BristolBadger Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 Good Morning Foxes, Bristol City fan here. It looks as though we are close to signing Filip Benkovic on loan if you secure the signing of Ryan Bennett. I've got to admit, I don't know a lot about him apart from the fact he cost you £13m. I was wondering if I could have a little bit more information on the sort of player he is and what his attitude is like. Thanks guys.
ealingfox Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 The truth is none of us know because he's never fit.
somebum Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 Promising, played well at Celtic as a regular but albeit in a very shite league, seems like despite Brendan knowing him from Celtic he still doesn't trust him. We would like to see more hope the loan happens
TheUltimateWinner Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 Saw him play roughly 60 mins, but in those 60 mins he won every header and his distribution looked good. Hopefully you can tell us more about him!
StriderHiryu Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 He has an excellent reputation from his time in Scotland, with some of their fans saying he was the most impressive CB they had seen at the club since Van Dijk. So no pressure then! He is physically strong and tall, can read the game well and is an excellent passer of the ball. Problem is he had a number of injury problems up there, and seemingly wasn't able to get up to full fitness in pre-season here. He has played less than 180 minutes combined for us so far. Possibly not even 90. Honestly we all hope he absolutely smashes it with you guys so we can incorporate him into the first team as Wes Morgan's successor next season. He was brought as the same time as Soyuncu with Maguire expected to go to Man United. Soyuncu has turned out to be one of the breakout players of this season, though he was brought for approximately twice the price as Benkovic.
drofmor55 Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 Hard to say..hes only played half a game for us in the FA cup v Wigan. But the Celtic fans raved about him when he was on loan there...if he overcomes his injury problems he could be a very good player
RonnieTodger Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 You're probably better off asking Celtic fans mate
BristolBadger Posted 31 January 2020 Author Posted 31 January 2020 Thank you for the replies so far. Looking at the video on youtube he seems like a ball playing CB that we are looking for. We have never really replaced Adam Webster who went to Brighton. My only concern is his injury history. We tend to break our players!!
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 Not sure how fit he is but he was terrific for Celtic, both domestically and when he stepped up in Europe, strolled through games, biggest assets are his range of passing and ability to read the game, never looks flustered. I hope he does well at Bristol as he seemed a very likeable lad a Celtic and really bought into the club. If he's fit and firing he'll stroll it in the Championship.
turkish14 Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 Nothing personal to you Bristolbadger but it drives me mad seeing.... “I come in peace” or words to that effect. Why do opposing fans always feel the need to start topics like that, including ours that go into other fans forums. it’s not real life and death, or the potential of war about to occur. sorry to digress.
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 He pissed it against Wigan but all our players did. Then he went off injured. You'll have more insight on him than we do after he plays his first game for you
BristolBadger Posted 31 January 2020 Author Posted 31 January 2020 6 minutes ago, turkish14 said: Nothing personal to you Bristolbadger but it drives me mad seeing.... “I come in peace” or words to that effect. Why do opposing fans always feel the need to start topics like that, including ours that go into other fans forums. it’s not real life and death, or the potential of war about to occur. sorry to digress. To be honest, I'm the same haha. I even asked myself why when I was writing it!
mod hero Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 8 minutes ago, turkish14 said: Nothing personal to you Bristolbadger but it drives me mad seeing.... “I come in peace” or words to that effect. Why do opposing fans always feel the need to start topics like that, including ours that go into other fans forums. it’s not real life and death, or the potential of war about to occur. sorry to digress. Chill out
turkish14 Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 8 minutes ago, mod hero said: Chill out Lol yeah because you know me 😀
turkish14 Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 10 minutes ago, BristolBadger said: To be honest, I'm the same haha. I even asked myself why when I was writing it! The first time I ever heard it was on toy story 😂 but have seen it in these forums so many times. Just curious why people put it. as I say nothing personal to you at all, and thank you for not taking it negatively 👍
BristolBadger Posted 31 January 2020 Author Posted 31 January 2020 2 minutes ago, turkish14 said: The first time I ever heard it was on toy story 😂 but have seen it in these forums so many times. Just curious why people put it. as I say nothing personal to you at all, and thank you for not taking it negatively 👍 Nah of course not. I didn't read it in a negative way. I think its just the nature and perception of football isn't it. Its like someone stepping on someone else's turf.
jerry Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 Hope he stays fit and plays to his ability with you - like all our fans not seen much of him but think there could be an excellent player in there! Good luck and please beat Forest to promotion.
David Hankey Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 56 minutes ago, BristolBadger said: Good Morning Foxes, Bristol City fan here. It looks as though we are close to signing Filip Benkovic on loan if you secure the signing of Ryan Bennett. I've got to admit, I don't know a lot about him apart from the fact he cost you £13m. I was wondering if I could have a little bit more information on the sort of player he is and what his attitude is like. Thanks guys. Sorry can't help apart from he came back from Scotland injured and we've literally only seen him for a few minutes playing for us.
Christoph Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 OP please continue to update this thread after he's played a few games and let us know your thoughts on him. A lot of fans know very little about him so would be good to see how he gets on at Bristol
Guest Lako42 Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 He did well at Celtic and he's clearly well thought of here otherwise we'd just be getting rid. He needs games and hopefully he'll get them with you, which at Championship level I would imagine will benefit him and you.
mabrah Posted 31 January 2020 Posted 31 January 2020 59 minutes ago, BristolBadger said: I was wondering if I could have a little bit more information on the sort of player he is and what his attitude is like. Firstly, hello and welcome. To answer your question, you're probably as knowledgeable as we are. We've hardly seen him. Looks decent enough on the ball and likes to play out, but we've not really seen him tested defensively. What he's had to do, he's done without any major qualms. What else can one say? One for the future perhaps, as the saying goes. There are suggestions of him being injury prone but I personally don't think there's anything (yet) to suggest he is any more so than one might expect. Suggestions also that he can disappear in a battle (based on some games in the SPL) but, again, we've not really seen that as he's hardly had a run out for us. If anything, we'll be looking for your opinion when he comes back to us!
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