Fabian Delph

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.A. said:
Delph is the most improved player in the Premier League in the past 18 months, and is now coming into the best years of his career.

People moan that English players cost too much, and then we get the most consistent English midfielder for half of what we payed for Garcia and they still find excuses to whinge.

If he was some wooden-legged journeyman called Fabiano from the Portuguese league for £20m the same people would be playing the 'in Txiki we trust' card.
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Easily De Gea but I suppose you wanted your first line to look really good.
 
Shaelumstash said:
Are you a City fan? I'm not accusing you of not being, it's just that most match going Blues that I know think that Barry was superb for City. I think Delph will be similar.
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Only people with little understanding of the game don't rate Barry. He was instrumental in our 1st title. No Barry = no title, it's As simple as that.

Delph will be good I reckon
 
Puteulanus luna said:
Only people with little understanding of the game don't rate Barry. He was instrumental in our 1st title. No Barry = no title, it's As simple as that.

Delph will be good I reckon
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I personally think Barry was miles better when we signed him than Delph is now, but that's just my opinion. More footballing intelligence.
 
citizens_1976 said:
You cannot ever put Delph and Bastien in the same sentence.

Bastien is 30 years old to be precise, yeah he's knocking on a bit, but he has a good 2, 3 seasons in him yet. He will give more to Utd in them 2-3 seasons than what Delph will ever bring to us even if he is with us for 10 seasons. He is not good enough to get in our squad, although I do understand why we are buying him, to make up the HG quota numbers and that is basically the top and bottom of it.

He will just be another benchwarmer for us and I will only accept this signing as long as we get a top top quality CM also in this transfer window. If we don't, Txixi can fuck right off back to Spain.
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You've no choice but accept, it's happening you'll have to live with it. Schweinsteiger is 31 on Aug 1 3 weeks away, injured plenty last year, best days behind him he is looking for a last big payday.
 
I am coming to terms with this being a decent signing, but if he is our only central midfield acquisition this summer then we are going to struggle next season in regards to controlling the midfield in the bigger games, also relying too much on Yaya again.

United look set to add Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin in the next few weeks, big additions.
 
Must admit, i'm haven't been a big fan of Delph. Hopefully he'll step up,playing in a better team.
But for people to criticise others for not jumping with joy and saying he'll be an excellent addition,
well it's far to early to say either way. Obviously, i hope he's a success, because i want the best for
my team.
 
Puteulanus luna said:
Only people with little understanding of the game don't rate Barry. He was instrumental in our 1st title. No Barry = no title, it's As simple as that.

Delph will be good I reckon
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Totally agree mate. Barry was like the opposite of Milner. His game was based on intelligence, subtelty, reading the game, quick, incisive decision making.

I think Delph has got some of those attributes, but with a bit of the pace and athleticism of Milner thrown in. He'll be a huge updgrade in centre midfield on Fernando and Milner, which is why he's being brought in.
 
Silva_Spell said:
We have squad players already in our 1st 11.
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Agreed. And hopefully the rest of our targets this summer will rectify that, but we still need to bring in another midfielder as a squad player. Delph isn't a world beater, but the difference is, unlike in previous season's when we settled for alternatives, Delph, just like Pogba, KDB and Sterling is the best option, there's nobody better that meets the criteria (i.e homegrown and willing to come as a squad player) that could come in and do that role.
 
sam-caddick said:
I am coming to terms with this being a decent signing, but if he is our only central midfield acquisition this summer then we are going to struggle next season in regards to controlling the midfield in the bigger games, also relying too much on Yaya again.

United look set to add Schweinsteiger and Schneiderlin in the next few weeks, big additions.
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Completely agree.

Txixi needs to get out of this sluggish mode and proper kick on these next few weeks. CM is the biggest priority.
 
Good business. A few years back we'd have been paying £20m for him. Barry's best asset was knowing how and when to win us a free kick and also how to cover for the full backs. I think Delph has a bit more about him and could easily develop into that kind of intelligent and disciplined player - wasn't Barry about 5 years older than Delph is now when we signed him? In any event last season we had too many opposition players strolling through our midfield as if they weren't there someone who can chase and niggle at the opposition slightly higher up the pitch than where Fernando used to sit is most welcome
 
pudge said:
What, are you trying to prove how blue you are?

He's easily the most improved player in the league over the past season and more and I'll be glad when he fucks off to Madrid.
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Trying to prove how blue I am? Err, no.

I wouldn't know if he's 'the most improved player in the league over the past season or more', I obviously don't watch the rags as much as you, or pay as much attention to the hyperbole in the press regarding your nominee.
I was just offering a differing example of what else 'the most improved player in the league over the last year or more' has done in that timeframe.

Now where's the 'rags vs. Leicester' clip, where your boy let another 5 in?
 
sam-caddick said:
This is the reason I am hopeful we are going to go for a world class midfielder like Pogba.

Only reason why I think we have gone for Delph over Schneirderlin is because of budget.
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This is of course under the assumption we will sign Pogba, I think the main reason is because he wouldn't come here over United. He's guaranteed to be the main man in midfield at United, he's nowhere near guaranteed a place in our starting lineup.
 
sam-caddick said:
This is the reason I am hopeful we are going to go for a world class midfielder like Pogba.

Only reason why I think we have gone for Delph over Schneirderlin is because of budget.
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Or...we might of/have been looking at him for some time? Strange innit.
 
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