Benny Osborn

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Whilst I get that Benny's deal was good for him & the club from a strictly financial POV, I think Modesto's dropped a bit of a clanger here.

Not only do I reckon Carva & Lolley benefitted more from having a busy bloke like Benny in the side, but I also think he's a far better week-in week-out wide option than Ameobi, and that his work rate would be something Lamouchi would love. However on the flipside, I also think we'd have to be careful not to have too many lightweights play in the same team, so whilst I see Benny as a miss, I think it's a minor miss.

What I do think though, is that selling him for 3m, and trading that for Jenks at 2m + Muric's wages has left us weaker as a squad, with no financial benefit gained from it either. Yes we needed another RB, but we could have also just not loaned out Richardson, and either kept Benny or put a 3m + Yacob + Pants bid in for Grosicki.

I’d forgotten about him. Not a loss now we have two left backs, and whilst he would do ok left midfield he wouldn’t offer much that we don’t have already. We spent the money from Osborn on Ameobi and Adomah who are better options in that position. Win-win sale.

I'd sooner have Benny than Ameobi 100%. Adomah? I think he's a good freebie & a decent signing, but considering Benny's age & versatility, I'd probably still sooner have Benny here. 

We've played Robinson LB + Ribero LM a few times already. If we're doing that instead of Adomah & Ameiobi playing there, to me that says Lamouchi wants a more defensive leftsided option than those pair, and Benny is definitely that. Ribero at LB & Benny LM would suit us better with the right midfield alongside it, and I think it would suit Lamouchi more too.