Aaron Connolly

none of brighton strikers "lose" their defenders , their build up is too slow for this . connolly often breaks quickly from his man , but only at one time in the match was he passed the ball from this . i feel bad for him, he is hopelessly unsuited to their play , and maupay seems to actively ignore him as a striker partnership

bogball88 wrote:

Injured? Not in squad today

I think he's been dropped according to Brighton twitter.

So no molumby or Connolly...

Back on the bench....so the injury doubts must have been insignificant.

Well in kid Clap

"He drives two Ferraris; I think he's a very lucky lad to have 50 caps for Ireland,"

Eamonn Dunphy on Glenn Whelan

Great effort with the overhead kick as well. You'd wonder what he might be able to achieve in a better team - he is making the most of very limited space with the slow pace of the Brighton attack.

At this stage, it would be news if Connolly or Brady finished a game of their own volition.

kevin100 wrote:

It’s as if Irish footballers are genuinely cursed. Doherty today the same getting sent off.

Almost a case of you don’t want to celebrate it going well for them as it’s almost inevitable it will go wrong later on. 😂

It's tough going at the moment. That bicycle kick was a great effort, our main hope up front with Idah, Parrott, Obafemi and Long struggling this season

"Here's Robbie Keane...... yeeeessss! That is no more than Ireland deserve!"

Seems like he’s very much a confidence player too. He came close with the overhead kick shorty after the goal and looked in the mood before going off injured. Just goes to show the difference one goal can make to a player. Hopefully once he opens the account for us they will flow in, it really lifted him today he even seemed to be tracking back more something he can be guilty if not doing all the time.

Donegalman wrote:

Seems like he’s very much a confidence player too. He came close with the overhead kick shorty after the goal and looked in the mood before going off injured. Just goes to show the difference one goal can make to a player. Hopefully once he opens the account for us they will flow in, it really lifted him today he even seemed to be tracking back more something he can be guilty if not doing all the time.

Understatement remember after the Finland game away he did an interview and goes “I except full responsibility I had a few opportunities to look up pick out a teammate or take a better option and I was selfish and took the wrong option”.

He was wasteful in that game but I admired that interview and got the impression like you say he was a confidence player trying too hard out of desperation.

Hopefully that goal gives him confidence (injury or not) as he deserves it he is a talented lad.

I wouldn’t go as far as he is wasted at Brighton as Maupay Trossard Welbeck Lallana all attackers with factually better CVs then Connolly but the 4 mentioned are all struggling also Potter is a strange one they play tidy possession football but it’s all very pretentious and I’m not sure it suits Connolly.

Edited by kevin100 - 03 Jan 2021 at 1:09am