I feel a bit for Delap, but we all need to remember that he chose CFC over multiple options last year and most are still interested it seems. Most of this community we 100% behind the buy 12 months ago and were congratulating CFC for winning the battle at a low price (£30M). Players can fail at clubs - look at Isak and Wirtz at Liverpool, some of Newcastle’s buys and ALL of Tottenham’s last year. Even some of Arsenal’s were average even though they won the league (that hid the failures).
Jackson is complicated. Yes, Emery and AV would like to by Jackson and might well pay a good price but the UEFA 45-day rule make sit complicated especially as both clubs are under some kind of penalty from UEFA. I suspect that dispensation would be required before it could proceed. In this respect you might want to check out the first part of a recent podcast that provides a very detailed and informative breakdown of the Aston Villa/Chelsea discussions for Rogers and Garnacho and also sets out the regulations with UEFA in respect of any Jackson acquisition.
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Unfortunately I think Delap is a casualty of The Sporting Dingbats (officially known as The Sporting Directors) and look how clever we are, a young striker scoring goals in a struggling team ! Well what could go wrong? Unfortunately as in so many other cases they failed as well. It might of course have been that the tactical and possession from the back, very slowly, in no way was he likely to succeed.
To be fair, recent successful Chelsea Managers and the Directors let go Salah and DeBruyne, I wonder how they did!
Quite telling that there still seems to be admiration within the Premier League for Delap. Credit to Craige Coren, who pointed out that irrespective of how he's performed for us there's still some upside to Delap.
I am so surprised Delap has so many clubs after him. What do they see that we so far haven’t. Yes he tries hard but the basics just aren’t there. I suppose he was at the City academy. We also need to sell some players not just loan them which is a big issue for Aston Villa and we have our own financial issues.
Just poor recruitment on our part. We're a team that wants to dominate with the ball, and Delap seems to thrive as a transitional/counter attacking striker. A poor fit and he doesn't seem to have the technical requirements to adjust to our desired style/s. Really poor work from the SD's.
Ipswich played in a way that suited him. He may work really well at another club so it’s best for him and Chelsea that he moves on. I don’t think he’s a champions league level player.
Once again thank you Si. Another great update.
I feel a bit for Delap, but we all need to remember that he chose CFC over multiple options last year and most are still interested it seems. Most of this community we 100% behind the buy 12 months ago and were congratulating CFC for winning the battle at a low price (£30M). Players can fail at clubs - look at Isak and Wirtz at Liverpool, some of Newcastle’s buys and ALL of Tottenham’s last year. Even some of Arsenal’s were average even though they won the league (that hid the failures).
Jackson is complicated. Yes, Emery and AV would like to by Jackson and might well pay a good price but the UEFA 45-day rule make sit complicated especially as both clubs are under some kind of penalty from UEFA. I suspect that dispensation would be required before it could proceed. In this respect you might want to check out the first part of a recent podcast that provides a very detailed and informative breakdown of the Aston Villa/Chelsea discussions for Rogers and Garnacho and also sets out the regulations with UEFA in respect of any Jackson acquisition.
The Football Boardroom is a business and political analysis podcast hosted by former Premier League executive Christian Purslow and award-winning journalist Henry Winter.
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The British transfer record has been broken again. This time the player is Morgan Rogers and the buying club is Chelsea. What are the domino effects of the deal, not just for the Blues, but for the selling club Aston Villa and Arsenal, who missed out? Christian and Henry take a deep dive into the dynamics of an intriguing transfer and assess what it says about the clubs involved and how they do business, debunking a few myths along the way.
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Unfortunately I think Delap is a casualty of The Sporting Dingbats (officially known as The Sporting Directors) and look how clever we are, a young striker scoring goals in a struggling team ! Well what could go wrong? Unfortunately as in so many other cases they failed as well. It might of course have been that the tactical and possession from the back, very slowly, in no way was he likely to succeed.
To be fair, recent successful Chelsea Managers and the Directors let go Salah and DeBruyne, I wonder how they did!
Quite telling that there still seems to be admiration within the Premier League for Delap. Credit to Craige Coren, who pointed out that irrespective of how he's performed for us there's still some upside to Delap.
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I am so surprised Delap has so many clubs after him. What do they see that we so far haven’t. Yes he tries hard but the basics just aren’t there. I suppose he was at the City academy. We also need to sell some players not just loan them which is a big issue for Aston Villa and we have our own financial issues.
Just poor recruitment on our part. We're a team that wants to dominate with the ball, and Delap seems to thrive as a transitional/counter attacking striker. A poor fit and he doesn't seem to have the technical requirements to adjust to our desired style/s. Really poor work from the SD's.
He also had a good year at Ipswich, I think he’ll get back to a good level if he’s playing every week which won’t happen here.
Ipswich played in a way that suited him. He may work really well at another club so it’s best for him and Chelsea that he moves on. I don’t think he’s a champions league level player.