Good bit of business, becomes our 2nd best CB and won’t have to ‘adjust to the PL’ so far this transfer window is shaping up nicely. Now whilst we’ve still got Palace on the phone, ask about Adam Wharton…

Fair play, I thought they would mess it up but got it over the line. Well done, at a reasonably fee as well.

Serious signing, not lets get to selling 3-4 of our excisting CB's!

4 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Good bit of business, becomes our 2nd best CB and won’t have to ‘adjust to the PL’ so far this transfer window is shaping up nicely. Now whilst we’ve still got Palace on the phone, ask about Adam Wharton…

2nd best CB have we signed stones then? 🤣 who’s the best CB at the club then please don’t say colwill?

If I didn't watch the France England game Id be very happy with this but now Im a little worried. At least we won't meet Jude this season. Need to add John Stones to help ease my mind.

You can tell someone else is negotiating this, given we landed below Palace's asking price. Hopefully it does mean the sporting directors have truly been demoted.

At £52m, you can't complain. Raises the floor, and the biggest thing I've read from Palace fans is that they are going to miss his leadership qualities the most.

Good signing, PL experience. Can’t judge him solely on WC, where the couple games I saw he looked a little challenged. Excited to see him build a partnership with Levi.

Didn’t realize he was so quick also - clocked as 5th fastest CB in league last year according to Sky sports

Excellent signing, and a good fee paid too. Hes way ahead of the likes of Badiashille, Tosin etc and will play well alongside Colwill who showed when he came back from injury what we had missed last season.

3 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

If I didn't watch the France England game Id be very happy with this but now Im a little worried. At least we won't meet Jude this season. Need to add John Stones to help ease my mind.

Saliba would have looked like a poor man's Badiashile in that match. That was not a game of football at all.

3 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

Saliba would have looked like a poor man's Badiashile in that match. That was not a game of football at all.

Think we are forgetting Guehi shipped in 4 on the other side and I'd still bite your hand off for him.

8 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

Saliba would have looked like a poor man's Badiashile in that match. That was not a game of football at all.

yeah, shouldnt use that match as a basis for anything, and to be fair to Lacroix I thought he did ok.

46 minutes ago, petre ispirescu said:

Saliba would have looked like a poor man's Badiashile in that match. That was not a game of football at all.

Strong imposing centre back with a bit of pace we've been missing for years. Honestly happy with this signing. Hopefully the days of seeing Chelsea defenders getting bullied are coming to an end.

With the amount of foreign league players struggling another Premier League proven player is welcomed, something I've been advocating for since forever. Mbeumo and Cunha had a pretty good impact at Man U. We really need to create a stable Premier League base before we gamble on the likes of the Bundesliga and Serie A. If we manage to get a solid midfielder like Bruno and John Stones then we are a GK and a left back away from putting in a title challenge.

52 minutes ago, dkw said:

Excellent signing, and a good fee paid too. Hes way ahead of the likes of Badiashille, Tosin etc and will play well alongside Colwill who showed when he came back from injury what we had missed last season.

Agree. The fee looks good and it appears Alonso is being backed with signings which is great.

3 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Good signing, PL experience. Can’t judge him solely on WC, where the couple games I saw he looked a little challenged. Excited to see him build a partnership with Levi.

Didn’t realize he was so quick also - clocked as 5th fastest CB in league last year according to Sky sports

There's a couple of players in that 5 I wouldn't have guessed.

1 - Van de Ven - Obviously

2 - Khusanov - Looks useless, not seemed fast

3 - Agbadou - Who?

4 - Brainthwaite - Thought he was just a big lump

5 - Lacroix

4 hours ago, Skinn76 said:

2nd best CB have we signed stones then? 🤣 who’s the best CB at the club then please don’t say colwill?

Obviously its Colwill

3 hours ago, PhilH930 said:

Good signing, PL experience. Can’t judge him solely on WC, where the couple games I saw he looked a little challenged. Excited to see him build a partnership with Levi.

Didn’t realize he was so quick also - clocked as 5th fastest CB in league last year according to Sky sports

Who was faster out of interest?

In Colwill, Lacroix and Acheampong we have 3 very good options, Imo. In a back 3 we can use James and Hato as wide defenders.

We still need 1 more quality CB. I'd be happy if if Stones picks us. We also need to let Trev move to Como, then shift on all of Disasi, Badishille, Tosin and Fofana Imo. That will be very difficult.

A problem that should have been properly solved 2 years ago but at least it's happening

3 hours ago, All Barco no bite said:

Who was faster out of interest?

As @AJMurphy noted, copied below. Data is two seasons old now from 24/25. Would be interesting to know how quickly they achieve top speed - not much good if it takes them 50 yards!

Having got Lacroix sorted and with Colwill here to partner him, i think a left footed unit the other side of Colwill could be immense. I think that Hato can play wing back as a progressive player with a good engine.

If we could go and get someone like Schlotterbeck from Dortmund and have Colwill in the middle of three with Lacroix and Schlotterbeck either side, with Palestra and Hato as WBs, that is a pretty solid and monstrous back line.

12 hours ago, All Barco no bite said:

52M seems sensible. Palace fans seem to be saying his best role is in the middle of a back 3, but imo Colwill has that role on lock. Is he capable RCB? Is he any good in a back 4?

I expect Colwill to play LCB in a back 3, especially seeing as he can also play LB.

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

In Colwill, Lacroix and Acheampong we have 3 very good options, Imo. In a back 3 we can use James and Hato as wide defenders.

We still need 1 more quality CB. I'd be happy if if Stones picks us. We also need to let Trev move to Como, then shift on all of Disasi, Badishille, Tosin and Fofana Imo. That will be very difficult.

They can have interesting pairing at CB such as Hato-Colwill-Lacroix, Colwill-Lacroix-James/Acheampong. Eventually, Chevarria seems earmarked for LWB/LM and I wonder if you see Neto pop up there too unless he leaves. Neto could also be in the RWB/LM mix with Palestra, James, Acheampong. Obviously, Gusto could play either side, but I've got a feeling they cash out on him if possible to fund everything else that's going on.

11 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I expect Colwill to play LCB in a back 3, especially seeing as he can also play LB.

Waste of his talents imo

8 hours ago, yemmik said:

They can have interesting pairing at CB such as Hato-Colwill-Lacroix, Colwill-Lacroix-James/Acheampong. Eventually, Chevarria seems earmarked for LWB/LM and I wonder if you see Neto pop up there too unless he leaves. Neto could also be in the RWB/LM mix with Palestra, James, Acheampong. Obviously, Gusto could play either side, but I've got a feeling they cash out on him if possible to fund everything else that's going on.

Ship Gusto and Neto out, possibly to their lover Maresca

21 hours ago, DarkMata said:

If I didn't watch the France England game Id be very happy with this but now Im a little worried. At least we won't meet Jude this season. Need to add John Stones to help ease my mind.

Wait till you watch his performance v Liverpool in the 3-1 loss.

49 minutes ago, All Barco no bite said:

Waste of his talents imo

Not that i've seen it with my own eyes, but apparently the outer two CB's in the team are the ones that drive most of the play, and the central one is basically a bruiser, that's based on Leverkusan analysis