Transfer Rumour Liam Delap

[Swagger]

Reminds me of an Evan Ferguson style career trajectory this lad

Great shout to be fair. I.e., it's easier to confuse him with a Sunday league pub player.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

He's scored 1 goal all season, in 26 games. What kind of upgrade is that?

All-around forward play. He can actually hold onto the ball.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

All-around forward play. He can actually hold onto the ball.

Call me old-fashioned, but I like my centre forwards banging the ball into the back of the net. Once they start awarding points for holding the ball up, Delap is worth considering

 

[yorkiebarkidmark3]

playing with better players around him yet just seems unable to be on the same wavelength. will prolly head back to ipswich on loan or hull/boro

He’s not coming to us he’s going back to Ipswich on loan I think

 

[SingBlue]

Ok then, I’ll play Delap’s/Devil’s advocate here and suggest that I think we should sign him. I’ve seen him a bit this season and he has been really bad, BUT I also saw him a bit last season when he did look to have the kind of profile and potential we should be in for - and losing form and confidence for a few months doesn’t mean we shouldn’t sign him, it just means we should be looking to haggle a few million off the fee.

A valid argument, but you're missing one minor detail. With very, very few exceptions, Everton has been a graveyard for strikers for years. The only players who match expectations are 2nd rate strikers like, erm, our current lot.

Welcome to Everton Liam!

 

[brownmola]

Yeah...not a fan, especially at what it would cost to get him.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Call me old-fashioned, but I like my centre forwards banging the ball into the back of the net. Once they start awarding points for holding the ball up, Delap is worth considering

I think nowadays it’s more important to be able to hold the ball up, do lots of running the channels and be able to bring your teammates into the play. Obviously scoring is important, but it’s not the number one attribute given how much more team-oriented the game is now.

Often we are under pressure and have no one up front who can serve as a target and who can relieve pressure by just driving up into the corners.

 

[WilliamBoo]

No
I would take Castellanos or Richarlison from the relegated team

 

[carolinablue232]

Still like him based on what I saw last year. He’s still the same player that scored 12 premier league goals for Ipswich town. Chelsea was a horrible decision (not just for him), and on a cut rate deal or loan with an option he’d be a good buy.

 

[The binman chronicles]

There will always be a job ay Everton for Liam delap

Oh yes....

 

[supertoffee98]

So many decent players, even world-class players go to Chelsea and underperform. It's a club with no identity, no playing style and players who were all bought by different people to plug different holes. Delap proved his worth before he was at Chelsea, I'd take him. We've got a good manager, if we play him as we have Beto then he'll be able to bounce off the creativity of Garner/Ndiaye/Grealish. What we need from him though is a player who can read the games well. We don't want a Barry where players are humbly sacrificing their own goals to pass the ball to Barry to boost his confidence, we need initiative and boldness - but I think prior to Chelsea Delap had this.

Key thing is he remembers he's a number 9 and doesn't drop deep and pretend to be a midfielder like Maupay and Broja did within minutes of playing. As long as he doesn't do that he'll be fine.

 

[Khalekan]

A dud. Can see us signing him for sure.

Nailed on innit.

 

[jazzy]

Stylistically I think he is a better fit for us.

I think you just made a case for getting rid of your man Moyes there

 

[Marcus Kendall]

I think nowadays it’s more important to be able to hold the ball up, do lots of running the channels and be able to bring your teammates into the play. Obviously scoring is important, but it’s not the number one attribute given how much more team-oriented the game is now.

Often we are under pressure and have no one up front who can serve as a target and who can relieve pressure by just driving up into the corners.

It is with your boy in charge

 

[PeregrineT]

Hes a #2 option with potential you take a chance on as your backup.

The problem is we already have that with Barry, so unless we turn around and sell him theres no space for another who may not amount to anything. We need immediate results.