Joe Bennett

[ozzjim]

Not sure what has been so disrespectful other than making it clear the club won't be dicked about.

[villan from luton]

Why should we pay a rival team some of a players wage to help them achieve promotion ahead of ourselves? If Sheff Wed wanted him that much why did they not match his wage like Cardiff have?

[ozzjim]

Don't think Tony should have responded though!

[themossman]

I haven't really followed this. So basically Bennett was off to Wednesday on loan with us subsidising his wages, which was his preference. Now he's grudgingly off to Cardiff on a free, on a lower wage, because they ponied up for a proper deal when Wednesday wouldn't. Is that basically it?

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd imagine Bennett is annoyed about this tweet from Tony, and I don't blame him, he's hardly chosen to sit around doing nothing while pulling in massive wages like certain players we could mention.

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  Aug 25
If a man's career is built by destroying the club's worth,yes ! I will be very selfish to stand on the club side!

[Ads]

I can understand it.

But I ultimately have no sympathy. It's the only profession where you're rewarded for failure.

[PeterWithesShin]

As for the Sheff Weds thing, it's strange. We must have known what the offer was and agreed to it before he went up there for a medical, so it's hardly Bennett's fault we changed our mind.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'd imagine Bennett is annoyed about this tweet from Tony, and I don't blame him, he's hardly chosen to sit around doing nothing while pulling in massive wages like certain players we could mention.

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  Aug 25
If a man's career is built by destroying the club's worth,yes ! I will be very selfish to stand on the club side!

Another reason why Tony needs to get off Twitter and act with a bit of professionalism ASAP.

It's all very well this "I don't care, he's a breath of fresh air" stuff but it'll all go hugely tits up the first time he finds himself disagreeing with more people.

[PeterWithesShin]

I can understand it.

But I ultimately have no sympathy. It's the only profession where you're rewarded for failure.

I've said before that the one thing I don't like is Tony saying things like that. You could just about understand him doing it about someone like Zog who was happy to sit around picking up millions every year doing nothing but I don't see why Bennett is deserving of it.

[Stirchley Villain]

I'd imagine Bennett is annoyed about this tweet from Tony, and I don't blame him, he's hardly chosen to sit around doing nothing while pulling in massive wages like certain players we could mention.

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  Aug 25
If a man's career is built by destroying the club's worth,yes ! I will be very selfish to stand on the club side!

Another reason why Tony needs to get off Twitter and act with a bit of professionalism ASAP.

It's all very well this "I don't care, he's a breath of fresh air" stuff but it'll all go hugely tits up the first time he finds himself disagreeing with more people.

This

[Toronto Villa]

I'd imagine Bennett is annoyed about this tweet from Tony, and I don't blame him, he's hardly chosen to sit around doing nothing while pulling in massive wages like certain players we could mention.

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  Aug 25
If a man's career is built by destroying the club's worth,yes ! I will be very selfish to stand on the club side!

Another reason why Tony needs to get off Twitter and act with a bit of professionalism ASAP.

It's all very well this "I don't care, he's a breath of fresh air" stuff but it'll all go hugely tits up the first time he finds himself disagreeing with more people.

I would say he needs to be a lot more measured in how he conducts himself in certain situations. But I think he's done more good than bad by being on there be honest. What he needs to avoid, and this is a lesson for all of us and not just him, is not Tweet/email when he's fucked off, which I can only imagine he's been several times since buying the club. I can only imagine the horror show and skeletons he's discovered.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'd imagine Bennett is annoyed about this tweet from Tony, and I don't blame him, he's hardly chosen to sit around doing nothing while pulling in massive wages like certain players we could mention.

Dr. Tony Xia ‏@Dr_TonyXia  Aug 25
If a man's career is built by destroying the club's worth,yes ! I will be very selfish to stand on the club side!

Another reason why Tony needs to get off Twitter and act with a bit of professionalism ASAP.

It's all very well this "I don't care, he's a breath of fresh air" stuff but it'll all go hugely tits up the first time he finds himself disagreeing with more people.

I would say he needs to be a lot more measured in how he conducts himself in certain situations. But I think he's done more good than bad by being on there be honest. What he needs to avoid, and this is a lesson for all of us and not just him, is not Tweet/email when he's fucked off, which I can only imagine he's been several times since buying the club. I can only imagine the horror show and skeletons he's discovered.

I'd rather he spoke to the social media people at the club.

Yes, it's nice hearing from the man at the top after Randy's bizarre "nothing or indecipherable mumblings every two years or so" routine, but really, some of the stuff he's tweeted about is deeply unprofessional.

He shouldn't be tweeting about players or transfers, that stuff should be kept in house, there's nothing to be gained from it. People are already kicking off at him and we're three weeks into the season.

The very first time stuff starts to go badly, you just know exactly what will happen. Which is exactly what happened on here with General Krulak, except this'll be to the whole world.

It will end in tears. Quickly.

[OCD]

I would have echoed the earlier comments about Bennett's professionalism but not after that comment. I wouldn't be too happy if I were a Cardiff fan seeing that either.

[villan from luton]

The owner was acting in the clubs interests when stopping the transfer to Sheff Wednesday. Why should we be paying a players wages to a club who could go up ahead of us? If Sheffield Wednesday wanted him that much, why did they not pay his wage like Cardiff have done. As for the owner on twitter, he does have to show control but I appreciate his enthusiasm, but tempered with the fact Lerner showed it initially in a far quieter manner

[Toronto Villa]

Apparently Bennett apologized to The Doc, apparently his tweet was aimed at fans not our owner