Fabian Delph 2016/17 performances

[blue roo]

A really nice guy , good club man , no trouble from him but ...... a waste of a spot in the squad.
Habitually injured and unfortunately not good enough when fit imo.
I'll say it again , say thanks ,move him on and replace him as a squad player with a ready made Aaron Mooy ... much better.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

A really nice guy , good club man , no trouble from him but ...... a waste of a spot in the squad.
Habitually injured and unfortunately not good enough when fit imo.
I'll say it again , say thanks ,move him on and replace him as a squad player with a ready made Aaron Mooy ... much better.

Who I believe is home grown

 

[blue roo]

Who I believe is home grown

I take your point re Mooy , but it doesn't matter if Delph was born and raised in Gorton , Beswick or Ancoats if he never plays what's the point?

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

I take your point re Mooy , but it doesn't matter if Delph was born and raised in Gorton , Beswick or Ancoats if he never plays what's the point?

No I meant isn't mooy home grown ?
So could take delphs place in the squad

 

[toffee balls]

WOFS

 

[blue roo]

No I meant isn't mooy home grown ?
So could take delphs place in the squad

Oh sorry mate.
Not sure if he is 'homegrown' or not.
Obviously he's an Aussie but spent some of his early days at Bolton I think , so maybe he qualifies???

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Oh sorry mate.
Not sure if he is 'homegrown' or not.
Obviously he's an Aussie but spent some of his early days at Bolton I think , so maybe he qualifies???

Was at Bolton 2006_2009 when he was 16_19 years old so could be homegrown ?

 

[FantasyIreland]

Mooy is classed as HG.

However,he and Delph are very different players - Delph is a higher energy destroyer/presser while Mooy is a deep lying type,he has an eye for the pass and,while more technical,would probably be a Fernando upgrade/replacement.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Mooy is classed as HG.

However,he and Delph are very different players - Delph is a higher energy destroyer/presser while Mooy is a deep lying type,he has an eye for the pass and,while more technical,would probably be a Fernando upgrade/replacement.

Mooy could be brought in as a hg for Fernando allowing delph to be replaced by a fit foreign energy midfielder.
In his best seasons delph played about 30 games which isn't too bad till you think we are now probably a 60ish game a season team ,so he's only going to be available 50% of the time at best

 

[bellsouth]

What on earth has happened to Delph? Never gets mentioned, never see him in training pics, has he broken a leg or something? Not that he'd get in starting XI but it would be nice to at least see him training.