Didn't realise that it was us GOT posters who were to blame for "chasing him out the club".
Quick! Let's all head over to the Delph thread
If only it was that easy?
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Quick! Let's all head over to the Delph thread
If only it was that easy?
Absolute hogwash mate. There's not a single fan on here that wants Delph to be here, we've been banging that drum for nigh on 2 years too. Most of us are of the belief that if James is not gonna play then we may as well shift him from the wage bill, dunno what's so difficult to understand about that (no doubt every Evertonian wished his stay here was successful).
Stuartisitc1878
Player Valuation: £25m
The manager doesn't fancy the player and the player doesn't want to be here. One of them had to give for it to work and it looks like neither would. I think it's that simple.
The player is insanely talented but will also miss half the season with injuries (i read a stat somewhere that he missed 48% of our games last season)
We are financially screwed and the player is on massive wages.
The player came for the previous manager and whoever took charge was probably going to encountered similar issues.
As disappointing as it is to let go of a such a class player, long term it's probably best for the club and ultimately that's all i care about.... Everton.
It's just a shame the fans never saw him and he never experienced a rocking Goodison Park
The player is insanely talented but will also miss half the season with injuries (i read a stat somewhere that he missed 48% of our games last season)
We are financially screwed and the player is on massive wages.
The player came for the previous manager and whoever took charge was probably going to encountered similar issues.
As disappointing as it is to let go of a such a class player, long term it's probably best for the club and ultimately that's all i care about.... Everton.
It's just a shame the fans never saw him and he never experienced a rocking Goodison Park
Dykovski200
Player Valuation: £8m
Totally agree pal, The Hamez haters have short memories. He was never going to play every game anyway but when we can’t even fill a bench for a Premier League game it’s embarrassing. He’s not a bad option at all.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
Was never the same after the sex change
HokieToffee
Player Valuation: £5m
You act like we haven't all been calling for Delph to get out as well
Almost over.
TimHowardsBeardJuice
Player Valuation: £30m
His moments of quality are fantastic but I think he's under-acheived versus his skill level. His best club season was 2014/15 with Real, 47 appearances, 17 goals, 18 assists. That's:
A) his best season ever, when true world-class players string several such seasons together;
B) for Real, surrounded by elite talent;
C) not even that impressive all told. Dom had 21 goals last season. Lukaku, 26 and 7 in his best year with us. Even the Scandinavian Voldemort had 41 appearances, 14 goals, 7 assists in his best year with us. That's just three players i looked up off the top of my head, there are better comps out there and there are many of them is my point.
Look at his body of work - he's a good player on excellent sides. Even at his best he was never an indispensable player, those sides would have gone on to league and CL success without him.
I think he's been trading off his 2014 WC success his entire career. That was an achievement but it's a handful of games, it's an anomaly. That, and his charisma and star power.
He never stuck at any club for long.
He didn't have any bidders this window.
Even Carlo didn't want him.
Even Colombia didn't want him.
He was hurt a lot.
He doesn't fit the system, the way we line up his position doesn't exist.
He doesn't do the two-way work that's required in the way we play - if DCL, Richy, Allan, Townsend, and Doucoure are all tracking back and applying pressure, and he's just flitting around and waiting for the ball, sure he may pick out a wonder-pass or put it on a postage stamp once or twice a game, but every possession there's one less man doing that work and it's that much easier for the opposition to get upfield.
Most importantly IMO, by selling him we can spend. The January window is not ideal but better late than never, and if we have a huge amount of cash coming off the books and if we can get 3 dependable heavy rotation players for that money between January and the next summer window I'd be delighted.
Then you add his attitude problems with the manager - fault who you like, but he's in charge now - the way he sulks on Twitch, his private-jet act when we're getting slaughtered at City, etc. -
easy for me. Move him on and get the money.
A) his best season ever, when true world-class players string several such seasons together;
B) for Real, surrounded by elite talent;
C) not even that impressive all told. Dom had 21 goals last season. Lukaku, 26 and 7 in his best year with us. Even the Scandinavian Voldemort had 41 appearances, 14 goals, 7 assists in his best year with us. That's just three players i looked up off the top of my head, there are better comps out there and there are many of them is my point.
Look at his body of work - he's a good player on excellent sides. Even at his best he was never an indispensable player, those sides would have gone on to league and CL success without him.
I think he's been trading off his 2014 WC success his entire career. That was an achievement but it's a handful of games, it's an anomaly. That, and his charisma and star power.
He never stuck at any club for long.
He didn't have any bidders this window.
Even Carlo didn't want him.
Even Colombia didn't want him.
He was hurt a lot.
He doesn't fit the system, the way we line up his position doesn't exist.
He doesn't do the two-way work that's required in the way we play - if DCL, Richy, Allan, Townsend, and Doucoure are all tracking back and applying pressure, and he's just flitting around and waiting for the ball, sure he may pick out a wonder-pass or put it on a postage stamp once or twice a game, but every possession there's one less man doing that work and it's that much easier for the opposition to get upfield.
Most importantly IMO, by selling him we can spend. The January window is not ideal but better late than never, and if we have a huge amount of cash coming off the books and if we can get 3 dependable heavy rotation players for that money between January and the next summer window I'd be delighted.
Then you add his attitude problems with the manager - fault who you like, but he's in charge now - the way he sulks on Twitch, his private-jet act when we're getting slaughtered at City, etc. -
easy for me. Move him on and get the money.
It's not for 18 months but he'll be the poster boy and best player in Qatar's league. It'd be massive for them to have that player playing in the World Cup.
We can't spend for three months and you have to trust the people in charge to get the right players in.
They failed to get a right-back, relied on Benitez to make all the moves.
So like I said, enjoy Longstaff in January
Death
I'll take down dat coal powered MG, I tel u Hwat
That'll only make it worse.
windymiller
Player Valuation: £50m
The mob will move on to another target.
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