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[Albion] Carlos Baleba SINGS a 5-year deal
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Normandy seagull
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Love the guy already. Gonna be massive for us- just what our midfield needs after losing Mac and Caicedo. Let’s remember he adapting to the system and not fully PL match fit. Bossed the midfield then tired understandably
Hoping he is just adapting fitness wise as in two games he has pulled up with cramp. Outside of that you can see he has the strength, speed and skill to be that transition player from defence to attack - receive the ball from a defender, spin round the opposing player and launch an attack.
macbeth
Dismembered
Brighton have a new midfield gem and his name is Carlos Baleba
Brighton 2-2 Liverpool: The midfielder was outstanding in his first Premier League start in a wild game that saw the spoils shared on the south coast
www.independent.co.uk
“I have to congratulate the club on finding two more amazing players, in Adingra and Baleba,” De Zerbi said after the game. “Baleba is very young and I think this club needs the characteristics of Baleba. He is a great replacement for Caicedo. But we can’t forget Ansu Fati, Mahmoud Dahoud, Joao Pedro.” In other words, there is plenty more where that came from.
Why give Baleba his first start now? “I gave him the right steps. He played a part of the game with Bournemouth, played 70 minutes in Stamford Bridge [in the League Cup] in a big stadium. I gave him time to understand the new style of play, the timing of when to receive the ball, the right line of passing: our idea. It is not so easy [to learn] because our style, in the defensive phase we can change depending on the opponent, our build-up play can change.
“He’s very young, a very good player with incredible potential, and he can be one of the most important midfielders in Europe in the future.”
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Nice to see sone sportsmanship by two Liverpool players helping him when he cramped up at the end
Marshy
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BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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All very interesting, I didn't realise we had a defensive phase.Brighton have a new midfield gem and his name is Carlos Baleba
Brighton 2-2 Liverpool: The midfielder was outstanding in his first Premier League start in a wild game that saw the spoils shared on the south coast
“I have to congratulate the club on finding two more amazing players, in Adingra and Baleba,” De Zerbi said after the game. “Baleba is very young and I think this club needs the characteristics of Baleba. He is a great replacement for Caicedo. But we can’t forget Ansu Fati, Mahmoud Dahoud, Joao Pedro.” In other words, there is plenty more where that came from.
Why give Baleba his first start now? “I gave him the right steps. He played a part of the game with Bournemouth, played 70 minutes in Stamford Bridge [in the League Cup] in a big stadium. I gave him time to understand the new style of play, the timing of when to receive the ball, the right line of passing: our idea. It is not so easy [to learn] because our style, in the defensive phase we can change depending on the opponent, our build-up play can change.
“He’s very young, a very good player with incredible potential, and he can be one of the most important midfielders in Europe in the future.”
One other real bonus of having Baleba and Igor in the team is the fact they are both left footed. It opens up the pitch for us and creates more passing angles.
- Jan 3, 2012
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I had been getting a bit worried about RDZ continually saying “Baleba is not ready yet”, and was beginning to wonder whether he was a mistake. I should not have worried, should have been more trusting. I found myself thinking and hoping driving across to Brighton yesterday that he would start, and was happy when the team was announced. But I wasn‘t expecting to be quite so bowled over, as was everybody else. And I had lost sight of the fact that he is only 19!!!Brighton have a new midfield gem and his name is Carlos Baleba
Brighton 2-2 Liverpool: The midfielder was outstanding in his first Premier League start in a wild game that saw the spoils shared on the south coast
“I have to congratulate the club on finding two more amazing players, in Adingra and Baleba,” De Zerbi said after the game. “Baleba is very young and I think this club needs the characteristics of Baleba. He is a great replacement for Caicedo. But we can’t forget Ansu Fati, Mahmoud Dahoud, Joao Pedro.” In other words, there is plenty more where that came from.
Why give Baleba his first start now? “I gave him the right steps. He played a part of the game with Bournemouth, played 70 minutes in Stamford Bridge [in the League Cup] in a big stadium. I gave him time to understand the new style of play, the timing of when to receive the ball, the right line of passing: our idea. It is not so easy [to learn] because our style, in the defensive phase we can change depending on the opponent, our build-up play can change.
“He’s very young, a very good player with incredible potential, and he can be one of the most important midfielders in Europe in the future.”
Wow - just wow. And with Adingra yesterday as well - the cool, calm and collected way in which he swept that first goal past Allison. Wow, just wow again.
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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Is young Carlos off to play international football next week?
schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
I sincerely hope not, given they're playing Russia in Moscow on Thursday...
Wasn’t in the provisional squad and hasn’t been capped yet…….probably won’t be long though
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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OK, Cameroon must have a decent midfield for him not to make the squad.
macbeth
Dismembered
still need another DM, either in the summer or next January. every chance he could be in the AFCON squad come 2025
Nobby Cybergoat
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- Jul 19, 2021
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Well yes, but I wonder if by then, one of the young centre mids, we've got loaned out or in the u23s will be knocking on the door.
Horses Arse
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Still cant believe he was booked for running alongside and leaning into the Liverpool player. Ref was a strange one yesterday
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Agreed weird decision considering he did nothing in nearly the same part of the pitch when Mitoma was brought down from behind in the first half
