| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. 07:37 - Aug 20 with 3409 views | SitfcB |
Think I actually feel sorry for him at this point.
We all knew he shouldn’t have gone to Chelsea, we could see what would happen.
Should have stayed with us for half a season at least, banged the goals in the Championship, last summer was too soon for a move to a club like Chelsea.
If he’s still there come the end of the window and we haven’t signed the striker we need he comes back here surely? Can see him going to Everton or Newcastle though.
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:44 - Aug 20 with 2646 views | Gary_Knows |
To be honest, I thought Chelsea was quite a good move for him. They didn’t really have a clear number 9 last summer, and always thought he’d get good game time there - which he relatively did, on the whole, but his performances and goal return just wasn’t good enough, and like a lot of Chelsea signings, now finds himself out of it completely. |  |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:45 - Aug 20 with 2629 views | Mullet |
He’s perfect for both those clubs and we aren’t the same club he left either. He took a gamble and it didn’t pay off, that’s nothing new. I wish him well but think it’s best he goes elsewhere and sees how he goes.
Hopefully he goes to the barcodes and we can have Osula! |  |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:46 - Aug 20 with 2623 views | MattinLondon |
A lot of what you have written is revisionism.
At the start of last season his stock was very high and he was in the conversation regarding the England squad - so why would he have wanted to play in the championship?
He was given the number 9 shirt, he started the season as their main striker and he won the World Club Championship. It was all going well until it wasn’t - that’s football.
I do feel sorry for him but it wasn’t obvious at all that things would turn bad for him. |  | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:47 - Aug 20 with 2597 views | Perublue |
Can’t see him going abroad.. I’ll include Scotland in that…trying to think who his style of play fits with.. I think Everton is so toxic at the moment the natives would become uncontrollable rather than restless if they take him on.
Newcastle does feel more likely but as you suggest back with us why not, I’d be happy with that. [Post edited 20 Aug 7:50]
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:48 - Aug 20 with 2561 views | SitfcB |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:46 - Aug 20 by MattinLondon |
A lot of what you have written is revisionism.
At the start of last season his stock was very high and he was in the conversation regarding the England squad - so why would he have wanted to play in the championship?
He was given the number 9 shirt, he started the season as their main striker and he won the World Club Championship. It was all going well until it wasn’t - that’s football.
I do feel sorry for him but it wasn’t obvious at all that things would turn bad for him. |
It probably is a bit bias and blue tinged glasses to say he should have stayed here - in reality he should have gone to a Newcastle or Everton last summer, that would have been the next step up from us. | |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:49 - Aug 20 with 2507 views | DarkBrandon |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:47 - Aug 20 by Perublue |
Can’t see him going abroad.. I’ll include Scotland in that…trying to think who his style of play fits with.. I think Everton is so toxic at the moment the natives would become uncontrollable rather than restless if they take him on.
Newcastle does feel more likely but as you suggest back with us why not, I’d be happy with that. [Post edited 20 Aug 7:50]
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He’d have been mad to stay with us.
Omari was perhaps a closer decision (he didn’t have the pick of a dozen clubs) but I was more disappointed both Burgess and Tuanzebe left. They felt like we’d be able to persuade them to stay. |  | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:50 - Aug 20 with 2479 views | SitfcB |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:44 - Aug 20 by Gary_Knows |
To be honest, I thought Chelsea was quite a good move for him. They didn’t really have a clear number 9 last summer, and always thought he’d get good game time there - which he relatively did, on the whole, but his performances and goal return just wasn’t good enough, and like a lot of Chelsea signings, now finds himself out of it completely. |
I just think Chelsea is a basket case club, have done for years. Ok yeah he could have gone there, scored a few and been a success but there was always more chance of what’s happened happening.
Was it the Maresca pull that made him go there? Or the money…? | |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:50 - Aug 20 with 2466 views | Mullet |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:50 - Aug 20 by SitfcB |
I just think Chelsea is a basket case club, have done for years. Ok yeah he could have gone there, scored a few and been a success but there was always more chance of what’s happened happening.
Was it the Maresca pull that made him go there? Or the money…? |
Both | |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:55 - Aug 20 with 2390 views | Perublue |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:50 - Aug 20 by Mullet |
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Indeed and the higher possibility of an outside World Cup squad pick…if Chelsea themselves had gone according to plan and he was on the end of assists and bossing opponents… but cole palmer and Pedro showed what happened there. [Post edited 20 Aug 7:58]
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:07 - Aug 20 with 2213 views | MattinLondon |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:48 - Aug 20 by SitfcB |
It probably is a bit bias and blue tinged glasses to say he should have stayed here - in reality he should have gone to a Newcastle or Everton last summer, that would have been the next step up from us. |
At the time I did think that Everton might well have been a better fit for him.
But I guess, Chelsea were in the Champions League and had just spent a fortune in the transfer market. They could well have spring-boarded him into the England squad with the added bonus of silverware.
Unfortunately for LD things didn’t work out for him. [Post edited 20 Aug 8:07]
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:09 - Aug 20 with 2160 views | homer_123 |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:49 - Aug 20 by DarkBrandon |
He’d have been mad to stay with us.
Omari was perhaps a closer decision (he didn’t have the pick of a dozen clubs) but I was more disappointed both Burgess and Tuanzebe left. They felt like we’d be able to persuade them to stay. |
And yet......one could argue that we haven't missed any of them. |  |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:14 - Aug 20 with 2101 views | homer_123 |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:46 - Aug 20 by MattinLondon |
A lot of what you have written is revisionism.
At the start of last season his stock was very high and he was in the conversation regarding the England squad - so why would he have wanted to play in the championship?
