Ben Heneghan

Albert Ross

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Just noticed Ben still hasn’t got a club. Whilst I didn’t want him back as he wouldn’t fit how NC is trying to play, I am surprised he hasn’t got fixed up. Alongside a mobile CB, eg Tilt he still has a lot to offer.
 
Just noticed Ben still hasn’t got a club. Whilst I didn’t want him back as he wouldn’t fit how NC is trying to play, I am surprised he hasn’t got fixed up. Alongside a mobile CB, eg Tilt he still has a lot to offer.
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More to do with the salary cap creating excess players for squad positions available. He’s just unlucky to be out of contract at this time along with a lot of other players.
 
Just noticed Ben still hasn’t got a club. Whilst I didn’t want him back as he wouldn’t fit how NC is trying to play, I am surprised he hasn’t got fixed up. Alongside a mobile CB, eg Tilt he still has a lot to offer.
I agree, but I guess we don’t know why he hasn’t got a club. I’m inclined to wonder if he made a mistake or was badly advised to hold out earlier in pre season hoping for a championship move, then when that’s not happened, there is now a wage cap which might be a reality check as clubs have limited funds left to offer.
 
He's a free agent so could still get fixed up.
Not sure why he hasn't got a club already and he needs to or he'll soon be forgotten.
 
Just noticed Ben still hasn’t got a club. Whilst I didn’t want him back as he wouldn’t fit how NC is trying to play, I am surprised he hasn’t got fixed up. Alongside a mobile CB, eg Tilt he still has a lot to offer.
I like heneghan and would have had him back. Saying that I think Marv is steadily improving and I've always been a big husband fan.

Just on Ben though, I'm sure he was injured when NC took over. He was definitely injured against Bolton as was chatting to him in corporate that night.
 
He's a free agent so could still get fixed up.
Not sure why he hasn't got a club already and he needs to or he'll soon be forgotten.
My thoughts exactly. He is only 27 and as I said not for us, but could do a job still. A couple of seasons ago alongside Tilt he played well, just a bit slow.
 
From his Instagram, he's been hitting the gym a lot and so clearly keeping himself in good shape although I think that boat has well and truly sailed.
 
Didn't someone say he was on a Premier League wage last season because Sheff Utd had been promoted the season before? So his salary expectations may have been higher than what most League One clubs can currently afford.
 
Didn't someone say he was on a Premier League wage last season because Sheff Utd had been promoted the season before? So his salary expectations may have been higher than what most League One clubs can currently afford.
There will come a time when he realises, the same as a lot more lower league footballers will, that approx £500 a week is a hell of a lot better than nothing.

I'm sure he'll sign a contract eventually, he is more than good enough for League Two football, at least.
 
If we were going to sign him surely it would have been in the summer so we wouldn't have been forced into playing Nottingham

I'm not fussed either way would have been ok, but i never got the love in with him

Loads of mistakes in him and dodgy on the ball

Will end up in league 2
 
If we were going to sign him surely it would have been in the summer so we wouldn't have been forced into playing Nottingham

I'm not fussed either way would have been ok, but i never got the love in with him

Loads of mistakes in him and dodgy on the ball

Will end up in league 2

I didn't rate him as much as some on here, but when we were playing with Nottingham/Ekpiteta at the start of the season I was hoping we'd be in for him.

Too good for League Two IMO, think he'll end up in League One - though was perhaps holding out for higher (to his detriment).

Sunderland struggling with injuries at the back, including one just confirmed out for the season - I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up there.
 
If we were going to sign him surely it would have been in the summer so we wouldn't have been forced into playing Nottingham

I'm not fussed either way would have been ok, but i never got the love in with him

Loads of mistakes in him and dodgy on the ball

Will end up in league 2
I think Phil is spot on if he will accept league 2 wages...I see him at Tranmere, Bolton or Carlisle or somewhere like that. For me he wouldnt have fitted our system with his lack of pace and poor distribution. He is a decent pro and there should still be a career for him at League 2 level
 
So, he was offered a permanent contract in January but turned it down as he wanted Championship football. Now he has no club, why do footballers think they're better than they are? He struggled for us in league 1 at some points last season, he's not ready for the Championship. That decision has come back and bit him on the backside big time.
 
So, he was offered a permanent contract in January but turned it down as he wanted Championship football. Now he has no club, why do footballers think they're better than they are? He struggled for us in league 1 at some points last season, he's not ready for the Championship. That decision has come back and bit him on the backside big time.
There's not many footballers who don't think they are better than they actually are. I rated Heneghan and even now would still have him back but yes you're right that decision has come back to bite him. There again as i've said before it wouldn't surprise me if the team that finishes this season perhaps only contains Maxwell from the old regime. So in that respect even if Heneghan had signed in January would he have been playing?
 
There's not many footballers who don't think they are better than they actually are. I rated Heneghan and even now would still have him back but yes you're right that decision has come back to bite him. There again as i've said before it wouldn't surprise me if the team that finishes this season perhaps only contains Maxwell from the old regime. So in that respect even if Heneghan had signed in January would he have been playing?
Think he would have been playing over Nottingham early on and then it would have been his position to lose. However as the team has developed, I would have Ballard and Ekpiteta over him right now. He was always better in a back 4 than a 3 though so who knows. I am still surprised he hasn't got a club yet though, he would walk into a team like Swindon or Burton defence.
 
In January we didn't have a Covid thing or a salary cap or squad size limit. I'm sure he felt quite relaxed about the future. Events since have bitten him on the bum, really.
 
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In January we didn't have a Covid thing or a smart cap or a squad size limit. I'm sure he felt quite relaxed about the future. Events since have bitten him on the bum, really.
Correct not the lads fault no one could predict what the last 11 months have been like and the changes.
He would have walked into our side at the start of the season and I still miss him as he's a leader on the pitch something we have been lacking till Dougall came along.
 
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