| Danny Welbeck 14:44 - Jul 27 with 2225 views | Pinewoodblue |
BBC saying Chelsea in talks with Brighton.
Presumably Delap’s position at Chelsea is uncertain. Perhaps we could offer tonbuy him back for whatever has yet to paid to us by Chelsea. No money changing hands. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 14:45 - Jul 27 with 2188 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
I would still be really keen on having Delap back if possible. Would be great.
He just screams Newcastle to me. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 14:47 - Jul 27 with 2111 views | hype313 |
His wages will be astronomical. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 14:50 - Jul 27 with 2030 views | Wallingford_Boy |
What a bizarre signing!
I know signing youngsters hasn't worked out well for them, but this is the other extreme.
Don't get me wrong, had a good season with Brighton, but even so.... very odd. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 14:52 - Jul 27 with 1986 views | nrb1985 |
The original Ornstein article re Welbeck was actually about them being willing to listen to Delap offers.
Challenging circumstances last season but he was absolutely hopeless for Chelsea. Like farcically bad. |  | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 14:55 - Jul 27 with 1906 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Danny Welbeck on 14:52 - Jul 27 by nrb1985 |
The original Ornstein article re Welbeck was actually about them being willing to listen to Delap offers.
Challenging circumstances last season but he was absolutely hopeless for Chelsea. Like farcically bad. |
He was, but we have seen the upside.
If he can just temper the nonsense he can still be a top striker. | |
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| Danny Welbeck on 14:56 - Jul 27 with 1899 views | itfc48 |
You don’t get much value buying from Chelsea - they are quite good at getting good fees. Wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted £40m-£50m for Delap despite his poor form for them. | | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 14:58 - Jul 27 with 1821 views | BloomBlue |
Or maybe Emmanuel Emegha as it also appears Chelsea will listen to offers for him |  | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 15:03 - Jul 27 with 1706 views | blueoutlook |
I don’t think he will fit here with GON. I really think it’s a bad idea. I’d keep well away,he was blo0dy awful last season. Spectacularly bad. |  | | |
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| Danny Welbeck on 15:07 - Jul 27 with 1644 views | FlittonBlue |
| Danny Welbeck on 14:56 - Jul 27 by itfc48 |
You don’t get much value buying from Chelsea - they are quite good at getting good fees. Wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted £40m-£50m for Delap despite his poor form for them. |
Thats how their model works. They got him for us at the base release clause knowing they could sell him on for a profit if it didnt immediately work out.
One day the chickens will come home to roost, but not yet! | |
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| Danny Welbeck on 15:09 - Jul 27 with 1571 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Danny Welbeck on 14:52 - Jul 27 by nrb1985 |
The original Ornstein article re Welbeck was actually about them being willing to listen to Delap offers.
Challenging circumstances last season but he was absolutely hopeless for Chelsea. Like farcically bad. |
He's one I can see them letting out on loan late in the window. I can't see anyone paying the sort of fee they would want after last season and they'd hope he could go somewhere else and prove himself ready for a sale next summer. That said, if we get Espi he isn't going to be one we go back for. | | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 15:14 - Jul 27 with 1490 views | GavTWTD |
I doubt he'd want to come back. Based on absolutely nothing. Might be seen as a step backward in his career but sometimes you need to retrace your steps to go forward. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 15:15 - Jul 27 with 1460 views | nrb1985 |
| Danny Welbeck on 14:55 - Jul 27 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
He was, but we have seen the upside.
If he can just temper the nonsense he can still be a top striker. |
He is just hopelessly unsuited to a team that encounters a low a block on a regular basis.
He had so much room to run in behind with us which really suited him.
Also, he was booked a lot and sent off once (maybe twice), doing all the sorts of things he could get away with when playing for us but refs will never let you get away with at a big club.
He will need to go to a mid table team to rebuild I think. | | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 15:17 - Jul 27 with 1407 views | bsw72 |
| Danny Welbeck on 15:14 - Jul 27 by GavTWTD |
I doubt he'd want to come back. Based on absolutely nothing. Might be seen as a step backward in his career but sometimes you need to retrace your steps to go forward. |
Chelsea was always an odd choice, but obviously saw a chance with the Club World Cup and a decent contract etc. Always felt that a move to Everton or Newcastle may have offered a better long term development option, but I guess the ££ talks. |  | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 16:54 - Jul 27 with 943 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Danny Welbeck on 14:56 - Jul 27 by itfc48 |
You don’t get much value buying from Chelsea - they are quite good at getting good fees. Wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted £40m-£50m for Delap despite his poor form for them. |
Chelsea have already spent over £300,000,000 this summer although they probably pulled in around £100,000,000 from sales. They have a massive squad, including 6 goal keepers aged 21 or over. They are also absent from UEFA gravy train not having qualified for European football 2026/27.