He was given the number 9 shirt, he started the season as their main striker and he won the World Club Championship. It was all going well until it wasn’t - that’s football.
I do feel sorry for him but it wasn’t obvious at all that things would turn bad for him. |
Indeed and a lot of the conversation was about where the next England striker would come from and Delap had the potential to be that.
To be fair, he still has. There are, genuinely, very few players that play the way he does - he's a mix of old skool centre forward (flat track bully) but one that can actually play. He's technically good, got a decent eye for a goal.
In a way, from what I saw of him last season, he was overdoing the physical side of it (for all we know that is what he was being asked to do) to the detriment of his overall game.
There is a player there - if he could dial down the bullying part a tad and not be quite so headless chicken and work a tad more on linking his play.....I think he still has a very good chance of a top career. [Post edited 20 Aug 8:26]
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:17 - Aug 20 with 2038 views | IPSWICHFANITFC |
He was never ever going to play Championship football last season.
Was Chelsea the best football career move at the time? Maybe not. But if a striker scores a goal at a new club early then their confidence goes through the roof.
I always felt Everton was the best move for him last summer. I don't think Everton is the right move for him this window though.
Up until Brighton signed a new striker the other day, I would have said Brighton. Sunderland would be another club I think would suit him. Brobbey is their number 9 but he's not a 90 minute man and with Europe, there will be minutes on offer. |  |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:19 - Aug 20 with 2005 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 07:48 - Aug 20 by SitfcB |
It probably is a bit bias and blue tinged glasses to say he should have stayed here - in reality he should have gone to a Newcastle or Everton last summer, that would have been the next step up from us. |
He should definitely have gone elsewhere. Difficult to feel sorry for him when it was obviously a club that wouldn’t suit him unless he hit the ground running immediately and scored 20+ goals.
Next move is a big one for him |  | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:20 - Aug 20 with 1998 views | Bluesky |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:14 - Aug 20 by homer_123 |
Indeed and a lot of the conversation was about where the next England striker would come from and Delap had the potential to be that.
To be fair, he still has. There are, genuinely, very few players that play the way he does - he's a mix of old skool centre forward (flat track bully) but one that can actually play. He's technically good, got a decent eye for a goal.
In a way, from what I saw of him last season, he was overdoing the physical side of it (for all we know that is what he was being asked to do) to the detriment of his overall game.
There is a player there - if he could dial down the bullying part a tad and not be quite so headless chicken and work a tad more on linking his play.....I think he still has a very good chance of a top career. [Post edited 20 Aug 8:26]
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Crystallises what I was going to say. |  | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:20 - Aug 20 with 2005 views | Ryorry |
There are plenty of people struggling to survive who I feel sorry for; a multi-millionaire young professional footballer in good health isn’t one of them I’m afraid. |  |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:36 - Aug 20 with 1859 views | MattinLondon |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:20 - Aug 20 by Ryorry |
There are plenty of people struggling to survive who I feel sorry for; a multi-millionaire young professional footballer in good health isn’t one of them I’m afraid. |
There are different types and levels of feeling sorry or sympathy for people.
Just because someone feels sympathy for a young professional footballer does not dilute feeling sorry for people that are struggling to cope. | | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:41 - Aug 20 with 1789 views | norfsufblue |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:14 - Aug 20 by homer_123 |
Indeed and a lot of the conversation was about where the next England striker would come from and Delap had the potential to be that.
To be fair, he still has. There are, genuinely, very few players that play the way he does - he's a mix of old skool centre forward (flat track bully) but one that can actually play. He's technically good, got a decent eye for a goal.
In a way, from what I saw of him last season, he was overdoing the physical side of it (for all we know that is what he was being asked to do) to the detriment of his overall game.
There is a player there - if he could dial down the bullying part a tad and not be quite so headless chicken and work a tad more on linking his play.....I think he still has a very good chance of a top career. [Post edited 20 Aug 8:26]
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Pretty much my thoughts, In my opinion his best performance for us was in the win at Bournemouth when he actually played as a proper centre forward meshing properly with his teammates particularly Broady and Enciso and the goal he scored emphatically was a result of brilliant team play. Thats potentially what he has to offer coached correctly and with a bit of luck avoiding those niggly knock that interrupt his flow. |  | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:54 - Aug 20 with 1702 views | SitfcB |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:20 - Aug 20 by Ryorry |
There are plenty of people struggling to survive who I feel sorry for; a multi-millionaire young professional footballer in good health isn’t one of them I’m afraid. |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:56 - Aug 20 with 1671 views | BlueNomad |
Chelsea have been a horrible club, and have been for decades now. A footballer capable of earning huge sums of money would be better off going anywhere else where they compete for the prizes.
My dislike of them as a club goes back to the Bates days. |  | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 09:07 - Aug 20 with 1577 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
He should have gone to Newcastle. They love a clattering Number 9 up there. | | | |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 09:09 - Aug 20 with 1547 views | chicoazul |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:20 - Aug 20 by Ryorry |
There are plenty of people struggling to survive who I feel sorry for; a multi-millionaire young professional footballer in good health isn’t one of them I’m afraid. |
What a dumb post. |  |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 09:11 - Aug 20 with 1514 views | BiGDonnie |
It's an absolute no brainer that we should be signing him. |  |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 09:25 - Aug 20 with 1401 views | BiGDonnie |
| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 08:20 - Aug 20 by Ryorry |
There are plenty of people struggling to survive who I feel sorry for; a multi-millionaire young professional footballer in good health isn’t one of them I’m afraid. |
Skill issue. | |
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| Liam Delap loses the number 9 shirt. on 09:27 - Aug 20 with 1389 views | berkstractorboy |
I thought he was off to Forest, seen some Forest fans sure they were getting him or is there no substance to that? | | | |
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