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Any future for Mr. Benyon at the County Ground?  Apparently having quite a good game for Wycombe tonight in the Carling Cup, and would probably get in the side at the moment.

Surely when di Canio joined he must have had a twinge of regret joining Wycombe.  Does anyone know if we're still paying any of his wages?

Hopefully not

Just scored a penalty....

Well, if we're punishing loyalty by booting out Timlin, why kick out Benyon?

Timlin's treatment sickens me somewhat....  Cannot understand the logic in farming Benyon out on loan, selling Amankwaah and Timlin, and signing Atiku before letting him play for Melksham under 9s.

 I hope not...but it is quite possible and a symptom of what happens when you get on a downward slide....we'll be very lucky to get shot of any that di Canio wants out, unless we cut a deal....other managers will sniff the weakness of our position.

What I can't fathom is quite how Risser or Jonathan Smith are an improvement over Timlin, a player who has stated he wants to play for Swindon.  I know football is fickle and loyalty has long left the game, but I genuinely believe he is the sort of player that would help us out this league.  Maybe not the most gifted, but a grafter and committed to the cause.

I'm not particularly delighted about Amankwaah's imminent departure either, although I imagine he's one of the higher earners.  What is frustrating is both will leave and go and play at a decent level, and most probably come back to haunt us.

I know someone will probably punch me for this, but Danny Ward just scored.......   :D

Oh well, I suppose we've got Atiku. 

He left after Di Canio was installed as manager. And he asked to leave.

Thought Timlin fell out with Paolo because he didn't want to play on the wing.

Might simply be that they are on a lot more money that the new players. Seem to recall seeing somewhere that even with all the signings (before Clarke and Garibaldi and Mogadon) that the wage bill was £20k less than last year. Maybe offloading Timlin and Amankwah freed up the extra cash for the final 3, while Benyon's loan takes his wage down to a more manageable level? Guess we'll never know.

Timlin has been here for years now on good money...can you remember his memorable games,you know like Ward,Cox,Paynter,Austin etc....i can't remember one let alone many like these guys,fact is he has had his chance and its time to move on.
Will do him good and i wish him well if he moves on.

i'm suprised timlins lasted as long here as he has tbh

Risser and Jonathan Smith are far better than Timlin.

Smith will I think become our best midfielder, I think he has it in him. Apart from his goal and he will admit this there is no evidence to suggest Risser is an improvement on Timlin

It's all about opinions.  My take is that Smith is a tough tackling midfielder who seems to have a knack of scoring (missed so much from our midfield).

Risser seems to be a quality player on the ball, but needs to command the midfield a little better.  As soon as he gets his confidence up, he will be an excellent midfielder for us.

As for Timlin, whilst he a made a slight difference when he came back from Southen, his ability is very limited and at his best, is very average, although good enough for the 4th division.  He doesn't have a hope for us.  :blowup:

Well, that's my view anyway  :spoton:

Anyway  COYR

Yep hope you're right, I'm just glad Ferry is getting some game time.

Timlin has been here long enough and really dine fuck all. One good game in 10 and anonymous the other 9. Its best if he movers on both for us and for him. He isn't going to get any better. Risser is still an unknown. J Smith, i have high hopes for. Mc Cormack looks a good 'un. Timlin isn't needed.

We don't really need either Timlin or Manks in my opinion. Manks is a decent RB for this level but with the wingers we now have we can afford to play Caddis at RB and we have Thompson as back up who has shown he has some potential. With the wage cap it's a sensible choice to let Manks leave even if it's on loan.

Timlin I think again we have enough cover both out wide and in the centre. I certainly wouldn't pick him over Ferry or McCormack and probably at the moment Smith either. And then Risser is our captain so it's a no brainer that he's off. Not sure on Atiku. I get the impression we were shafted by agents with him. He didn't look great when I saw him at Supermarine but I accept it was only a friendly and only 1 game. I think Di Canio just wants him playing games.

As for Benyon well I don't think he'd get a look in here now over Clarke or Magera and from what i've seen he's no better than Connell either.

When did Michael Timlin become indispensable? I swear only 2/3 months ago everyone was bemoaning how he wasn't needed?

I remember on matchday threads how many people on here were getting their knickers in a twist when DW kept bringing Timlin on.

Are these the same people that know are getting their knickers in a twist about him being let go?

Just noticed the thread title is Elliot Benyon, why the fuck are we discussing about Timlin?

Id really prefer it if Thompson was farmed out and not Manks, he was dreadful against Daggers and in my opinion is not ready for first team football. He was a rabbit in the headlights a week ago.

Wages could well be the deciding factor.

Don't mind Thompson. Wouldn't use him at RM though.

These my thoughts. I like Timlin, but he's never looked like a player who would provoke discussion, either positive or negative. He's just a solid, decent and unspectacular professional in my opinion.

Exactly, he goes about his business but sending him out either on loan or permanently isn't going to define our season.

I know football doesn't quite work like this, but surely if Timlin and Amankwaah are good enough for League 1, they'd be great in League 2?!

For all of you saying Timlin was anonymous, don't forget he didn't score a key goal against Shitty...

I suppose I'm just grumpy at the way he's been treated, as I think loyalty is a rare commodity in football these days, and every team needs an anonymous grafter who makes up for their lack of quality with a workmanlike approach to the game.

I'm a bit bemused that di Canio can really know what his best team is at the moment, and with the number of combinations available I'm not sure we'll ever know.

With Benyon (on the books), Kerouche, de Vita, Connell, Magera, Clarke, who's to say what the best partnership is?  We don't seem to have stand out first team/reserve options as we often have in the past.

Yeah, last season was so much simpler when we only had to choose between Pericard and Dossevi. Bring back those heady days. ;)

Personally I wouldnt mind seeing Caddis at Left Back instead of Kennedy and give manks a go at Right back.

Controversial? maybe.

Benyon won`t be missed mark my words, panic buy, light weight striker good luck to the boy but he really has to go down as one of DW many mistakes last season...moving on to Timlin...same goes for him...will he be missed and if we are honest the answer is NO. Anyway he hasn`t gone anywhere yet... :bye:

Barry and Parkin have got this right. Timlin has always been very honest but limited, like a muppet babies version of Jonathan Douglas. I was surprised to see him survive the summer clearout, so it's no surprise he's off now there's more competition for places. (Especially if we're clearing the payroll to get Magera under the wage cap).

Apparently we're currently 5p under the cap. Last seasons squad must've been paid in diamonds and bullion. Well p(l)aid guys.

Anyone herd if Benyon or Bodin are off to FGR?

Benyon wont be will he? Hes at wycombe all season

Ah yes in deed he is. :-[