David Connolly

[tetsujin1979]

Every time he scores, I imagine worm spontaneously screaming "Daaaaayyyyvvviiiiiiiidddddd Ccconnnnooollllllyyyyy" darts announcer style, wherever he happens to be.

[the bear]

i came across a stream of a epl match that had darts commentater Sid Waddell comentating on it the other day, he talks absoloute garbage, very funny though.

"phil the power taylor, he could hit a treble 20 on horseback with a 10 foot bow and arrow"

[Murfinator]

Finally completed his long protracted move to Barca today.

http://www.skybet.com/cms/breaking-transfer-news.shtm?name=David+Connolly

[theworm2345]

Am disappointed none of you low-lifes congratulated Connolly on promotion. Unfortunately it could be bittersweet, he's had another injury plagued season (has been out since February but nearly made it back for the last match today) which allowed Sharp to take his spot, plus his contract is up so not sure what the future holds. Played a big part through the first month or two with his goals until Lambert hit form.

[Colbert Report]

If he's lucky, a League 1 team might take a chance on him for next season.

[Yard of Pace]

Am disappointed none of you low-lifes congratulated Connolly on promotion. Unfortunately it could be bittersweet, he's had another injury plagued season (has been out since February but nearly made it back for the last match today) which allowed Sharp to take his spot, plus his contract is up so not sure what the future holds. Played a big part through the first month or two with his goals until Lambert hit form.

Worm, you're truly relentless, and for that I must applaud you. ;)

[Yard of Pace]

I presume theWorm has read this but if not....
http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?38116-David-Connolly-Well-deserved-Thank-You

[Colbert Report]

worm must be gutted, probably had a tenner on him to be the top scorer in the Premiership next season

[geysir]

Connolly has always had the approach of consummate professional. Unfortunately he was afflicted with so many injuries at Southampton. Nice to read the appreciation from the fans. Hard to credit that he's 35 years old now.

[AlaskaFox]

worm must be gutted, probably had a tenner on him to be the top scorer in the Premiership next season

You can never rule out a move to Man Utd.

[John83]

You can never rule out a move to Man Utd.
Hey, they took a punt on Owen when he was going free.

[gastric]

Worm is negotiating to get Connolly to Chicago Fire!

[theworm2345]

Worm is negotiating to get Connolly to Chicago Fire!
I wouldn't wish that on him, plus he's shown that he's still capable of playing at a higher level if he can stay fit. I'm sure there will be some takers in the Championship.

[Carrigaline]

It looks like David Connolly will get another chance at Championship football. Crystal Palace are in for him, although the article suggests he is interested in going to Forest.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2158974/David-Connolly-wanted-Crystal-Palace.html

[theworm2345]

Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse for the Boys in Green, after months of fearing the worst, I received some devastating news today. David Connolly has officially retired :(

[the bear]

Sorry for your loss

[SwanVsDalton]

Worry not Worm, David's clearly spotted a soon-to-be-vacant managerial post to kick start his post-playing career...

[Charlie Darwin]

RIP David Connolly

[IsMiseSean]

We'll always have he's hat-trick against Liechtenstein...

[Kingdom]

Always liked Connolly. He was always up against it with a series of slights that meant he wasn't going to be remembered well. The red card against Belgium, the bust up with Givens (always found it hard that so many took givens side...)but the real killer for him was going to Feyenoord. Stopped his career in his tracks.

[tetsujin1979]

Rumours of his demise have been greatly exaggerated - Connolly signs one month deal with Portsmouth (subject to league approval): http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Connolly-Arrives-McLeod-Departs-4021.aspx
Somewhere, theworm's head just exploded!

[nigel-harps1954]

Call him up?? I feel dirty..

[theworm2345]

Rumours of his demise have been greatly exaggerated - Connolly signs one month deal with Portsmouth (subject to league approval): http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Connolly-Arrives-McLeod-Departs-4021.aspx
Somewhere, theworm's head just exploded!
This is almost like when Michael Jordan came out of retirement and rejoined the Bulls.

Move makes sense, he has been coaching at Southampton (who could use him themselves right now) and obviously Pompey is not far away.

[Sullivinho]

Call him up?? I feel dirty..

F**k it, you got in there just before that one got old. Can't see it flying in 2013!

[Carrigaline]

Starts tonight.

[theworm2345]

Starts tonight.
Dreadful match, Pompey completely devoid of ideas...just kept lumping long balls up towards Connolly and Benson. Connolly had two efforts, both of which he had to make himself and went close.

[Charlie Darwin]

I thought you'd be happy they weren't wasting time and were passing it to Connolly as soon as possible.

[Carrigaline]

Dreadful match, Pompey completely devoid of ideas...just kept lumping long balls up towards Connolly and Benson. Connolly had two efforts, both of which he had to make himself and went close.
Connolly looked decent on the ball in fairness. Portsmouth stank though, would not be surprised that they get relegated again.

