?! :pac:

Stacksey

It looked like he wanted to wrap up that interview after the first question

Daysha

Jose Mourinho next then yeah?

Bard

In fairness he looked and sounded fairly tired. Fair play for such a good interview - some real nuggets there!

Wreck

Good stuff Darragh and fair play to Duffer for doing it, it's obvious he really doesn't enjoy interviews at all but still seems like a genuinely nice fella. Lol at him going bright red when you mention the younger players looking up to him, he was so embarrassed. No Stephen Ireland questions - off limits?

CHD

Wreck wrote: »

Good stuff Darragh and fair play to Duffer for doing it, it's obvious he really doesn't enjoy interviews at all but still seems like a genuinely nice fella. Lol at him going bright red when you mention the younger players looking up to him, he was so embarrassed. No Stephen Ireland questions - off limits?

He asked a S.Ireland question.

Mr.Nice Guy

Well done Darragh. Great stuff. :cool:

Raskolnikov

He didn't enjoy that at all, did he? Fair play for doing it though.

5starpool

I think he would rather have been in a session of eye acupuncture than do that interview.

DoireNod

Nice one Darragh.

I'm proud to have a question asked of Duffer on my behalf. :pac:

Vokes

Jaysus, Duff does look a bit knackered there. Fair play Daragh -twas a great interview (5 of my questions too, thanks ). LOLed very loudly at the Mutu question.

Also he's an Editors fan. Good stuff. Maybe ill see him at their gig in Oct :pac:

Chanandler Bong

oozing with charisma as always

Diabhal Beag

His musical taste is fantastic. Good interview.

Zonda999

He really didnt seem all that enthusiastic for a ten minute interview, didnt look at all comfortable. Dont think he looked at you Darragh at all during it!

Stephen Carr, toughest full back to play against, wasnt expecting that tbh!:pac:

Darragh wrote: »

I met him today after he had completed a big round of interviews as part of his Ambassadorship for Lucozade Sports.

In retrospect to be fair, I dont think any player would be that enthusiastic about an interview after a day promoting Lucozade sport. I imagine PR days like that would be completely sickening.

stevoslice

duffer is as diplomatic as ever, good man for the interview darragh, any more planned?

dannydiamond

Thanks very much Daragh, you did a superb job but the duffer shouldn't bother tbh if he wants to be somewhere else.

Bad form of him imo.

Illkillya

Can't believe nobody asked him to say "Hibernian Insurance. Pretty Good." Cringeworthy interview, not the fault of the interviewer though... this is a good concept for boards.ie, just a very tricky candidate to begin with. Highlight was "Smegball wants to know..."

ntlbell

Illkillya wrote: »

Can't believe nobody asked him to say "Hibernian Insurance. Pretty Good." Cringeworthy interview, not the fault of the interviewer though... this is a good concept for boards.ie, just a very tricky candidate to begin with. Highlight was "Smegball wants to know..."

There was two problems.

Darragh not having a clue about football

and the questions not being vetted a huge amount of them questions should never have been asked to a professional footballer ESPECIALLY not duffer you could see he was thinking WTF to half of them

JPA

Knock him if you want but I'd prefer that to an interview with Robbie Keane.

NaiveMelodies

ntlbell wrote: »

There was two problems.

Darragh not having a clue about football

and the questions not being vetted a huge amount of them questions should never have been asked to a professional footballer ESPECIALLY not duffer you could see he was thinking WTF to half of them

Some of the questions were a joke.

Also, Im sure Damien Duff has better things to be doing than answering questions, most of them terrible ones, for internet nerds like ourselves.

Also being asked completly different questions with no run on questions would be a pain in the hole.

Sherifu

He comes across pretty well in the interview. Some very good questions too. Forgot to add one to the thread. D'oh.

noodler

ntlbell wrote: »

There was two problems.

Darragh not having a clue about football

and the questions not being vetted a huge amount of them questions should never have been asked to a professional footballer ESPECIALLY not duffer you could see he was thinking WTF to half of them

only1stevo wrote: »

Some of the questions were a joke.

Also, Im sure Damien Duff has better things to be doing than answering questions, most of them terrible ones, for internet nerds like ourselves.

Also being asked completly different questions with no run on questions would be a pain in the hole.

Yous do it next time then.

ntlbell

noodler wrote: »

Yous do it next time then.

With absolute pleasure

dannydiamond

ntlbell wrote: »

There was two problems.

Darragh not having a clue about football

and the questions not being vetted a huge amount of them questions should never have been asked to a professional footballer ESPECIALLY not duffer you could see he was thinking WTF to half of them

Nonsense.

only1stevo

only1stevo wrote: »

Some of the questions were a joke.

Also, Im sure Damien Duff has better things to be doing than answering questions, most of them terrible ones, for internet nerds like ourselves.

Also being asked completly different questions with no run on questions would be a pain in the hole.

So what,none were offensive are anything,not Darraghs fault that Duffer is a dry ****e.

Had it been Andy Reid or Robbie Keane etc you would have had better craic and reactions in the interview.

Sherifu

Clarissa Clumsy Jury wrote: »

So what,none were offensive are anything,not Darraghs fault that Duffer is a dry ****e.

Had it been Andy Reid or Robbie Keane etc you would have had better craic and reactions in the interview.

Stephen Ireland next please.

Sherifu

Sherifu wrote: »

Stephen Ireland next please.

He shouldnt get the satisfaction of an interview with any Irish journalist ever again.

Peyton Manning

Clarissa Clumsy Jury wrote: »

Had it been Andy Reid or Robbie Keane etc you would have had better craic and reactions in the interview.

F*ck that, lets get an interview with Jimmy Bullard or Zoltan Gera....!

Xavi6

ntlbell wrote: »

There was two problems.

Darragh not having a clue about football

and the questions not being vetted a huge amount of them questions should never have been asked to a professional footballer ESPECIALLY not duffer you could see he was thinking WTF to half of them

Yeah he was a bit bemused by some alright, and maybe they shouldn't have been asked, but as a first effort I think it went very well.

Exciting if it becomes a regular thing.

thomond2006

Sherifu wrote: »

Stephen Ireland next please.

Our questions would persuade him to retire from football.

So, let's do it. :D:D

ntlbell

dannydiamond wrote: »

Nonsense.

I'll have a corneto pls k/thnx :rolleyes: