ARTICLE: Another ex-Claret joins Bolton

[ClaretTony]

Signed Nathan Delfouneso

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/another-ex ... ins-bolton

[dandeclaret]

Remember when we had him and Jay at the same time.... Delfouneso was mainly ineffective, Jay was outstanding...... Delfouneso kept getting picked for England U21's, Jay couldn't get in. Anybody who watched them would surely not be shocked how their careers worked out.

[Claretmatt4]

For a while I was prepared to give Delfouneso the chance. He made some good runs without the pass forthcoming. But over a long enough period bad luck becomes bad form...

Pretty clear though that he's absolutely pants. League 2 probably his level.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

57 goals in 366 appearances since 2008/9 season.

Calling him a striker is stretching it a bit I think.

[Aclaret]

And wearing gloves too, was never going to be a Claret.

[randomclaret2]

The fact he has amassed 366 games surprises me...must have something about him

[Hibsclaret]

must have something about him

A damn good agent

[GodIsADeeJay81]

The fact he has amassed 366 games surprises me...must have something about him

It ain't an eye for goal, that's for sure.

[TommyJohnson]

Awful awful player. Did he score on a night game at Hull or am I making that up ?

[ClaretTony]

Remember when we had him and Jay at the same time.... Delfouneso was mainly ineffective, Jay was outstanding...... Delfouneso kept getting picked for England U21's, Jay couldn't get in. Anybody who watched them would surely not be shocked how their careers worked out.

And that was over nine years ago. Today, Jay is a Premier League footballer while Delfouneso has just joined a League Two club. Nothing much changed in comparing them. I thought we were getting a player of some potential when he signed. It wasn’t the case at all.

Was it Stuart Pearce who kept overlooking Jay for England u21s?

[tim_noone]

Awful awful player. Did he score on a night game at Hull or am I making that up ?

0...1 he did.....

[CharlieinNewMexico]

0...1 he did.....

He stood there and it hit his heel or shin or something and went in!

[GodIsADeeJay81]

And that was over nine years ago. Today, Jay is a Premier League footballer while Delfouneso has just joined a League Two club. Nothing much changed in comparing them. I thought we were getting a player of some potential when he signed. It wasn’t the case at all.

Was it Stuart Pearce who kept overlooking Jay for England u21s?

Wasn't it Pearce who overlooked Jay for the Olympic team and picked Sordell instead.

[wilks_bfc]

Wasn't it Pearce who overlooked Jay for the Olympic team and picked Sordell instead.

Are we really surprised?
This was the man that, when needing a goal to qualify for Europe, put David James as a centre forward whilst he Jon Macken sat on the bench

[cricketfieldclarets]

The thing is it’s not just talent. Must have had some talent to get to where he did. And even where he is now. But there’s a lot more to it than that. Attitude. Hard work. Good luck. Among others.

[claptrappers_union]

The thing is it’s not just talent. Must have had some talent to get to where he did. And even where he is now. But there’s a lot more to it than that. Attitude. Hard work. Good luck. Among others.

I can only speak for what I saw at the time, but for me, he’s the shittest player to wear a Burnley shirt this century, excluding the those obscure signings who only made 1 or 2 appearances for us.

Goes to show what I know about football though, he was the one at the time playing in the Premier League for Aston Villa, he was the no.1 Striker for the U21s, he was the one being paid by Burnley FC as well and since gone on to play over 300 league games at a string of different clubs. He must have something about him.

Since leaving Villa, the clubs he tends to sign for are (were) skint or have turmoil at board level - Bury, Blackpool, Blackburn, Coventry and most recently Bolton.

[Rowls]

I can only speak for what I saw at the time, but for me, he’s the shittest player to wear a Burnley shirt this century, excluding the those obscure signings who only made 1 or 2 appearances for us.

He has somehow chipped out a career of some sorts and spent 10 years picking up pro wages.

A few others that spring to mind include Neil Wood, Duane Courtney, Leon Cort, Richard Eckersley, Zavon Hines and Josh McQoid.

[ClaretTony]

He has somehow chipped out a career of some sorts and spent 10 years picking up pro wages.

A few others that spring to mind include Neil Wood, Duane Courtney, Leon Cort, Richard Eckersley, Zavon Hines and Josh McQoid.

Some quality there.

Cotterill once told me that Courtney was the only player he ever signed with watching him play himself. Window was closing, we needed a defender, he was just about to sign for Wolves and Cotterill had him recommended.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Are we really surprised?
This was the man that, when needing a goal to qualify for Europe, put David James as a centre forward whilst he Jon Macken sat on the bench

I'd completely forgotten about that one

[ecc]

Apparently his role model as a kid was Paul Stewart.

[BenWickes]

Think he made his home debut against Millwall for us. Remember going on t'Turf with high expectations of this England U21 striker. He was bloody awful. Lost 0-3. I give him the benefit of the doubt, being his home debut, pressure and all that. He only got worse.