Aaron Connolly

There's a touch of Jack Grealish about him minus the 100m worth of talent (Grealish isn't worth that either but someone paid) .....he has an air of ego about him totally unwarranted for his place in the game

gazurtoids wrote: There's a touch of Jack Grealish about him minus the 100m worth of talent (Grealish isn't worth that either but someone paid) .....he has an air of ego about him totally unwarranted for his place in the game

orourkeda wrote: gazurtoids wrote: There's a touch of Jack Grealish about him minus the 100m worth of talent (Grealish isn't worth that either but someone paid) .....he has an air of ego about him totally unwarranted for his place in the game Jack Grealish has an end product to his game. As an Aston Villa supporter I believe that the club got the better side of that deal.

It's more the diving element to his game, his first thought seems to be wait for the contact rather than do something productive ....those 2 pens claims in the 2nd half case in point ......the first one he was only ever looking for the contact, the second was actually a shocking miss he blazed high and wide from 6 yrds in front of goal before the contact came

Jesus, he's sh*te! 

Jaysus lads, he's 21 years old and still learning his trade. He's also the only player I can see that will play more games in the premier league this season than any other irish forward and maybe midfielder too.

Edited by Left foot - 02 Sep 2021 at 11:24am

you would wonder the lads who watch the game last night and can’t see any good in Connolly, do they have any clue about football.  He was a constant threat to the Portugal back four and he was a huge out ball for us to relieve pressure and as someone else said get into their box.  He is wasteful.  If he wasn’t he would be starting every week in the PL and would be a top player.  There is a player there but needs to work on his final end product.  

Agree 100% there’s a player there. His movement & pace are there and hopefully ad he matures his decision making will improve. 

GoneToShowgies wrote: He'd have won that penalty if he wasnt diving so much in the game. Crying wolf and whining to refs gets you nowhere and then when he is taken out he gets nothing. Its the same for Brighton too.

Left foot wrote: GoneToShowgies wrote: He'd have won that penalty if he wasnt diving so much in the game. Crying wolf and whining to refs gets you nowhere and then when he is taken out he gets nothing. Its the same for Brighton too.  It's either a penalty or its not, VAR looked at it and said it wasn't a penalty, I think many, including myself, thought that was a poor decision.  On the other side, the ref reviewed the penalty from hendrick for about 5 minutes and said it was a penalty, I think that was an incorrect decision too. I mean the fact that he looked at it for so long tells me that he wasn't sure.if you're not sure then you don't give the penalty.