“Suicidal” Damien Duff bounces back quickly
Winger recalls the trauma of relegation, takes swipe at Newcastle
As The Spoiler watched Newacstle’s Premier League swansong in a busy Las Vegas casino sports book, a distraught Geordie shouted “Let’s torch the place!” just as the final whistle blew. The immediate appearance of dozens of security staff changed the supporter’s mind, but the point was clear: those involved with the Toon Army didn’t take relegation well. Today, it has been revealed that Damien Duff had an equally hyperbolic reaction when Captain Shearer failed to avoid the huge iceberg ahead of the SS Newcastle:
“I was feeling suicidal about the way we went down at Newcastle and wasn’t even thinking that far ahead.”
One would imagine it would take months, maybe years, for someone to come to terms with an event so tragic that it prompted thoughts of suicide, but Damien Duff is a trooper. Not only has he successfully moved back to the Premier League with Fulham, but he has even found the strength of spirit to deliver a backhanded swipe at his beloved former employers:
“It’s really exciting, from where I have come from, to come to a well-run football club and a team where everyone enjoys their job.”
Calls us pedantic, but when Duff said “suicidal about the way we went down at Newcastle”, did he actually mean “mildly peeved that I would have to move house”?
4 responses so far
Delboy Dublin // August 24, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Ask any Ireland fans about Damien Duff and they’ll tell you that away from the game, he’s a bit of an odd fish, so this might not have been as hyperbolic as it sounds…
Paul (No1Fan) // August 24, 2009 at 4:12 pm
For ‘suicidal’ read ‘slightly irritated’!
reality check // August 25, 2009 at 1:06 am
This is absolutely typical of Duff. When he was at Newcastle for three years taking 60 grand a week and not playing a lot, he got cosy and sold his house and bought land nearby and built a big new one, which was probably expensive. Now he has to move, the poor millionaire! However will he not kill himself?
Granted, Newcastle has been a terribly run club ever since Sir Bobby was sacked but the suicidal claims are just ludicrous from a heartless mercenary.
anthony // August 25, 2009 at 5:26 am
A reality check from reality cheack.
He’s a merc. I’m surprised he didn’t try and take Ameobi with him and kiri joorabchian him out to anyone listening.
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