Damien Duff...If He Was English

A_Sober_Paddy

Was just thinking about Damien Duff and had the thought that if he was English, would he have made the same impact on the International scene...

Duff
*100 caps for Ireland
*1 World Cup
*1 European Championship

Would he have played much for England if he was English...

People may be thinking this is pretty random, but growing up, i kept hearing about how a few of our lads from 88, 90 & 94 would have been in the English teams of the time. When the discussion of how far the caliber of our players has fallen in the last 20-25 years

Discuss

Morzadec

As far as I remember England were crying out for a left winger of quality in an otherwise (on paper at least) excellent team at the time. They had to play the likes of Trevor Sinclair there.

I think he would have got a good few caps and would have made most tourney squads at the very least

It's a weird question, I'll give you that. But England always struggled for a decent left winger during Duff's peak so I'd say he would have been nailed on for a place in that team for ages.

Morzadec

Now onto the question we all want to know -

Kevin Kilbane - if he was Brazilian. Discuss.

A_Sober_Paddy

Morzadec wrote: »

Now onto the question we all want to know -

Kevin Kilbane - if he was Brazilian. Discuss.

Met him at the Galway races a few years back, the brother joked with him and called him Zinedine kilbane, didn't find it funny

newballsplease

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Met him at the Galway races a few years back, the brother joked with him and called him Zinedine kilbane, didn't find it funny

Why would he?
Did your brother think he was being original ? Do you think hes never heard the term before?
Do you think nobody else has ever said it to him??

Nah....

A_Sober_Paddy

newballsplease wrote: »

Why would he?
Did your brother think he was being original ? Do you think hes never heard the term before?
Do you think nobody else has ever said it to him??

Nah....

Jaysus didn't realize i posted this in After Hours...

Edit; Just checked, no i posted in the Soccer Forum

artanevilla

Was a class player at his peak so I'd so he would have. Might not have reached 100 caps though, but defo a key player for the 2002 WC.

Guy:Incognito

If they were naturalising wingers they probably would have gone a bit closer to home and picked Giggs.

The way you list his caps and tournaments appeared in make it look like he won a WC and EC.

Morzadec wrote: »

Now onto the question we all want to know -

Kevin Kilbane - if he was Brazilian. Discuss.

He'd have been a keeper.:D

ASOT

newballsplease wrote: »

Why would he?
Did your brother think he was being original ? Do you think hes never heard the term before?
Do you think nobody else has ever said it to him??

Nah....

Is that you Kevin?

Fratton Fred

If my Auntie had balls.....

I would have loved to see Duff in an England jersey. He would have made the England team easily.

Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard and Duff. I'd be happy with that.

monkey9

Probably wouldn't have reached 100 caps, but as others have said, England were crying out for left wingers. When you think they played Sinclair, Downing, (Scholes ffs), Duff would have got at the very least fifty caps for England.

RedemptionZ

He'd have made the team alright, but wouldn't have gone down as an English legend, whereas he is an Irish legend. My opinion on it. The way he played was very pleasing to the eye though, very entertaining player to watch, and far more effective than McGeady.

England, while still on the whole ****e technically wise, can still produce some lovely players fairly regularly. Not the same story for us, which is to be expected considering that we have essentially the same problems they have at youth development, probably to a bigger extent and partnered with a lower population.

dreamers75

RedemptionZ wrote: »

England, while still on the whole ****e technically wise, can still produce some lovely players fairly regularly. Not the same story for us, which is to be expected considering that we have essentially the same problems they have at youth development, probably to a bigger extent and partnered with a lower population.

I would say we are making technically better players now than Duff ever was, if you only follow English football you will never see them.

We do have the same problem as England, its not our technically gifted players they want anymore

We both ****ed.

Wacker The Attacker

Damian Dive

Even in a nation of ManU and Liverpool fans, this has got to break records for an Anglo centric topic!

jaykay74

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

Met him at the Galway races a few years back, the brother joked with him and called him Zinedine kilbane, didn't find it funny

"Do you know what he'd love..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImMOtQPfCYQ

monkey9

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Damian Dive

Damien Duff.

keeponhurling

Oh yeah

Wedwood

Duff's Rovers debut likely tomorrow at Tallaght.

BOHtox

He probably would have had an even bigger impact. Fair enough he wouldn't have played at Euro 2012 but he'd have played in far more international tournaments when he was at is peak. Even up until 2010 he might have made the odd appearance, and as far back as 2000. That would have been 5 major tournaments in an England shirt. And with England always crying out for a left footed winger, who knows what might have been?

Now, if Wayne Rooney had have declared for Ireland :pac:

kev250

Robbie over Rooney any day