DUFFER'S MADE US BOX OFFICE

It would be a disaster for our league if he departed

- patdolan

IT is now fashionable to put the boot into Damien Duff.

What a load of nonsense.

All of us who love the League of Ireland should be down on our hands and knees and that’s because Damien’ arrival into the greatest league in the world has made us box office.

The League of Ireland has been improving for years. Top players have always played in the League of Ireland such as Paul McGrath, Roy Keane, Eddie Gormley, Paul Osam, George O'Callaghan, Kevin Doyle, Seamus Coleman among dozens of others.

But since Duffer shocked the world by agreeing to become Shelbourne FC manager, despite having no previous managerial experience at the top level, we have been in dreamland.

He has changed the reality of the League.

The fact that so many managers want to stick the boot into him and even friends such as Stephen Bradley have made comments that Duffer has found insulting is actually a tribute to what a great personality and manager The DuffMeister is.

When he came into the League, he was different to so many others because of the playing career he enjoyed.

This, remember, was a Premier League winner and an international centurion.

He was not just a top player.

He was top, top.