| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. 17:03 - Dec 8 with 3428 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 17:05 - Dec 8 with 2686 views | ITFCSG |
Not a team player, rarely pass
He didn't set the world alight at Hull last season anyway | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:05 - Dec 8 with 2681 views | DublinBlue84 |
Get a grip.
The poor block is knackered because he's being forced to play 80 minutes every game because of the fact there's nobody else apart from a headless chicken that is a huge drop-off. | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:06 - Dec 8 with 2657 views | homer_123 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:05 - Dec 8 by ITFCSG |
Not a team player, rarely pass
He didn't set the world alight at Hull last season anyway |
R u serious? |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:06 - Dec 8 with 2654 views | reusersfreekicks |
He looked knackered/not fit very early on.
Having said that he made some really poor decisions and kept costing us hard earned possession.
Really missing Hurst |  | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:10 - Dec 8 with 2609 views | ITFC_84 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:05 - Dec 8 by DublinBlue84 |
Get a grip.
The poor block is knackered because he's being forced to play 80 minutes every game because of the fact there's nobody else apart from a headless chicken that is a huge drop-off. |
Maybe if he just took his foot off the pedal a little, and use his brain, he may last longer than the 49min in each game | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:10 - Dec 8 with 2590 views | DublinBlue84 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:10 - Dec 8 by ITFC_84 |
Maybe if he just took his foot off the pedal a little, and use his brain, he may last longer than the 49min in each game |
Jesus wept, some of our fans are clueless. [Post edited 8 Dec 2024 17:11]
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:11 - Dec 8 with 2588 views | Illinoisblue |
He was poor today but is being run into the ground every game. He’s often winning flickons for himself. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:12 - Dec 8 with 2550 views | StokieBlue |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:10 - Dec 8 by ITFC_84 |
Maybe if he just took his foot off the pedal a little, and use his brain, he may last longer than the 49min in each game |
You're on pretty ropey ground to tell others to "use his brain" when you make posts like you have in this thread.
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:12 - Dec 8 with 2535 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
We all knew he's a work in progress.
Some just got over excited after some media praise. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:13 - Dec 8 with 2513 views | pointofblue |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:05 - Dec 8 by DublinBlue84 |
Get a grip.
The poor block is knackered because he's being forced to play 80 minutes every game because of the fact there's nobody else apart from a headless chicken that is a huge drop-off. |
Then he needs to develop some football intelligence. The greatest example was the second half - him breaking forward and had an easy pass to Davis, instead he bizarrely ran into a cul-de-sac, did some weird moves on the ball then softly passed it to a Bournemouth player. It was similar on Tuesday when he gave the ball straight to a Palace defender - 10 seconds later it was in the back of our net.
I like Delap. He's got great promise. I understand he's being run into the ground. But it doesn't mean he hasn't got room to grow and develop. The concerning thing is the basics are letting him down. | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:15 - Dec 8 with 2484 views | Churchman |
I disagree with all but the last sentence. Yes, he has a lot to learn as you’d expect at his age.
Most of the time, he’s on his own miles away from our less than functioning midfield. He puts himself about a bit as all good players of his type do. Of course he’s shattered on 50 mins - he’s running his rear end off battling more than one defender most of the time and playing in a poor team.
I don’t think he deserves criticism for what he’s done this season. Without him I doubt we’d have any points at all. |  | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:15 - Dec 8 with 2485 views | ITFC_84 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:12 - Dec 8 by StokieBlue |
You're on pretty ropey ground to tell others to "use his brain" when you make posts like you have in this thread.
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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. | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:16 - Dec 8 with 2470 views | ITFC_Forever |
21 year old in not the finished article shocker.
The problem is Hirst being injured and no-one beyond them two. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:17 - Dec 8 with 2461 views | ITFC_84 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:13 - Dec 8 by pointofblue |
Then he needs to develop some football intelligence. The greatest example was the second half - him breaking forward and had an easy pass to Davis, instead he bizarrely ran into a cul-de-sac, did some weird moves on the ball then softly passed it to a Bournemouth player. It was similar on Tuesday when he gave the ball straight to a Palace defender - 10 seconds later it was in the back of our net.
