Let's see who (C or Mac S) wins the most trophies.
I will disregard the world cup as Caicedo has no chance of winning that owing to suboptimal team mates
Edit Lauro will take a lot of beating trophy wise.
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[Albion] Baleba V Caicedo
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I will disregard the world cup as Caicedo has no chance of winning that owing to suboptimal team mates
Edit Lauro will take a lot of beating trophy wise.
Seagullinhove
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- Oct 31, 2024
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Needs at least another season. Good player though.
As I said to @Mellor 3 Ward 4 and @Kuipers Supporters Club during the game- he was playing with the air of a man who thought he was in the shop window.
He was wearing next season’s clothes and an ill-fitting wig?
Was that intended for the Ivor Caplin thread?
aolstudios
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Baleba's going to be incredible & is excellent now but he still has early Bissouma style naivety & silly mistakes about him.
Caicedo with us was pretty much faultless every single game & looked 5 years more experienced than he was. One of the best in the league that last year. At his current rate of improvement Carlos may eclipse that but at the moment? Absolutely not
Caicedo with us was pretty much faultless every single game & looked 5 years more experienced than he was. One of the best in the league that last year. At his current rate of improvement Carlos may eclipse that but at the moment? Absolutely not
aolstudios
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Another similarity to BissoumaI've just remembered his shot that was SO off target that it went out for a throw
Apart from that, I thought he was very decent last night.
Light_Bulb
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- Aug 20, 2024
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They're close defensively. Going forward Caicedo had lovely link play; especially little flicks 'round the corner', and threading balls through the 'eye-of-a-needle'.
Beleba (IMO) still tries run the ball too often and gets caught in possession.
And Beleba makes Caicedo look like Ronaldo when it comes to shooting.
BUT Beleba has the potential to be the best midfielder in the premier since Toure and Viera... If only we had someone with the potential of Ali Mac to partner him.
(Sorry this sounds negative. Albion mojo feeling a bit 'meh' at the moment).
Beleba (IMO) still tries run the ball too often and gets caught in possession.
And Beleba makes Caicedo look like Ronaldo when it comes to shooting.
BUT Beleba has the potential to be the best midfielder in the premier since Toure and Viera... If only we had someone with the potential of Ali Mac to partner him.
(Sorry this sounds negative. Albion mojo feeling a bit 'meh' at the moment).
Felt the same way. Feels like the Baleba transfer chaos is just around the corner. City won't want to pay, we won't want to sell and player will be very keen on going.
Milano
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This.
With PSR I'm not sure many/any clubs will have the £115m+ that I think we would hold out for to sell this summer.
No. Mac Allister was.
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I think he almost as useful as Caicedo at his best, with one key difference at the moment..... Baleba does all those great interventions, steals, control, pass, dribble etc, but he doesn't consistently help the defence when we are in possession by offering himself in space for the first pass out.... Caicedo always made himself a bit of space and an option for a pressure relieving pass from the defence.... Once Baleba adds that to his regular game, he will be pinched by a money team for big money for sure.
Yalcouye is next.
aolstudios
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Agreed.
I still don't think Carlos has reached the stellar faultlessness of Caicedo's form for us. But he's been leagues above him in these two games
I agree. To me he also seems a bit more energetic and determined than Caicedo. Maybe he will become even better?
portslade seagull
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Think if Caciedo had stayed he would be much better. Seems to have got lost at Chelski. Only player who has left that has bettered himself is McCallister. Baleba take note
Yes we did. And one of the reasons (well, two of the reasons actually) that we qualified for Europe is that we had Caicedo and Ally Mac playing for us!
