Fabian Delph

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I agree and for £8 mill it would be rude not too that's a bargain for an England international

I'd be calling the police if they tried to take Delph off me for £8m. We would normally pay double that for English. 'Twill be interesting to see if The Owl Man still picks him for England now he dons a sky blue shirt!

 

[SWP's back]

If you honestly think Delph will give Busquets, Rakitic and Iniesta a game, I think that is you, sir.

You think he was brought in for that reason?

You don't think he could play in a league game before a big CL game to allow players to be fresh for the CL?

I suppose that would take some lateral thinking.

 

[SWP's back]

Delph can't pass the ball. He literally just runs around a lot. It'll embarrassing how far out of his depth he is.

You've literally just had to read his stats from last season before posting that, where he completed most passes per game last season than all our players save for Toure and Silva.

Thinking maybe tennis may be a better fit for you.

 

[Shaelumstash]

Agree. Just hope he leads to Fernando leaving or just hanging around to cover injuries.

I agree mate, I wouldn't trust Fernando to cover the dinner ladies in the canteen!

 

[gazinho]

You think he was brought in for that reason?

You don't think he could play in a league game before a big CL game to allow players to be fresh for the CL?

I suppose that would take some lateral thinking.

I've told you before about posting sensible things in this forum, it will NOT be tolerated!!

Great signing will get his share of game time and will add a lot of what Milner gave plus more quality with his final ball.

 

[SWP's back]

Jesus wept. Haven't you followed the fortunes of English footballers over the last half decade? Delph can't pass the ball.

Passing percentage is a nonsensical statistic that provides no insight into a player's passing ability. The fact that Fernandinho's passing percentage is lower indicates that he is simply a more ambitious passer.

He's been brought in to fill a quota. If he ever plays against a top team, be it Chelsea, Barca, Bayern, etc, he will be severely out of his depth.

Was he out of his depth against City or Chelsea last season?

And you're still ignoring the fact that he can play in the games before against lesser opposition to rest players that may be needed in the bigger games.

You are incapable of thinking aren't you.

 

[Bluewonder]

That's because you're crap and don't know anything about football let alone stats. Passing accuracy is weighted against distance and split into several categories each with their own accuracy.

You are so massively far off base saying Delph can't pass that it's literally funny. Like those muppets who said Gareth Barry can't pass.

Come on then, genius. Let's see this statistical breakdown.

 

[Sergio Picasso Aguero]

I know football isn't played on paper but if you look specifically at signings over the last few years we are starting to fall behind. Next season I expect our 3 main title rivals to be the chavs, gooners and rags and if you compare their recruitment to ours it does not make for good reading.

Arsenal - Cech, Ozil, Cazorla, Sanchez

Chelsea - Courtois, Matic, Fabregas, Hazard, Costa

Scum - Valdes, Herrera, Blind, Schweinsteiger, Depay, Van Persie

and then compare it to our transfer dealings

City - Caballero, Fernando, Navas, Rodwell, Sincalir, Delph

I don't think we have signed a world class player since Aguero and it looks like once again next season we are going to rely on the Kompany/Touré/Silva/Aguero spine to carry us through. It's one thing to have a world class core but you have to supplement it with other top class players that improve your starting 11 and the only signing that falls into that category is Fernandinho. 1 signing in the last 3 years.

Delph is a decent signing IF he's just the start but if the 'Big 3' (Pogba, De Bruyne, Sterling) fall through which is possible then we have to be careful because other teams are catching us up and soon we won't have that famous world class core to rely on anymore.

 

[Bluewonder]

You think he was brought in for that reason?

You don't think he could play in a league game before a big CL game to allow players to be fresh for the CL?

I suppose that would take some lateral thinking.

Like Rodwell and Garcia? Like Fernando?

Top clubs don't buy bench players to add squad depth. They buy top players to improve their first 11, which in turn moves a previous starter to the bench.

But that takes some advanced thinking and maybe you struggle with that.

 

[SWP's back]

We have some fucking idiots that support us.