A 'lunge'. Far from it. The Watford player showed enough of the ball to warrant a challenge. The challenge was not over physical. Doubtless if Delph hadn't put the challenge in and the player had suddenly whipped in a cross onto Deeney's head there'd have been uproar amongst Blues. For years now we've been calling for our sides to 'get stuck in' rather than watch the opposition having time to control the ball, look for the pass, and then play the pass, without any Everton player putting up any kind of physical challenge. We need to make up our minds.
Of course the amount of criticism being aimed at Delph is significantly due to his social media exchanges and one or two other media comments. But let's not let this cloud judgement of his performances on the field. I agree with many others -- he is not good enough to take us on to a higher level. But then that goes for nearly every player on the books.
