Delph

[ozzjim]

 Watching MOTD last night, and no disrespect to Westwood, but a Frank Lampard , passing, attacking midfielder alongside Sylla and Delph would be a dream.

 When we 1st bought Delph, i thought he was the kind of player we need to buy, a young, up-and -coming player, who could grow into a £20m+ kind of player.He then had a serious injury, and then a long period of time to find his confidence and his touch.He now has them both, and looks a real player.The thing i really enjoyed yday was how many times Delph and Sylla had the confidence to take on the Chelsea midfield , and get past them quite easily.Delph got the ball in about the 89th minute, deep in our half, showed Mata the ball, went past him, asdrove at their defence, it was a joy to behold.

 The futures of Benteke and Weimann are very important, but the emergence of Sylla, and resurgence of Delph, might be just as important.Better foward players than Gabby and Weimann yday, and we would have won.

Take Westwood out and the others would look half as good. He is the option. Look at how many times in a game they pass it to him. Without him in there they would struggle a lot more. It would be Sylla or Delph that would have to come out for the goals.

Agree on Gabby and Weiman though. Options for them are almost as important as a centre mid and centre half this summer. Neither have composure on the ball around the box. Weimann does in front of goal, but on the ball he often breaks the attack down. Long way to go to be the finished article for him.

[Ad@m]

This midfield 3 needs to add goals from somewhere. Delph is the more likely, given he did so at Leeds.

Delph's finishing and composure in front of goal is absolutely shocking - how he scored goals at Leeds I'll never know.

[Mister E]

...  Gabby and Weiman though. Options for them are almost as important as a centre mid and centre half this summer. Neither have composure on the ball around the box. Weimann does in front of goal, but on the ball he often breaks the attack down. Long way to go to be the finished article for him.

Yeah, interesting point, Ozz. I feel that when either of them has too long on the balll - requiring them to think - they foul up. Instinctively, they play well and score.

An example yesterday was when Weimann had the ball on the right byline on a quick break and opted to lift the ball into the box (which might have been okay had Benteke still been on the pitch) instead of putting in a low hard cross for Gabby to attack. as it was, it came to nothing. Frustratingly unintelligent play.

[Chris Smith]

This midfield 3 needs to add goals from somewhere. Delph is the more likely, given he did so at Leeds.

Delph's finishing and composure in front of goal is absolutely shocking - how he scored goals at Leeds I'll never know.

It's a confidence thing, I reckon. I remember seeing some highlights of his time at Leeds on TV and he scored some crackers, so the ability is there.

[Dave]

Watching MOTD last night, and no disrespect to Westwood, but a Frank Lampard , passing, attacking midfielder alongside Sylla and Delph would be a dream.

Someone who could say, play a defence-splitting pass through the our striker in the last minute to score a winning goal?

[barrysleftfoot]

 203 goals from midfield?

 Trying to be a smart arse yet again Dave?

[SoccerHQ]

Westwood is the best midfielder at the club but he's better from deep, he couldn't play as a number 10.

We need a David Platt type who can get in on things in the box, probably the last we had was Sidwell but he was shite at all other aspects of midfield play.

[mrfuse]

 Watching MOTD last night, and no disrespect to Westwood, but a Frank Lampard , passing, attacking midfielder alongside Sylla and Delph would be a dream.

 When we 1st bought Delph, i thought he was the kind of player we need to buy, a young, up-and -coming player, who could grow into a £20m+ kind of player.He then had a serious injury, and then a long period of time to find his confidence and his touch.He now has them both, and looks a real player.The thing i really enjoyed yday was how many times Delph and Sylla had the confidence to take on the Chelsea midfield , and get past them quite easily.Delph got the ball in about the 89th minute, deep in our half, showed Mata the ball, went past him, asdrove at their defence, it was a joy to behold.

 The futures of Benteke and Weimann are very important, but the emergence of Sylla, and resurgence of Delph, might be just as important.Better foward players than Gabby and Weimann yday, and we would have won.

Lampard is too much of luxury player for me that teams outside the "big Clubs" cant afford to have, all of our midfield worked twice as hard as he did yesterday.

Unfortunately they don't posses his knack of arriving in around the box that he does.

I thought Delph was excellent yesterday it seemed to me like he beat a man with ease before attempting to beat another one.

His effort that landed on top of the goal (something once again escaped MOTD attention) could have beaten Lowton for goal of the season had it gone in.

[Percy McCarthy]

What an absolute pleasure reading all these positive threads about our players, Delph, Guzan, Gabby, Bennett, Benteke etc. And all well deserved too. Good times ahead I reckon.

[eamonn]

I've been a fan of Delph since he joined and that debut(?) against Fiorentina one pre-season. He's always had the talent and bravery but a lack of enough game time to build-up form and fitness has really held back his career. Finally now with a spell of games where he isn't just the sitting midfielder has reaped dividends. He looks really comfortable on the ball, isn't afraid to drive through midfields of more experience and has stopped with the rash challenges. He will only improve. Adding goals to his game will come next.
Good to have a Yorkshire lad in the team, he's always a bit more off the cuff and less press-trained in interviews than most. Which is nice.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Westwood is the best midfielder at the club but he's better from deep, he couldn't play as a number 10.

We need a David Platt type who can get in on things in the box, probably the last we had was Sidwell but he was shite at all other aspects of midfield play.

Pity he couldn't clear a football when he needed to, might've had a point yesterday...

[LeeB]

I thought he was absolutely magnificent yesterday.

In fact, I'd go as far as to say it was as good a display from a Villa midfielder that I've seen in many a year.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

Most improved player of the season goes to Delph. Rally impressed with him as he's been as much a part of our improvement as anyone else. I used to criticise him lots because he was an awful player at one point. Now he's a completely different player. He makes some great surging runs and actually has some lovely skills.

[UK Redsox]

Westwood is the best midfielder at the club but he's better from deep, he couldn't play as a number 10.

We need a David Platt type who can get in on things in the box, probably the last we had was Sidwell but he was shite at all other aspects of midfield play.

Apart from retrieving the ball from the advertising boards

[john e]

Westwood is the best midfielder at the club but he's better from deep, he couldn't play as a number 10.

We need a David Platt type who can get in on things in the box, probably the last we had was Sidwell but he was shite at all other aspects of midfield play.

Apart from retrieving the ball from the advertising boards

Lol