[Archived] Duff Completes Switch

[pick32]

duff has completed his move to newcastle snubbing liverpool and totenham. newcastle spent 10million on him there transfer budget gone.

[Eddie]

BBC confirmation of the move

[DudeAbides]

woopeee dooo,

him and owen will be good company then...

[bringdunnback]

Good luck to him, although I still don't believe Newcastle will have a good season

[Flopsy]

Roeder's records quite amusing

hes finished 7th in the leagues with teams 3 times

the next season they got relegated

Newcastle's problem isnt midfield its defence and attack

[broadsword]

Maybe they'll sign other players and push themselves 9 figures into the red.

Oh deary me, how the mighty have fallen ... I will be stunned if Newcastle do better than us this season. I'm quite pleased in a smug sort of way

I know footballers want to play every week, but that's desperate. They only appointed Roeder because they were skint.

[SouthAussieRover]

PhillipL was spot on with his analysis

That's another ex player I wouldn't want back.

Recurring injuries have taken their toll in the past two seasons sadly.

I wonder if Newcastle will use him as a temporary forward.

[tcj_jones]

Newcastle have a very strong midfield, but really are lacking in attack and defense. 10 million is one hell of a lot to spend on a unessential player.

If they could bring in two top quality forwards, a top quality centre back and another versatile defender, then they have a top 6 squad for certain, but even then they aren't close to the champions league places.

It's all rather amusing really.

[modes98]

Not a good deal for newscastle! £10m for a player in the last year of his contract is too high! especially when he has so many injuries!

Good Luck Duffer.

[liam]

Not a good deal for newscastle! £10m for a player in the last year of his contract is too high! especially when he has so many injuries!

Good Luck Duffer.

sorry but why good luck will you be chantin that next season dont think so balls toduffy

sorry but why good luck will you be chantin that next season dont think so balls toduffy

all hes into is money not gonna do anything up there big headed tit

[philipl]

Given a choice between Liverpool, Spuds and Newcastle next season, any sane footballer would chose Newcastle of course.

Looks like Fat Freddie is banking 2007/8's TV money early if he is going to spend substantially more after splashing the £10m on Duff.

Edited July 23, 2006 by philipl

[rover6]

They only appointed Roeder because they were skint.

Not quite. It was also because he got them winning matches again at the end of the season.

We will have to wait and see if that upwards draught that saved the Geordies season was more than a transient 'new manager' effect.

And, I disagree with those who wouldn't have Duff back. I would gladly have a world class left winger in the Blackburn team - if we had the money to spend. How injury prone was Duff last season? I don't follow Chelsea closely enough to know - surely not as injury prone as a certain Mr Bellamy at Newcastle?

[Eddie]

I wouldn't have duff back for 10 million. He had a few injuries last year, but it certainly wasn't his worst.

[Ozz]

One feels DDs career is on the downward slide now. His arrival at Newcastle just makes me want Rovers to finish above them even more than ever now. Then we can say to him that he should have had patience and stay at Rovers.

[roverich]

I like him too much to feel that petty ozziejones and can understand exactly why he went to Chelsea. Would have been fantastic to see him resign for us rather than Newcastle but obviously we never had enough money to declare a decent interest.

Edited July 23, 2006 by roverich

[S15]

One feels DDs career is on the downward slide now. His arrival at Newcastle just makes me want Rovers to finish above them even more than ever now. Then we can say to him that he should have had patience and stay at Rovers.

Think his lack of 'patience' paid off....

2 Championships and a League Cup. Three more medals than he would have had.

[Ozz]

Don't care what he has won. Just wish he had stayed, I don't blame him though. Just wish he played for us.

[SFW]

Then we can say to him that he should have had patience and stay at Rovers.

Yes, because he would have won two Premiership medals had he stayed with us. :ph34r:

[gumboots]

Thing that disappoints me most is that this is all there is for Damien. At the time he went to Chelsea most teams would have liked to buy him if they could have got anywhere near affording him. Now he's going to one of the League's perennial underachievers. I don't begrudge him the move to Chelsea because in the short term it's given him what most players say they want, ie medals but Shearer went to the toon for love of the club and it didn't matter one jot to him that in the end they won nothing, but Duff is going without having any real choice because no other club wanted him enough to really try to tempt him or Chelsea. And that's sad to see

[modes98]

sorry but why good luck will you be chantin that next season dont think so balls toduffy

As with all ex-rovers i hate them when they are against us but i have nothing against duffer and he did alot for the club. Just because he has left the club you shouldn't instantly hate him, some players yes but not duffer.

[Ozz]

I like him too much to feel that petty ozziejones and can understand exactly why he went to Chelsea. Would have been fantastic to see him resign for us rather than Newcastle but obviously we never had enough money to declare a decent interest.

Think his lack of 'patience' paid off....

2 Championships and a League Cup. Three more medals than he would have had.

Yes, because he would have won two Premiership medals had he stayed with us. :ph34r:

Tongue in cheek.

[thenodrog]

If they are still after Beckham too then a well miffed Solano would be OK on the very cheap.

[herbergeehh]

Bad move by Duffer, probably also a bad move by Newcastle. Not because I think Duffer is a lost cause, but because the buyer is Newcastle - they pay too much, both salary and transferwise. They will never win anything with the current men in charge, and I like it. Good luck Duffer, but we will end above Newcastle next season!

[SouthAussieRover]

oops

Edited July 23, 2006 by SouthAussieRover

[Shevchenko]

Bad move by Duffer, probably also a bad move by Newcastle. Not because I think Duffer is a lost cause, but because the buyer is Newcastle - they pay too much, both salary and transferwise. They will never win anything with the current men in charge, and I like it. Good luck Duffer, but we will end above Newcastle next season!

See, the good thing about this is that he'll need to move somewhere to get his career going again after a few poor seasons up at Newcastle. Where's the best place to do this? That's right, back "home" at Rovers. For a bargain.

Just give it a few seasons