I like Delap. He's got great promise. I understand he's being run into the ground. But it doesn't mean he hasn't got room to grow and develop. The concerning thing is the basics are letting him down. |
This^ | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:17 - Dec 8 with 2445 views | TractorWood |
He's a lone striker in the battering ram mould.
What on earth to people expect. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:18 - Dec 8 with 2426 views | ITFC_84 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:16 - Dec 8 by ITFC_Forever |
21 year old in not the finished article shocker.
The problem is Hirst being injured and no-one beyond them two. |
Yep. It’s not a ‘hot take’. Poor today. Poor Tuesday night. Poor last Saturday. And thinks he’s got to do it all himself.
It ain’t a difficult one… [Post edited 8 Dec 2024 17:20]
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:18 - Dec 8 with 2417 views | Kentish_Tractor |
I don't think all the media attention helps either.
Being told he's England's future and already being linked with every big team in Europe.
Can't help to focus the mind surely... | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:24 - Dec 8 with 2353 views | jasondozzell |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:05 - Dec 8 by DublinBlue84 |
Get a grip.
The poor block is knackered because he's being forced to play 80 minutes every game because of the fact there's nobody else apart from a headless chicken that is a huge drop-off. |
Agree on defending Delap.
Don't agree on headless chicken. Ali has done well both last two games. |  | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:52 - Dec 8 with 2160 views | Scuzzer |
Because he was dead on his feet by half time.
Should have been swapped out then...but who with? |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:53 - Dec 8 with 2157 views | football |
He didn't go to the ground nearly as easily as their players, who at times looked like they'd been shot by snipers!
The lad has been playing up front on his own - of course he is going to be knackered - unfortunately we do not have someone to replace him with Hirst injured
He is 21 - this is his first PL season - of course he has learning to do | | | |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:08 - Dec 8 with 1969 views | Blue_In_Boston |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 17:10 - Dec 8 by DublinBlue84 |
Jesus wept, some of our fans are clueless. [Post edited 8 Dec 2024 17:11]
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Nothing clueless about the comment you posted that about...
"Maybe if he just took his foot off the pedal a little, and use his brain, he may last longer than the 49min in each game"
Experience will teach him what to chase and what to leave as it's a lost cause. Look at Vardy, 38 years old but knows when to conserve energy. Using his brain he manages more minutes most games than Delap. [Post edited 8 Dec 2024 19:09]
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:11 - Dec 8 with 1933 views | DublinBlue84 |
| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:08 - Dec 8 by Blue_In_Boston |
Nothing clueless about the comment you posted that about...
"Maybe if he just took his foot off the pedal a little, and use his brain, he may last longer than the 49min in each game"
Experience will teach him what to chase and what to leave as it's a lost cause. Look at Vardy, 38 years old but knows when to conserve energy. Using his brain he manages more minutes most games than Delap. [Post edited 8 Dec 2024 19:09]
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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. | |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:35 - Dec 8 with 1866 views | 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. |  |
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:45 - Dec 8 with 1809 views | textbackup |
You are so correct, but our fans see anything that isn’t ’he’s a £100m player’ as a massive negative!
He rarely sees players around him
Control can be poor
Control is on the outside of his boot with the attempt of a spin, but fails countless times.
As mentioned, not what is classed a team player in some regards.
He’s young, raw.
It’s criminal that he’s being left up there alone with no help.
Suggesting he’s shattered, I mean, we aren’t playing two games a week, and makes runs at times that are a total waste of time. So could use his brain a bit better imo [Post edited 8 Dec 2024 19:48]
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| Delap…Nowhere near the finished article. on 19:45 - Dec 8 with 1804 views | ITFC_84 |
| 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. |
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? | | | |
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