January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread

[VILLA MOLE]

A real shame that about Delph when we signed him I thought thats the kind of player we should take a punt on , shows what i know

[VillaAlways]

Fabian Delph has been signed by Leeds on loan

Apparently its only a 1 month loan ?  I could be wrong

Yes til Feb 25th

[Concrete John]

A real shame that about Delph when we signed him I thought thats the kind of player we should take a punt on , shows what i know

I think we all did, but he hasn't done enough to hold down a place when he's had his chances.

[VILLA MOLE]

no but he just does not look confident  at all

[Rick_avfc]

I just don't think he is good enough to be honest.

[VILLA MOLE]

I just don't think he is good enough to be honest.

sadly yeh but he is in good company on that one

[Rick_avfc]

I just don't think he is good enough to be honest.

sadly yeh but he is in good company on that one

I think he would be better off plying his trade in the championship.  Hopefully he will do well out of his loan and we can offload him for some money. I doubt we would ever get the £6m we paid for him back.

[ktvillan]

Of all the positions in the team, full back is the least likely to win you points. A poor fb can certainly cost you, but I cannot see the marginal difference between say a competent one and a very good one being worth premium money.

Would have to say I disagree with that.

There was a time when that was right, when you could get any jobbing, solid pro and stick him in there.

But in the current game, the best ones are worth their weight in gold. 

The way some teams are set up, the only width they get is from their fullbacks (or wingbacks).    Whilst in other sides, the fullback overlaps with the winger/ wide midfielder  and can cause mayhem down the flanks.  If the player is good enough, this often means the opposition have to focus more on containing the threat rather than attacking themselves.  So you're neutralising their attacking threat into the bargain.

Absolutely KG, an underestimated position. Good FBs give you added solidity at the back and an additional attacking dimension. Mr Rose you normally speak good sense but I have to disagree with your view on Fullbacks.  That could be MON talking.  We overpaid on FBs after Bouma simply because MON wouldn't know a good fullback if Paolo Maldini and Carlos Alberto landed on his head, and secondly because he had the keys to the money box and didn't seem to care how much he wasted on mediocre players.   The one only decent one he signed was Luke Young and even that was over the odds and a year too late. 

[Mark H]

Fabian Delph has been signed by Leeds on loan

Apparently its only a 1 month loan ?  I could be wrong

Yes til Feb 25th

And we have a recall after the first 28 days of the loan

[VILLA MOLE]

I just don't think he is good enough to be honest.

sadly yeh but he is in good company on that one

I think he would be better off plying his trade in the championship.  Hopefully he will do well out of his loan and we can offload him for some money. I doubt we would ever get the £6m we paid for him back.

I though it was 7 mil but whats a million between friends
 , Dirty Leeds are skint aren't they just in the process of selling their captain to Norwich ?

[Rick_avfc]

I just don't think he is good enough to be honest.

sadly yeh but he is in good company on that one

I think he would be better off plying his trade in the championship.  Hopefully he will do well out of his loan and we can offload him for some money. I doubt we would ever get the £6m we paid for him back.

I though it was 7 mil but whats a million between friends
 , Dirty Leeds are skint aren't they just in the process of selling their captain to Norwich ?

Who knows hey!? lol!
Ive just read a tweet from Timothy Abrahams of the express and star and he has said that there is an option to extend the deal further.  Im pretty sure this will happen especially with Herd possibly back in the first team fold by then.

[UK Redsox]

I just don't think he is good enough to be honest.

He's got Paul Scholes' tackling ability. So he's got that going for him.

Unless Delph's going to be a late developer, I don't think that he's Premiership standard

[garyshawsknee]

I wonder if Mccleish thinks Gardner and Johnson are better players than Delph and he may be sold in the summer.

[IRISHPHIL]

delph deal is it for a one month deal, or end of season

[VillaAlways]

delph deal is it for a one month deal, or end of season

The former