Fabian Delph

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Great signing £8M for a player who's market value is at least 3 time that Ticks all the boxes home-grown for example £2M less than Liverpool paid Milner for signing on (allegedly) and imho he's better than Jimmy and younger Will get games Jimmy got 45 last season no reason Fabian won't get a similar amount
 
Steviesleftpeg said:
Anybody who is suggesting Delph is a bad signing must;

a) Give actual tangible evidence why he is a bad signing. Not just opinion. Stats preferable.

b) Not compare him to Rodwell or Sinclair. The situation is completely different. Rodwell doesn't have a footballing body. He didn't play because he was always injured, not because he was out of favour for two years. Scott Sinclair was a stop-gap who the club signed knowing he would have limited impact. Their careers post-city haven't exactly suggested we were wrong to get rid.

c) Provide the name of another CM who meets the following criteria; Could be bought on wages under £100K p/w, transfer fee less than £10 million, home-grown, left-footed, current international, under the age of 30, has a point to prove, is better than Fernando and has current premier league experience.

It isn't easy.

City have capitalised on the opportunity to sign a good decent player at a very low price. He will get games and he's dependable and tenacious. We missed that in many games last season (particularly Burnley Home and Away), and he will at least replace the energy we have lost with Milner departing. Yaya often can't be arsed to defend, and Fernandinho goes missing in games when the physicality is at it's peak. At the end of the day his job will be to break up play and get the ball 15-20 yards forward to the attackers. He is definitely capable of that. Also thought he performed well in the big occasions for Villa last season, particularly the two games at Wembley (despite the Arsenal scoreline).

I think City's scouting team have done well on this one and if anything it is surprising other teams in the top 6 (where he may have even got more games) were not sniffing about the deal.
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He might be a cheap player, but the issue is he won't make a difference in a big game, he isn't composed enough on the ball, he doesn't possess the ability to dictate a game, and the fact that no other big club has expressed an interest in him shows all you need to know. I'm sorry, but I do want English players to represent us, but I want them to take us to the next level, and Delph won't come anywhere close to that. What happens next year if Yaya is injured and we field a Delph and Fernando pivot against a top side? We'll get hammered. The price is cheap, but Wilshere, Henderson, Carrick, Mccarthy and Barkley are all better options.
 
City_Sean said:
He might be a cheap player, but the issue is he won't make a difference in a big game, he isn't composed enough on the ball, he doesn't possess the ability to dictate a game, and the fact that no other big club has expressed an interest in him shows all you need to know. I'm sorry, but I do want English players to represent us, but I want them to take us to the next level, and Delph won't come anywhere close to that. What happens next year if Yaya is injured and we field a Delph and Fernando pivot against a top side? We'll get hammered. The price is cheap, but Wilshere, Henderson, Carrick, Mccarthy and Barkley are all better options.
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Carrick and McCarthy.......now I know your on a wind up..
 
City_Sean said:
He might be a cheap player, but the issue is he won't make a difference in a big game, he isn't composed enough on the ball, he doesn't possess the ability to dictate a game, and the fact that no other big club has expressed an interest in him shows all you need to know. I'm sorry, but I do want English players to represent us, but I want them to take us to the next level, and Delph won't come anywhere close to that. What happens next year if Yaya is injured and we field a Delph and Fernando pivot against a top side? We'll get hammered. The price is cheap, but Wilshere, Henderson, Carrick, Mccarthy and Barkley are all better options.
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CARRICK !!!! ????? WTF !!!! No wonder your always slagging City off. Sniff,sniff.
 
City_Sean said:
He might be a cheap player, but the issue is he won't make a difference in a big game, he isn't composed enough on the ball, he doesn't possess the ability to dictate a game, and the fact that no other big club has expressed an interest in him shows all you need to know. I'm sorry, but I do want English players to represent us, but I want them to take us to the next level, and Delph won't come anywhere close to that. What happens next year if Yaya is injured and we field a Delph and Fernando pivot against a top side? We'll get hammered. The price is cheap, but Wilshere, Henderson, Carrick, Mccarthy and Barkley are all better options.
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Why would we have Delph & Fernando ?

How about Delph, Fernandinho, Pogba,
Sterling, Silva Aguero
 
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