| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. 17:03 - Dec 8 with 3429 views | ITFC_84 |
Poor fouls given away.
Terrible game awareness.
Going to ground too easy.
Inability to play the simple pass.
Shattered by 50 mins.
He’s got a lot of learning to do. |  | | |  |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:51 - Dec 8 with 700 views | Zx1988 |
Chap was dead on his feet for most of the second half.
The only decision of his I'll question was when he threw himself to the floor around half-way on the Cobbold side, seemingly trying to make a point about Kerkez having done the same to him a few minutes earlier. Very naïve, and the referee would have had every right to book him for a very very obvious dive. | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:52 - Dec 8 with 698 views | Blue_In_Boston |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:11 - Dec 8 by DublinBlue84 |
You're comparing a 21 year old striker in his first full season of Premier League football and complaining that he is not the level of a 38 year old Veteran.
Jesus wept indeed. |
Read again what I wrote...
"Experience will teach him what to chase and what to leave as it's a lost cause."
Where does it say that I think he should already be as savvy as Vardy? I'm pointing out that is a side of the game he needs to learn. | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:56 - Dec 8 with 664 views | bournemouthblue |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:11 - Dec 8 by DublinBlue84 |
You're comparing a 21 year old striker in his first full season of Premier League football and complaining that he is not the level of a 38 year old Veteran.
Jesus wept indeed. |
Delap was never meant to be the main striker, the fact he has had a good season is a bonus really |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:58 - Dec 8 with 659 views | FrimleyBlue |
Poor bloke was fked just coming onto the pitch.
I get we don't have a backup.. but wouldn't it make more sense to bench him. And if need him bring him on but if we don't then he's rested for the next game which is incredibly important.
We kinda need a hutch starting. But delap perhaps not as unless he's fit then alot bounces of him and he's not the threat you want him to be anyway. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:58 - Dec 8 with 660 views | Zx1988 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:56 - Dec 8 by bournemouthblue |
Delap was never meant to be the main striker, the fact he has had a good season is a bonus really |
You hit the nail squarely on the head.
The fact that he's come in and hit the ground running is the difference between our attempts at acquiring a starting number 9 in the summer being poor, and having been utterly suicidal. | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:03 - Dec 8 with 647 views | textbackup |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:58 - Dec 8 by FrimleyBlue |
Poor bloke was fked just coming onto the pitch.
I get we don't have a backup.. but wouldn't it make more sense to bench him. And if need him bring him on but if we don't then he's rested for the next game which is incredibly important.
We kinda need a hutch starting. But delap perhaps not as unless he's fit then alot bounces of him and he's not the threat you want him to be anyway. |
We’ve played 14/15 games, no cup run… I know a lot is being asked during games, but I’m not too sure why he’s so shattered.
Hes an ultra fit young bloke.
90mins weekly shouldn’t be beyond the realms of possibility, should it? I mean, Leif does it… |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:06 - Dec 8 with 639 views | itfc_statman |
He's a good player with lots of potential but our fans making him out to be worth 60m already was always nonsense and seems to have created a level of expectation that shouldn't be there. | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:07 - Dec 8 with 633 views | blueoxford |
If Hirst wasn’t injured he would have started one of the three games this week and Delap would have played less minutes. Of course he’s got a lot to learn, but I wouldn’t have wanted to sign any other player for that price in the summer. [Post edited 8 Dec 2024 20:16]
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:08 - Dec 8 with 632 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:35 - Dec 8 by ghostofescobar |
You are actually largely correct. He is essentially a 21 years old kid, learning his craft in a team who were likely always destined to struggle. On whose young shoulders a lot rests right now. A young man giving it everything, learning in the most unforgiving league in world football. What else did we expect? The finished article? For £15mill odd? Get real. Support him, give him time, remember how well you performed at your job at 21- the finished article? I doubt it. |
THIS!
I couldn't even regularly turn up to work on time at that age. I was a different person, professionally, 4 years later
And I got to do my job without millions of people watching. |  | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:08 - Dec 8 with 624 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
It's a 3/5 from me. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:12 - Dec 8 with 608 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:03 - Dec 8 by textbackup |
We’ve played 14/15 games, no cup run… I know a lot is being asked during games, but I’m not too sure why he’s so shattered.
Hes an ultra fit young bloke.
90mins weekly shouldn’t be beyond the realms of possibility, should it? I mean, Leif does it… |
Leifs has a few seasons of KM training now. His body is used to the intensity of the football. Delap Is having to get used to it which isn't a quick fix. It's why phillips still looks a pale of his former self as his body just isn't the same yet physically.
Also leif was a little while back top of the numbers for running but was also top on the numbers of minuted walking. He knows how to manage his body. | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:39 - Dec 8 with 573 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 20:03 - Dec 8 by textbackup |
We’ve played 14/15 games, no cup run… I know a lot is being asked during games, but I’m not too sure why he’s so shattered.
Hes an ultra fit young bloke.
90mins weekly shouldn’t be beyond the realms of possibility, should it? I mean, Leif does it… |
Leifs has a few seasons of KM training now. His body is used to the intensity of the football. Delap Is having to get used to it which isn't a quick fix. It's why phillips still looks a pale of his former self as his body just isn't the same yet physically.
Also leif was a little while back top of the numbers for running but was also top on the numbers of minuted walking. He knows how to manage his body. | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 21:53 - Dec 8 with 527 views | ghostofescobar |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:45 - Dec 8 by ITFC_84 |
I’m not ‘not supporting him.’ Just merely noting that today (alongside the other 2 games this week) he’s been poor, made bad choices (some of which have directly lead to goals) and is still some way off being the finished article. Is that ok? |
I think the number of down votes to your original post sums up your initial post quite well. Your tone wasn’t supportive. You may not have meant it that way, but like Delap I guess, you will learn. Just think a bit before posting. As I initially said, you are largely correct, but your tone didn’t sound like you had his back. Mine did. That’s the difference. Try and do better next time, that’s all we can ask of ourselves, and the players on the pitch. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 22:01 - Dec 8 with 513 views | baxterbasics |
Delap minutes per goal in his Town career: 193
AAH minutes per goal: 84 |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 22:09 - Dec 8 with 504 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:15 - Dec 8 by ITFC_84 |
You are aware that not all players are immune to criticism.
He had a poor game. Makes poor passing choices at times and has a long way to go before he’s the finished article. It’s not a personal attack. It’s a football opinion.
Get a grip. |
Nowhere in your original post did you say your view was on the game today, rather you used language that implied it was your overall assessment of him as a player. Had you qualified it, you may have received less negative comment.
Yes, today he was not at his best for much of the game. He’s clearly been tired the last couple of games, as others clearly are too. We’re having to overextend some players, due to injuries, and it shows. | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 07:33 - Dec 9 with 426 views | textbackup |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 22:01 - Dec 8 by baxterbasics |
Delap minutes per goal in his Town career: 193
AAH minutes per goal: 84 |
Is there any point here at all? | |
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