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Post by forevertufc on Aug 17, 2010 21:03:59 GMT
whilst not doubting snakey's word,i personally do not see this as a transfer that will happen.
the premiership/championship,are two divisions where there is no time and patience ,the amounts of money involved,mean results today,or the sack tomorrow.
every now and again a gem comes the club's youth system,or a young player emerges at a league 1,2 club.
this is the problem with benyon,to me he is no where near a complete championship player,and past the age where by a championship club could sign him as 1 for the future.
so i really can see why Swansea would want him at the moment.
benyon has no doubt worked his socks off,and his all round game has improved out of sight,however to me he will have to continue to play well and score regularly ,if so i can see around January ,him being linked to a few league 1 clubs pushing for promotion,who might see him as player who can carry them forward.
what ever happens,Elliot benyon,to me a is a genuine honest player,and a great servant to our club,when or if he goes,he will always have my best wish's.
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Post by alunmeerkat on Aug 17, 2010 21:20:29 GMT
Yes he is a genuine player but I think he is somewhat underated - he was causing opposition defences plenty of problems towards the end of last season and his peformance in the defeat of Rochdale was sensational. The Rochdale central defenders could not handle his running and movement and were given a right going over. There was a scout from a League 1 club sitting behind me that day - its hardly suprising that Benyon is getting noticed.
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Post by forevertufc on Aug 17, 2010 21:31:55 GMT
Yes he is a genuine player but I think he is somewhat underated - he was causing opposition defences plenty of problems towards the end of last season and his peformance in the defeat of Rochdale was sensational. The Rochdale central defenders could not handle his running and movement and were given a right going over. There was a scout from a League 1 club sitting behind me that day - its hardly suprising that Benyon is getting noticed. totaly agree,and if he continue's in the same vein,he will be snapped up,i just think league 1 is more realistic. if he was at this level aged 21 i could see a championship club taking a punt on him developing further,however he is past that,just think he is not ready to jump that far up the scale yet.
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Post by yeovilgull on Aug 20, 2010 6:28:19 GMT
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Post by bargoedjack on Aug 24, 2010 16:43:27 GMT
Evenin' all ...
Swansea fan in peace.
Last season we were known for our pretty tap-tap football, mean defence and inept finishing (partly due to a conservative system and partly down to personnel).
We're stable financially but don't have silly money to spend (bit like Blackpool I guess)
We've got one striker who can score (Dobbie), one who is a nuisance to other defences but has too many taxi moments (Kuqi) one who could score for fun in spanish lower leagues and can't hit a barn door here (Pintado) and one who could probably do a job for us if he wasn't always injured or unfit (Craig Beattie).
The manager has said that he wants to get in two strikers by the end of the window. Franck Nouble (tall fast 18 yr old from West Ham) looks odds on to be one of them on loan and the other they are saying should be a more established striker (who we might need to be paying at least half-decent money for).
They are apparently working through a list of potential targets. The manager has said he wants someone who is mobile, can link play and can score. Has to be able to play as a single striker. Names mentioned have been Leroy Lita, Brett Pitman (now with Brizzle C) and Tamas Priskin. I would imagine that Benyon may well be the sort of player who would appear somewhere on our "list", but whether he'll be one who we would sign is anybody's guess.
The chairman stated in pre-season that he wants young hungry players as his main type of signing.
Signing Lita and Priskin may well not happen (they're both squad players in teams with little depth at the moment up front so may not be shifted).
My guess is that if your source is right, Elliot may well be a fall-back option if we can't get Lita (or then Priskin).
Huge rider on my comments is that it's just based on what the club have been leaking out in press conferences etc - they are speaking a lot in general terms - the above are just some of the specifics with a bit of speculation thrown in!
Good luck with the season, btw ... it's not that long since we were 90 mins away from relegation from the football league ... with gates of 4 thousand. I wouldn't have believed we'd be threatening the premiership just 7 yrs later. Funny old game football. When you've watched the team struggle, success tastes so much sweeter than Man U and their supporters could ever understand.
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Post by merse on Aug 24, 2010 16:55:30 GMT
The manager has said that he wants to get in two strikers by the end of the window. Franck Nouble (tall fast 18 yr old from West Ham) looks odds on to be one of them on loan and the other they are saying should be a more established striker (who we might need to be paying at least half-decent money for).
They are apparently working through a list of potential targets. The manager has said he wants someone who is mobile, can link play and can score. Elliott Benyon doesn't come into that category ~ his link up play is both still a little niaive and his first touch so dreadful at times he would look foolish in the Championship, to which league 2 (as you should know) is a million miles away. For someone to make an immediate impact and consolidate your push fro promotion (or is it fight against relegation?) you're barking up the wrong tree pal. Go for Nouble or another promising young Premiership striker availbale on a long tern loan.
