[Albion] Carlos Baleba SINGS a 5-year deal

[kelvinnewman]

Def rough around the edges but you cannot accuse him of being anonymous

 

[Jim in the West]

Boehly will be on the phone soon…

 

[Pinkie Brown]

Encouraging and decent debut. Done really well.

 

[dwayne]

Still beggars belief he didnt start Vs villa. Keep giving him minutes he's the future

 

[Cordwainer]

Confident, assured on the ball and a couple of moments aside barely put a foot wrong. Not afraid to encourage others to push forward when on the ball in the second half..really like what I’ve seen of him so far.

 

[Whitechapel]

The way he glides past people is absolutely mental for a bloke of his size.

I fully understand why we were willing to dump so much money on someone with such little experience.

 

[Machiavelli]

It's such a boost that we've got a CM with physicality. He's quick too. But it's so difficult to read what he's going to do, and he has a fantastic change of direction.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Extremely exciting talent and a superb game today.

All he needs to do is improve his right foot and his touch/awareness when receiving in tight spaces in our defensive third.

 

[Mancgull]

My MOTM. He was everywhere. Tackling and positioning, used the ball well, an incredibly mature performance from the lad, great first start for him. He already looks like he has all the attributes, brilliant performance.

He made a huge difference to us.his speed on the cover was great and his acceleration away from the Liverpool players, excellent.
Exciting player to have. Ditto Adingra.

 

[dazzer6666]

Outstanding performance for a 19 year old……strong, physical, direct, good tackler and pretty quick. Potential to be another fantastic signing when he gets up to speed with Roberto’s madness. High hopes.

 

[Bakero]

His potential is massive. At times today he was playing as a lone midfielder but never looked overrun. So many facets to his game too.

 

[portslade seagull]

Looked very encouraging today just needs to look at his final pass decisions

 

[maidstoneseagull]

Great performance today. Will drag us through games, as he grows into the RDZ way. Could be better than caciedo in terms of rallying the team and those forward runs could be crucial. An exciting talent.

 

[Invicta]

Fantastic today. Great performance. Excited for the future.

 

[dazzer6666]

‘Can be the great replacement of Moises Caicedo’

RdeZ, 8th October 2023.

 

[Nicks]

MOTM today by a country mile

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Really like the look of him, what a player he'll be in a year's time when he has had a season under his belt.

 

[Weststander]

Excellent today, a star and it wasn't his debut.

 

[BevBHA]

i actually think the French league is the best market for Premier League teams to buy from. In the Italian, German and Spanish leagues, teams in general have much more pragmatic, tactical approaches to football. The French league is all about pace, power, athleticism, there is much more emphasis on physical attributes. I don’t mean that condescendingly at all, it’s very enjoyable to watch. Those attributes are made for the Premier League imo, with a bit of fine tuning technically, there are lots of potentially brilliant players there.

 

[Farehamseagull]

He’s brilliant! We’ve got another star in the making.

My favourite bit was at the end when he got booked actually. He was absolutely dead on his feet, suffering cramp and yet chased the fresh and pacey Gravenberch for a little while before bringing him down to prevent them countering. Brilliant guts and commitment to keep up with him, a lot of other players would have given up or just not been able to keep up with him when that fatigued.

So excited about his future with us - the Baleba and Gross combination has to be our first choice centre midfield from here on in.