They have a lot to do to balance the books. | |
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| Danny Welbeck on 17:01 - Jul 27 with 896 views | nrb1985 |
| Danny Welbeck on 15:17 - Jul 27 by bsw72 |
Chelsea was always an odd choice, but obviously saw a chance with the Club World Cup and a decent contract etc. Always felt that a move to Everton or Newcastle may have offered a better long term development option, but I guess the ££ talks. |
It wasn’t odd.
They needed a striker and he knew Maresca from his time at City. The other offer on the table was from United who had almost been relegated. | | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 17:29 - Jul 27 with 757 views | FoghornGleghorn |
| Danny Welbeck on 17:01 - Jul 27 by nrb1985 |
It wasn’t odd.
They needed a striker and he knew Maresca from his time at City. The other offer on the table was from United who had almost been relegated. |
Knowing a manager only matters if you’re at a club that doesn’t bin them off every time the wind changes. | | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 17:57 - Jul 27 with 659 views | IpswichTownBlue |
There's something about me that wouldn't want Delap back. Don't get me wrong, he had an impressive season but just think what we're building now is a bit different.
Delap was a little head down and run which I don't think bought the best out of those around him. I just don't know if his game would blend in with what O'Neil is trying to build. | | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 18:54 - Jul 27 with 533 views | ITFC_Essex |
| Danny Welbeck on 17:57 - Jul 27 by IpswichTownBlue |
There's something about me that wouldn't want Delap back. Don't get me wrong, he had an impressive season but just think what we're building now is a bit different.
Delap was a little head down and run which I don't think bought the best out of those around him. I just don't know if his game would blend in with what O'Neil is trying to build. |
If he'd had scored 12 goals for say a Leicester or West Ham instead of us that same season, some Town fans would be screaming for him. Sadly some still have hurt feelings about the departure and now talk him down as a bad signing. He wouldn't be, although he suits McKenna's system well, and Delap at the start of 24/25 played that role better than anyone else we ever had play it, I don't know of O'Neil would get the best out of him in his system, which is far more defensive.
It is dead point anyway, as we couldn't afford the wage, Chelsea would want a silly fee if we were to buy him, and he's not going to take a pay cut to come back to Ipswich when someone like Newcastle or Everton will be able to stump up a better deal, even on loan, than us. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 19:02 - Jul 27 with 502 views | MK1 |
Never go back. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 19:05 - Jul 27 with 489 views | Radlett_blue |
| Danny Welbeck on 17:57 - Jul 27 by IpswichTownBlue |
There's something about me that wouldn't want Delap back. Don't get me wrong, he had an impressive season but just think what we're building now is a bit different.
Delap was a little head down and run which I don't think bought the best out of those around him. I just don't know if his game would blend in with what O'Neil is trying to build. |
Any idea what we "are building now"?
Hopefully, a team that will have a chance of staying up, but very little idea about style of play, formation etc. I think Delap would be ideal for a team scrapping for possession & points. |  |
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| Danny Welbeck on 19:44 - Jul 27 with 388 views | NIblue |
Like others have said, the problem would be his wages. He’s on circa £150k a week for another 5 years at Chelsea. Will be interesting to see how it plays out |  | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 20:05 - Jul 27 with 346 views | ITFC_Essex |
| Danny Welbeck on 19:02 - Jul 27 by MK1 |
Never go back. |
Yes ............ Ray Crawford and John Warks returns were a huge mistake. | |
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| Danny Welbeck on 22:23 - Jul 27 with 154 views | IpswichTownBlue |
| Danny Welbeck on 19:05 - Jul 27 by Radlett_blue |
Any idea what we "are building now"?
Hopefully, a team that will have a chance of staying up, but very little idea about style of play, formation etc. I think Delap would be ideal for a team scrapping for possession & points. |
I'm just making the point that its a different manager, different ideas who i'm sure has his own players in mind. | | | |
| Danny Welbeck on 22:29 - Jul 27 with 135 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Danny Welbeck on 19:44 - Jul 27 by NIblue |
Like others have said, the problem would be his wages. He’s on circa £150k a week for another 5 years at Chelsea. Will be interesting to see how it plays out |
Blimey. That’s stupid money for someone who had an excellent half season and reasonable 2nd half season, although with some temperament issues. No wonder they’re £1.4BN in debt. |  |
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