Delph gets England call-up

I doubt he can prove anything different to the international setup and I don't believe he's one of England's best midfielders deserving a call up or that he'll get much playing time.

I have a "Mccarthy" feeling about this which does not bode well for Everton.

Hopefully his professionalism and recognition will help others to give their all for Everton and help us and them find a winning solution.

Probably the same with Keane too.

Give it one more time and he'll be dropped quicker than a thing that's dropped really quickly, as he's not a Citteh player anymore.

That said, as mentioned by others in this thread, Delph's selection must either be based on past performances and what Southgate considers he brings to the team, rather than anything he has done this season in the blue shirt of Everton. Or, it highlights a real dearth of alternatives for his position in the English game.

This guy Southgate sees a player having one or two good games and then immediately picks him. It also helps being with a London club and has always been that way for many years.

Southgate is a doofus in my books. He somehow can leave out the best right-back in England (Kyle Walker) and picks Tammy Abraham, who is on a par with Calvert-Lewin in ability but of course plays for Chelsea and then Barkley who has not shown he is any more capable than Tom Davies.
Delph is certainly better than Henderson on current form.

I don't know how you can possibly put Tammy Abraham on par with Calvert-Lewin? Abraham has been a prolific goal-scorer for over a year now. He bagged 25 goals (I know only in the Championship) last season for Villa and has scored 8 goals in 10 games for Chelsea so far this season.

I like Calvert-Lewin and think he has come on in leaps and bounds from when we first signed him. His all-round game is pretty impressive: strong, quick (once he gets into his stride), holds up the ball pretty well and presses. The one part of his game that needs to improve (which strikers are judged on) is his goal-scoring tally. If Calvert-Lewin could match Abraham's impressive strike-rate stats, there would be few better strikers in the Premier League.

I don't think it's easy being a centre-forward in a dysfunctional team like ours. Moise Kean had a great goals-to-minutes ratio at Juventus (as he has playing for his international side, Italy) but he was playing in a team with much more cohesion which created more chances. He doesn't get the same luxury with us.

As for Delph, I think he is one of the few (or only) natural-born leaders we have in our squad. For the most part, he's being pretty impressive thus far... especially on his league debut. I'd very much like to see (when everyone is fully fit) a midfield three of Gomes, Delph and Gbamin. Sigurdsson should drop out to allow for a 4-3-3 formation. Siggy has offered very little this season to justify him being in the starting 11.

Nice one, Fabian.

Most of us think he is a good addition to the squad and has showed great ability in his role. We also hope that Delph, could stay fit and be able to play in that role in a regular bases.

Like Ireland, the England I international set up, won't care to much about his rehabilitation or whether he is fit to p!ay for Everton. Southgate knows he is up against it as far as his ability and squad is concerned, so he is bring in everyone and anyone in the hope of changing the inevitable outcome. The same as Ireland's two clowns did.