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Best ever youth product?

Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 19:14
by Jon Palmer
40 years old today! http://bit.ly/Duff40" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 19:50
by RegencyCheltenhamSpa
Matt Smith would have skinned him.

Smith is our best ever youth product.

But amazing and hard to believe he is 40. In my mind's eye he is frozen in time in his 20s.

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 11 Jan 2018, 21:32
by Si Robin
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Matt Smith would have skinned him.

Smith is our best ever youth product.

But amazing and hard to believe he is 40. In my mind's eye he is frozen in time in his 20s.
Please tell me you're only saying that for a reaction. An absolute joke of a comment.

Matt Smith is just Julian Alsop with a bit more athleticism.

Without doubt, Mickey Duff is our greatest youth product and until we produce another international who goes on to play in the Premier League, that's how he'll remain.

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 12 Jan 2018, 06:49
by RegencyCheltenhamSpa
Unfair to make the international comparison. Duff got in the NI team but would never have got in the England side. Whilst Smith won't ever play for England, he would easily have got in the NI side ahead some of the L1 players they select.

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 12 Jan 2018, 09:11
by Ihearye
To call Smith a product of our youth is somewhat questionable given his short tenure,
I am with Si on this one and it is churlish to argue the international bit. Many if not none of our England team would get into other teams?

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 12 Jan 2018, 11:14
by RegencyCheltenhamSpa
Ihearye wrote:To call Smith a product of our youth is somewhat questionable given his short tenure,
I am with Si on this one and it is churlish to argue the international bit. Many if not none of our England team would get into other teams?
True, we ditched him in his late teens after a few years on our books.

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 12 Jan 2018, 11:19
by everyman
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Matt Smith would have skinned him.

Smith is our best ever youth product.

But amazing and hard to believe he is 40. In my mind's eye he is frozen in time in his 20s.
Were you the twat sat behind me at Wembley for the Trophy final who slagged Duff off all game ?

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 12 Jan 2018, 11:24
by RegencyCheltenhamSpa
everyman wrote:
RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Matt Smith would have skinned him.

Smith is our best ever youth product.

But amazing and hard to believe he is 40. In my mind's eye he is frozen in time in his 20s.
Were you the twat sat behind me at Wembley for the Trophy final who slagged Duff off all game ?
No. Duff was awesome for us, one of our best ever players, and one of my favourite ever players.

Giving my opinion on Matt Smith doesn't mean I don't rate Duff incredibly highly. Jesus wept man.

Re: Best ever youth product?

Posted: 12 Jan 2018, 13:37
by horlickfanclub
Best youth product --------Mark Buckland.