Hamza On Trial At Mansfield?

[Chris]

FORMER Nottingham Forest and Notts County player Hamza Bencherif is having a trial at Mansfield Town.

The 25-year-old is a free agent and Stags boss Paul Cox said: "He's come in for a little runaround with us and we'll take a good look at him.

 

"He's got a good background at this level of football.

"He's played at Macclesfield where I thought he was excellent.

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He's a player I honestly thought would do well with us and without making excuses, I felt the lack of game time, position changes and the situation with managers didn't help - although this is football. He came back from time to time and looked useful but never really cut it at our level and over period of time he slumped again.

I think the point where I felt he wasn't good enough came at Swindon last year, none the less I wish him well at Mansfield.

He's a good player in League Two, much different and if he can rekindle his Macclesfield Town days. He will no doubt be able to make the transition up with a team he's established in

Hope it works out for both. Thoughts?

[liampie]

he should do well for them, i see no reason why he would not.

mansfield could do with someone who defensive but with an eye for goal, that is if he can do it. goodluck hamza

[super_pie]

I like him and wish him well with his move. Dad used to point and say he was our ninja!

[weymouthPIE]

When i read the title of this thread I thought whats he done, lol!

[Chris]

When i read the title of this thread I thought whats he done, lol!

Not you too, leave me alone.. LOL

[Fan of Big Tone]

I always thought he was a tad over weight and not fully fit when he played for us.

I hope he gets the chance to rekindle his career at the Stags.

[Chris]

To be fair, even when he did carry that extra weight he still put himself about and never allowed it to slow him down.

Best of luck to him though...

[weymouthPIE]

He was another player you never got less than 100% from when he played but unfortunatly he just was never really upto league 1 standard. Nothing against him though, good luck to him.

[Chris]

Liam Mitchell actually joined Mansfield on a non contract basis before I started this topic.

Not sure how this works out, as it doesn't sound very rewarding but good luck to Liam (It's great he's taken the offer). I wonder if Hamza will be their next signing?

[liampie]

Liam Mitchell actually joined Mansfield on a non contract basis before I started this topic.

Not sure how this works out, as it doesn't sound very rewarding but good luck to Liam (It's great he's taken the offer). I wonder if Hamza will be their next signing?

not good enough for them in my opinion, its probably a reserve type deal.

[Super_Danny_Allsopp]

League Two standard player at best. Good luck to him though.

[Chris]

He isn't signing for them now, their manage made a statement about it.

Hope he finds a club

[Super_Danny_Allsopp]

I don't quite understand this.

At one point, he was playing for Macclesfield in League Two and 95% of the teams in that league would have loved to have him.

After a stint with us, now a side who have just been promoted from the conference don't want him.

Strange. 

[Dripsey3]

Hamza signed for Plymouth this morning. Best of luck to him.

[weymouthPIE]

Signed for Plymouth yesteday and scored for them tonight in their JPT tie at Cheltenham

[Chris]

Yes, I heard in the pub the other day. Good luck to him

[Fan of Big Tone]

I've noticed this about ex players before, as soon as they leave Meadow Lane they find their form and start scoring goals.

[Super_Danny_Allsopp]

I've noticed this about ex players before, as soon as they leave Meadow Lane they find their form and start scoring goals.

Usually in the Conference though

[cheeky~k8]

I hope he does well with them, and better than he did with us at least.

[Chris]

Would I be going to far to suggest he could do a job in our current midfield? He's defensive and knows how to score, it never really worked with him when we had a strong set of midfielders but part of thinks he'd do much better now....

[Super_Danny_Allsopp]

Yes, you went too far Joe.

We need CM's, but not ones with the quality of Hamza.

[Chris]

I felt it was worth the try, he never really had a chance to settle and when he came he did show progress.

Still, that said - I'm haunted by his wasted chance at Swindon.

1-2 anyone?