Aaron Connolly

Watched it, yes. 

Lad is brought there to improve them & didn't impact. 

When were these unseen runs  ?  

As usual, the truth is somewhere in the middle.
He was mostly anonymous, as were all the 'Boro attacking players.

They were a much better team in the 2nd half, but that wouldn't have been difficult after the tepid 1st half performance where they dominated possession but little else.

It's good news he's getting consecutive starts in matches and it'll take him a while to settle in.

'Boro do have other attacking options so he will find himself dropped at some point, hopefully later than sooner, but that's to be expected.

Let’s see how is going in 5 games time if he keeps getting starts hopefully he improves with the games and settles down.

Can't disagree.

You feel the lad needs a goal to settle him down...looks anxious, and has gone a long time in football terms without a goal.

There's a long list of young Irish players who've made a great impact over a brief period of time at PL level only to fade away due to a variety of issues. I'm thinking of Reddy, Thornton, O'Neill, Flood and Ireland. Then you have Stokes with his disciplinary issues.

He was fantastic in his first few months in the PL, not just with his double against Spurs, but he hasn't been able to sustain it. His form has been poor for a long time, and now the dropoff is continuing in the Championship.

There's no guarantees that he'll be successful even at that level. We've all made excuses for him for a long time but he has it all to do now.

I'm rooting for him.

Left foot has a point but it's not all doom and gloom. Loads of defenders performing well and keeping clean sheets again today; Lenihan, Dunne, McLoughlin, Egan, McNamara. Travers kept a clean sheet as well and has been touted as Bournemouth's most consistent player recently; he's really growing in stature and his confidence seems to be a reference point for the rest of the side. Brady absent again, however, which is disappointing but ultimately not surprising.