VILLAMARV Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Is it a coincidence our most rotten form has happened since his return from injury against Chelsea No It's directly linked. (league games) Without Bennett 12 games - 3 wins - 4 draws - 5 losses - for 11 - away 16 - points 13 With Bennett 13 games - 1 win - 5 draws - 7 losses - for 12 - away 33 - points 8 in fairness to him he was only on the pitch for 4 of Chelsea's goals and 2 of Southampton's in the 4-1 away (his debut) so maybe 6 of those should be on the other side......mind you in fairness to us the only win with him on the pitch was the 1-0 away at Sunderland where he was stretchered off after 11 mins so shall we move that up aswell? also we were 1-0 up at home to Norwich when he got sent off in a match we ended up drawing. (also the awful 1st half against Newcastle he was there [2 goals conceded], the revival in the second half he wasn't [0 goals conceded]. vs Tottenham, stretchered off conceded 0 with 10 men albeit in a game they'd already won by then.) In the cups he played in both FA cup games against championship teams. so played 2 - won 1 - lost 1 - for 3 - away 3 In the League cup he didn't feature in the wins against Tranmere, Swindon or Norwich. or the extra time of the Man City win (subbed off on 86 mins) He did play the first 86 mins of the City game and both Bradford games, although again was subbed off in the second leg (after conceding the goal). This is not an anomaly. I'm not saying he'll never make it but I really fear that if Lambert doesn't give him a rest for Lichaj/Enda it's going to seriously ruin him for the rest of his career. Definitely needs to hit the gym and bulk up along with Clark imo. On top of all this my eyes and brain agree with each other that he's not very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shillzz Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) The only reasonable conclusion I can come to with regards to Bennet's continued selection is that he has some compromising photographs of Lambert, Lerner, Faulkner and a couple of the under 10's (of which he was mistaken to be one) and is threatening to release them to the press if he gets demoted to the bench. Edited February 4, 2013 by Shillzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 It's true he should not be starting, but I'm not convinced he's a player to give up on. He's young and raw and needs time. Once upon a time, a signing like Bennett would spend a year or two in the reserve team, not thrown right into the deep end with the senior squad. I just hope this experience doesn't destroy his self-confidence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 He has no one at club to learn from maybe we should put Delph there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can see why we bought him, theres definitely something about him that i think will develop into a good player but hes just so far from premierleague standard at the moment its untrue. Stick baker there for the next 3 months and we might just have a chance at staying up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakid007 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 He needs a proper lb in front of him to learn from and he needs to hit the gym 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 He needs a proper lb in front of him to learn from and he needs to hit the gym Yep, Freddy Bouma he is not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1974Centenary Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 He should turn himself into a full time winger,he would be better off in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 weve never really replaced bouma have we? hes definitely better suited to left wing, but still needs the last half of the season in the reserves to play there and adapt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 weve never really replaced bouma have we? hes definitely better suited to left wing, but still needs the last half of the season in the reserves to play there and adapt... I think most of us thought we had when we signed Warnock. Unfortunately he only looked good for around 6-7 months and then became very error prone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Which gives him 6-7 months more value than Bennett... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 thats not actually true as Bennett isnt finished at Villa. their is always a chance he will improve in the future though. Patrice Evra was woeful for his 1st 6 months at United Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Did Clarke not play left back for us at a stage. Keep Baker and Vlaar in the middle, put clarke left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Clark got torn apart by Wolves playing at left back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Baker should play LB. We don't need an attacking LB right now. We need solidity in defence. Between Nzogbia, Weimann, Gabby and Benteke - we should get all the goals we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 If people are so insistent upon dropping Bennett (and he does seem to be the scapegoat currently) then personally I would play Delph there. But then I wouldnt drop the lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 If people are so insistent upon dropping Bennett (and he does seem to be the scapegoat currently) then personally I would play Delph there. But then I wouldnt drop the lad He's not being made a scapegoat, people are just pointing out that he's been very poor and should perhaps be dropped as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsub Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can see why we bought him, theres definitely something about him that i think will develop into a good player but hes just so far from premierleague standard at the moment its untrue. Stick baker there for the next 3 months and we might just have a chance at staying up. I can't. Lamberk had a limited amount of money available as we all know. We've had a defence that's been leaking goals for a few seasons. What we needed to do was get some solidity and experience into the defence & stop shippng goals - instead we've wasted money on buying someone who can't defend and as you rightly point out is way of PL standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can see why we bought him, theres definitely something about him that i think will develop into a good player but hes just so far from premierleague standard at the moment its untrue. Stick baker there for the next 3 months and we might just have a chance at staying up. I can't. Lamberk had a limited amount of money available as we all know. We've had a defence that's been leaking goals for a few seasons. What we needed to do was get some solidity and experience into the defence & stop shippng goals - instead we've wasted money on buying someone who can't defend and as you rightly point out is way of PL standard. the thing about bennett is that he'll most likely make a decent winger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can see why we bought him, theres definitely something about him that i think will develop into a good player but hes just so far from premierleague standard at the moment its untrue. Stick baker there for the next 3 months and we might just have a chance at staying up. I can't. Lamberk had a limited amount of money available as we all know. We've had a defence that's been leaking goals for a few seasons. What we needed to do was get some solidity and experience into the defence & stop shippng goals - instead we've wasted money on buying someone who can't defend and as you rightly point out is way of PL standard. the thing about bennett is that he'll most likely make a decent winger no he wont. he would be another Allbrighton. too lightweight and it will only take about 5 mins to work him out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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