When Damien Duff speaks the local game is boosted in profile

On a busy day for sports gigs and news, Duff's directness at Tolka Park was a refreshing antidote to the jargon espoused on the other side of Dublin.

GREATEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD: Shelbourne manager Damien Duff poses for a portrait during a Shelbourne media conference at Tolka Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

“Sometimes the most dangerous person in the room is the man with nothing to lose”.

Damien Duff doesn’t do people pleasing. On a busy day for sports gigs and news, his directness at Tolka Park was a refreshing antidote to the jargon espoused on the other side of Dublin.