Luca Connell

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 kevin100 wrote:

 amccarten313 wrote:

 horsebox wrote:

Connell is a central midfielder, those players above are defenders.
JJ Kenny has 50 games in the EPL under his belt too, also a full season in the Bundesliga too. Hardly a good comparison

2 Celtic managers ultimately felt that there were just more players ahead of him. It's unfortunate but that's the way it is.

Good to see him doing well all the same.

liam shaw is a midfielder and if you want another example, joey dawson another midfielder who at least appeared for them in a competitive game during the period that connell never did. im not saying he was good enough but it def was unlikely that'd he not even play once given the hype when he signed, prev first team football with bolton, was in the irish senior squad. 

as for kenny, those 50 games are across 7 seasons, and the reason i offered him (plus the others) as examples is because he is one of the most memorably bad celtic players in recent seasons. not saying they're similar. just pointing out, as i said in the post, that in that time many players who were extraordinarily bad (kenny) or unheralded/forgettable and haven't done anything since (liam shaw) still got a game when connell never did. happy to see him playing and doing well for barnsley of course 

I don't even mind the fact he never made an appearance for them. It's the lack of effort to develop him loaning him to Queens Park twice was disgraceful and whoever is representing Connell should be ashamed of.themselves for letting it happen! 

He could easily have been loaned out to a League 1 team or lower level Scottish Premier League team the first season he came in don't mind the next two! They handled his development disgracefully. 

As for Johnny Kenny another ridiculous situation lad could be at Sligo as the focal point week in week out playing football could easily be on course for a 20 goal season given his ability. A 19yo striker scoring goals like he did in his first year at 17yo would attract proper attention full stop regardless of the level! Instead rotting in the Lowland Leagues not even loaned out! Rocco Vata is 17yo so has time on his side yet. 