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[KingsX]

3 hours ago, henrik_62 said:

Benkovic is undoubtedly our strongest CB however since he was out injured Ajer and Simunovic have been peerless and haven't deserved to be dropped

 

angel in one ear: Celtic fans who've seen plenty of both, put Benko close to VVD's class.

devil in the other:  if every warm body who comes in at CB looks "peerless" against SPL attackers, maybe we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves.

[Muzzy_Larsson]

21 minutes ago, KingsX said:

 

angel in one ear: Celtic fans who've seen plenty of both, put Benko close to VVD's class.

devil in the other:  if every warm body who comes in at CB looks "peerless" against SPL attackers, maybe we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves.

Yeah not saying he's going to be as good as VVD but he's not far away imo having seen lots of both.

 

We don't only play in the SPFL, strolling through games against the dross of our league doesn't cut any ice even with Celtic fans, players we have are largely judged on how they do in Europe and Benkovic like a lot of other's before him has showed up well in that arena.

 

Every player needs to start somewhere and plenty of clubs have been burned and missed out on Van Dijk, Dembele, etc by turning their nose up at the SPFL.  Just because it's miles behind the EPL in terms of overall quality doesn't mean there aren't a few very good players in it.  Some of our recent exports justify exactly that thinking.

Edited 27 May 2019 by henrik_62

[mozartfox]

1 hour ago, henrik_62 said:

Yeah not saying he's going to be as good as VVD but he's not far away imo having seen lots of both.

 

We don't only play in the SPFL, strolling through games against the dross of our league doesn't cut any ice even with Celtic fans, players we have are largely judged on how they do in Europe and Benkovic like a lot of other's before him has showed up well in that arena.

 

Every player needs to start somewhere and plenty of clubs have been burned and missed out on Van Dijk, Dembele, etc by turning their nose up at the SPFL.  Just because it's miles behind the EPL in terms of overall quality doesn't mean there aren't a few very good players in it.  Some of our recent exports justify exactly that thinking.

For the record ‘he’ is a Leicester player so we would not be importing him from the Scottish League. He should come back now and test himself against the some of the  best forwards in the World.  Strolling around against the Arbroath Smokies etc.  week in and week out will do nothing more now for his development.  

 

 

Edited 27 May 2019 by mozartfox

[Muzzy_Larsson]

11 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

For the record ‘he’ is a Leicester player so we would not be importing him from the Scottish League. He should come back now and test himself against the some of the  best forwards in the World.  Strolling around against the Arbroath Smokies etc.  week in and week out will do nothing more now for his development.  

 

 

I'm well aware he's a Leicester player.  Thanks for pointing out the obvious and as per usual sneering down your nose at the Scottish league, whilst knowing very little about it and contributing absolute zero of value to the thread topic.

Edited 27 May 2019 by henrik_62

[nwl fox]

23 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

For the record ‘he’ is a Leicester player so we would not be importing him from the Scottish League. He should come back now and test himself against the some of the  best forwards in the World.  Strolling around against the Arbroath Smokies etc.  week in and week out will do nothing more now for his development.  

 

 

Bit unnecessary! 

[turtmcfly]

21 minutes ago, mozartfox said:

For the record ‘he’ is a Leicester player so we would not be importing him from the Scottish League. He should come back now and test himself against the some of the  best forwards in the World.  Strolling around against the Arbroath Smokies etc.  week in and week out will do nothing more now for his development.  

 

 

 

Of course Benkovic is ours, which makes the miserable bitterness of your comments all the more bizarre.

 

The OP is one of a number of fans of other clubs who come here and add more value that most of our own posters (before you say it, yes, I include myself in that). Definitely a quality import...

[mozartfox]

9 minutes ago, turtmcfly said:

 

Of course Benkovic is ours, which makes the miserable bitterness of your comments all the more bizarre.

 

The OP is one of a number of fans of other clubs who come here and add more value that most of our own posters (before you say it, yes, I include myself in that). Definitely a quality import...

yawn...

[mozartfox]

12 minutes ago, nwl fox said:

Bit unnecessary! 

Not really. Factual.   Just peed off we spent 13m on someone we have not seen play yet.