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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Feb 16, 2016 17:09:37 GMT
In the coaching/managerial ladder
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Post by salopstick on Feb 16, 2016 17:18:54 GMT
Should have been here
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Post by scfc75 on Feb 16, 2016 17:20:23 GMT
Good luck to him, great pro and massively underrated outside SOT.
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Feb 16, 2016 17:20:31 GMT
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Post by metalhead on Feb 16, 2016 17:30:02 GMT
Should be here helping out behind the scenes.
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Post by AlbertTatlock on Feb 16, 2016 17:33:46 GMT
Rory is one of my Stoke all time favourite players. Good luck to him. Gouranga.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 18:14:24 GMT
A very likable bloke is Rory.
Hope he makes it in the coaching world.
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Post by leicspotter on Feb 16, 2016 19:59:00 GMT
Best of luck to him. Maybe he can get some experience and then come back here
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 16, 2016 20:23:35 GMT
Never got why we didn't do this with him.
Maybe we offered it him, no idea. His lads were playing for their (Derby) academy and he still lives out that way.
But it was clear he'd make a good coach.
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Post by salopstick on Feb 16, 2016 21:18:49 GMT
Never got why we didn't do this with him. Maybe we offered it him, no idea. His lads were playing for their (Derby) academy and he still lives out that way. But it was clear he'd make a good coach. average players and I mean that with the greatest of respect usually get good coaching careers |
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Post by djduncanjames on Feb 16, 2016 21:22:00 GMT
Never got why we didn't do this with him. Maybe we offered it him, no idea. His lads were playing for their (Derby) academy and he still lives out that way. But it was clear he'd make a good coach. Maybe he wanted to make it on his own merit? |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Feb 16, 2016 21:23:05 GMT
Never got why we didn't do this with him. Maybe we offered it him, no idea. His lads were playing for their (Derby) academy and he still lives out that way. But it was clear he'd make a good coach. average players and I mean that with the greatest of respect usually get good coaching careers Rory delap was far from average. Superb, underrated footballer who played in every position on the pitch during a career played out almost in its entirety at the top level of British football. |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 16, 2016 21:24:50 GMT
Never got why we didn't do this with him. Maybe we offered it him, no idea. His lads were playing for their (Derby) academy and he still lives out that way. But it was clear he'd make a good coach. Maybe he wanted to make it on his own merit? He was given a coaching role at their academy. Nothing different to what I wanted us to do. |
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Post by Olgrligm on Feb 16, 2016 21:39:45 GMT
I'm afraid that we really missed a trick on this one.
As for Rory as a footballer, such intelligence and tactical awareness on a football pitch is very rarely seen.
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Post by swampySCFC on Feb 16, 2016 21:51:15 GMT
Nice sentiment but Stoke have no obligation to Rory in coaching circles. He needs to pursue his career elsewhere. Our coaches will be more advanced and right for the club. Who knows lets hope the lad can help us again in the future
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Post by salopstick on Feb 16, 2016 21:59:24 GMT
average players and I mean that with the greatest of respect usually get good coaching careers Rory delap was far from average. Superb, underrated footballer who played in every position on the pitch during a career played out almost in its entirety at the top level of British football. You know what I mean. Average in that he played at a level just under the top. Good players like that go away, start their coaching careers low profile and do good So many ex players trying to scratch a living from the game. Ther are top players taking their first job as manager failing and struggle getting back in. He's starting at the bottom albeit at a good level. |
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Post by stantheman on Feb 16, 2016 22:23:57 GMT
One of the Holy Trinity.....
Ric
Ryan
Rory
What a trio of value, commitment and skill. Love all 3 of them
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Post by cooperman45 on Feb 16, 2016 22:43:01 GMT
I still have my morning cuppa out of my Rory Delap Longthrow mug.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Feb 16, 2016 22:50:27 GMT
I'm absolutely convinced he'll end up back here one day. Convinced.
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Post by paulinespens on Feb 16, 2016 23:01:20 GMT
I still have my morning cuppa out of my Rory Delap Longthrow mug. Does it have 2 handles in the shape of ears? |
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 16, 2016 23:16:48 GMT
Nice sentiment but Stoke have no obligation to Rory in coaching circles. He needs to pursue his career elsewhere. Our coaches will be more advanced and right for the club. Who knows lets hope the lad can help us again in the future Derby's academy is better than ours. |
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Post by foxysgloves on Feb 16, 2016 23:25:20 GMT
I looooovvvvveeeee Rory.
