CONFIRMED Mark Duffy signs

[DazBlade88]

It's probably three years too late but he has that bit of industry that we've been lacking.

 

[Pinchy]

Done seems to fit the criteria?

No. Absolutely not. Unless played up front (and I think we can do better there) he's a complete waste of space. He was awful last season.

 

[Slim Man]

No. Absolutely not. Unless played up front (and I think we can do better there) he's a complete waste of space. He was awful last season.

I agree. Play him upfront or sell him. He has a lot of qualities up top that can be utilized, he just needs to perk up a bit and make more runs off the ball. But as a poacher and general nuisance, making space for others he is worth a place on the bench.

 

[Pinchy]

I agree. Play him upfront or sell him. He has a lot of qualities up top that can be utilized, he just needs to perk up a bit and make more runs off the ball. But as a poacher and general nuisance, making space for others he is worth a place on the bench.

He draws approval and applause because he 'never stops running'. Unfortunately much of that running is after the horse has bolted rather than at a time when it could make things happen. That is magnified and becomes crystal clear when he is (wrongly) played in wide positions.

I don't expect to see a great deal of him next season, certainly not as a starter.

 

[Chali 2na]

He draws approval and applause because he 'never stops running'. Unfortunately much of that running is after the horse has bolted rather than at a time when it could make things happen. That is magnified and becomes crystal clear when he is (wrongly) played in wide positions.

I don't expect to see a great deal of him next season, certainly not as a starter.

Agreed, we all want players who put a shift in and work for the team, but watching him you can't help but feel he wastes a lot of energy on lost causes.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Good to get a replacement in for Flynn already.

I remember Duffy in the Boxing Day Home game to Scunny in our second season, same day Miller broke his leg meaning he was out for the remainder of the season, then the month after we sold Blackman who had only just joined that summer! Anyway we beat Scunny that day but Duffy was their stand out player by a mile and I thought we should've signed him then and he wouldn't have cost a fortune either, least we've got him for free but he is about 30 so I hope his contract length isn't long as he won't be half as good in the Championship.

He’d been even better at the lane the season before scoring a quality individual goal. Let’s hope at 30 that he can still produce that standard next season.


If so, we’ve brought in a winger better than Flynn or JCR. Quantity being replaced by quality is exactly what we want to see.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Left winger. Think he was out of contract. 9 assists last season

Most games I’ve seen him he’s played down the right and I believe he is right footed but capable of playing down either wing.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Goals? From midfield? What sort of trickery is this?

Voodoo or Witchcraft I reckon.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

An absolute disgrace that we've already signed two players and neither are central defenders. I'm pretty sure a year ago there was "no excuse" for not signing these first.

Barney will be outraged that the manager has negligently ignored the most pressing positions and prioritised other positions when everyone knows we need centre halves. Any decent manager would have signed two centre halves first!

 

[Reedy1889]

Most games I’ve seen him he’s played down the right and I believe he is right footed but capable of playing down either wing.

Played on the left for Burton everytime I saw them but he was seemingly always looking to cut inside onto his favoured right foot. Another thing I noticed was that their attacking left back McCrory benefitted from this I think, due to Duffy's preference to come inside with the ball and therefore leave space down the left for McCrory to attack

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Played on the left for Burton everytime I saw them but he was seemingly always looking to cut inside onto his favoured right foot. Another thing I noticed was that their attacking left back McCrory benefitted from this I think, due to Duffy's preference to come inside with the ball and therefore leave space down the left for McCrory to attack

I thought when Burton came to the lane that Akins was down the left and Duffy down the right?

 

[Barney]

Barney will be outraged that the manager has negligently ignored the most pressing positions and prioritised other positions when everyone knows we need centre halves. Any decent manager would have signed two centre halves first!

On which date did we make our first signings under Adkins?

On which date have we made them under Wilder?

 

[1danewhitehouse]

On which date did we make our first signings under Adkins?

On which date have we made them under Wilder?

Well we certainly didn't make any signings under Adkins on the 1st of June because he hadn't been appointed by then but let's not let that get in the way.

 

[Davie Blade]

Just a quick insight on Duffy for you lads, I won't go crazy overboard though.

He's decent for League One, even occasionally very good. He'll probably get you half a dozen goals a season cutting in from the left and launching blinders into the top corner and he'll even get you a couple of assists as well. Which when you consider the number of goals coming from midfield/out wide over the last few seasons, isn't a bad return, especially on a free.

What he will do though, is he'll frustrate you massively, he'll lose the ball by holding onto it too long at times, he'll give it away in dangerous positions by playing a pass that should be simple but he doesn't put enough on it and he'll make the wrong decision more often than he makes the right one. He'll either shoot or take someone on again when there's an obvious square ball on. His corners hardly ever beat the first man and his set pieces are poor (unless it's a direct shot at goal).

He doesn't hide, he wants the ball and he'll keep running even when it's clearly not coming off for him. So as long as you're prepared to accept his "faults" and don't turn against him when he has his games where everything he does turns to shite, he'll be a decent signing. He's no Jamie Murphy though but then again if he was he wouldn't be dropping back down to League One.

Decent signing but no world beater.

You missed out the bit where he didn't want to play for you not even for more money.
What is it with current managers and previous managers coming on this forum with their nom de plume spokesman ?
Only one had some grace he fucked off and has stayed silent ever since, the other is still BITTER and TWISTED.
Thanks Nigel, now go do a WHF, there's a good lad.

 

[Rodley]

On which date did we make our first signings under Adkins?

