ads Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 'I was going to not be a c*** but then I realised how much money I could make by being a c***.' Of all the cunt moves footballers have done, i'm struggling to think of anything that genuinely tops this. Mike Williamson, Portsmouth to Newcastle United Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Success in his future career Confirming he is no longer a footballer but a pro bench warmer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 This is the statement on our official site. The curtness of it, for the club captain, says it all, really. Aston Villa can confirm that Fabian Delph has exercised the release clause in his contract and will join Manchester City. We'd like to wish him success in his future career. You wish him well though. Impressive. Not something Ba got in our statement after Chelsea triggered his release clause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The opportunity to ride City's bench for billions of pounds is great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I remember when Delph first came from Leeds he had a really hard time. The club really stuck with him during that period and allowed him a lot of time to finally settle. A huge slap in the face. Villa being torn to shreds. Football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 'I was going to not be a c*** but then I realised how much money I could make by being a c***.' Of all the c*** moves footballers have done, i'm struggling to think of anything that genuinely tops this. Sol from Spurs to Arsenal. I think this is worse just purely on the fact that he said he was staying and then fucked off a week later, then after that tries to justify his cunt move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 'I was going to not be a c*** but then I realised how much money I could make by being a c***.' Of all the c*** moves footballers have done, i'm struggling to think of anything that genuinely tops this. Sol from Spurs to Arsenal. I think this is worse just purely on the fact that he said he was staying and then fucked off a week later, then after that tries to justify his cunt move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I completely forgot that happened stand corrected. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Sol did go for footballing reasons though. Spurs were mid-table plodders, Arsenal were rivalling Man Utd and he was one of the best 2 English centre backs at that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Sol did go for footballing reasons though. Spurs were mid-table plodders, Arsenal were rivalling Man Utd and he was one of the best 2 English centre backs at that time. Delph starts for England and Villa are as bad as us. In that respect, the only difference is there's no rivalry between Villa & City Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Sol did go for footballing reasons though. Spurs were mid-table plodders, Arsenal were rivalling Man Utd and he was one of the best 2 English centre backs at that time. Tbh i don't mind that he's going to City, it's how he's doing it which annoys me. If he just went he'd be like every other footballer that's gone there to sit on the bench and collect a pay cheque, i honest wouldn't care but it's that he came out and said he's staying and that he loves Villa and gone anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Sol was probably worse. He left on a free and considering Rio went for something like 29 mil, he'd be worth around that, too. Good move though. He won a lot of trophies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 TBF since that move Campbell has done nothing but ram home the point he's a massive prick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 TBF since that move Campbell has done nothing but ram home the point he's a massive prick. Fucking racist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Secret Footballer absolutely tears Delph apart in this - http://www.thesecretfootballer.com/articles/the-secret-footballer/26857/fabian-delph-finds-his-level-and-falls-back-into-aston-villa-comfort-zone/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The way he's gone about it is shit but don't blame him for leaving at all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't really understand any player who could have a good career and millions of pounds elsewhere choosing Man City's bench instead. I mean, I would take the money now but I don't have an alternative as a first team player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't really understand any player who could have a good career and millions of pounds elsewhere choosing Man City's bench instead. I mean, I would take the money now but I don't have an alternative as a first team player. What does he have to lose by going to City? He'll probably be on the bench mostly but what if it turns out that he's a good fit for City and that he complements their style well. If it goes badly which it probably will, he'll go back to a midtable side in a few years, exactly where he is now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Well if it turns out he actually plays for City, you might be right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Pedro to man utd in most papers tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't really understand any player who could have a good career and millions of pounds elsewhere choosing Man City's bench instead. I mean, I would take the money now but I don't have an alternative as a first team player. What does he have to lose by going to City? He'll probably be on the bench mostly but what if it turns out that he's a good fit for City and that he complements their style well. If it goes badly which it probably will, he'll go back to a midtable side in a few years, exactly where he is now By which time he'll have sat on his arse for three years and wasted a hefty chunk of his peak years. Depends what he wants from being a footballer really. If none of what he likes about the career choice involves playing football then he's grand. There's always these sort of posts whenever a player makes a move like this - "nothing to lose, got to take the opportunity". Struggling to think of many occasions when it doesn't stagnate the player at best - in many, it simply ruins their career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deckard 13 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't think he's anything special and this is realistically his one shot at making massive money, being the 3rd sub in a champions league group stage game and getting winners medals for making a handful of appearances a year. It's a pretty sweet gig. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't begrudge him going. We've been awful for four or five years now. We've shown zero ambition, we've had a tight fisted recruitment policy, we've demonstrated that all we care about is not getting relegated. I wouldn't fancy much more of that if i was a player. I can barely bring myself to watch it now, and I've been watching us for over 40 years. It's the way he has handled it that makes me want to vomit. I suspect Benteke is on his way out too, which disappoints me, but I don't really bear him any ill will. That's because he hasn't put the club through the sort of fucking circus Delph has, the last week and a few months ago when he signed his new deal. Deep down I suspect he knows he's a cunt. He apparently removed all pics of his family from his instagram account this afternoon. Ridiculously over the top, but he knows he's made himself look an absolute cunt. He didn't even look hugely happy in his signing photographs. I'm not one to get annoyed without good reason but the way he has handled this has turned me from one who'd wish him all the best to someone who genuinely hopes he spends the next three years sat on his arse on their bench before washing up at some grim hell hole like Sunderland or Stoke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't really understand any player who could have a good career and millions of pounds elsewhere choosing Man City's bench instead. I mean, I would take the money now but I don't have an alternative as a first team player. What does he have to lose by going to City? He'll probably be on the bench mostly but what if it turns out that he's a good fit for City and that he complements their style well. If it goes badly which it probably will, he'll go back to a midtable side in a few years, exactly where he is now A few years on the bench can severely stunt his career. Right now he's started to forge a good reputation, he's in form and getting international recognition. He has all of that to lose if he stalls his progress for a few years sitting on the bench.. Sadly he probably cares more about the extra £50k or so a week than anything else.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 He's an Aston Villa player though - no disrespect intended. Still makes me laugh the way Stewart Downing went on trying to get to Liverpool. Now he's in the Championship via West Ham. The one characteristic shared by a great many footballers is a staggering sense of self delusion. Honestly don't know where utterly bog standard Premier League players like Downing and Delph get the idea that they're better than a huge (albeit underachieving) club like Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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