Joe Bennett

[Dante Lavelli]

I give him all my support v chelsea and intrigued to how he will cope defensively.  I dont see Bennett changing to competent defender in 6 days.

He only went and bloody did it.  Well played Joe, and in just 6 days too.

[brontebilly]

His best game for the club today I reckon

[oldham_villa]

Great game by Joe today, well done

[eastie]

Bennett was superb today .

[Toronto Villa]

Another player who is learning all the time and I've been a big critic of his. He'll get better, but we need proper competition for him from a more experienced and complete LB. We absolutely need to keep faith with these kids because they will come good with the right support.

[PaulWinch again]

He was very good today.

[Legion]

Yes, a great performance from Bennett today. Credit where credit is due.

[LamBeast]

He had a good game,i always seem to jinx them!

[Tuscans]

Ive slagged him off from day one but he did have a decent game today. Only thing is for me, you need to back them up with 10-20 games throughout the season not 2 or 3.

Still not sure about him so ill make my judgement next season...thats if we havent bought another left back.

[Big Dick Edwards]

Credit where it's due - Bennett was very solid today. Hopefully with experience he'll maintain this sort of standard more consistently.

[PeterWithesShin]

I was very impressed today with him, Delph (probably my MOTM) and Sylla.

[paul_e]

As I said about Delph a few months back, Bennett's biggest problem this season has been fitness.  He joined with an injury, got that vile gash to his leg after a few games and has had a couple of knocks since then so he'd never really had a run of games to find his feet and learn how to play in this league.  Since then he's had a good run in the side and has looked better and better.  A good pre-season with the squad and I think he can be just as effective as Lowton is on the right.  Both of them need to get a bit stronger and not get bullied under cross-field balls but if we can get that right and get the defensive side in general more organised there's a lot of quality there.

[SoccerHQ]

Very good game today.

Chelsea targeted him a lot today with little throughballs round the back of the defence and also a few high crosses but he dealt with them well.

Still would like us to pick someone like Riise up on a one year deal to keep him on his toes and to come in when his form dips.

[paul_e]

Very good game today.

Chelsea targeted him a lot today with little throughballs round the back of the defence and also a few high crosses but he dealt with them well.

Still would like us to pick someone like Riise up on a one year deal to keep him on his toes and to come in when his form dips.

We need competition on both sides but I think it's genuinely as competition rather than as replacements.

[Lastfootstamper]

Excellent today. Thought he read just about everything chelsea tried, and his covering behind the centre-halves was impeccable. Always made himself available, overlapped, pushed forward, triangles, never looked panicky in possession. I recall a single misplaced pass, second half, when under little pressure. Tiny, tiny blot on a good day's work.
And have the defence been practicing headers? Good to see them all getting some distance on them.