[Albion] Igor Julio - SINGS for 4 years!

[Gabbiano]

This is a good point. Apart from all being big Albion sales, the one thing that links Ben White, Cucurella, Bissouma, Caicedo, MacAllister is that they all played next to Dunk who - I would argue - made their lives considerably more comfortable than what they could expect elsewhere.

Indeed, if Arsenal accommodate Timber at RB by moving White to CB alongside Gabriel then they could be in for a nasty surprise. Will Colwill really perform like a GOAT alongside an ageing Thiago Silva? Hmm...

Thiago Silva is still an excellent player and a great mentor for a young CB. Dunk is great but we’re talking one of the best in the world when he was in his prime.

By the end of the season I would say Colwill was probably our first choice ahead of Webster, although thanks to injury and rotation it’s hard to really know. In any case it looks unlikely that he’s coming and Igor should hopefully be able to fill the gap adequately.

 

[The Fits]

Review from last season .....

Igor

A strange season for the big Brazilian, who emerged as one of Italy’s most impressive defenders last year, but he couldn’t maintain it. He’s particularly prone to misjudging high passes over the top and to losing runners in the box; both of those issues caused him, and Fiorentina, considerable grief this season. However, he’s still magnificent in building up from the back, both as a passer and a dribbler, and it’s much easier to remember the mistakes than the times he snuffed out attacks with good, proactive defending. Still, this was probably a step back from him.

Stats: 42 appearances (36 starts), 10 yellow cards, 2 red cards

What’s next: There’s reportedly big interest from Fulham, and it sounds like Daniele Pradè may be willing to accept a €15 million fee for him and take the plusvalenza. If that’s the case, we wish him the best of luck, although keeping him wouldn’t be a bad outcome.

Grade: C- There were good moments and it’s not fair to ignore them, but the catastrophic ones outweighed them.



Hopefully we can get him back on track !! I guess we wouldn't be getting a top serie a defender who is also on form for 15 million, so makes some sense.

Sounds really positive. Red and yellow cards a massive concern in such a physical league but loads of players have dodgy seasons. RDZ will know him well too so it's a reasonably exciting signing.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

This is a good point. Apart from all being big Albion sales, the one thing that links Ben White, Cucurella, Bissouma, Caicedo, MacAllister is that they all played next to Dunk who - I would argue - made their lives considerably more comfortable than what they could expect elsewhere.

Indeed, if Arsenal accommodate Timber at RB by moving White to CB alongside Gabriel then they could be in for a nasty surprise. Will Colwill really perform like a GOAT alongside an ageing Thiago Silva? Hmm...

There’s no way White plays ahead of Saliba.

And Silva was Chelsea’s best player last season. He’s still a class act.

 

[GT49er]

I think Colwill would play if all fit. RDZ is obsessed with body position. Where you receive the ball, what options your body position offers. That's one of the main reasons he's so keen on a left footed CB- wasn't really a priority before he joined.
You simply don't have the same options if you're right footed. You're naturally having to face inside and then open your body up once you have the ball as opposed to being able to receive the ball with a very open and forward facing body position. Much harder to play progressive passes outside. Slows everything down, maybe only by milliseconds but it all counts in DeZerbiBall.

Agree that at present Colwill would be forst choice LCB. I don't think Webster's a de Zerbi type of player, and he will either be used as cover this season, or moved on if we recruit enough defenders.

 

[brighton_tom]

Not been following this transfer too much… he’s a Colwill alternative? Or might we still be interested in Colwill as well as this guy?

 

[JBizzle]

Agree that at present Colwill would be forst choice LCB. I don't think Webster's a de Zerbi type of player, and he will either be used as cover this season, or moved on if we recruit enough defenders.

I think the problem with Webster is less that he's not a De Zerbi kind of player. He's an excellent ball carrier and a good passer. I think it's more the fact that he's become woefully unreliable. We talk about Lamptey as being injury-prone and having glass hamstrings, but he only played in 7 less games than Webster last season. Besides, with the season we have upcoming, depth is vital. I see us having two dedicated RCBs (Dunk and Webster) and LCBs (Igor +1)

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Another view would be, that like other players we have signed they have gone off the rails a bit (see Billy G) but we can nurse them back to top form and get a bargain in the process.

Season before last Julio was one of the top defenders in serie a and juve were sniffing around. Price would have been triple last summer.

If, by going off the rails a bit you mean being on sleeping tablets due to the stress associated with having a stalker, then I say #prayforIgor

 

[spence]

Thiago Silva is still an excellent player and a great mentor for a young CB. Dunk is great but we’re talking one of the best in the world when he was in his prime.

By the end of the season I would say Colwill was probably our first choice ahead of Webster, although thanks to injury and rotation it’s hard to really know. In any case it looks unlikely that he’s coming and Igor should hopefully be able to fill the gap adequately.

Silva was awful when we beat them 4-1

 

[Javeaseagull]

Silva was awful when we beat them 4-1

Unfair, they all were!

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

Silva was awful when we beat them 4-1

You’re choosing one game when he had a shit show going on around him. He still carried out two outstanding off the line clearances then.

He was Chelsea’s best player last season which at 38 said it all.

 

[Hudson Hawk]

I think the problem with Webster is less that he's not a De Zerbi kind of player. He's an excellent ball carrier and a good passer. I think it's more the fact that he's become woefully unreliable. We talk about Lamptey as being injury-prone and having glass hamstrings, but he only played in 7 less games than Webster last season. Besides, with the season we have upcoming, depth is vital. I see us having two dedicated RCBs (Dunk and Webster) and LCBs (Igor +1)

It appeared to me that Webster always needed time and a run in the team before he got back to his best. And injuries hampered that last season.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

It appeared to me that Webster always needed time and a run in the team before he got back to his best. And injuries hampered that last season.

Problem for Webster is he gets far too many injuries

 

[dwayne]

If, by going off the rails a bit you mean being on sleeping tablets due to the stress associated with having a stalker, then I say #prayforIgor

No I meant Norwich season.

 

[axscott]

 

[dwayne]

Done deal

 

[dwayne]

Medical on monday
Will he go straight to the states I wonder

 

[saafend_seagull]

Good, finally have left back cover too.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Out of interest, do you (or anybody else you've ever met) find it even vaguely confusing to use a , as a decimal point?

UK uses “.” Most of Europe uses “,”.

As a Brit living in Austria I not only find it confusing, but I almost made a very, very expensive mistake with a bank transfer!

 

[Hugo Rune]

Good, finally have left back cover too.

Milner or Samuels?

Igor’s P11 W1 left back record suggests that we won’t be utilising him on the flanks:

 

[Bakero]

UK uses “.” Most of Europe uses “,”.

As a Brit living in Austria I not only find it confusing, but I almost made a very, very expensive mistake with a bank transfer!

I get the fear every time I transfer money.