Joe Bennet

[blue lewj]

Re: Joe Bennet

I'm not sure I buy into him being badly treated.

Contract negotiations cut both ways. He has the chance to sign with us just as he can make a decision not to sign.

It is just unfortunate for him that his injury came at a time when he wasn't locked into a deal.
It won't be the first player this has happened to and it certainly won't be the last.

I'd take him on terms that suit the club. Sounds ridiculous to say that as it should always suit the club but I think we've been given the run around in relation to some signings and wages.

[LeningradCowboy]

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Personally I thought he was badly treated as I’ve said before, but if there’s a way back I do hope it can be taken because we are desperately short of quality and I’m dreading the possibility of our crop of frees and kids being made to look completely unable to compete at this level.

Apparently, we offered Bennett a new contract before he got injured last season. He turned it down.

[WJ99mobile]

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Personally I thought he was badly treated as I’ve said before, but if there’s a way back I do hope it can be taken because we are desperately short of quality and I’m dreading the possibility of our crop of frees and kids being made to look completely unable to compete at this level.

“Badly treated” often means not offered a over the odds contract out of ‘loyalty’ and time served.

I’ve seen people slate the club for not offering sol a contract even though he’s expressed interest to play (I don’t see him getting game time here)

It’s my assumption that it went along the lines of;

Bennett offered heavily reduced contract
Bennett declined
Ready to sign one last contract elsewhere
Gets injured
Interested party pulls out
Now has to prove fitness to get something

[life on mars]

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Any footballer earning these weekly salaries can never really be viewed as being badly treated as opposed to folk on minimum wages .

[Former Labour leader]

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Mixed feelings about Bennett being resigned.
On one hand, he'll be match fit by September and is as good a left back as we have had for years, on the other hand is he blocking younger player coming through?
I suspect he will find another club willing to give him a 2 year contract, probably Boro.

[Rjk]

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Mixed feelings about Bennett being resigned.
On one hand, he'll be match fit by September and is as good a left back as we have had for years, on the other hand is he blocking younger player coming through?
I suspect he will find another club willing to give him a 2 year contract, probably Boro.

If he's really only out until September, and we could get him on a 1 year deal on reasonable wages then would definitely try to get him back. He's been a top player for us. We can still make tme for Bagan to get some game time if we want to.

If he's out until December and is still expecting a big wage then it's probably no.

[Former Labour leader]

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If he's really only out until September, and we could get him on a 1 year deal on reasonable wages then would definitely try to get him back. He's been a top player for us. We can still make tme for Bagan to get some game time if we want to.

If he's out until December and is still expecting a big wage then it's probably no.

I think he was expected to be out till October, but his recovery is ahead of schedule. He is already back on the grass, training.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I think he was expected to be out till October, but his recovery is ahead of schedule. He is already back on the grass, training.

[2b2bdoo]

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Time for Bagan.

[Former Labour leader]

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Secrets out! 😀

[J R Hartley]

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I’m not too happy that we are getting him fit whilst out of contract for a championship rival.

If he is trying to prove himself for an affordable stay then fine as he is decent.

We have a duty to get him fit if he was injured whilst playing for us.

[RonnieBird]

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“Badly treated” often means not offered a over the odds contract out of ‘loyalty’ and time served.

I’ve seen people slate the club for not offering sol a contract even though he’s expressed interest to play (I don’t see him getting game time here)

It’s my assumption that it went along the lines of;

Bennett offered heavily reduced contract
Bennett declined
Ready to sign one last contract elsewhere
Gets injured
Interested party pulls out
Now has to prove fitness to get something

Well there are different cases I’d say.
Yes he was in the middle of negotiating for more at what turned out to be a very bad time for him because of the unexpected injury.

In many cases I’d say serve the greedy bastard right, but here’s a man who’s shunned lucrative offers from the likes of Fulham and consistently given 120% on the field, being a major contributor to our promotion. He’s also still a player very worth having for the club.

In all the circumstances then, I’d say they should have at least done something to help him put it right. It would have been the honourable thing.

[Carl Dale's Mole]

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It feels like the perfect chance to see what the youngsters can do in that position. I'm way more excited about that than I am giving Bennett another contract.

[dembethewarrior]

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Yes I did. Apologies. I'm feeling addled after a hard day.

I did wonder, not like you 👍