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Damien Duff retires from the NT.

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  • #52
    Father Damo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,643 ✭✭✭Father Damo


    Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »
    what proof if any have you for this?:confused:


    Hearsay and conjecture are kiiinds of evidence :)

    I think it is pretty obviously what occured mind.


  • #53
    ozymandias10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 537 ✭✭✭ozymandias10


    felt he wanted to stay on and help out...have to question the communication between management and player that it is announced just before the squad is named...he looked good again last week....thanks damo...will hopefully meet you at away games in the future.....níl fheicimid a leithéid arís..go raibh maith agat DAMO


  • #54
    Renn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭Renn


    Rekop dog wrote: »
    Our number of free kicks per game will dramatically decrease from here on in without him. Master at the art of diving!

    Ha, too true.

    Good player for Ireland over the years but it's amazing how people never really comment on that obvious aspect of his game.


  • #55
    Aidric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Great attitude and a player who was great to watch on the ball. He was still capable of doing a job. Wish him well in his future league career.


  • #56
    Cypher_sounds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,161 ✭✭✭Cypher_sounds


    Sh1te!!!

    We are really done for now.

    Thanks for the memories duffer.


  • #57
    Bodhisopha
    Registered Users Posts: 4,068 ✭✭✭Bodhisopha


    Can't blame him, really. It must be infuriating playing under Trap.


  • #58
    Kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    I would echo the sentiments in here. Sad to see Duff retire. He can still do it too, he scored for Fulham last week after a perfectly timed run. Great player and will be missed.

    It is true about his diving though. He is a fierce flopper anytime somebody comes within 10 yards of him. He is one of those rare breeds who dives every game and yet doesn't have a bad reputation. It's a bit odd really.


  • #59
    recyclebin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭recyclebin


    First he breaks my heart by retiring from Ireland and then he sticks a dagger in it by scoring against United.


  • #60
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    Can't understand why Robbie wouldn't follow him out. Of the four potential retirees he should have been first our the door. Heard he's staying for the qualifiers. Taking the opportunity away from Doyle, young long and others to get more experience. And he's playing in a paltry auld league. God he'd make you sick. I suppose he's afraid everyone would forget who he is if he spent all his time stateside.


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  • #61
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,261 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    Who's going to get us goals if he goes?

    There's so much bitching about Robbie, it drives me nuts. When he retires, it's going to be a proper wake-up to all the people who have been moaning about him for years.

    He is our only natural goalscorer at the moment. That's something you never lose. As long as he's happy to play for us, we should let him 'cause the odds are he'll weigh in with a decent share of goals.


  • #62
    Xavi6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,907 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Great interview with Duffer on Off The Ball tonight, he's a good bloke to listen to.

    Also says that he fancies finishing up with a spell in the League of Ireland, though doesn't think Shamrock Rovers would have him after the abuse they gave a few years back in the Newcastle friendly :pac:


  • #63
    TerryTibbs!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 610 ✭✭✭TerryTibbs!


    Xavi6 wrote: »
    Great interview with Duffer on Off The Ball tonight, he's a good bloke to listen to.

    Also says that he fancies finishing up with a spell in the League of Ireland, though doesn't think Shamrock Rovers would have him after the abuse they gave a few years back in the Newcastle friendly :pac:
    Bray with Pat Devlin?


  • #64
    CSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,592 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Shels player-manager?


  • #65
    Pinturicchio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,950 ✭✭✭Pinturicchio


    I thought he'd said before that he'd like to play for Bray?


  • #66
    applehunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,056 ✭✭✭applehunter


    Would be just plain weird having Duff on the left and Daryl Horgan on the right.

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    :eek:


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  • #67
    gustavo
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    Neeson wrote: »
    Can't understand why Robbie wouldn't follow him out. Of the four potential retirees he should have been first our the door. Heard he's staying for the qualifiers. Taking the opportunity away from Doyle, young long and others to get more experience. And he's playing in a paltry auld league. God he'd make you sick. I suppose he's afraid everyone would forget who he is if he spent all his time stateside.

    Makes me sick already seeing him score goals for us and forcing Trap to pick him


  • #68
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    Well he might be scoring freely in a poor US league. We'll see what he'll do for us in the qualifiers. I think he should pack it in. It's just Robbie trying to be a really proud man, proud to put on the Irish jersey and all that nonsense. Other players have to come through at some stage and get some experience. Keane is delaying that because Trap has this weird infatuation with the bloke.


  • #69
    devotional1993
    Closed Accounts Posts: 586 ✭✭✭devotional1993


    Neeson wrote: »
    Can't understand why Robbie wouldn't follow him out. Of the four potential retirees he should have been first our the door. Heard he's staying for the qualifiers. Taking the opportunity away from Doyle, young long and others to get more experience. And he's playing in a paltry auld league. God he'd make you sick. I suppose he's afraid everyone would forget who he is if he spent all his time stateside.

    Cobblers lad, he said he will fight for his place and does not expect to be first choice all the time. If the other forwards are good enough they will play. Simple as that.


  • #70
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    devotional1993 wrote: »
    Cobblers lad, he said he will fight for his place and does not expect to be first choice all the time. If the other forwards are good enough they will play. Simple as that.

    He might not expect to be first choice but i think he will always be first choice with Trap. The other players need to be given time to become good. They need to get experience of important games. With Keane hanging on they won't get that.


  • #71
    False Prophet
    Registered Users Posts: 837 ✭✭✭False Prophet


    Neeson wrote: »
    He might not expect to be first choice but i think he will always be first choice with Trap. The other players need to be given time to become good. They need to get experience of important games. With Keane hanging on they won't get that.
    It would help that these "other players" start scoring at their clubs first!


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  • #72
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    They should all head over to the states, they'd have no bother putting them away over there.

    Keane couldn't score in the Premier League now. He's gone to rot. He can score freely in a poor US League though. Hardly makes him better than players who score fewer goals in the Premier League, a much more difficult league.


  • #73
    noodler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,510 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    Neeson wrote: »
    They should all head over to the states, they'd have no bother putting them away over there.

    Keane couldn't score in the Premier League now. He's gone to rot. He can score freely in a poor US League though. Hardly makes him better than players who score fewer goals in the Premier League, a much more difficult league.

    Keane syill managed 3 or 4 goals whilst with Villa for a month in fairness.


  • #74
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    CSF wrote: »
    Shels player-manager?
    By all accounts he is a very shy person, so it's unlikely he will be making a leap into management.


  • #75
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    By all accounts he is a very shy person, so it's unlikely he will be making a leap into management.

    He might be a big scary beasht in the changing room where all the lads change into their shorts and all though.


  • #76
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    This anti-Keane stuff is pathetic. It seems to have escaped some lads that he has actually scored 53 international goals, more than the rest of the squad put together. When he's gone and we have Walters and Cox up front ye'll be crying to have him back.

    He's good for one more qualifying campaign even if it was only to have him as an option off the bench. Jesus he's about the only player we have with any consistent record of actually scoring for us yet some want him discarded asap. Madness.


  • #77
    Neeson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    The record is in the past. Time to move on. Will his record still hold up when he's an O.A.P.? No.

    He did well for Ireland but sure you have to let the new fellas in. Cox and Walters aren't going to get much by sitting looking at him aimlessly shuffling around the Aviva Stadium now are they.


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