Erling Haaland

[Neville Kneville]

Its stil down to Pep to give Delap that chance. He could have Sancho's eagerness and we would be back to square one.

As I said in his thread; if he maintains his present level & doesn't get a chance, after watching that slow Spanish nonentity playing cb for a load of games, I'm finished with it all.

 

[RayCTID]

As I said in his thread; if he maintains his present level & doesn't get a chance, after watching that slow Spanish nonentity playing cb for a load of games, I'm finished with it all.

We lost Brahim Diaz under similar circumstances and he was being eased in just like Foden

 

[Neville Kneville]

We lost Brahim Diaz under similar circumstances and he was being eased in just like Foden

The big advantage Delap has over most kids, is his physicality, already. He's going to be a real bastard to play against.

 

[RayCTID]

The big advantage Delap has over most kids, is his physicality, already. He's going to be a real bastard to play against.

Tosin was similar in size but that wasn't enough.

 

[Steve Coppell’s 33 Days]

We lost Brahim Diaz under similar circumstances and he was being eased in just like Foden

Diaz is too slow imo & notwithstanding we wanted to keep him I’m glad he went. He‘s a year older than Ferran Torres who has 2 full Spain caps Now and a goal & Diaz just a single u21 cap.

He’s wasted 18 months at Madrid & whilst he may come again at Milan I can’t see it happening. Imo he’s “only” a mid tier La Liga starter & wouldn’t have progressed even that far in England.

 

[RayCTID]

Diaz is too slow imo & notwithstanding we wanted to keep him I’m glad he went. He‘s a year older than Ferran Torres who has 2 full Spain caps Now and a goal & Diaz just a single u21 cap.

He’s wasted 18 months at Madrid & whilst he may come again at Milan I can’t see it happening. Imo he’s “only” a mid tier La Liga starter & wouldn’t have progressed even that far in England.

But he was considered to be one of the EDS lads to make the breakthrough and alongside Foden he looked the part during the pre season games (especially against Real Madrid).

 

[GBrannan]

But he was considered to be one of the EDS lads to make the breakthrough and alongside Foden he looked the part during the pre season games (especially against Real Madrid).

I felt Diaz never found a position once he started moving beyond the youth team. The little I’ve seen of him since he still strikes me as a talented player but that just doesn’t seem to fit anywhere.

 

[Steve Coppell’s 33 Days]

But he was considered to be one of the EDS lads to make the breakthrough and alongside Foden he looked the part during the pre season games (especially against Real Madrid).

He didn’t want to hang around long enough to find out though. If he had stayed he would have had chances end 2018/19 and a full season last season in lieu of Sané. Sterling would have kept him out on the left though & Foden/Mahrez/Bernardo all ahead of him on the right - assuming he was the level of player who didn’t kick on in Spain.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Sadly we shall never see which one of us would have been right, still maintain he's a great talent and under the right manager and coaching................

well you're wrong and it 's quite clear. He's a 10 goal a season player and that's it he'll never be anything else he doesn't have the skill, pace or desire to do it. Greenwood on the other looks more like a 20 goal season person unfortunately

 

[RayCTID]

He didn’t want to hang around long enough to find out though. If he had stayed he would have had chances end 2018/19 and a full season last season in lieu of Sané. Sterling would have kept him out on the left though & Foden/Mahrez/Bernardo all ahead of him on the right - assuming he was the level of player who didn’t kick on in Spain.

He was on par with Foden in terms of skill set but as you said he didn't want to stick around.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Tosin was similar in size but that wasn't enough.

Delap also has the 'everything else' to go with the build, plus the workrate & attitude.

There is basically nothing, he lacks.

It's purely down to how he translates it to senior football.

 

[RayCTID]

Delap also has the 'everything else' to go with the build, plus the workrate & attitude.

There is basically nothing, he lacks.

It's purely down to how he translates it to senior football.

I hope you are right as it is quite a step up and could save us money in buying Erland Haaland

 

[LongsightM13]

He was on par with Foden in terms of skill set but as you said he didn't want to stick around.

Brah Diaz was good and will have a decent career somewhere but he was never at Foden’s level. Nowhere near. Phil was marked out as an elite player by every youth coach in Europe when he was 14/15

 

[LongsightM13]

Delap also has the 'everything else' to go with the build, plus the workrate & attitude.

There is basically nothing, he lacks.

It's purely down to how he translates it to senior football.

A big challenge now is how we handle his career. We have fucked up so many prospects with terrible loan club decisions. For an elite club our youth coaches are absolutely fucking pitiful. We actually pay some twat 70k a year to place lads on loan and that twat has failed time after time

 

[BufordUSABlue]

well you're wrong and it 's quite clear. He's a 10 goal a season player and that's it he'll never be anything else he doesn't have the skill, pace or desire to do it. Greenwood on the other looks more like a 20 goal season person unfortunately

Oooooerrrr “well you’re wrong”...said in a 6-year old voice!!
It’s a fkin forum for debates n opinions

 

[RayCTID]

Brah Diaz was good and will have a decent career somewhere but he was never at Foden’s level. Nowhere near. Phil was marked out as an elite player by every youth coach in Europe when he was 14/15

I disagree he is equally as talented as Phil the only difference is Brahim Diaz has picked a club that was stacked up in his position already and has missed a season because of it. Milan is not a bad club to kickstart his career.

 

[mccity]

I disagree he is equally as talent as Phil the only difference is Brahim Diaz has picked a club that was stacked up in his position already and has missed a season because of it. Milan is not a bad club to kickstart his career.

Diaz was quality. During pre season in 17/18 he was a real standout.

 

[cjn]

Brah Diaz was good and will have a decent career somewhere but he was never at Foden’s level. Nowhere near. Phil was marked out as an elite player by every youth coach in Europe when he was 14/15

Eh, that's not really true. Barcelona had tried to sign Brahim twice before we paid close to £3m (in 2013 money) to sign him out of Malaga as a 14 year old. He was a bonafide wonderkid no matter how you measure it. The "new Messi", etc.

 

[LongsightM13]

I disagree he is equally as talent as Phil the only difference is Brahim Diaz has picked a club that was stacked up in his position already and has missed a season because of it. Milan is not a bad club to kickstart his career.

I think we will have to agree to disagree Ray

 

[LongsightM13]

Eh, that's not really true. Barcelona had tried to sign Brahim twice before we paid close to £3m (in 2013 money) to sign him out of Malaga as a 14 year old. He was a bonafide wonderkid no matter how you measure it. The "new Messi", etc.

Sorry pal, accept your opinion but Foden was already rated way above him by international scouts and coaches. Way way above. Brahim had mad close control skills but ha a fatal lack of acceleration. Also a main difference was everyone knew Phil was a blue so everyone knew he was unobtainable The best Spanish kids always want to go home in the end. Pointless signing them imo