He's a living legend.
Without Rory, Ric, Ryan, Whelan etc we simply wouldn't be where we are.
Rory Delap. Hopefully a future Stoke City manager.
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Post by foxysgloves on Feb 16, 2016 23:26:11 GMT
Rory delap was far from average. Superb, underrated footballer who played in every position on the pitch during a career played out almost in its entirety at the top level of British football. You know what I mean. Average in that he played at a level just under the top. Good players like that go away, start their coaching careers low profile and do good So many ex players trying to scratch a living from the game. Ther are top players taking their first job as manager failing and struggle getting back in. He's starting at the bottom albeit at a good level. There isn't an ounce of average in Rory Delap. |
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Post by Sergeant Muttley on Feb 17, 2016 6:29:34 GMT
Good start for him they won 3-0.I suppose with Darren Bent and Nick Blackman up front you'd expect to win an under 21 game though.
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Post by potterglen on Feb 17, 2016 20:50:12 GMT
I still have my morning cuppa out of my Rory Delap Longthrow mug. Hope you wipe it with a towel first  |
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Post by eastyorksexile on Feb 17, 2016 20:57:39 GMT
Are you lot serious, he did an ok job for us and had a great weapon with his throws, but seriously he was very average as a player, well let me rephrase, would he get in today's team.......... Tin hat already on..... To repeal the rose tinted glasses brigade......
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Post by bayernoatcake on Feb 17, 2016 22:02:34 GMT
He's a better defensive midfielder than Whelan.
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Post by nottinghamstokie on Feb 17, 2016 22:07:59 GMT
Are you lot serious, he did an ok job for us and had a great weapon with his throws, but seriously he was very average as a player, well let me rephrase, would he get in today's team.......... Tin hat already on..... To repeal the rose tinted glasses brigade...... Literally ? No, of course he wouldn't get into today's team as we have a shed load of expensive, high-wage players now so the era is quite different But he was a fantastic servant to the club at that time in our history, and a player like him should be in every squad and more likely on every bench, superb example to others. AND he kicked the ball very very very hard against poor little SWP, showing he was no softy, the red card was worth it for the tantrum Ian Wright threw on the radio |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Feb 17, 2016 22:11:19 GMT
You know what I mean. Average in that he played at a level just under the top. Good players like that go away, start their coaching careers low profile and do good So many ex players trying to scratch a living from the game. Ther are top players taking their first job as manager failing and struggle getting back in. He's starting at the bottom albeit at a good level. There isn't an ounce of average in Rory Delap. Bollocks, I fucking love Rory and he was fucking outstanding for us; a middling to slightly below average side. By my reckoning that slaps him bang in the middle of quality for the division we are are in. Also known as........ average. Frigging red and white glasses everywhere. I despair sometimes, I really do. I hate the term "deluded" as it's horrendously cliched, but put pinch my piles with a pair of tweezers and jam a cocktail stick down my urethra if we're insinuating Rory Delap was anything other than average. For cock's sake, the man is the embodiment of a fucking Premier League journeyman. Cock fucking me right up my bloody rusty piece. |
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Post by foxysgloves on Feb 17, 2016 22:54:21 GMT
There isn't an ounce of average in Rory Delap. Bollocks, I fucking love Rory and he was fucking outstanding for us; a middling to slightly below average side. By my reckoning that slaps him bang in the middle of quality for the division we are are in. Also known as........ average. Frigging red and white glasses everywhere. I despair sometimes, I really do. I hate the term "deluded" as it's horrendously cliched, but put pinch my piles with a pair of tweezers and jam a cocktail stick down my urethra if we're insinuating Rory Delap was anything other than average. For cock's sake, the man is the embodiment of a fucking Premier League journeyman. Cock fucking me right up my bloody rusty piece. From a Stoke City perspective there's absolutely nothing average about Rory Delap. He's one of the main reasons the club was dragged out of the shit heap into the top flight. And in terms of his footballing ability he was criminally underrated and his many qualities overlooked. I'm amazed that any Stoke fan can put Rory Delap and average in the same sentence. We endured virtually thirty years of average before the likes of Rory came along and gave us memories to last a lifetime. |
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