2 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Newcastle and villa - teams that have both played UCL recently, as we sat and twiddled our thumbs

They played UCL because they actually have a striker

4 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Newcastle and villa - teams that have both played UCL recently, as we sat and twiddled our thumbs

Both played recently but both are not consistently in the CL or ever challenging for the biggest titles. If that's the club level we look up to, then yeah Delap is a great signing to lead our attack.

Don’t understand the negativity on this forum some times. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that’s what makes debates interesting. Personally, I just can’t see any metric that you can view this as a poor transfer. It’s a great signing! Even if it doesn’t work he’d more than likely sell for a profit in a few years, and not just against book value.

14 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

He's not there level now. He's below them. Unproven. Its a big risk to make him first choice. The price tag of 30m is good but we need better.

What is a much bigger risk would be leaving Jackson as our first choice striker. We have upgraded, of that there is no doubt.

Haha his middle name is Rory.

I expect tears of joy if he ever scores from a long throw into the box.

I like that he is aggressive and he has a pretty venomous shot. Otherwise he has the same attributes as Jackson. Similar players. Against low block sides I think we need another type if striker but time will tell I guess.

This looks to be pretty certain, sky are rarely wrong when they are sure a move is imminent.
I think he is exactly what we need, strong, quick and most of all doesn't fluff lots of chances to get one goal. Another huge bonus is he's competed in the prem for a season against the very best so will need no 'settling in'.
I'd much prefer him over the others currently available.
Great buy for us me thinks if it goes ahead.

35 minutes ago, evissy said:

I like that he is aggressive and he has a pretty venomous shot. Otherwise he has the same attributes as Jackson. Similar players. Against low block sides I think we need another type if striker but time will tell I guess.

I disagree on a major part of the similar attributes to Jackson comment that you have made. I do feel that Delap has a developing level of football IQ. Jackson for me has none, totally brain dead in a footballing sense, no spatial awareness of developing paly and overlapping runners along with a very inconsistent touch (I'm being kind). JUst on ana IQ level i feel that Delap will be an upgrade.

57 minutes ago, Nibs said:

What is a much bigger risk would be leaving Jackson as our first choice striker. We have upgraded, of that there is no doubt.

For sure, keeping Jackson leaves us in the mud. Who knows, Delap could be the next Shearer but right now I don't think he's ready to bring Chelsea to glory.

Jackson or no Jackson, we expect glory and players with quality to achieve that.

15 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I disagree on a major part of the similar attributes to Jackson comment that you have made. I do feel that Delap has a developing level of football IQ. Jackson for me has none, totally brain dead in a footballing sense, no spatial awareness of developing paly and overlapping runners along with a very inconsistent touch (I'm being kind). JUst on ana IQ level i feel that Delap will be an upgrade.

100%

It is almost as if some of the posters on here don't watch us play - and have not seen how truly terrible jackson is as a footballer ....and human being.

DP.

Edited May 30, 20251 yr by dermott

16 hours ago, strider6004 said:

Not totally sold on Delap yet credit to the club for acting early on.

My fear with Delap is he will give away too many yellow cards due to his physicality if he joins us.

Meh. It will take 3 or 4 seasons to reach Jackson's YC levels.

2 hours ago, DukesOfHazard said:

Don’t understand the negativity on this forum some times. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that’s what makes debates interesting. Personally, I just can’t see any metric that you can view this as a poor transfer. It’s a great signing! Even if it doesn’t work he’d more than likely sell for a profit in a few years, and not just against book value.

Welcome to the asylum.

5 hours ago, DukesOfHazard said:

Don’t understand the negativity on this forum some times. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that’s what makes debates interesting. Personally, I just can’t see any metric that you can view this as a poor transfer. It’s a great signing! Even if it doesn’t work he’d more than likely sell for a profit in a few years, and not just against book value.

Yeah, £30m gets you almost feck all in today's market. There's rumours of Utd and others being interested in the likes of Mbeumo and/or Mateta. No way they are going for anything less than around £50m at best. Then you have Notts Forest asking for close to 100m for Gibbs White. I mean, the market is mad, so £30m for Delap is very low risk. We paid similar for Jackson too. Newcastle paid about 63/64m for Isak, which now seems like a great buy, but the likes of Sesko, Ekitike, etc are bigger risks for the fees spoken about for either of them. Osimhen or Gyokeres may be the only two strikers which a fee of 80/90m would be fair, but neither of them would cost that from what I'm hearing.

5 hours ago, DukesOfHazard said:

Don’t understand the negativity on this forum some times. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, that’s what makes debates interesting. Personally, I just can’t see any metric that you can view this as a poor transfer. It’s a great signing! Even if it doesn’t work he’d more than likely sell for a profit in a few years, and not just against book value.

Negativity is a world wide obsession these days, just the doom merchants doing their thing. Wait until they find out the Brazilian super kid isn't the savior they think he is. Delap does not fit some of our members criteria so they will complain.

3 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

I disagree on a major part of the similar attributes to Jackson comment that you have made. I do feel that Delap has a developing level of football IQ. Jackson for me has none, totally brain dead in a footballing sense, no spatial awareness of developing paly and overlapping runners along with a very inconsistent touch (I'm being kind). JUst on ana IQ level i feel that Delap will be an upgrade.

Haven't seen enough of Delap to be fair. But regarding the YouTube comps he has similar qualities. First and foremost they need the space either to run into or to operate in. Both have pace, power and ability to use their big frames.

Delap has a good shot, Jackson has not shown his yet nor he doesn't have it based on evidence.

IQ hopefully with Delap is better. Jackson is a bit of a greyhound although he can make a brilliant flick or pass to a teammate. Haven't seen that enough with Delap.

Hopefully Delap is better header of the ball which seems to be dying artform with players.

Why Jackson isn't for example training heading every day after normal training is beyond me. He has so much pace and big frame he could add 3-5 league goals headed and assists along with that with better heading skills...part of Jackson's downsides I am sure.

Anyway these two are much more like for like compared either with Nkunku for example.

Missing chances hopefully is better with Delap

Edited May 30, 20251 yr by evissy

Marvellous .... 😂

1 minute ago, Sexyfootball said:

Marvellous .... 😂

In this case we are trusting good ol' eyetest. Scrap the data, quick! 🤣

5 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Marvellous .... 😂

Shows how totally meaningless these sort of things are when they suggest Jackson is decent when we know he has been absolute toilet!

Whatever the outcome flip or flop,welcome to the Chelsea family Liam where everyday is like Sunday and everyone is carefree!😃...KTBFFH 💙

27 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Shows how totally meaningless these sort of things are when they suggest Jackson is decent when we know he has been absolute toilet!

Those stats are meaningless because you can't compare a striker on output from a 4th place team with an 18th place one.

Most of those stats are what you'd expect from a comparison between any striker in a team which spends most of its time in possession versus a striker in a team which spends most of its time out of possession.

And that's coming from someone who is (not entirely facetiously) a fan of Jackson.

Relax peeps ... it was a heavily tongue in cheek post LOL

On 28/05/2025 at 20:54, dansubrosa said:

LETS GO

A major coup if we pull this off, I genuinely believe he’s going to be an elite striker

BBC Sport

Liam Delap: How Chelsea became favourites to sign £30m st...

Several Premier League clubs made offers to sign Ipswich striker Liam Delap - so why has he opted for Chelsea?

6 minutes ago, just said:

BBC Sport

Liam Delap: How Chelsea became favourites to sign £30m st...

Several Premier League clubs made offers to sign Ipswich striker Liam Delap - so why has he opted for Chelsea?

Ok what are we all missing here LOL