Liam Delap

Poor handing with this one. Delap is already one of the prems top strikers. Probably 3rd behind Haaland and Isak. Said it before we sold him that in a year or 2 he'd be commanding a 50m fee. If he was playing in Italy and not English people would be more excited. Superstar in the making. Ruthless striker.

Fantastic business by Chelsea here acquiring his signature for the small buyout fee.
 
xMatMcC said:
Poor handing with this one. Delap is already one of the prems top strikers. Probably 3rd behind Haaland and Isak. Said it before we sold him that in a year or 2 he'd be commanding a 50m fee. If he was playing in Italy and not English people would be more excited. Superstar in the making. Ruthless striker.

Fantastic business by Chelsea here acquiring his signature for the small buyout fee.
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No he's not, stop overrating him.
 
xMatMcC said:
Okay, who's better?
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This was his first full season in the Premier League, and there were 16 players who scored more non-penalty goals then he did.

Obviously he's youngish, and he was playing for a very poor side, but putting him in the top three is a huge call at the moment.
 
Salford_Blue said:
That one on one from the half way line was absolutely appalling for a Premier League striker.

It was like Sunday League
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It’s was so funny wasn’t it. For forty yards I thought maybe he is a player and then he just knocked it 20 yards in front of him to the keeper. Shit doesn’t begin to describe him.
 
xMatMcC said:
Poor handing with this one. Delap is already one of the prems top strikers. Probably 3rd behind Haaland and Isak. Said it before we sold him that in a year or 2 he'd be commanding a 50m fee. If he was playing in Italy and not English people would be more excited. Superstar in the making. Ruthless striker.

Fantastic business by Chelsea here acquiring his signature for the small buyout fee.
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FFS.
 
happy for him. good lad and i think he's picked the right team. Chelsea are getting a bargain. we're getting 6m or so?
 
bluenova said:
This was his first full season in the Premier League, and there were 16 players who scored more non-penalty goals then he did.

Obviously he's youngish, and he was playing for a very poor side, but putting him in the top three is a huge call at the moment.
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in 32 games he scored 32 goals and 8 assists in the PL2 with our under 23's. So not just a one season wonder. Just turned 22 a few months back.

10 non-penalty goals for a team that wasn't even in the Championship 2 seasons ago. He will clearly be a 20+ a goal season striker for Chelsea. These do not grow on trees.

Chak19 said:
Well Mbuemo, Wood and Watkins, maybe others.
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Mbuemo is a winger, Wood and Watkins are not better. Come on now. Great season for Wood but he's turning 34 this year. You would really rather have Chris Wood than Liam Delap? To each their own but you'd be alone on that island. Watkins, decent player for sure. He also was coming off the bench for Villa during the most important part of the season? Rogers is the better player out of them. Also turning 30 this year.

I would without a doubt take Delap over either of these lads. For this season coming, and obviously going forward.

In my opinion, the only player you could argue is Kai Havertz. But for me Delap has a higher ceiling so I'd rank him 3.
 
xMatMcC said:
Poor handing with this one. Delap is already one of the prems top strikers. Probably 3rd behind Haaland and Isak. Said it before we sold him that in a year or 2 he'd be commanding a 50m fee. If he was playing in Italy and not English people would be more excited. Superstar in the making. Ruthless striker.

Fantastic business by Chelsea here acquiring his signature for the small buyout fee.
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He's 14th in the list of top PL goalscorers. He is a player in the making. IMO this only makes sense for Chelsea if they are going to sign another more experienced striker. He's still raw, and learning the game.
 
xMatMcC said:
in 32 games he scored 32 goals and 8 assists in the PL2 with our under 23's. So not just a one season wonder. Just turned 22 a few months back.

10 non-penalty goals for a team that wasn't even in the Championship 2 seasons ago. He will clearly be a 20+ a goal season striker for Chelsea. These do not grow on trees.


Mbuemo is a winger, Wood and Watkins are not better. Come on now. Great season for Wood but he's turning 34 this year. You would really rather have Chris Wood than Liam Delap? To each their own but you'd be alone on that island. Watkins, decent player for sure. He also was coming off the bench for Villa during the most important part of the season? Rogers is the better player out of them. Also turning 30 this year.

I would without a doubt take Delap over either of these lads. For this season coming, and obviously going forward.

In my opinion, the only player you could argue is Kai Havertz. But for me Delap has a higher ceiling so I'd rank him 3.
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Watkins, Wood, Wissa, Mbeumo are all better strikers than Delap who is one for the future.

In my opinion he'd have been better off signing for a club like Leeds. I am not convinced he will start for Chelsea who are very likely to buy another more experienced forward.
 
Good signing for both parties. Lad is hungry for success and a willing worker, and Chelsea are keen to give youth its head. They’ll create chances for him and he should do well.
 
xMatMcC said:
Poor handing with this one. Delap is already one of the prems top strikers. Probably 3rd behind Haaland and Isak. Said it before we sold him that in a year or 2 he'd be commanding a 50m fee. If he was playing in Italy and not English people would be more excited. Superstar in the making. Ruthless striker.

Fantastic business by Chelsea here acquiring his signature for the small buyout fee.
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He's clearly not top 3 strikers in the league is he

Wissa, Watkins, Mateta are better #9s and that's not including pseudo-strikers like Mbuemo, Bowen, Diaz, Marmoush, Jesus, Trossard etc.

(Not gonna include guys like Jota, Nunez, Rashford etc. Who are imo better than him)

Let's not forget that he had a lot of games im the championship for Hull and didn't exactly set the world alight

Players that I mentioned above have done it over multiple seasons and different leagues, Championship or abroad

I think he's a solid Prem forward with a decent upside, but 100% he is not a top 3 striker in the league as of right now
 
Marvin. said:
He's 14th in the list of top PL goalscorers. He is a player in the making. IMO this only makes sense for Chelsea if they are going to sign another more experienced striker. He's still raw, and learning the game.
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Would've agreed with this coming into the season, but there was nothing raw about his ability this season. And of course he'll continue learning the game. He'll only get better as he grows into his adult body. Chelsea are buying him to replace Jackson, who is already a pretty good striker (despite being so hard on the eyes, he is more effective than people think).
Marvin. said:
Watkins, Wood, Wissa, Mbeumo are all better strikers than Delap who is one for the future.

In my opinion he'd have been better off signing for a club like Leeds. I am not convinced he will start for Chelsea who are very likely to buy another more experienced forward.
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I already commented on these players a couple posts up. Respectfully, nobody who knows the sport would take either of those guys over Delap (Mbuemo sure but he's not a CF). He is just as ready as Cole Palmer was when he joined Chelsea. They'll be a deadly duo. Delap will start.
 
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