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according to the local paper in cork bennett will sign a 5 month loan once his one month loan expires
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The big risk,of course, is that another club offer him a deal during January to take him on loan until the end of the season knowing that he'll then be available for free. Despite his apparent willingness to sign on at Brentford further I have a horrible feeling that another club who have been monitoring his success here might just nick him on 31st January.
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Surely they don't offer him a deal it must be Reading who decide who they loan someone to.
It is also noticeiable that Reading tend to loan their non senior players to lower league clubs within easy reach of Reading. Brentford, Wycombe, Southampton & Swindon have been their most recent choices.
Only senior players Murty & Lita have gone to clubs outside a easy radius of Reading. That may well be a preference of theirs
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Money talks and all that but being part of BFC must be a really decent thing at the moment, surely AB wants part of it. To play for a team that that could put a promotion on his cv and to have played for the whole season surely means something, does it not?
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seemingly alan wanted to sign for six months but clubs agreed 1 initally, he also maintains that bees fans havent seen the best of this brentford team yet this season.
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Am I right in thinking if he signs on loan now til the end of the season, no other club can buy him until close season?
That being the case it makes perfect sense why Reading have OK'd a 1 month deal so far to see if the can offload him permanently.
If not, I'm assuming it won't benefit his career more by going on a long loan to a club further away or where he won't get a chance to enjoy the success both as ann individual and as part of a winning team?
That being the case it makes perfect sense why Reading have OK'd a 1 month deal so far to see if the can offload him permanently.
If not, I'm assuming it won't benefit his career more by going on a long loan to a club further away or where he won't get a chance to enjoy the success both as ann individual and as part of a winning team?
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Couldn't make it to Lincoln today, but from what I listened to on the Beesworld commentary, it seems today was proof, as if needed, that we HAVE to keep Bennett all season..
Defence sounded all over the place without him
With Philips/Osborne/Johnson as the 3 CBs at the club, we WILL NOT get promoted......
Defence sounded all over the place without him
With Philips/Osborne/Johnson as the 3 CBs at the club, we WILL NOT get promoted......
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Phillips IS a good player and has been solid since taking over from Wilson. Johnson........well who knows if he can play centre back ?
Osborne isn't good enough for this level. Cannot see AS putting him as Phillip's partner if Bennett leaves on the 29th, he just wouldn't chuck away all the good things we have done up to now and jeapodize our promotion chances.....would he ?
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defence was abit of a shambles but horsfield is a clever forward and there winger was mustard.took 2 or 3 bees players to get the ball off him
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We were weak and missing our strongman, we couldn't seem to clear the ball by just simply booting it away.:sad:
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The Brentford career of Alan Bennett is typical of how a player can be God one season and a piece of poo the next (or vice-versa).
I think it's generally fair to say that he wasn't on the top of most lists to be playing for us this season because our defence at the end of the last season was just immobile and unpredictable.
However he has gone through a difficult early season and is now seen as a must keep for the run in.
The point is that I agree we need him to maintain our promotion push; if he went, it would be difficult to fill his boots but we have got other cover that might be just as effective given the chance (Johnson and Osborne). Johnson hasn't had a chance and does deserve one at some point whereas Osborne is the sitting duck with the price on his head if anything goes wrong. The worst thing about this is the more stick he gets, the more pressure he displays and his preformance is obviously affected by this because his confidence goes. If Bees fans think that is acceptable then it's up to them but it isn't going to help us to achieve our objective. What's more important - "I was right - Osborne is sh*t" or giving the bloke their support against their better judgement?
I think it's generally fair to say that he wasn't on the top of most lists to be playing for us this season because our defence at the end of the last season was just immobile and unpredictable.
However he has gone through a difficult early season and is now seen as a must keep for the run in.
The point is that I agree we need him to maintain our promotion push; if he went, it would be difficult to fill his boots but we have got other cover that might be just as effective given the chance (Johnson and Osborne). Johnson hasn't had a chance and does deserve one at some point whereas Osborne is the sitting duck with the price on his head if anything goes wrong. The worst thing about this is the more stick he gets, the more pressure he displays and his preformance is obviously affected by this because his confidence goes. If Bees fans think that is acceptable then it's up to them but it isn't going to help us to achieve our objective. What's more important - "I was right - Osborne is sh*t" or giving the bloke their support against their better judgement?
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Bennett was brilliant at the later parts of last season!! very harsh.
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An observation from yesterday:
Bennett is a 'no nonsense' defender; he'll just do the simple thing automatically, like a Row Z clearance in a flash when he thinks he's under pressure. Halls may be a "class act" but there was a lot of indecision by both him and Dickson against Lincoln.
Bennett is a 'no nonsense' defender; he'll just do the simple thing automatically, like a Row Z clearance in a flash when he thinks he's under pressure. Halls may be a "class act" but there was a lot of indecision by both him and Dickson against Lincoln.
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That's so wrong.
He was superb for a few games and then went all Mackie on us.
He went downhill, but he wasn't that bad!
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He went downhill, but he wasn't that bad!
An overstatement there from NB IMHO.
Bennett performed at the back end of last season like a man who knew everyone around him was on their summer holidays or not good enough - most were from April onwards.
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without bennett, we will struggle at the back. I went to the lincon game (a) and the halls, phillips combination at the back was awful...if scott wants us to go up and do well, he will pull his finger out and buy Bennett and Hamer too
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I'm sure Soctty is sat next to a massive pile of cash that the board have given him and the reason he hasn't yet 'bought' Hamer and bennett is because he can't be bothered to 'get his finger out'!!
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At the end of today, hopefully we'll be more the wiser re Alan Bennett and whether he'll play anymore games for us this season.
We could put Osborne at the back to replace him if he does leave us :sad:
We could put Osborne at the back to replace him if he does leave us :sad:
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Reading had 20 year old Alex Pearce playing last night, and Duberry went off injured after 30mins, I hope they don't see AB as a stop gap until their defenders return 
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I would have Johnson as next choice CB, however doesn't look as if AS feels the same way.:sad: Halls didn't seem to work there at lincoln and feel KO is to exposed in that position!
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Just beat me to it, great stuff!!!!
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Superb news. Now if only we could look to sign them both permanently at the end of the season. Unfortunately that is unlikely to happen.
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Great news!!! Loan extended until the end of the season. A vital component in our promotion push! 
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you never know if we are in league 1.
in regard to Bennett, his contract is up at reading so he will be a free agent. The championship is probably above him so we would be competing with other league 1 clubs, dont see why he wouldnt choose to stay here.
Hamer is more of a long shot as I suspect Reading would either want to keep him, or would demand a fee, maybe another season on loan, in a higher division, could be a good thing for his career development however? Certainly I doubt he will be very close to the Reading 1st team just yet.
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Didn't Hamer only sign a one year deal for this year, hence the reason we have him, so he would be a free agent albeit with compo to Reading due to his
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I suppose Reading securing promotion themselves would tip both scenarios a little in our favour as it would maybe push Hamer further down the pecking order if they were to strengthen :shrug:
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Securing his services until the end of the season will probably play a key part in our promotion ambitions.
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I'd imagine that Bennett is a really hard bastard. He's not that dirty but seems as strong as an Ox and I wouldn't fancy the chances of knobs like Elvins who puff their chest out at him with a referee in the way.
Just an observation.
Just an observation.
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An excellent signing and one which makes me believe that we have the defence sorted for the rest of the season barring injuries. Add Rhodes into the mix (hopefully) to bolster the forward line and this squad has promotion written all over it
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