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'13 points, woo hoo' - Damien Duff keeping feet on ground despite Shelbourne's strong start

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Shelbourne are the early leaders of the League of Ireland Premier Division but manager Damien Duff is refusing to get carried away.A 2-0 win over local rivals Bohemians at Dalymount Park on Friday night was their fourth of the season, keeping them at the summit after five games.But speaking to RTÉ Sport's Tony O'Donoghue afterwards, Duff said: "A great win.

I don't think we had won here in 12 or 13 years. It’s big but we move on."As pleasing as it was I’m glad the lads aren’t overly excited.

We’ve ticked off three points, it’s our job and we move on to next week. Maybe a year or two ago we would have got really excited by it."You don’t get extra points for beating Rovers at home or Bohs away.

Magnificent but we’re good at forgetting these results."I'm not looking too far ahead. It’s a nice win. I never got carried away with anything positive or negative in my life."We’re top of the league.

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