therealhantsram Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 If I had an 18yo kid and Man City came knocking I would encourage him to go. You have to believe in yourself and try out with the best, otherwise you will never know and always regret not trying. If however someone like Palace or Brighton came along Id be telling them to stay out and learn their trade in the Championship. Don't blame Delap at all. Or the kids that moved to Man U. TigerTedd and DarkFruitsRam7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 23 minutes ago, Crewton said: 4 years to get all the way to get to a Championship play-off battle is probably not what he had in mind though I'm sure. Most footballers want to be lauded for their achievements too, though obviously some do simply want to earn as much as possible, that's true. Of course, but no guarantee he’d be doing any better if he stayed. As @therealhantsram says, you have to back yourself and take the leap IMO. I hope this is the start of him fulfilling his potential. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 The 30k a week he’s on will soften the blow somewhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 18 hours ago, therealhantsram said: Or the kids that moved to Man U. I thought you said they shouldn’t move to a lower prem team. Premier ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 On 30/12/2023 at 13:05, Gee SCREAMER !! said: He decided he preferred Man Citys youth team and reserves for 3 years rather than play championship first team at Derby. I lost interest at that point. I hear you and understand that point of view, it’s just this is the Liam Delap thread in the Ex Rams board, probably one to avoid if you have lost interest in the lad. AndyinLiverpool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) On 30/12/2023 at 15:38, Crewton said: 4 years to get all the way to get to a Championship play-off battle is probably not what he had in mind though I'm sure. Most footballers want to be lauded for their achievements too, though obviously some do simply want to earn as much as possible, that's true. Going to Man City was the sensible move. You'd be crazy to turn it down. Delap's done ok, but let's say worst case scenario in that the player doesn't continue to develop and even goes backwards. They'll still get more opportunities, better loans, more offers upon their release if they're coming from a top Premier League club. Tom Carroll for instance has coasted his entire career on being good in Spurs' youth team. If he'd been the exact same player, but a product of a league 1 academy, he'd be non league by now. What rankles is the way those top clubs put pressure on the football league to revamp the tribunal system so they could pillage young talent on the cheap before they can be signed to a pro contract. Even more annoyingly those same managers who hoover up all these young players are incessantly whinging about the number of games, yet barely ever use the talent they hoard in their reserves. Edited January 2 by Anon Crewton and Comrade 86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Looks like he’s well-liked at Hull. Good to see him find his feet after a couple of difficult loan spells. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGex85woN/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Another sell-on fee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 We could well have four former academy players go for fees combined worth £60-70m this summer. Delap, Kellyman, Brown & Whittaker. Two have already (or close to) moved for a combined £39m - Brown and Whittaker expected to move on for eight-figure fees. You've got to laugh, eh? DarkFruitsRam7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ambitious said: We could well have four former academy players go for fees combined worth £60-70m this summer. Delap, Kellyman, Brown & Whittaker. Two have already (or close to) moved for a combined £39m - Brown and Whittaker expected to move on for eight-figure fees. You've got to laugh, eh? Madness, though I think you have to remember the Kellyman fee is massively inflated for FFP purposes. Selling him at the time may have turned out to be a good decision - has he pulled up any trees since he left (genuine question)? Edited July 9 by DarkFruitsRam7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanjwitham Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, Ambitious said: We could well have four former academy players go for fees combined worth £60-70m this summer. Delap, Kellyman, Brown & Whittaker. Two have already (or close to) moved for a combined £39m - Brown and Whittaker expected to move on for eight-figure fees. You've got to laugh, eh? Elsnik could well go for a decent chunk too. whiteroseram and DarkFruitsRam7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 https://www.90min.com/man-city-accept-two-20m-offers-striker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 6 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said: Madness, though I think you have to remember the Kellyman fee is massively inflated for FFP purposes. Selling him at the time may have turned out to be a good decision - has he pulled up any trees since he left (genuine question)? He'd come on for a handful of appearances, including a good cameo in whichever Europa Conference League competition. I would have expected him to be on the bench and getting some sub minutes here and there for Villa. Not sure he gets that at Chelsea, but time will tell... DarkFruitsRam7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Yes, another sell-on fee incoming Dean (hick) Saunders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Staggering that we end up making more money from youngsters who never really played for us rather than ones that played 200 times🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Dean (hick) Saunders and Crewton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 How shall we spend our 20p sell-on income? RoyMac5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 28 minutes ago, admira said: How shall we spend our 20p sell-on income? We could take a p*ss somewhere which, ironically, is what City have done with the FFP rules. admira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamUltraRam Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Confirmed now - £15m plus £5m addons https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-news/47445/delap-signing-confirmed Gabby'sThighs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 £20m on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c880dme9x1eo will we get anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSD Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 (edited) More transfer budget incoming. Edited July 14 by SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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