Ben Williams confirmed 2 year deal

***Sean1875*** · 10-07-2012 04:00 PM

Cant say I know much about him but from what im reading about it, im very excited about this signing! Welcome to the Hibs family Ben!

**Andy74** · 10-07-2012 04:00 PM

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Seems a decent signing. Hopefully a solid keeper who does the basics right. Think Mark Brown may have miss his chance at staying at Hibs. Player s are. Going to learn there is not buckets of cash outside the EPL and that deals at decent well run clubs are going to be at premium.

Brown's offer will have been as back up or at least not guaranteed first choice so nothing changes on that front.

**~~Speedway~~** · 10-07-2012 04:02 PM

Ultimately I think that, if Williams proves to be a better keeper than we've had previously, we've got a good chance of being able to show real improvement in the Goalie department.

**hibby67** · 10-07-2012 04:10 PM

welcome to the hibees Ben

**PatHead** · 10-07-2012 04:13 PM

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Ultimately I think that, if Williams proves to be a better keeper than we've had previously, we've got a good chance of being able to show real improvement in the Goalie department.

Well said Einstein! You will get a job summarising on the BBC if you aren't careful

**Stantons Angel** · 10-07-2012 04:21 PM

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Really happy with this signing.

Don't see this very often on this site do we?

**BEEJ** · 10-07-2012 04:27 PM

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Don't think so - if the keeper gets injured I don't want to be replying on kids.

At one stage we had Stack, Brown, and Mak when he was still about injured and at least we had Smith to fall back on.

If just one goes we are at the kids.

With an even more restricted player budget this year and a first team squad size that's likely to number 24 or less, we cannot afford to have three experienced keepers plus a back-up in the U-20s. Antell has now had considerable match experience, albeit in Division 3.

I'm hoping the offer to Mark Brown was simply contingency planning in case the Williams deal did not get finalised. I doubt that Brown's going to want to be a second choice goalie anywhere anyway.

***SteveHFC*** · 10-07-2012 04:27 PM

***Bobo*** · 10-07-2012 04:27 PM

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Cant say I know much about him but from what im reading about it, im very excited about this signing! Welcome to the Hibs family Ben!

Can't say I know much about him either.

A quick look at his stats from last season don't look too bad:

He conceded 53 goals in 39 appearances and kept 10 clean sheets.

He conceded 6 against Stevenage, 5 against MK Dons and 4 against both Bury and Notts County so outwith these games he conceded 34 goals in his other 35 appearances.

Colchester finished 10th in League 1 last season, so he had a fairly reasonable team in front of him.

**CRAZYHIBBY** · 10-07-2012 05:30 PM

I reckon this will either be a great signing or a ***** signing......just a feeling I have

**TomoHFC** · 10-07-2012 05:45 PM

great signing

**Gatecrasher** · 10-07-2012 05:47 PM

Good news about signing a keeper, welcome aboard

**Lungo--Drom** · 10-07-2012 05:47 PM

Woo hoo!

Welcome to Easter Road Ben!

**EdinMike** · 10-07-2012 05:50 PM

As a avid 5-a side Goalie... Ben Williams is a tremendous athlete and a great shot stopper from what i've seen. I see him as a great Number 1 for us !! What a signing !

**cocopops1875** · 10-07-2012 05:50 PM

He Came across well on the news

***weecounty hibby*** · 10-07-2012 05:54 PM

Looks to be a good signing and spoke very well in his interview, sounds ambitious. PF also saying he is the right type of character again.Welcome aboard Ben.

***Keith_M*** · 10-07-2012 05:56 PM

Does he have a decent website?

***blackpoolhibs*** · 10-07-2012 06:26 PM

We needed a keeper, we have one now.

**Easter Road X1** · 10-07-2012 06:36 PM

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Can't say I know much about him either.

A quick look at his stats from last season don't look too bad:

He conceded 53 goals in 39 appearances and kept 10 clean sheets.

He conceded 6 against Stevenage, 5 against MK Dons and 4 against both Bury and Notts County so outwith these games he conceded 34 goals in his other 35 appearances.

Colchester finished 10th in League 1 last season, so he had a fairly reasonable team in front of him.

What will he be like with McPake in front of him

***bingo70*** · 10-07-2012 06:38 PM

There was an arrogance about him on the news whenhe was being interviewed that I liked.

I also like the fact we're signing players on the back of a successful season rather than after being released or loaned from a bigger club, looks good signing players from the likes of Aston villa (and other clubs I can't think of just now) but signing players on their way down has maybe added to the whole lack of confidence and contributed to the bad attitude at the club.

**VickMackie** · 10-07-2012 06:47 PM

Looks like we will be doing ok at the back. A LB to go but 3 out of 4 ain't bad.

**CRAZYHIBBY** · 10-07-2012 06:55 PM

I reckon this will either be a great signing or a ***** signing......just a feeling I have

**Rivers Cuomo** · 10-07-2012 07:13 PM

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Don't see this very often on this site do we?

**Ferryhibby** · 10-07-2012 07:37 PM

Wer gettin there...Goalie...CH...now a striker..thats the backbone of the team now to build around it

***Eyrie*** · 10-07-2012 07:57 PM

Another good move by Fenlon.

***Vault Boy*** · 10-07-2012 08:04 PM

Done a bit of snooping on the Colchester fan forums, some of them seem bitter that he left and are incredibly arrogant concerning the stature of their club, i.e. laughing at the fact he is coming to Scotland etcetera, whereas the people I talked to directly have said not to listen to the majority of the fans, he was an excellent keeper for them and a couple of weeks of lost form is what most of the other fans are basing their opinions on. Very happy with this signing, but as Colchester are my local club, I feel a bit stupid that I didn't know more about him.