Rory Delap is proud of his son Liam Delap and shared his experience growing up. Delap, 49, played for Derby County, Southampton and Sunderland before spending six years under Tony Pulis.
He said: "I'm incredibly proud of Liam and all my children. People think Liam has taken an easy path, but it hasn't been. He's had his ups and downs, but he's always focused on his goals."
"He's in Having to leave home at 16 and deciding to go to Manchester, he always believed in himself despite the uncertainty. I always told him 'if you try your best and leave no excuses, you never know where it will take you - respect others and see where it takes you' He's not there yet. His move to Chelsea this summer is a huge opportunity for him."
"Liam has had some bad luck with a hamstring injury and he's had a good start to the season, but now he has a lot of work to do. In order to enter the team's main lineup."
Old Delap recalled a difficult experience when Liam was in elementary school, when the coach was unable to attend: "Unfortunately, in the last 30 seconds or so of that game, the team fell behind and Liam made two consecutive long throws. He was seven or eight years old. We scored with these long throws. The opposing parents were furious, 'You're ruining the game!' Even though we won the game, that was his last throw-in and it was the end of my grassroots coaching career."
" Guardiola has had a huge impact on the team, not just in the Premier League but globally. He always has the best players in the world to work with and that makes things much easier. You can see teams in the lower leagues trying this approach as well. Technical players."
"The result is that today's defenders cannot defend high balls, so more and more teams are starting to use long passes because the players coming out of the academy don't know how to deal with this situation."
"So you will see more long passes. Balls, throw-ins and set-pieces. Many teams have dedicated set-piece coaches, but it was nothing new before, so the importance of it has not changed today because of their success."