Fabian Delph

[MeatHunterrr]

Sell Caballero and bring in English back up. then use that overseas spot on outfield player. Caballero is only here because he is Pellegrini's buddy, fucking joke.

 

[FanchesterCity]

It really is a joke this HG quota.

Who can we go for now who is good enough for City and actually progress us.

Plus no doubt we will get rinsed on any fee that will eat away at our budget.

To be fair, we've know about the issue as long as everybody else, and we've let it become a problem. That's our fault.

 

[sam-caddick]

We fucked up using a non HG player as back up keeper .....

Maybe, but I actually think Willy helped get Joe back to form again.

 

[CC1]

Exactly what i'm thinking. We're very limited in options now, All those that are delighted with us not signing Delph don't seem to realise what the alternatives are. Delph was the best option and there's no alternatives that match his standard. I hope and would expect them to have planned for this scenario but we've seen what our plan B's have been like over the past 2 windows.

Those that are claiming Delph's bottled it or proven he's not got what it takes to play for us couldn't be more wrong. Signing for City was the easy option, take the money, take the trophies etc or stay at Villa in a scrap for survival. He feels he's making the right choice for his career and wants to remain loyal to Villa. That was the more difficult option to take and fair play to him for taking it.

Trouble is - Villa have already bought his replacement. So, he can sit on their bench now instead of ours !!

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

Haha that is hilarious. We couldn't tempt Steve Bruce into Greggs this summer

 

[adrianr]

Exactly what i'm thinking. We're very limited in options now, All those that are delighted with us not signing Delph don't seem to realise what the alternatives are. Delph was the best option and there's no alternatives that match his standard. I hope and would expect them to have planned for this scenario but we've seen what our plan B's have been like over the past 2 windows.

Those that are claiming Delph's bottled it or proven he's not got what it takes to play for us couldn't be more wrong. Signing for City was the easy option, take the money, take the trophies etc or stay at Villa in a scrap for survival. He feels he's making the right choice for his career and wants to remain loyal to Villa. That was the more difficult option to take and fair play to him for taking it.

Don't agree at all. He's had a last minute bout of small fish in a big pond syndrome. Despite what people think about some of the lads we've got playing for us it's much harder to make it at the top than it is at lesser clubs. If he didn't even fancy trying to get in the side that tells us all we need to know. We can just be thankful we didn't have to wait for any football to be played before finding out he wasn't good enough.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

it's not the fact he isn't joining, but the fact we got turned down by Delph (who really cares, he's nothing special) when the deal was practically done. That's shambolic and 3 years worth of banter for others.

And the fact that this nonsense is self perpetuating. Delph, like Milner, is a gutless fucking **** as far as I'm concerned, but the media will now go all out to scare all English players into not signing for us. I'm fucking sick to my stomach, not because some two bit non-entity from Aston Villa has bottled coming to us, but because those lying cunts in the press can smear us like this and reap dividends

 

[stony]

I wonder if Harry Bassett has been on the blower.

 

[Blue Coop]

Goes a long way to showing the mentality of the lad, doesn't believe he is good enough to challenge for a first team place - if he doesn't believe it then he's got no chance. It's good for him and the club.

 

[moomba]

Thought it was a strange move for him in the first place. And probably a good move for him to stay put.

From our perspective he would have been a decent replacement for Milner.