Brad Guzan says the team are thrilled to see Fabian Delph extend his stay at Villa - even if he is the biggest moaner in the dressing room.Guzan says the lads are "delighted and excited" to have Delph signed up for another four-and-a-half years.The Villa No.1 insists that Delph is "massive" for Villa.And he says he doesn't mind putting up with the midfielder's whinging either.He said: "It was massive for the club that Fabian signed his new deal."I have said this - and I have told him numerous times - that he's a big player for Aston Villa. And he's a big player for more than one reason."First he's a big personality in the dressing room and second he's an outstanding footballer who is still very young in his career. He's still learning and developing."The sky is the limit for him. If he continues to develop the way he has over the last few years it will be something special to watch."I must admit though that Fabian is a huge moaner. He moans about everything. Ask anyone!"Sometimes he's right. Other times you're thinking: 'Okay Fabian, you're moaning just to moan here.'"On the other side - in terms of his big personality - he's a real practical joker. He loves to have a laugh and keeps everything light-hearted, which is very important in a dressing room. You need those characters about the place."But he's also immensely professional and he knows what it takes to perform at the very highest level."When he first came he had his injuries but since then he has matured greatly on and off the pitch."As a player, he has explosiveness and can get ahead of other players with the ball at his feet. His engine gets him up and down the pitch."It's always important that a centre midfielder wants those difficult passes in tight situations and that's definitely the case with Fabian."He knows he's going to get closed down but when that happens he manages to get away from that player."He can relieve pressure from our defence - that's undoubtedly one of his biggest qualities - our defence can give him the ball and he can beat one or two guys, get away and start the attack. That's huge for us."I am excited he's here and he's committed himself to the club. We're all delighted."
I do like our Fabian.
Stan was decent, but I find it hard to imagine that a player like Delph couldn't get near him. I'm not sure we seen the best of him, truth be told. At Celtic, he was a box to box all action midfielder (admittedly in a shit league) With us, he was neat and tidy. That was him probably taking one for the team, as some of his passing at times was exceptional, and in his final season he did go through a phase of shooting from distance and working the keeper more. So he could do it. But for most of MON's stint, he seemed happier to always take the risk free option. Delph did look stand-out in that debut game against Fiorentina. Think their coach spoke very highly of him afterwards.
Quote from: KevinGage on January 28, 2015, 07:19:19 PMStan was decent, but I find it hard to imagine that a player like Delph couldn't get near him. I'm not sure we seen the best of him, truth be told. At Celtic, he was a box to box all action midfielder (admittedly in a shit league) With us, he was neat and tidy. That was him probably taking one for the team, as some of his passing at times was exceptional, and in his final season he did go through a phase of shooting from distance and working the keeper more. So he could do it. But for most of MON's stint, he seemed happier to always take the risk free option. Delph did look stand-out in that debut game against Fiorentina. Think their coach spoke very highly of him afterwards.I don't find it at all hard to imagine he gave a young Delph the run-around. I can remember numerous games against good sides with class midfielders where I left the ground thinking Stan was man of the match. In particular, Bent's debut v Man City. We played with Stan and four wingers in midfield. Can't mind who played for them but Petrov was awesome that day.
Me to I always wondered what petrov brought to the team but as soon as he was missing it was quite clear that he was the Andrew ridgeley that let the George michaels in front of him flourish
"Damning with faint praise " Who the hell is Charlie watts
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