Duffy

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Originally Posted by Megazone

Makes an interesting read this thread after we all got to see Duffy play again.....

People still reckon Duffy is miles better than Webster in the words of DarrenFreemansPerm?










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Like I said before, as a defender, yes he is. There were a good few times that balls came in over the top that were dealt with via a powerful header by Duffy. I can't/don't remember Webster doing that.

But – as I ALSO said before – Duffy is NOT a Potter player, because he doesn't look as comfortable with the ball at his feet or when taking the ball out of defence. But Potter's tactics haven't exactly been working anyway, so...

You'll no doubt argue that the goal was Duffy's fault, but then Webster has been responsible for a few as well :shrug:

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Originally Posted by DarrenFreemansPerm

Webster was given weeks, months even of being inept, not completely fair is it?

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Duffy has been given a lot more Premier League games than Webster to get up to scratch.

The team struggle to play Potterball with him in the 11. We seem to be changing back into a Hughton team. I think we’ll go down if we don’t progress.

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Originally Posted by Dick Swiveller

Not even 1 month as he played at Everton on 11th January.

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My apologies :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Hugo Rune

Duffy has been given a lot more Premier League games than Webster to get up to scratch.

The team struggle to play Potterball with him in the 11. We seem to be changing back into a Hughton team. I think we’ll go down if we don’t progress.

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Damn you thought that was a changing back into a Hughton team ?....

Watford were exactly what we were... nick an away goal from nothing then chuck 11 men behind the ball and defend for your lives.

Give me Potter ball even in its currently a bit muddled scenario any day of the week

We have come a long long way already.

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Originally Posted by Greg Bobkin

You'll no doubt argue that the goal was Duffy's fault :

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This is what I posted earlier in the thread before Watford's goal:

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Originally Posted by Megazone

I'd say what he offers which Duffy doesn't is the ability to read which way the opposition player is going to go when running straight at him. He doesn't get his legs caught in a twist like we've seen with Duffy. This whole Duffy is great at defending corners isn't enough for me to class him better than Webster. Webster seems to have a much better footballing brain.

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Now go 25 secs in of the video:

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

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Originally Posted by Hugo Rune

Duffy has been given a lot more Premier League games than Webster to get up to scratch.

The team struggle to play Potterball with him in the 11. We seem to be changing back into a Hughton team. I think we’ll go down if we don’t progress.

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The regression to our current lethargic style can’t be attributed to just Duffy, it’s a whole squad issue. I do acknowledge that Duffy is inferior at the ball playing side, that’s never really been my argument, it’s the pure defensive side I’m talking about, the heading and tackling side of a defenders game, and that’s an area where I believe Shane to but much stronger than Webster currently. I don’t think Webster is bad, but he’s been in a funk of incredibly patchy form for a while, hopefully taking him out of the limelight for a week or two will help him kick start his season and help reignite our flowing football.

Regarding your first sentence, obviously Duffy has been in the Premier League longer than Webster, but who’s started more games in the Potter era? Genuine question as I don’t know, but I’d be surprised if Duffy has the lion’s share of starts.

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Originally Posted by Megazone

Do you think Potter will start Duffy against Sheffield United?

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:lol: I’ve no idea, Potter’s team selections are so erratic that’s a very tough question.
On a personal level, I’d like to see an return to 3 centre backs, with Dunk, Webster plus whichever of Burn or Duffy.

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Originally Posted by Megazone

This is what I posted earlier in the thread before Watford's goal:



Now go 25 secs in of the video:

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

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Without wishing to turn this into a tit-for-tat thread, he didn't 'read' anything very well from 2:00 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NEfw-P9qss

As I predicted, you (along with many others) blame Duffy for conceding the goal, as opposed to Mooy, who gave the ball away in the first place. That's fine, but I would say the latter is way more at fault than the former.

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Originally Posted by Hugo Rune

Duffy has been given a lot more Premier League games than Webster to get up to scratch.

The team struggle to play Potterball with him in the 11. We seem to be changing back into a Hughton team. I think we’ll go down if we don’t progress.

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Let's face it, even WITHOUT Duffy in the starting 11, the team struggles to play Potterball at the moment :dunce:

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Originally Posted by Greg Bobkin

Without wishing to turn this into a tit-for-tat thread, he didn't 'read' anything very well from 2:00 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NEfw-P9qss

As I predicted, you (along with many others) blame Duffy for conceding the goal, as opposed to Mooy, who gave the ball away in the first place. That's fine, but I would say the latter is way more at fault than the former.

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Why are you avoiding my point? No one is talking about Mooy or how we defended against Bournemouth. This about Duffy.

So do you see my previous analysis of Duffy's weaknesses showed in that goal I posted? To be fair it couldn't be more glaringly clear that my analysis of his inability to read the movement of someone running at him was shown in that goal.