That Duffy & Dunk Partnership

Hyperion said:

Even forgetting today's result, that is top flight quality for a CB pairing. They are like a brick wall at their best.

Murray and Knockaert will grab the most of the media glory but I was so impressed by those two today.

Duffy is some kind of ball heading freak. What a great show of form by Sidwell too. In my mind, one or two really canny signings in Jan and we could get over that elusive line. I know the the canaries keeper was one digit short of the normal six finger variety but even so, that was epic today

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dazzer6666 said:

When did Duffy last miss a header ? He's a monster.

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Hyperion said:

Can't wait to see if anyone gets brave enough to square up to him. That £4m seems a top class investment now

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Ninja Elephant said:

Duffy has been excellent, no question. We've now got Hünemeier and Goldson sitting around twiddling their thumbs, and both know they're not getting in the team as it stands. Dunk does the football, and Duffy does the head it and kick it. It's all very simple back there at the moment, Duffy tackles everything that he can and challenges for anything in the air he wants to and Dunk has the discipline and class to make sure he covers the spaces if required but 9/10 Duffy wins the header, or cleans everything out in the tackle.

Case in point, Duffy's venture forward today and then crunching EVERYTHING'S MINE tackle to buy him time to get back into position. 9 games unbeaten, 7 clean sheets in that time. No coincidance and by the way, Stockdale deserves his mention as well in that. The defensive unit of our back 5 is outstanding.

Obviously, I still think we paid massively over the odds for him but there's no question he's settled in well, and deserves our respect. Long may his good form last, and long may the partnerships in the defence last.

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dazzer6666 said:

When did Duffy last miss a header ? He's a monster.

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Ninja Elephant said:

Duffy has been excellent, no question. We've now got Hünemeier and Goldson sitting around twiddling their thumbs, and both know they're not getting in the team as it stands. Dunk does the football, and Duffy does the head it and kick it. It's all very simple back there at the moment, Duffy tackles everything that he can and challenges for anything in the air he wants to and Dunk has the discipline and class to make sure he covers the spaces if required but 9/10 Duffy wins the header, or cleans everything out in the tackle.

Case in point, Duffy's venture forward today and then crunching EVERYTHING'S MINE tackle to buy him time to get back into position. 9 games unbeaten, 7 clean sheets in that time. No coincidance and by the way, Stockdale deserves his mention as well in that. The defensive unit of our back 5 is outstanding.

Obviously, I still think we paid massively over the odds for him but there's no question he's settled in well, and deserves our respect. Long may his good form last, and long may the partnerships in the defence last.

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Thunder Bolt said:

The Preston equaliser. It's the only aerial challenge he's lost.

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Napier's Knee said:

As I said on another thread, in it's way signing Duffy was as important as signing Knockaert

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Hyperion said:

Good summary sir but I disagree about the fee tbh. He is now showing he was worth every penny.

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Not Andy Naylor said:

As I've said before, it wasn't a lack of goals scored that did us last season. It was the ones we gave away at Bolton, Derby and QPR and at home to Burnley. Back in the 1980s, Everton sold Gary Lineker and bought Dave Watson and went from runners-up to champions.

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Luke93 said:

Privileged to have them as both looked destined for the PL. To have Goldson as 4th in line today is mind blowing; such a strong defensive set up. Let's not forget that the full backs are outstanding too, Bong had a blinder today and Bruno is class. I've never been more happy with an Albion back line, and in recent years we had Bridge and Upson!

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