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[Albion] Baleba - Bissouma - Caicedo... Out of the three, who do you think will prove to be the greatest player over time?

Baleba, Bissouma, Caicedo... Out of the 3, who do you think will prove to be the greatest player?

  • Baleba

    Votes: 155 59.4%
  • Bissouma

    Votes: 4 1.5%
  • Caicedo

    Votes: 102 39.1%

  • Total voters
    261
  • Poll closed .
















Mustafa II

Well-known member
Oct 14, 2022
1,808
Hove
You can only talk about now.
Caicedo is currently the best of the three by a distance.
Baleba has the potential to be (at least) as good

Assuming Baleba continues the form he's started with this season, Caicedo certainly isn't ahead of him by a distance. One could even speculate that Baleba could already be the better player...

Still early days of course. I'm going to wait and see if Baleba can continue his great form - but he is certainly seeming like he could be considerably better than Caicedo is. For the record Baleba is 20, Caicedo is 22.
 


Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
NSC Patron
Apr 5, 2014
25,815
Assuming Baleba continues the form he's started with this season, Caicedo certainly isn't ahead of him by a distance. One could even speculate that Baleba could already be the better player...

Still early days of course. I'm going to wait and see if Baleba can continue his great form - but he is certainly seeming like he could be considerably better than Caicedo is. For the record Baleba is 20, Caicedo is 22.
I think the NSC syndrome is kicking in. Such as when Ferguson became an £100m player.

Baleba has had a couple of good games for us this year. This question would be better put at the end of the season.
 


willalbion

Well-known member
May 8, 2006
1,585
London
I think the NSC syndrome is kicking in. Such as when Ferguson became an £100m player.

Baleba has had a couple of good games for us this year. This question would be better put at the end of the season.
Where’s the fun in that, Eeyore? Great user name btw
 




One Teddy Maybank

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Aug 4, 2006
22,951
Worthing
Fair point, but these days Caicedo looks a totally different player for Chelsea than the player we remember. He's lost his dynamism and plays everything safe.

I don’t really watch other teams that often, but he turned up against us, you’re probably right though, as he certainly seems to get less positive press.
He really should have gone to Liverpool……
 


Han Solo

Well-known member
May 25, 2024
2,383
Depends if Caicedo can escape Chelsea.
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,985
if he sorts the discipline, Bissouma. then again probably not going to and peaked. Caicedo has faded and i dont think will ever regain the youthful sass, so Baleba wins by default.
 




PILTDOWN MAN

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Sep 15, 2004
19,511
Hurst Green
Baleba has the potential to be the best. He is much stronger and bigger.
 


Flounce

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Nov 15, 2006
4,201
I haven’t watched Chelsea but I see he was captain and got good reviews in the game against Bournemouth and is starting to find the form he had for us? Is this true, in fairness he has a wealth of talent around him

As to the poll, not a clue but Caicedo is probably currently the best of the three if he has found his Albion form
 


Eeyore

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Apr 5, 2014
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Kalimantan Gull

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Aug 13, 2003
13,427
Central Borneo / the Lizard
Caicedo was absolutely world class for us, one of the best I've seen. If he doesnt get right to the top something has gone wrong.

Not hard to see what that something might be, but I'll still choose him for now.

But Baleba might be a bigger, stronger, quicker Caicedo with goals, and, well, that's priceless...
 


Seagull58

In the Algarve
Jan 31, 2012
8,454
Vilamoura, Portugal
After Baleba's first two cameos for RdZ I posted that he was going to be better than Bissouma and Caicedo combined on steroids. A slightly over-exhuberant and tongue-in- cheek comment at the time but his speed and power is phenomenal. His mid-range passing is suspect, I think because he sometimes passes without looking. His ability to run with the ball and to chase players down to win the ball back is elite.
He is the love child of Paul "Tank" Clark and Nobby Horton.
With good coaching he's going to be way better than Bissouma or Caicedo as a box to box midfielder. He is Roy Keane with added speed, power and stepovers.
 


Van Cleef

Well-known member
Jun 17, 2023
841
I haven’t watched Chelsea but I see he was captain and got good reviews in the game against Bournemouth and is starting to find the form he had for us? Is this true, in fairness he has a wealth of talent around him

As to the poll, not a clue but Caicedo is probably currently the best of the three if he has found his Albion form
This is just my half-arsed view, but he started at Chelsea maybe trying too hard to impress, got a few pelters from the notoriously patient Chelsea fans then seemed to be happy winning the odd tackle and knocking 10 yard square balls. He's gone all safe.
 






Jackthelad

Well-known member
Mar 31, 2010
1,065
Baleba is a f***ing beast! He has everything. I think he could be a level above Caicedo. The physicality of him with the pace and the hunger and athleticism. It’s like he’s been created on computer game. It’s rare I’ve watched our players with my mouth open just in awe.
 


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