Season › 2013-14 › News Hard work paying off for Duffy , 18 April, 0comments | Jump to most recent Shane Duffy tells the Irish Post about his new-found perspective on football after a season in the Championship with Yeovil Town and the rediscovery of his bravery following a near-fatal injury four years ago. On the world of difference between the top flight at Goodison and the more hard-scrabble world in the Football League: “Life at a Premier League club is so good, you don’t want to leave. They can spend millions on a team of video analysts. At Yeovil, there is one guy who does that. Everton have 10, 11 physios, masseurs, Yeovil have one. We take a bus to away games from Yeovil. At Everton, we either fly or go by train. “Does the difference get to me? Of course not. I love being here, love playing first team football, love the fact that we have a small budget and are written off. As a defender I am in a team where our backs are always against the wall. You have to fight. That is what this club is all about. Fighting. On his brush with death following a collision playing for Republic of Ireland U21s and his burning desire to make it in the Premier League with Everton: “That incident certainly took a lot out of me,” he says. “I wasn’t the same afterwards. I struggled for form and it was only this season when I started to play alright again. I don’t know what was happening to me mentally, but basically when I went onto the pitch, it came down to bravery. “I was still brave, but not as brave as before. I’d not clatter into a goalkeeper at a corner like I once did. Mentally I was cautious. There was something in my head. And it affected my performances. Now I don’t think about the injury at all whenever I play. “I’ve had a good few kicks in the same part of my body and they didn’t hurt. I’m back to being me. “I had to pull myself together. Things were going downhill. I had to work harder, tried to live right, make sacrifices about going on loan to Yeovil — things like that. I’m still young. I can get back to Premier League level.” » Read the full article at Irish Post About these ads © ToffeeWeb