[geysir]

Where is Worm these days?
The sports news headlines this afternoon are all about Connolly.

[tetsujin1979]

He's back!
Signed for AFC Wimbledon: http://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/article/dons-return-for-david-2205635.aspx

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Connolly has officially retired.

http://balls.ie/football/248800-david-connolly-retired/

My condolences to The Worm.

[Charlie Darwin]

I assume he'll be flying over for the funeral.

[Colbert Report]

The Worm hasn't posted on this forum in about two years..........as soon as I saw the news of Connolly's retirement I instantly thought of him.

[tetsujin1979]

The Worm hasn't posted on this forum in about two years..........as soon as I saw the news of Connolly's retirement I instantly thought of him.
still posts the goalscorers on ybig.ie, but don't think he contributes to any of the other threads

his last post gives some insight into the reasons he stopped posting here: http://foot.ie/threads/175481-Carl-McHugh?p=1660335&viewfull=1#post1660335

[Charlie Darwin]

So it WAS Nigel's fault.

[DeLorean]

still posts the goalscorers on ybig.ie, but don't think he contributes to any of the other threads

his last post gives some insight into the reasons he stopped posting here: http://foot.ie/threads/175481-Carl-McHugh?p=1660335&viewfull=1#post1660335

A degree of irony to SkStu's tuppence worth. Little did he know then that he too could be broken.

http://foot.ie/threads/175481-Carl-McHugh?p=1660345&viewfull=1#post1660345

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Example of a YBIG thread title: "Is Stephen Kelly black or white".

Amount of neckbeards in that place..

[Charlie Darwin]

Example of a YBIG thread title: "Is Stephen Kelly black or white".

Amount of neckbeards in that place..
Neither, he's green.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Stephen is a nice fella. He used to hang around Maynooth when Helga was studying there. There were no airs or graces about him like there would be with some GAA players. To borrow Eamon Dunphy parlance, he doesn't need crap like that posted about him on a forum.

But back to Connolly. What a frustrating player....

[Stuttgart88]

I'll never forgive him for Brussels. Ever.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Like Harry Redknapp said about Dani at West Ham, "I don't know whether to play him or f*** him".

[OwlsFan]

I'll never forgive him for Brussels. Ever.

I understand your pain. I was at the game and to see us reduced to 10 men for a petulant act was heart-breaking. It was only with 10 minutes to go and we were 2-1 down but who knows what might have happened. I suppose he was only a kid at the time and which one of us did not do stupid things at that age.....but you're right, I won't forgive him either.

[DeLorean]

I must have blanked that out completely. My overriding memory of Connolly for Ireland was his shot that went narrowly wide in extra time against Spain in 2002. Imagine the euphoria of Ireland scoring a golden goal in the World Cup?!

[Fixer82]

I must have blanked that out completely. My overriding memory of Connolly for Ireland was his shot that went narrowly wide in extra time against Spain in 2002. Imagine the euphoria of Ireland scoring a golden goal in the World Cup?!

great effort, would have made him a legend!

[SwanVsDalton]

I remember the sending off clearly but, David, I forgive you. He's a cult figure for me (albeit not to The Worm's level). Enjoy your retirement.

[DeLorean]

I heard some of his interview on Newstalk last night. He comes across very well and seems pretty chuffed with his career overall. Some of his highlights were scoring two against Ajax for Feynoord, his first goal for us in the US Cup and hat-trick against Liechtenstein, and I think he mentioned a hat-trick on his Watford debut also. He was asked if he has regrets over the 2002 WC and what could have been, but he said that he was more frustrated that it was the only tournament we qualified for with those players, that we should have been in at least three tournaments around that time. He mentioned that we had some really excellent players in that era and that he was fortunate that they were mostly midfielders and wide players and that we were a bit short of good strikers, which gave him his opportunities.

[tetsujin1979]

the interview is online here: http://www.newstalk.com/connolly-on-calling-it-a-day
didn't know he was doing his coaching badges, interesting to hear the clubs he's visited

good story about how Paddy McCarthy might have been originally linked with Bolton on the audio as well!

[OwlsFan]

I heard some of his interview on Newstalk last night. He comes across very well and seems pretty chuffed with his career overall. He was asked if he has regrets over the 2002 WC and what could have been, but he said that he was more frustrated that it was the only tournament we qualified for with those players, that we should have been in at least three tournaments around that time.

I suppose when we were losing play offs with 10 men on the pitch, it's was harder to qualify.

[DeLorean]

What was the petulant act, remind me? That qualification campaign is certainly not on my 'ones that got away' list. We were pretty terrible for the majority of it but we had got ourselves into a pretty decent position in Brussels alright. The Euro 92 and 00 campaigns will rankle forever, even more so than Paris for some reason.

[Stuttgart88]

He stamped on a Belgian player on the ground. Totally mindless.

Euro 92 and 2000 were big opportunities missed alright.