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Benyon set to move on
           

  ELLIOT Benyon is set to move to Swindon's League Two rivals Southend when the transfer window opens next week.

           

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Weird as he never got started here really despite scoring goals for Torquay.
I heard he was shit in training so that may be why?

Awful fucking attitude aswell by all accounts

Defintely one of the oddest signings ever. Right up there with Richard Greene, Curtis Fleming and Adrian Bakali.

Although unlike the above, he did get to start a game.

Basicly paying for Wes....happy days.

Curtis Fleming went on to have a good career. We were just too far ahead of the game on that one. 

Yes, as you say, he did go on to have a good career. It was still a strange signing for us though in that he did not actually kick a ball in anger for us. Whenever we sign a player and he doesn't actually get to play for us, I tend to file that under 'strange'.

He went back to Ireland as he was homesick then ended up in Middlesborough. must have been some fucking chemical ridden zombie shithole he was from in Ireland.

We've played against Benyon a fair few times over the last few years, and he's always done well against us. Looked very good at Torquay the season before last, I expect he'll score again at Southend.

As a Southend fan it would be interesting to hear a few more views on the lad. Clearly didn't set the world alight but wondering if you guys can give any more info on him. Sounds like a good deal all round to be fair.

To be fair it's hard for us to really judge him. Hardly did much but only played 12 games.

To me seems very lightweight and didn't do much outside the box.Probably a player who is best suited feeding on scraps in the box.

From what i hear though he has a pretty awful attitude.

I don't think anyone can judge him on his Swindon performances to be fair, seeing as there were so few of them. Even when we were fighting relegation and desperate for points the gob shite that was Paul Hart would only play one up front even at home. And that one wasn't Benyon. I suspect he will do ok for Southend.

As many as that? I'm surprised!

Well, he certainly wasnt Charlie Austin!

He'll score the winner against us from a Timlin assist, no doubt.

Are you sure he kept telling us it was 3?  :)

Oh yeah, I'd forgotten that...how silly of me  8)

That's how I saw him too, well for the little I did see. Will score goals in the box, will offer nothing much outside it or to the wider team.

Like the anti-Heskey.

after timlin got the ball from a paul sturrock inspired substitution: Blair Sturrock! So many ways Southend could sting us!!

Blair Sturrock coming on for the injured Barry Corr!

Just another disaster in the transfer market of the 2010/11 season.

Elliot...you as the player, me as the fan.  We never really bonded, did we?

He just never lived up to his wiki page.

spot on! when this happens, we'll be sorry!

'Elliot de paul Benyon'...what a page!It was always going to take some living up to!

Is the screenshot of that wiki page saved anywhere still?

Is it not possible to put a clause in the sale of Benyon to say he can't play against us this season, didn't Bristol City do it to us when we bought Christian Roberts ?

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Cheers. Fantastic stuff.  :D

I think I would rather have a clause insisting that they do play him.

Parts of that Wikipedia article are pure Spacey 8)

Worst. Quoting. Ever.

A complete train wreck.

FACT!

Much like Paul Hart's management of us...

Stupid phone.

Are you named after Daniel Fredheim Holm?

The last sentence isn't far from the truth!

Panic buy from us I thought,tidy player,bit of a poacher type player,in a team doing well im sure he could score goals,could prove a good bit of business by southend.good for us aswell

Not sure how Benyon scoring goals for Southend is going to be good for us.

maybe I meant the money notts red

Don't imagine we will get very much for him in comparison to the damage he could do our own promotion chances if he starts scoring as many goals for Southend as he did for Torquay. We brought him in to score goals for us and wasn't IMO given a fair chance by Wilson and co. agree he could still score goals.

If we needed wiggle room in the wage budget to bring someone else in then he had to go. Lets say his sale helps bring Fodderingham in. In my opinion that would be more important than not selling Benyon to Southend. Maybe there were no other suitors.

That said I take the point, I'm convinced we didn't see the real Elliott Benyon. He can do damage in this league.

Agree about having a bit extra for our budget but I would of preferred it if a mid table team was taking a chance on Benyon instead of a rival promotion team.

I don't think there is any argument with that, but there may not have been too many takers.

Manangers must be judging him on his Wycombe proformances or lack of them as like you say he has proved himself at this level.

I agree notts red,anymore takers though???i still think we can win this league

Hope your right but at the moment I'm still waiting for Crawley,Cheltenham and Southend to have their blip.

We still have to play two of those 3 at home.They have all got to play eachother.Don't worry about the blips they will come

im going to choose to believe you cos your normally right.

I think the blips will come for those3,take out our bad start we would be in the top 3