On which date have we made them under Wilder?

Adkins was holding out for Sammon and Hammond!!

 

[Barney]

Well we certainly didn't make any signings under Adkins on the 1st of June because he hadn't been appointed by then but let's not let that get in the way.

A good effort.

I'll rephrase;

After what period of time has Wilder began to make signings?

After what period of time did Adkins begin to make signings?

 

[Ricky]

Wilder's doing what I expected Adkins to do when he came in - act quickly and decisively, knowing who needs to leave and what we need to bring in. Which really shouldn't have been difficult for Adkins - especially as he claimed to have been following us the previous season, but it was obviously too much. Then even after 'assessing' them for a few weeks he got it wrong.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

I still think NA was told to give the squad a clean slate because :-

of the where we had finished the previous season,
there wasn't a great deal of finances available and
because you're Nigel Adkins, THE man for the job of taking United up
and we have every faith in you.

 

[Lane Ender]

He draws approval and applause because he 'never stops running'. Unfortunately much of that running is after the horse has bolted rather than at a time when it could make things happen. That is magnified and becomes crystal clear when he is (wrongly) played in wide positions.

I don't expect to see a great deal of him next season, certainly not as a starter.

Agreed he was poor last season.
He can finish for sure play/try him as an out and out striker if it dosent happen its out of the door.

 

[BushBlade]

I still think NA was told to give the squad a clean slate because :-

of the where we had finished the previous season,
there wasn't a great deal of finances available and
because you're Nigel Adkins, THE man for the job of taking United up
and we have every faith in you.

The situation the Wilderbeeste has inherited is very different to the one CrapNigel III had to deal with. Of course he's going to act differently.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Well we certainly didn't make any signings under Adkins on the 1st of June because he hadn't been appointed by then but let's not let that get in the way.

He also didn't come into the club where he could immediately get 13 players out of the first team squad at the drop of a hat. There's much more pressure on Wilder to get deals done quickly because the squad is utterly threadbare when you consider the players listed. Encouragingly though the early signs are good that he's quickly identified which gaps to plug immediately.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

A good effort.

I'll rephrase;

After what period of time has Wilder began to make signings?

After what period of time did Adkins begin to make signings?

I really can't be arsed to look up the dates and the time passed between appointment and signing. What I can say is that Wilder has much more leeway to bring in lots of players due to the out of contract players he was able to release. However, none of this detracts from the fact that you have insisted for some time that bringing in players in a position that is not the most pressing priority is rank bad management meaning I'm surprised you haven't gone into full on "Wilder Out" mode for not doing what "any decent manager" would do.

 

[bridgfordblade]

You missed out the bit where he didn't want to play for you not even for more money.
What is it with current managers and previous managers coming on this forum with their nom de plume spokesman ?
Only one had some grace he fucked off and has stayed silent ever since, the other is still BITTER and TWISTED.
Thanks Nigel, now go do a WHF, there's a good lad.

You total moron. You really think Clough would waste his time posting on a forum? Get a grip.

While you're at it, have a read of the article asking if he'd be offered a new deal.

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Burton-...ke-permanent/story-29285166-detail/story.html

 

[I should coco]

You total moron. You really think Clough would waste his time posting on a forum? Get a grip.

You really don't know who Barney is, do you?

 

[Barney]

I really can't be arsed to look up the dates and the time passed between appointment and signing.

Now I'm not sure I believe that petal.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Now I'm not sure I believe that petal.

Why don't you believe it?

I'm not disputing Adkins (or Brannigan rather) took longer to make his first signing than under Wilder's reign so why would I bother to look it up. I'm pretty sure Wilder's was sooner after being appointed without looking it up. The fact remains though that the circumstances are chalk and cheese and it takes nothing away from your prolonged insistence that Wilder must now not be a decent manager because he's signing players in other positions when we have no centre halves.

 

[Barney]

Why don't you believe it?

I'm not disputing Adkins (or Brannigan rather) took longer to make his first signing than under Wilder's reign so why would I bother to look it up. I'm pretty sure Wilder's was sooner after being appointed without looking it up. The fact remains though that the circumstances are chalk and cheese and it takes nothing away from your prolonged insistence that Wilder must now not be a decent manager because he's signing players in other positions when we have no centre halves.

There you are. Wasn't too hard, was it? You're quite right, Wilder has indeed acted quicker in making signings.

Probably something to do with the fact that he isn't stupid enough to wait around assessing what was clearly a bunch of shite.

The point is that due to this, he has much more time to sign central defenders.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

There you are. Wasn't too hard, was it? You're quite right, Wilder has indeed acted quicker in making signings.

Probably something to do with the fact that he isn't stupid enough to wait around assessing what was clearly a bunch of shite.

The point is that due to this, he has much more time to sign central defenders.

I'd say it probably has a lot more to do with the fact that he was able to release a boat load of dross on arrival freeing up loads of space in the wage bill for new signings and doesn't have to try to endear himself to a packed dressing room that he's going to be stuck with.

 

[Barney]

I'd say it probably has a lot more to do with the fact that he was able to release a boat load of dross on arrival freeing up loads of space in the wage bill for new signings and doesn't have to try to endear himself to a packed dressing room that he's going to be stuck with.

Sorry but that's a totally redundant point. Adkins still signed players with that squad in place.

There was nothing stopping him doing it earlier providing he realised it was the right thing to do. Which he clearly didn't.

 

[Dec]

Adkins was holding out for Sammon and Hammond!!