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Australian transfers 26-27 Summer

samb said:
Wonder if Bennie playing in the SPL might give him a bit of encouragement to play for the Scottish national team, as he said not long ago he would be open them or Australia. Same might go for Overy.
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I was thinking the exact same thing.

Pretty cool that Dundee could at some point play with an all Aussie attack in Sapsford, Rose and Bennie.
 
Quicky said:
Dundee loan is underwhelming but Bennie I think would adapt. He's physically dominant and I think that will help in Scotland.
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Yeah he will be fine with the physical, kick and chase football. Potential competition for minutes with Sapsford tho.

Do DU play with a back three? Popa's shit formation needs him developing at RWB.
 
Veritas said:
Daniel Bennie nearing Dundee United switch as Jim Goodwin swoops for Aussie winger

Season long loan
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Wow this is significant because Bennie is a substantial long term prospect. He’s above DU level but hopefully he will get gametime.

Only problem is DU already have Sapsford and Randall as right wingers and Rose as a forward. I believe they have brought in another CF this year too.

As someone else said, Bennie’s superior. Physical characteristics should see him fit in to Scotland and there’s lots of games, but it seems like one of the A-league boys is going to miss out.
 
Quicky said:
Dundee loan is underwhelming but Bennie I think would adapt. He's physically dominant and I think that will help in Scotland.
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Pub League Champion said:
Wow this is significant because Bennie is a substantial long term prospect. He’s above DU level but hopefully he will get gametime.

Only problem is DU already have Sapsford and Randall as right wingers and Rose as a forward. I believe they have brought in another CF this year too.

As someone else said, Bennie’s superior. Physical characteristics should see him fit in to Scotland and there’s lots of games, but it seems like one of the A-league boys is going to miss out.
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It seems to be about where I would expect him to go surely? Either here or L1/2. He was a sometimes bench player last season in the Championship. I think our estimations of him are overrated compared to where he is at in his career.
 
Cunningstunt said:
It seems to be about where I would expect him to go surely? Either here or L1/2. He was a sometimes bench player last season in the Championship. I think our estimations of him are overrated compared to where he is at in his career.
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I know he has lots of fans on here but I've not yet seen much special from him.

Certainly didn't get why so many had him as a bolter for the WC. Has done nothing yet against men.

Not sure that Scottish football is what he needs either but he definitely needs regular minutes.
 
Cunningstunt said:
It seems to be about where I would expect him to go surely? Either here or L1/2. He was a sometimes bench player last season in the Championship. I think our estimations of him are overrated compared to where he is at in his career.
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You might be forgetting how young he is. Bennie got minutes in all but three of QPR's final 20 games last season (after hardly featuring in the first half of the season). He only turned 20 in April.

I'm not saying he was tearing it up or anything, but that's a good place to be for a very young footballer and the trend was positive. There were legitimate reasons to think he might kick on this year and cement himself in a decent Championship team.
 
The thing about Daniel Bennie we don’t know what he’s best position on the field, is he better going forward from the back or in advanced positions where he can become a creative or goal scoring threat?

For him to be an attacker he has to really good with he’s output in goals and assists, he should press well given he’s physical attributes but he will judged on the later stuff more.
Whilst for a wing back or full back I think he’s physical attributes can be used a bit better in a way similar to Jordan Bos as he’s great at going forward but he will be judged more on he’s defending.

So we will see where he lands up.
 
samb said:
Wonder if Bennie playing in the SPL might give him a bit of encouragement to play for the Scottish national team, as he said not long ago he would be open them or Australia. Same might go for Overy.
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Dundee press release and socials already mentioning his Scottish roots and eligibility for Scotland Senior team.

Would playing him versus Brazil later in the year at lest tie him up for three years?
 
patjennings said:
For me he is a LWB or a LW with the ability to play as an inverted winger. Not a RWB.
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Dont ordinarily play a LWB as inverted (if you can avoid it) as they are the sole player providing the width.

I see what you are trying to say though with Bennie, although the thing is he played a lot last season as a geunine RM in a 4 man midfield, so playing RWB in our system is comparable, as our RWB functions like a RM in attack anyway. Bit like Leckie also on that his physical qualities are better than his technical qualities, so wing back should suit him.
 
Somebloke said:
Dundee press release and socials already mentioning his Scottish roots and eligibility for Scotland Senior team.

Would playing him versus Brazil later in the year at lest tie him up for three years?
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It wouldnt no, as its only a friendly so doesnt count as a world cup or continental finals competition in which case player can play up to 4 times before locked in.

If he was already 21 (hes 20) and we capped even once in any type of competitive fixture like a qualifier then he'd be locked in (friendlies still dont count).

So to answer your question, no, he wouldnt be locked in but it at least is getting him down the path to fully locking him in.
 
Cunningstunt said:
It seems to be about where I would expect him to go surely? Either here or L1/2. He was a sometimes bench player last season in the Championship. I think our estimations of him are overrated compared to where he is at in his career.
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They are. Bennie hasn't quite had a breakout season at club level yet, but I think he has enormous potential and is a better player than his club career has shown so far. That said, the game time he's earned in the Championship is impressive for an Australian of his age. I also think he's been played out of position, which hasn't helped. I'm really excited to see what he does at Dundee, and hopefully they use him somewhere on the right, where I think he'll be at his best.
 
Quicky said:
I hope so. He could play CF, RF or RWB in that team and set up. Sapsford can play CF or RF. They can co-exist. But I prefer RWB.
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Both of them play LW as well. In fact in that last friendly Sapsford scored in, he played at LW cutting in to score. According to Transfermarkt played majority of his games at CF last season though.
 
Bunch_of_hacks said:
Both of them play LW as well. In fact in that last friendly Sapsford scored in, he played at LW cutting in to score. According to Transfermarkt played majority of his games at CF last season though.
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Randell looked really good on the right with Saps cutting in on the left.
Id like to see Bennie deeper as mentioned ealier.
Wouldnt be suprised if he plays a few games as an 8
 
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