They may have the youngest but they paid 100m for quite a lot of them on 6, 7,8 yrs
And only reason a lot of them academy played in the conf cup league stage too cos the games where piss easy
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 9:01 pm
by blueToffee
It never seemed likely with the other names in the mix, so I'm just glad it's not dragging on.
Understand why we tried, but arguably for the best if the wages request really was super high.
He'll definitely get his chance with Jackson as their current first choice too.
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:35 pm
by brap2
Silas wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 4:53 pm
Think the key is, he's a different player than Beto. Need different approaches and he would offer that.
I feel like Beto would relish being in these positions.
There's nothing here of Delap pinning defenders and taking a ball out the sky while isolated. It's all lung bursting runs with good feet and leathering the ball like a mfer.
He does look exciting but he looks like a charging bull rather than a matador.
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:39 pm
by Shogun
brap2 wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 10:35 pm
I feel like Beto would relish being in these positions.
There's nothing here of Delap pinning defenders and taking a ball out the sky while isolated. It's all lung bursting runs with good feet and leathering the ball like a mfer.
He does look exciting but he looks like a charging bull rather than a matador.
I see where this is going big man
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:53 pm
by Trowel
brap2 wrote: ↑Wed May 28, 2025 10:35 pm
There's nothing here of Delap pinning defenders and taking a ball out the sky while isolated. It's all lung bursting runs with good feet and leathering the ball like a mfer.
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 10:59 pm
by kramer
Oh, well.
We made our pitch. Nothing more you can do.
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 12:19 am
by Audrey Horne
I'm sad but oh well.
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 6:22 am
by Escalator
Until we can offer European football well struggle to sign ambitious players.
I don't think it's so much Chelsea don't play young players. My suspicion is more that the likes of Chelsea and utd are interested more on price than talent.
He'll play a few minutes here and there off the bench and make a few starts in the cup matches and then get loaned out next season.
he could get loaned out to us nxt season........
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 9:21 am
by AllyBlue14
Maybe reuniting with the Man City connections at Chelsea - Maresca and Palmer the two I can think of – is a strong draw, besides the likely wage/contract and Champions League football they could offer. Plus they have a young squad, so I could imagine that would have its appeal for him.
We're a much more attractive proposition than we have been, especially with the stadium. We're (hopefully?) just a year or 2 short of being able to present ourselves as being regularly competitive in the top half.
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 10:53 am
by Bluedylan1
Yeah I don't think we need to overthink it. He's going to Chelsea to play with better players, regularly in Europe and with a chance of winning trophies. He'll back himself to oust Jackson as their main forward.
His chances would be limited at Newcastle with Isak there, and Man U has been a graveyard for young talent. Reports said he was impressed with our pitch, so we were probably 2nd in the pecking order. That's encouraging and means it's likely we'll get some of our other targets, so no big deal.
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 11:51 am
by Escalator
Bluedylan1 wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 10:53 am
Yeah I don't think we need to overthink it. He's going to Chelsea to play with better players, regularly in Europe and with a chance of winning trophies. He'll back himself to oust Jackson as their main forward.
His chances would be limited at Newcastle with Isak there, and Man U has been a graveyard for young talent. Reports said he was impressed with our pitch, so we were probably 2nd in the pecking order. That's encouraging and means it's likely we'll get some of our other targets, so no big deal.
You need to stop articulating perfectly exactly what I was thinking ! It’s spooky !
Re: Liam Delap
Posted: Thu May 29, 2025 12:29 pm
by AjaxAndy
Bluedylan1 wrote: ↑Thu May 29, 2025 10:53 am
Yeah I don't think we need to overthink it. He's going to Chelsea to play with better players, regularly in Europe and with a chance of winning trophies. He'll back himself to oust Jackson as their main forward.
His chances would be limited at Newcastle with Isak there, and Man U has been a graveyard for young talent. Reports said he was impressed with our pitch, so we were probably 2nd in the pecking order. That's encouraging and means it's likely we'll get some of our other targets, so no big deal.
Yeah you've got to think he's looking at Jackson and believing he can take that spot away from him.
