Dean Windass Brings New Meaning to the Word Supersub

Rory Delap’s long throws for Stoke have been causing headaches for Premier League opposition all season. Just ask Arsenal. The Offside has already proposed five ideas to combat the Delapidator (or whatever they’re calling him these days) which were completely unworkable, if we’re being honest.

But that didn’t discourage Hull’s 39 year old tattooed striker Dean Windass, who came up with a novel anti-Delap defence this weekend.

Windass was a Hull sub, but put himself to good use by warming up in Delap’s personal space: Jogging past him and then having a good old stretch right next to Delap as he was prepared to unleash one of those bombs.

You can see that it didn’t make all that much difference, as Delap still threw the ball a hell of a long way. But credit to Windass for thinking outside the box, although it probably won’t catch on as the striker was apparently booked when he tried it a second time.

And so the search for a Delap defence continued. Maybe it’s worth taking Windass’s idea one step further and giving Adrian Bastia a try?

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Category: English Premier League