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[dekko]

Joe Bennett had a stormed against Small Heath yesterday including an assist, makes me feel slightly better on a miserable day,anyone think he'd be worse than Cissoko?

Me

[ADVILLAFAN]

Joe Bennett had a stormed against Small Heath yesterday including an assist, makes me feel slightly better on a miserable day,anyone think he'd be worse than Cissoko?

Me

I think Cissokho is better defensively and Bennett is better going forward.

[dekko]

Joe Bennett had a stormed against Small Heath yesterday including an assist, makes me feel slightly better on a miserable day,anyone think he'd be worse than Cissoko?

Me

I think Cissokho is better defensively and Bennett is better going forward.

Part of me wants to agree with you but aside from an assist against Ipswich in the FA cup (god knows how I remember that one) I'm struggling to think of a single offensive contribution Bennett made in his time here.  Not that Cissokhos made many either.

[PaulWinch again]

Cissokho is fine as a defender.

[Dave]

Joe Bennett had a stormed against Small Heath yesterday including an assist, makes me feel slightly better on a miserable day,anyone think he'd be worse than Cissoko?

Me

I think Cissokho is better defensively and Bennett is better going forward.

Part of me wants to agree with you but aside from an assist against Ipswich in the FA cup (god knows how I remember that one) I'm struggling to think of a single offensive contribution Bennett made in his time here.  Not that Cissokhos made many either.

I think it was his ball in for Benteke's goal in that horrible Bradford win.

[brontebilly]

Cissokho is fine as a defender.

He isnt though.

He is a bit like John Travolta at the Oscars with his hands all over the place attackers on the wings, giving away countless unnecessary free kicks. Its just rank lazy defending from him. Again with Walters last weekend, instead of making it difficult just gets his arms around him. 

Poor positionally, Clark has been covering up for his mistakes for weeks.

For a big guy, he doesnt half pull out of physical contact. Hull in particular he was a disgrace, Stephen Warnock esque even.

With the ball, he is in a league of his own. Im struggling to think of a more technically limited player that has played for the club.

The longer the season has gone on, the more he holds his own in our left back hall of shame - Warnock, Shorey, Bennett, Stevens, Luna. What a collection

[PaulWinch again]

Disagree completely.

[godzvilla]

Gary Gardner regaining his form, as a defensive mid-fielder at Forest, their fans  very positive.I,d love to see Gary find the form that initially made him such a highly acclaimed youngster......Godzvilla!

Nottingham Forest fans react on Twitter to Gary Gardner's performance against Bournemouth.
Having taken 13 points from the past five matches to move up to eight in the table, one of the key reasons for their recent revival has been the form of on-loan Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner, who appears to be thriving in a deeper defensive role under the new boss.

With the youngster’s presence in front of the back-four freeing up Ben Osborn and skipper Lansbury to push forward, fans have been more than pleased with his impact, and a number took to Twitter following the Bournemouth result to hail his latest run out and even call for his permanent signing.
See fans reaction here, too many to paste ....Godzvilla!:

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2015/02/26/nottingham-forest-fans-react-to-gary-gardners-performance-agains/? ....

[PaulWinch again]

That's interesting.

[OCD]

Good to see because he wasn't getting good reviews at Brighton and he was being written off.

[ozzjim]

Good to see because he wasn't getting good reviews at Brighton and he was being written off.

Seems a deeper role is suiting him really well.

[Mister E]

Good to see because he wasn't getting good reviews at Brighton and he was being written off.

Seems a deeper role is suiting him really well.

Gardner, Westwood and Sanchez to compete for one slot in the starting XI next season?

[OCD]

Doesn't look like we'll be short of a defensive midfielder - shocker. Could do with more creative types mind (to say the least).

[nigel]

Joe Bennett had a stormed against Small Heath yesterday including an assist, makes me feel slightly better on a miserable day,anyone think he'd be worse than Cissoko?

Me

I think Cissokho is better defensively and Bennett is better going forward.

Part of me wants to agree with you but aside from an assist against Ipswich in the FA cup (god knows how I remember that one) I'm struggling to think of a single offensive contribution Bennett made in his time here.  Not that Cissokhos made many either.

In that season he and Lowton were 1 & 2 for assists.
Cissokho is a better defender and is suited in a back 4. I reckon Bennett would be fine in a back 3/5 being used as a wing back/wide midfield

[nigel]

Good to see because he wasn't getting good reviews at Brighton and he was being written off.

Difference being that he's playing with a team in the top third rather than a struggling team in the bottom five