I like Joe Bennett and.....

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Unlike yourself, I have a life to lead.

Says the guy who posted that at 0055 last night and is back on here at 0900 the next morning

[mazadona10]

Unlike yourself, I have a life to lead.

If you haven’t seen the goals he’s given away, you’re clearly not going to or watching the games.

The Derby goal he gave away was ‘classic’ Bennett, a rush of blood to the head..

The Derby game where Nelson was caught flat on the halfway line

A midfielder was giving half the pitch to run through.

Right back was no where to be seen.

Bennett in hindsight should have stayed there but if he had then the player still would have had a player to his left, even more space to run into to his right and what if he had stayed where he was and Morrsion had not got there?

You've got an axe to grind. Nobody is going change your mind.

Bennett has had a poor season but is certainly capable of playing a part in a promotion team.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

The Derby game where Nelson was caught flat on the halfway line

A midfielder was giving half the pitch to run through.

Right back was no where to be seen.

Bennett in hindsight should have stayed there but if he had then the player still would have had a player to his left, even more space to run into to his right and what if he had stayed where he was and Morrsion had not got there?

You've got an axe to grind. Nobody is going change your mind.

Bennett has had a poor season but is certainly capable of playing a part in a promotion team.

Surely if, as you admit, "Bennett has had a poor season" then Bluebird23 has got grounds to voice his opinion? He thinks he's a poor defender (as do I) and your assertion that he's had a poor season (he was poor the season before too!) isn't contrary to Bluebird23's way of thinking....

[mazadona10]

Surely if, as you admit, "Bennett has had a poor season" then Bluebird23 has got grounds to voice his opinion? He thinks he's a poor defender (as do I) and your assertion that he's had a poor season (he was poor the season before too!) isn't contrary to Bluebird23's way of thinking....

I think to describe him as terrible is wrong. He started the season badly but has been decent after that. He can't change the start of the season so overall he was worse than I would normally expect.

He constantly gives the line that people only think he is good because he has a sleeve tattoo which is ridiculous.

[Rjk]

I thought Bryan was excellent in all the playoff games, defensively especially, our wingers didn't get a sniff in the game at the CCS.

In fact all 4 fullbacks in the final looked quality, that Rico Henry as well is lightning.

Bennet has been a quality full back for us, he's probably past his peak though. At his best he's on the same level as those guys.
Unfortunately our other first team left back is basically the same age.

[Bluebird23]

The Derby game where Nelson was caught flat on the halfway line

A midfielder was giving half the pitch to run through.

Right back was no where to be seen.

Bennett in hindsight should have stayed there but if he had then the player still would have had a player to his left, even more space to run into to his right and what if he had stayed where he was and Morrsion had not got there?

You've got an axe to grind. Nobody is going change your mind.

Bennett has had a poor season but is certainly capable of playing a part in a promotion team.

Bennett has been terrible defensively, the last two seasons.

Watch the Derby game again, he came across to make a needless sliding tackle, as Morrison was already making a sliding tackle on the other side.

The ball broke to Bennett’s man he should have had, was completely unmarked, and scored..

[Bluebird23]

I thought Bryan was excellent in all the playoff games, defensively especially, our wingers didn't get a sniff in the game at the CCS.

In fact all 4 fullbacks in the final looked quality, that Rico Henry as well is lightning.

Bennet has been a quality full back for us, he's probably past his peak though. At his best he's on the same level as those guys.
Unfortunately our other first team left back is basically the same age.

No he isn’t, he’s awful.

Henry is quality, a Premier League full back in the making.

Bryan is ok, not great defensively, but way better than Bennett.

[Rjk]

No he isn’t, he’s awful.

Henry is quality, a Premier League full back in the making.

Bryan is ok, not great defensively, but way better than Bennett.

best left back we've had in years

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

best left back we've had in years

That's not saying a lot. I mean, when was the last time we had a really good (I'm not saying 'great') left-back?

[Rjk]

That's not saying a lot. I mean, when was the last time we had a really good (I'm not saying 'great') left-back?

Joe Bennett

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Joe Bennett

Is not the right answer.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Joe Bennett

Before Bennett I thought Mark Kennedy was rather underrated there, but my pick would have been Chris Barker.

[Rjk]

we seem to have had a few underrated left backs
Andrew Taylor and Scott Malone were both decent players

[Ianto13]

best left back we've had in years

Can be as bad as some people think, Warnock preferred him to his own signing Cunningham and Harris picked him in front of his loan signing Smith. We need on RB, Striker another Winger and a number 10 to compete with Tomlin but our LB is fine with Bennett/Cunningham or Bennett/Smith with a good youngster Bagan as back up!

[Joe Gillis]

I don't know why Bennet gets such a hard time on here. For me, he's a well above average Championship player and has been a good servant.

Because he's not very good

[Joe Gillis]

best left back we've had in years

That's a joke, right?

[Rjk]

That's a joke, right?

No, who is better?

[tforturton]

Bennett is an average player. He can play at this level, but I get the impression he either thinks he's better than he is, or he depends too much on his team-mates getting him out of trouble. Up against the better sides, he makes lots of mistakes, and gets caught out by quality players. But....you could say the same about most full backs playing for any team lower down the table. But he's not going anywhere. He's been here a while, doesn't cost much, and is pretty much injury free. He'll probably be here again next season.