That's great to hear. Really excited to see what he can do. Could be a big player for us this season if they hype over him proves accurate.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

Wow. I didn't realise that he was that tall. Thanks

It will be interesting to see how various players take to Vieira.
Sometimes players flourish under one manager but look poor or are not rated under another.
For example Mcarthur has generally been very good for us , but by his own admission it did not click with Allardyce.
Bakary Sako on the whole did not do well for us, but there was a brief spell when he looked one of our better players under Hodgson.
Can Vieira bring out the best in the likes of Jairo and Mateta?
Hopefully he’ll give players more of an opportunity than FDB who wanted to bomb out the likes of Delaney, Ward and Tomkins - all players who have outlasted FDB by a considerable distance.

My son met him when he was coaching NYC FC. He met all the players too, and he met a bunch of the Palace players about 5 years ago. He said Vieira was by far the most intimidating person he'd ever met.

I have wondered the same, love VG who is an excellent keeper but, from the little I saw if Butland last season, his distribution is of better quality

We're obviously thinking the same. I've posted a similar thought just now on the line-up thread before I got ti reading this thread.