Spudulike Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 Seems odd that any other club would sign him given his lack of fitness. Unless there are other issues that have effected him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 If Benk has a poor season in the Championship, what on earth led us to pay a lot of money for him in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerrrFox Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 I wouldn’t sell him but he definitely needs another season playing games. Our centre back options in a years time is likely to be Soyuncu, Fofana, Evans, Benkovic - if he can prove himself again this season he will work his way into the rotation after Morgan and Fuchs have gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brookfox Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 Oh hi Claude... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 Just now, bmouth_fox said: If Benk has a poor season in the Championship, what on earth led us to pay a lot of money for him in the first place? His Championship loan was odd. Lee Johnson wouldn't play him for some reason but after he was sacked the new manager selected him for the remaining matches and he was one of their top performers. Some on the BCFC forum described him as the ball playing centre back they had been missing all season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 16 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: I want him to do well here but he has legs made of Lotus Biscoff, the chances of him putting in a 40 game season for us are so low sadly. As a vegan my diet consists of 90% Lotus Biscoff. Maybe I could sign Benko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta Legend Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 3 minutes ago, NaijaFox said: I think there were managerial issues at Bristol City. When he was injury-free and played, he did quite well. Exactly, there is a good player in there he was superb at Celtic and is good enough to have been capped for Croatia. His injuries are what's holding him back. He may get over his injury (s) and have a consistently spell can imagine the club want another loan or cash in to generate cash flow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHDrive Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 10 minutes ago, NaijaFox said: I think there were managerial issues at Bristol City. When he was injury-free and played, he did quite well. What kind of issues were they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onions Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 9 minutes ago, bmouth_fox said: If Benk has a poor season in the Championship, what on earth led us to pay a lot of money for him in the first place? We signed him before that, and he’s 23 ffs VVD was at Celtic at 24, Benkovic was starting for Celtic at 21 Clearly Rodgers doesn’t rate him, which is strange because he loves him before his injury at Celtic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaijaFox Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 3 minutes ago, UHDrive said: What kind of issues were they? See the following. Of course, we are not actually privy to what went on there, 4 minutes ago, Spudulike said: His Championship loan was odd. Lee Johnson wouldn't play him for some reason but after he was sacked the new manager selected him for the remaining matches and he was one of their top performers. Some on the BCFC forum described him as the ball playing centre back they had been missing all season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaijaFox Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 10 minutes ago, Spudulike said: Seems odd that any other club would sign him given his lack of fitness. Unless there are other issues that have effected him. The transfer deal and fee could be loaded with conditional clauses, related to appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 21 minutes ago, NaijaFox said: Personally, I would try to package Benkovic and Hamza to Celtic for McGregor. However, @Muzzy_Larsson doesn’t think they would be interested this season. We'd be interested in Benkovic I'm sure but I don't think there's any chance of us selling McGregor this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtmcfly Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 23 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: They were the first biscuit I thought of that snap easily. "Difficult to snap biscuits" is a life stealer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 50 minutes ago, moore_94 said: According to L’Equipe, he is being looked at by Saint-Etienne as a possibly replacement for Fofana “Around @lequipe to discuss the avenues studied to replace W.#Fofana . ➡️ Filip Benkovic (23 years old 🇭🇷 Leicester) ➡️ Pape Abou Cissé (25 years old 🇸🇳 Olympiacos) ➡️ Ousseynou Ba (24 years old 🇸🇳 Olympiacos. The #ASSE would have 6 to 7 M € max to recruit a young and fast axial.” I imagine we would want more than the figure quoted though If this is true and he's going for that sort of money we should be all over that. Sell Ajer to some daft clu for £20m and then go and sign Benkovic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 2 minutes ago, UHDrive said: What kind of issues were they? Lee Johnson had run out of steam and the club were going backwards. The owner has ploughed millions into Bristol Sport and totally revamped Ashton Gate as a multi purpose stadium for rugby and football. Now the rugby club is successful he wants a return (ie PL) for the football Wing of his empire. The fans lost confidence in Johnson and he was sacked with his assistant, Holden, taking over. Much turmoil but Benkovic got a chance with the change of manager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav_LCFC14 Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 We got him in for £13m, we should at minimum recoup that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammie82uk Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 10 minutes ago, Onions said: We signed him before that, and he’s 23 ffs VVD was at Celtic at 24, Benkovic was starting for Celtic at 21 Clearly Rodgers doesn’t rate him, which is strange because he loves him before his injury at Celtic Not really strange I just think it shows the different standard levels of each squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 (edited) Loan with a decent fee. A year down the line we are going to have Soyuncu, Fofana and a 34 year old Evans. We will be in the market for another CB. Edited 30 September 2020 by coolhandfox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox85 Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 7 minutes ago, Gav_LCFC14 said: We got him in for £13m, we should at minimum recoup that. Loan the lad out id imagine the likes of Fulham or WBA would be interested. A half decent season in the premier league and his value would triple. Send him to the championship to study English football more and gain experience and we might have another great CB. I truly believe there is more to come from Benko he is still very young. Show the same patience we did with Gray. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 He's always injured.. Bentabit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 28 minutes ago, UHDrive said: What kind of issues were they? The sort of issues where Lee Johnson is a midget shitehawk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe's Fox Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 Well well well, Claude. How the turn tables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGLCFC Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 15 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Loan with a decent fee. A year down the line we are going to have Soyuncu, Fofana and a 34 year old Evans. We will be in the market for another CB. I bet we go in for Tarkowski next Summer if he is still at Burnley. Less than a year left on his contract, he'll be like an Evans signing particularly if Burnley are relegated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywood_6 Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 I think we should loan him this season - see if he can play a full season of games and prove his fitness. Still think he could be a decent player if so. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzzy_Larsson Posted 30 September 2020 Share Posted 30 September 2020 2 minutes ago, Haywood_6 said: I think we should loan him this season - see if he can play a full season of games and prove his fitness. Still think he could be a decent player if so. Agree with this, he really needs to at least try and get a full season of game under his belt somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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