Ex-Player Thread Joe Bennett

[Carpy]

Joe Bennett Signed: 30th November 2023 Departed: 16th May 2025 ​

 

[JOHN BOY]

I for one would genuinely be interested in a Max Woltman video. Make it happen, OUFC!

Who .

 

[dickwalton1964]

The negativity doesn't deserve further comment.

Joe Bennett has been a class act on and off the pitch. He always seemed to have so much time and composure and I can't recall him ever being found out of position. He read the game so well that even when faced with blistering pace, he managed to still be one step ahead. He was no Greg Leigh, but his contributions in the final third shouldn't be underestimated and he put in a number of great balls from the left in the second half of last season in particular.

And off the pitch, he was a really nice guy. Always giving time to fans and happy to chat to everyone. The "no dickheads" approach to our recruitment has certainly paid off!

I hope that he stays fit enough to get a few more years under his belt. He could literally walk through league 1 and I'm sure that there will be plenty of clubs looking to take him on only a couple of years after his career looked finished.

And f*ck it, let's get a statue of him just to p**s off Dick!

You weren’t at WBA away then if you’ve never seen Bennett caught out of position.

By the way I like him and think he’s done a good job here. Good luck to him.

 

[Foley]

You weren’t at WBA away then if you’ve never seen Bennett caught out of position.

By the way I like him and think he’s done a good job here. Good luck to him.

TBF that was his first game back from.injury and as he said he had no reserve games first.

Good video and he has closely been a teriffic player.
Very good for us and he came in and got up to speed quickly and helped in our promotion.
Any team looking for a left back in L1 should look at him.

 

[MJB]

TBF that was his first game back from.injury and as he said he had no reserve games first.

Good video and he has closely been a teriffic player.
Very good for us and he came in and got up to speed quickly and helped in our promotion.
Any team looking for a left back in L1 should look at him.

That scar on his foot post-op

 

[Orkney Islands Yellow]

 

[Royalstandard74]

Top pro.

 

[SteMerritt]

Big Joe Bennett fan, he is an oxford legend for me. Hope you get a new deal Joe.

 

[Eric Blair]

Big Joe Bennett fan, he is an oxford legend for me. Hope you get a new deal Joe.

Again, it always staggers me that he was without a club when we picked him up. Genuine quality.

 

[ECYellow]

Big Joe Bennett fan, he is an oxford legend for me. Hope you get a new deal Joe.

Legend?

What, like Joey, Mickey Lewis and the class of 85/86 etc?

 

[Stranger]

Arguably the best beard seen at the club since the days of Bryan Drysdale

 

[Wallop]

Legend?

What, like Joey, Mickey Lewis and the class of 85/86 etc?

Yes - that jumped out at me as well - solid full back for a season but not a legend imho.

 

[TheDukeOfBanburyshire]

Yes - that jumped out at me as well - solid full back for a season but not a legend imho.

Agreed. Legend status is used far too quickly these days. He's nowhere near legend status, unless the dictionary definition has changed without my knowledge?

 

[Stranger]

Agreed. Legend status is used far too quickly these days. He's nowhere near legend status, unless the dictionary definition has changed without my knowledge?

noun​

1. An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical.
2. A body or collection of such stories.
3. One that inspires legends or achieves legendary fame.

 

[TheDukeOfBanburyshire]

noun​

1. An unverified story handed down from earlier times, especially one popularly believed to be historical.
2. A body or collection of such stories.
3. One that inspires legends or achieves legendary fame.

No still the same. My opinion on Bennett remains unchanged!

 

[Londox]

Again, it always staggers me that he was without a club when we picked him up. Genuine quality.

On x/twitter Wigan fans implied he was finished and terrible.

I do not trust the opinion of Wigan fans. Absolute rolls Royce of a footballer. Obvious how he played at the top level.

 

[Emilio]

In fairness, his chiseled jawline and beard did give him the look of this ancient Greek statue of Zeus - making him arguably a thing of legend.

 

[Londox]

Yes - that jumped out at me as well - solid full back for a season but not a legend imho.

Maybe not a legend but I'd have him down as a fan favourite who will definitely be remembered fondly.

 

[SteMerritt]

Maybe not a legend but I'd have him down as a fan favourite who will definitely be remembered fondly.

That's a better description than I could muster last night after 2 bottles of wine

 

[Carpy]

That's a better description than I could muster last night after 2 bottles of wine

I did wonder when I saw it if you had been on the sauce

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

I did wonder when I saw it if you had been on the sauce

Him and old' blossom Hill ' sharing a bottle or two of red ?

 

[SteMerritt]

Him and old' blossom Hill ' sharing a bottle or two of red ?

God no

 

[Londox]

That's a better description than I could muster last night after 2 bottles of wine

Thats impressive. I would be in a&e after that much wine. After a few glasses I'm drunk

 

[Foley]

It doesn't appear that he has a club.
I am pretty surprised based on how good he was with us.

 

[werthersoriginal]

It doesn't appear that he has a club.
I am pretty surprised based on how good he was with us.

He's about 36 though

 

[CaptainOx]

It doesn't appear that he has a club.
I am pretty surprised based on how good he was with us.

Trialled at Charlton in the summer and wasn't offered anything.

36 in March and it took him 6 months to join us after being released by Wigan so didn't have many offers even before joining us. Another 18months on, I'm not overly surprised.

 

[holdsteady]

Comfortably good enough to play in league two though, but maybe he doesn't need the money enough to motivate him to drop down to that level.

 

[BrockBuster]

Yeah clearly age rather than ability playing it's part in Bennett's chances. Must be frustrating to only be looked at as a short-term option or someone standing in front of someone else developing.

 

[dickwalton1964]

OK for us and did a solid, unspectacular job. Hopelessly exposed in the Championship though and an error strewn performance at WBA was the end.

 

[werthersoriginal]

OK for us and did a solid, unspectacular job. Hopelessly exposed in the Championship though and an error strewn performance at WBA was the end.

You should hear what they say about you at work

 

[TobyDavis34]

OK for us and did a solid, unspectacular job. Hopelessly exposed in the Championship though and an error strewn performance at WBA was the end.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT

I don't think that was the case at ALL. He was a very solid player for us last season. As you said. He was not hopelessly exposed by any means IMHO