Fabian Delph

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Should not be less than 18-20m, but I know we're not into haggling if we want a player gone or vice versa too often.

HG players who can slot in decent/good sides cost a lot more (see: Drinkwater), even at his age and with his injury record.

He's also highly versatile and a leader.

Actually, if Chelsea didn't have a transfer ban I'd be they'd be interested as Alonso had struggles defensively this season. Not that Delph doesn't pose problems in that area as a left back. Regardless, he still is stronger in that area I'd contend.
 
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I’d keep him if he wants to stay.

A vastly underrated and versatile player and very rarely lets us down.

I can understand if he’s thinking fuck I’m 30 soon and want to play week in week out so I’ll get off.

Leeds though?

Several levels beneath him imo.

Needs to go to an Everton, Leicester, Wolves, Celtic, Rangers if he wants to play every week and at a good level.
 
Stoned Rose said:
I’d keep him if he wants to stay.

A vastly underrated and versatile player and very rarely lets us down.

I can understand if he’s thinking fuck I’m 30 soon and want to play week in week out so I’ll get off.
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Our team is only as strong as our weakest link. Delph is definitely one of the weakest links.
• He was the reason Son scored a goal in the first CL-leg, when deciding to stop play instead of closing him down.
• He was in the starting line-up in all three games in December last year, which we all lost.

He definitely has to go. One 'bad' player is more than enough to bring down an entire team.
 
MCI said:
Our team is only as strong as our weakest link. Delph is definitely one of the weakest links.
• He was the reason Son scored a goal in the first CL-leg, when deciding to stop play instead of closing him down.
• He was in the starting line-up in all three games in December last year, which we all lost.

He definitely has to go. One 'bad' player is more than enough to bring down an entire team.
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Utter bollocks.

Son was offside at the start of the move they scored through. Goal should never have stood.

In terms of the 3 we lost in December - you’re suggesting Delph was the sole reason for those 3 losses?

The other 10 players on the pitch had nothing to do with those results?
 
MCI said:
Our team is only as strong as our weakest link. Delph is definitely one of the weakest links.
• He was the reason Son scored a goal in the first CL-leg, when deciding to stop play instead of closing him down.
• He was in the starting line-up in all three games in December last year, which we all lost.

He definitely has to go. One 'bad' player is more than enough to bring down an entire team.
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Bang on the money, clear as the nose on your face !
 
Stoned Rose said:
Utter bollocks.

Son was offside at the start of the move they scored through. Goal should never have stood.

In terms of the 3 we lost in December - you’re suggesting Delph was the sole reason for those 3 losses?

The other 10 players on the pitch had nothing to do with those results?
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It doesn't matter if we/our players believed Son to be offside, which he in retrospect obviously wasn't. You don't stop playing until the ref blows the whistle. As a footballer, you learn this in 3rd grade.
Zinchenko in the same position has 22 games under his belt and is yet to lose a game. Of course it's not all Delphs fault but it should give you an idea of his defending.
 
MCI said:
It doesn't matter if we/our players believed Son to be offside, which he in retrospect obviously wasn't. You don't stop playing until the ref blows the whistle. As a footballer, you learn this in 3rd grade.
Zinchenko in the same position has 22 games under his belt and is yet to lose a game. Of course it's not all Delphs fault but it should give you an idea of his defending.
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I think this place is turning into a scotty pippin wet dream, innit @Stoned Rose (:
 
MCI said:
It doesn't matter if we/our players believed Son to be offside, which he in retrospect obviously wasn't. You don't stop playing until the ref blows the whistle. As a footballer, you learn this in 3rd grade.
Zinchenko in the same position has 22 games under his belt and is yet to lose a game. Of course it's not all Delphs fault but it should give you an idea of his defending.
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Delph was playing at left back but isn’t a left back.

He’s a midfielder and a very capable one.

You don’t judge a player on 3 out of position games. You learn that in ‘3rd grade’.
 
Stoned Rose said:
Delph was playing at left back but isn’t a left back.

He’s a midfielder and a very capable one.

You don’t judge a player on 3 out of position games. You learn that in ‘3rd grade’.
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Christ...

No he isn’t a left back, that is my point.
And he is not a good enough midfielder either, looking at KDB, David, Bernardo, Gundogan, Ferna and Foden. They are all miles better.

It’s not about three games only but it’s not hard to see his weaknesses against top opponents.

For me, Delph is not good enough covering for left back position or midfield, meaning he should be sold. I’m confident City will sell this summer.
 
MCI said:
Christ...

No he isn’t a left back, that is my point.
And he is not a good enough midfielder either, looking at KDB, David, Bernardo, Gundogan, Ferna and Foden. They are all miles better.

It’s not about three games only but it’s not hard to see his weaknesses against top opponents.

For me, Delph is not good enough covering for left back position or midfield, meaning he should be sold. I’m confident City will sell this summer.
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He looked plenty good enough in 2017/18 when he was arguably the best left back in the league and a hugely contributing factor to us walking the league with a record amount of points.
 
For all the shit Delph is getting and all the praise zinchenko is rightly getting, Delph in17/18 was a better left back than zinchenko 18/19. The game at Stamford bridge is widely regarded as the most important of the centurion season, Delph was phenomenal putting in a MOTM performance and followed it up with about another dozen+ performances of the same standard, all that seems to have been forgotten because he’s had a hard time this season. If you’re playing in an unnatural position you need a run of games, something Delph didn’t get this season. When zinchenko first came in he was making mistake after mistake, continuously being caught under the diagonal about 4 games in a row that would have cost us against better opposition then he found his groove and made the position his own.
 
ninjamonkey said:
For all the shit Delph is getting and all the praise zinchenko is rightly getting, Delph in17/18 was a better left back than zinchenko 18/19. The game at Stamford bridge is widely regarded as the most important of the centurion season, Delph was phenomenal putting in a MOTM performance and followed it up with about another dozen+ performances of the same standard, all that seems to have been forgotten because he’s had a hard time this season. If you’re playing in an unnatural position you need a run of games, something Delph didn’t get this season. When zinchenko first came in he was making mistake after mistake, continuously being caught under the diagonal about 4 games in a row that would have cost us against better opposition then he found his groove and made the position his own.
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I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it's down to.

And luck. If you make ten mistakes in a game & they all get immediately covered, it doesn't merit the same as one mistake which ends in a goal.

Delph has been very unfortunate that several high profile mistakes ended up costing us. Vinny recently, suddenly fell on his arse & just got a toe to the ball, when it could have been a Gerrard moment. Small margins.
 
Sam Lee is usually pretty reliable. He reckons we'll go into next season with just Mendy and Zinchenko.

 
FantasyIreland said:
He looked plenty good enough in 2017/18 when he was arguably the best left back in the league and a hugely contributing factor to us walking the league with a record amount of points.
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Fuck off mate. You can’t analyse a whole season when judging a player. You have to analyse 3 games where he was played out of position. Are you a 2nd grader or something?
 
MCI said:
Christ...

No he isn’t a left back, that is my point.
And he is not a good enough midfielder either, looking at KDB, David, Bernardo, Gundogan, Ferna and Foden. They are all miles better.

It’s not about three games only but it’s not hard to see his weaknesses against top opponents.

For me, Delph is not good enough covering for left back position or midfield, meaning he should be sold. I’m confident City will sell this summer.
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Foden is better than Delph?

That’s a massive statement to make based on a handful of appearances by an 18 year old.

It’s becoming clearer by the post you know fuck all about the game.
 
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