The first thing we can judge Benda on is his performances for Fulham. As previously mentioned, a 45-minute cameo in the summer against Sevilla in Portugal started some fans’ worries over this particular German keeper. His lack of authority in claiming crosses and struggles with distribution were worrying enough, without looking into his poor positioning for the two goals Sevilla put past him. In subsequent League Cup appearances against Birmingham and Preston, despite making one or two notable saves, Benda has not done a thing to provoke confidence in his abilities, and his awful record of saving just one of 17 Preston penalties in the record-ling shoot-out on Tuesday night didn’t reflect on him well either.