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Post by bargoedjack on Aug 24, 2010 18:31:26 GMT
The manager has said that he wants to get in two strikers by the end of the window. Franck Nouble (tall fast 18 yr old from West Ham) looks odds on to be one of them on loan and the other they are saying should be a more established striker (who we might need to be paying at least half-decent money for).
They are apparently working through a list of potential targets. The manager has said he wants someone who is mobile, can link play and can score. Elliott Benyon doesn't come into that category ~ his link up play is both still a little niaive and his first touch so dreadful at times he would look foolish in the Championship, to which league 2 (as you should know) is a million miles away. For someone to make an immediate impact and consolidate your push fro promotion (or is it fight against relegation?) you're barking up the wrong tree pal. Go for Nouble or another promising young Premiership striker availbale on a long tern loan. Thanks for the info. The way we play does rely on having people who are comfortable on the ball - alot of our play is quite intricate passing. What we have missed is enough people who can stick it into the net. Fingers crossed we get one of our other targets for the immediate need! We shouldn't be fighting relegation. Champ is wide open this year - they reckon 15 teams believe they have a good shout at the playoffs. Last yr we finished seventh and seem to have developed more bite under Brendan Rodgers - early days though! I'd be disappointed if we're not in the playoffs.
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Post by Rags on Aug 30, 2010 17:28:37 GMT
Daggers' Paul Benson has just signed for Charlton.
This will raise more rumours of Elliot going to Daggers to replace him, no matter how inaccurate that might appear. Anyone know any telecomm engineers who could nip up to Plainmoor tomorrow and cut the Club's fax line for the entire day?
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Post by rjdgull on Aug 30, 2010 17:40:06 GMT
Daggers' Paul Benson has just signed for Charlton. This will raise more rumours of Elliot going to Daggers to replace him, no matter how inaccurate that might appear. Anyone know any telecomm engineers who could nip up to Plainmoor tomorrow and cut the Club's fax line for the entire day? I wouldn't go there if I was Elliot. Better to score goals at the top of league 2 this season.
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Post by loyalgull on Aug 30, 2010 19:56:10 GMT
i dont think e will be moving on,but surprised no more mark ellis developments today,glad though
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Post by hector on Aug 31, 2010 0:01:26 GMT
Daggers' Paul Benson has just signed for Charlton. This will raise more rumours of Elliot going to Daggers to replace him, no matter how inaccurate that might appear. Anyone know any telecomm engineers who could nip up to Plainmoor tomorrow and cut the Club's fax line for the entire day? I cannot see how any advisors to Benyon would suggest he move to Dagenham. They are a much smaller club than us and are likely to be back in League 2 next season. To go there would be a very starnge move indeed.
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Post by rjdgull on Aug 31, 2010 6:39:21 GMT
The window closes at 18:00 this evening.
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Post by Rags on Aug 31, 2010 6:43:01 GMT
Daggers' Paul Benson has just signed for Charlton. This will raise more rumours of Elliot going to Daggers to replace him, no matter how inaccurate that might appear. Anyone know any telecomm engineers who could nip up to Plainmoor tomorrow and cut the Club's fax line for the entire day? I cannot see how any advisors to Benyon would suggest he move to Dagenham. They are a much smaller club than us and are likely to be back in League 2 next season. To go there would be a very starnge move indeed. I don't think they will and I also believe that it would not be Daggers' style to buy another league forward. They possibly have less money than us to spend and, in any case, John Still prefers to get potential from the non-league game and polish them into League players who can be sold on, just like Benson. A "Benyon to Daggers" rumour would be about as far away from the truth as can be had, in my opinion, but I don't think that would stop it showing itself. Schalke have just snapped up Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from AC Milan, so the Rossoneri should be in with a bid for Benners to replace him. My light-hearted comment about a telecomm's engineer was more to do with stopping any of our players leaving today; the Transfer deadline day which cranks shut at 18.00 BST (except for Arsenal and/or Benjani who traditionally both manage to register moves after the close of business )...
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Post by chrish on Aug 31, 2010 7:58:54 GMT
I cannot see how any advisors to Benyon would suggest he move to Dagenham. They are a much smaller club than us and are likely to be back in League 2 next season. To go there would be a very starnge move indeed. I don't think they will and I also believe that it would not be Daggers' style to buy another league forward. They possibly have less money than us to spend and, in any case, John Still prefers to get potential from the non-league game and polish them into League players who can be sold on, just like Benson. A "Benyon to Daggers" rumour would be about as far away from the truth as can be had, in my opinion, but I don't think that would stop it showing itself. Schalke have just snapped up Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from AC Milan, so the Rossoneri should be in with a bid for Benners to replace him. My light-hearted comment about a telecomm's engineer was more to do with stopping any of our players leaving today; the Transfer deadline day which cranks shut at 18.00 BST (except for Arsenal and/or Benjani who traditionally both manage to register moves after the close of business )... Daggers got £250,000 for Benson. For £250,000 they can have Benyon.
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Post by Rob on Aug 31, 2010 14:47:54 GMT
With Nurse as a makeweight I heard. Matron.
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